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THE WEEK AHEAD: October 15-21, 2018

Here's a look at Week #4 of the season!

ABC
We're heading into week four of the season and ABC is finally debuting its Tuesday lineup. Newbies The Kids are Alright and The Rookie join returnees Black-ish and Splitting Up Together. But all eyes will be on The Conners. After Roseanne set the world on fire with its ratings last spring, ABC will try to get eyeballs to see her show without her. ABC has had a rough fall so far so a good Tuesday start would go a long way to helping them turn things around. Expect the ratings of The Conners to be national news on Wednesday whether they are good or bad. Elsewhere, Grey's Anatomy has the week off with Halloween specials and that could be bad news for Station 19, coming off a series high.

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
10:00 The Good Doctor

TUESDAY
8:00 The Conners (SERIES PREMIERE)
8:30 The Kids Are Alright (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Black-ish (Season Premiere)
9:30 Splitting Up Together (Season Premiere)
10:00 The Rookie (SERIES PREMIERE)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 American Housewife
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 Single Parents
10:00 A Million Little Things

THURSDAY
8:00 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Special)
8:30 Toy Story of TERROR! (Special)
9:00 Station 19
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder

FRIDAY
8:00 Fresh Off the Boat
8:30 Speechless
9:00 Child Support
10:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 Dancing with the Stars: Juniors
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 The Alec Baldwin Show

CBS
CBS has a normal week. It's been interesting to see the CBS shows be among the most stable this fall after disappointing debuts in general. Shows like SEAL Team, Criminal Minds, and S.W.A.T. have inched up while newbies like Magnum P.I. and Murphy Brown had disappointing premieres but have not dropped much since then.

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Happy Together
9:00 Magnum P.I.
10:00 Bull

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 FBI
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
9:00 SEAL Team
10:00 Criminal Minds

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 Young Sheldon
9:00 Mom
9:30 Murphy Brown
10:00 S.W.A.T.

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 Michael Jackson's Halloween (Special)
9:00 48 Hours
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun
7:30 60 Minutes
8:30 God Friended Me
9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:30 Madam Secretary

NBC
NBC has a normal week. Perhaps the most impressive lineup so far on any network this fall has been #OneChicago, which managed to actually rise in the ratings in week three following its week two crossover. NBC has had a strong fall aside from Thursdays but their Wednesdays might be their biggest feat.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Manifest

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 This is Us
10:00 New Amsterdam

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Chicago Med
9:00 Chicago Fire
10:00 Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore
8:30 The Good Place
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 I Feel Bad
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: Cincinnati at Kansas City

FOX
FOX has a regular week but with the World Series looming, we will see several Halloween episodes rolled out on Friday and Sunday. A dud Thursday Night Football game will probably see its lowest numbers to date this season.

MONDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 9-1-1

TUESDAY
8:00 The Gifted
9:00 Lethal Weapon

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

THURSDAY
8:00 Thursday Night Football: Denver at Arizona

FRIDAY
8:00 Last Man Standing (Halloween episode)
8:30 The Cool Kids
9:00 Hell's Kitchen

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
7:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
8:00 The Simpsons (Halloween episode)
8:30 Bob's Burgers (Halloween episode)
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 Rel (Halloween episode)

CW
The CW is continuing its season roll out and this week will debut Arrow, leaving only DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Legacies for next week. All American had a bomb debut, but it was Crazy Ex-Girlfriend that got the 0.1 demo while lead-in Dynasty managed to stay at 0.2. All three could easily get 0.1 this week.

MONDAY
8:00 Arrow (Season Premiere)
9:00 Constantine: The Legend Continues (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Black Lightning

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 All American

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Charmed (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty
9:00 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 Charmed

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- The first new show to get a full season is... New Amsterdam! NBC has handed a full season order to the medical drama after three solid outings. This comes as no surprise, but it is surprising that Manifest didn't get an episode extension at the same time.

- Continuing the good news for medical dramas, FOX handed a full season order to The Resident, which only had a 13 episode order for its second season. The drama has been a low-ish but very consistent performer on Monday nights so far this season.

- The full season order news continued on Thursday when FBI got a full season from CBS. The Dick Wolf drama had a drop this past week but seems like it could be a Tuesday night player.

- Despite Damon Wayans' declaration that he was leaving the series, Lethal Weapon got an order for two additional episodes from FOX and Wayans will appear in them.

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