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THE WEEK AHEAD: October 29-November 4, 2018

Here's a look at Week #6!

ABC
ABC is all new all week. The only change from their regular schedule is a Mickey's 90th Spectacular special on Sunday night, taking the place of Dancing with the Stars Junior and Shark Tank. The Wednesday comedies had a nice Halloween episode bump last week, but the comedies are airing new episodes on actual Halloween night and could see the bump be given right back and maybe then some.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Conners (Halloween episode)
8:30 The Kids Are Alright
9:00 Black-ish (Halloween episode)
9:30 Splitting Up Together
10:00 The Rookie

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 Grey's Anatomy
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 Mickey's 90th Spectacular (Special)
10:00 The Alec Baldwin Show

CBS
CBS is all new all week. There's a rare example of a CBS drama having a Halloween episode with NCIS. It'll be interesting to see if it can get a spike like comedies often can.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Halloween episode)
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 College Football

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

NBC
NBC is all new all week though Manifest is preempted for the week with a special honoring Wicked's 15 years on Broadway. The Chicago shows have been so impressive this year, but could get nicked by Halloween. A marquee Sunday Night Football matchup between the Packers and Patriots ends the week.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway (Special)

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 Midnight, Texas
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Dateline NBC
9:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: Green Bay at New England

FOX
FOX saw the World Series end after five games this year and while the other networks are happy, FOX must be disappointed to not get as many days of big ratings as they have in most recent years. Instead, they will have their usual lineup this week and have a terrible Thursday Night Football matchup between two one-win teams.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Resident (Halloween episode)
9:00 9-1-1 (Halloween episode)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Gifted
9:00 Lethal Weapon

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

THURSDAY
8:00 Thursday Night Football: Oakland at San Francisco

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

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun/The OT
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Bob's Burgers
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 Rel

CW
The CW is mostly all new, but they are preempting their regular shows on Wednesday for Halloween night encores of Charmed and Legacies. Halloween can always be a problem for shows, so this makes sense. I'm surprised more networks don't preempt.

 MONDAY
8:00 Arrow
9:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Black Lightning

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Charmed (Repeat)
9:00 Legacies (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Legacies

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

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 Charmed

 TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- FOX announced The Masked Singer will debut on Wednesday, January 2 at 9pm while The Passage premieres Monday, January 14 at 9pm. The former is a new unscripted show that seems to be aiming the newest incarnation of The Voice. The latter is a vampire drama that will take over the 9-1-1 slot for awhile.

- ABC has given a "full" season to A Million Little Things. I say "full" in quotation marks because it's only four more episodes for a total of 17, but that's in line with a lot of higher profile dramas lately such as How to Get Away with Murder, The Good Doctor, and This is Us. The difference here is it is not a breakout hit or with a big star, but it's still a vote of confidence for the newbie.

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