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THE WEEK AHEAD: May 21-27, 2018

Here is a look at Week #35! The final week of the 2017-18 season. It ends on Wednesday and the summer season officially begins on Thursday.

ABC
ABC has finales of Monday and Tuesday with a pair of reality finales - the abbreviated season of Dancing with the Stars and the end of season 1 of the ABC era of American Idol. Tuesday brings the season finale of the smash return of Roseanne followed by the series finale of ABC tentpole The Middle. I will have more thoughts on The Middle on Tuesday. Later in the night are the season finales of Splitting Up Together and For the People. The rest of the week is in summer mode with burnoffs of Quantico, now banished to Fridays, and the two hour series finale of the cancelled Deception on Sunday.

 MONDAYS
8:00 Dancing with the Stars (26th Edition Finale)
9:00 American Idol (Season Finale)

TUESDAYS
8:00 Roseanne (Season Finale)
8:30 The Middle (SERIES FINALE)
9:30 Splitting Up Together (Season Finale)
10:00 For the People (Season Finale)

WEDNESDAYS
8:00 Movie: Toy Story 3
10:00 20/20: Lights, Camera, Summer! (Special)

THURSDAYS
8:00 The Last Days of Michael Jackson (Special)
10:00 What Would You Do?

FRIDAYS
8:00 Quantico
9:00 Shark Tank (Repeat)
10:00 20/20

SATURDAYS
8:00 American Idol (Repeat)
10:00 20/20

SUNDAYS
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
8:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
9:00 Deception (SERIES FINALE)

CBS
Most of the CBS shows have already ended their season, but a few have finales this week: Man with a Plan (the only surviving Monday show), NCIS, and the usual end of the season Survivor finale. The rest of the week is mostly repeats and their summer shows.

 MONDAYS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
8:30 Man with a Plan (Season Finale)
9:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
9:30 Mom (Repeat)
10:00 Elementary

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Season Finale)
9:00 Bull (Repeat)
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor (36th Edition Finale)
10:00 Survivor Live Reunion Show (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
8:30 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
9:00 Mom (Repeat)
9:30 Life in Pieces (Repeat)
10:00 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 Ransom
9:00 TBA
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Instinct
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
10:00 Madam Secretary (Repeat)

NBC
This week has finales for The Voice and Law & Order: SVU to end the season. The rest of the week has some specials and burnoffs, including the final two episodes of the season for Champions. Despite looking in full burnoff mode and terrible ratings all season, it actually hasn't had its fate decided yet.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Running Wild with Bear Grylls

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice Recap Special
9:00 The Voice (14th Edition Finale)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)
9:00 Law & Order: SVU (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 American Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day (Special)
9:00 Hollywood Game Night Red Nose Day Special (Special)
10:00 Red Nose Day (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Champions
8:30 Champions (Season Finale)
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Taken
9:00 Dateline NBC

SUNDAY
7:00 Dateline NBC
8:00 American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. the World (Special)

FOX
FOX has already ended its season for Mondays and Tuesdays but they are weirdly back in session for one night only on Wednesdays with the season finales of Empire and Star. That could be a little rocky for the two dramas that have had a strong spring,

 MONDAY
8:00 2018 Miss USA (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 Movie: Hancock

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire (Season Finale)
9:00 Star (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 Terrence Howard's Fight Club (Special)
9:00 Showtime at the Apollo (Season Finale)

FRIDAY
8:00 Phenoms Part 1 (Special)
9:00 Phenoms Part 2 (Special)

SATURDAY
8:00 MLB Baseball

SUNDAY
7:00 NASCAR Racing

CW
The CW is fully new on Monday and Tuesday with only one season finale (The Flash) because the other shows will air into summer to varying degrees.

 MONDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 iZombie

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash (Season Finale)
9:00 The 100

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Supergirl (Repeat)
9:00 The Originals (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural (Repeat)
9:00 Black Lightning (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 My Last Days (Season Premiere)
9:00 Life Sentence

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