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THE WEEK AHEAD: May 7-13, 2018

Here's a look at Week #33!

ABC
ABC is all new all week and doesn't even have any season finales yet thanks to their push at the end of the season with new shows. It will be interesting to see when Roseanne stabilizes, will it be this week?

 MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
10:00 The Crossing

TUESDAY
8:00 Roseanne
8:30 The Middle
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 Splitting Up Together
10:00 For the People

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Alex, Inc.
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 American Housewife
10:00 Designated Survivor

THURSDAY
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
9:00 Station 19
10:00 Quantico

FRIDAY
8:00 Once Upon a Time
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
10:00 20/20

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

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 American Idol
10:00 Deception

 CBS
CBS has season finales of Kevin Can Wait on Monday, Bull on Tuesday, and Blue Bloods on Friday. The biggest season finale night is Thursday though with a heavily hyped wedding season finale of The Big Bang Theory that could easily see the show get back over a 3.0 demo. It will certainly also help the season finale of Young Sheldon and the one hour season finale of Mom that follows later in the night. On Friday, CBS has the season premiere of the celebrity edition of Undercover Boss, which hasn't been seen in nearly a year.

 MONDAY
8:00 Kevin Can Wait (Season Finale)
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Superior Donuts
9:30 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
10:00 Elementary

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
9:00 SEAL Team
10:00 Code Black

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Season Finale)
8:30 Young Sheldon (Season Finale)
9:00 Mom (Season Finale)
10:00 S.W.A.T.

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

SATURDAY
8:00 Ransom
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

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

NBC
NBC has the season finale of Chicago PD and a two hour season finale of Chicago Fire on Thursday and Timeless on Sunday. For Timeless, it could be a series finale. NBC also has the season premiere of Running Wild with Bear Grylls on Monday.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Running Wild with Bear Grylls (Season Premiere)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 Rise
10:00 Chicago Med

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Blacklist
9:00 Law & Order: SVU
10:00 Chicago PD (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)
9:00 Chicago Fire (Season Finale)

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 NHL Hockey Playoffs
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Genius Junior
8:00 Genius Junior
9:00 Timeless

 FOX
FOX has the season finale of Lethal Weapon on Tuesday night. It is a show that found itself surprisingly on the bubble thanks to some off-screen issues, so it could serve as a series finale.

 MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Resident

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon (Season Finale)
9:00 New Girl
9:30 New Girl

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 Showtime at the Apollo

FRIDAY
8:00 Meghan Markle: An American Princess (Special)

SATURDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
7:30 Bob's Burgers
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 Bob's Burgers

CW
The CW's only finale this week is Dynasty on Friday. Otherwise, it is a pretty normal week.

 MONDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 iZombie

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 The 100

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 The Originals

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Arrow

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty (Season Finale)
9:00 Life Sentence

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- FOX has renewed Empire for a fifth season in a very unsurprising move. It will most likely return to the same Wednesday 8pm timeslot.

- FOX may be reviving Last Man Standing, which was produced by 20th Century FOX but aired on ABC for six years before its surprising cancellation a year ago. Tim Allen has signed on, but the rest of the details are not hammered out yet. Still seems more likely than not to happen in this revival age and after the smashing success of middle America hit Roseanne.

- ABC has renewed American Idol for its 17th season overall and second on ABC. After a year off, the show had a decent transition to ABC and will be back with host Ryan Seacrest and all three judges in tact.

- NBC picked up medical drama New Amsterdam to series. It was a surprise Friday night pickup before the flurry of pickups coming this week.

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