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THE WEEK AHEAD: October 8-14, 2018

Here's a look at Week #3 of the 2018-19 season!

ABC
It has been a rough start to the season for ABC with the most recent disappointment being the colossal flop of the TGIF reboot. This week, they will air the American Music Awards on Tuesday night. It's a star studded lineup of performers but odd for it to be on a Tuesday. This is one of the reasons if not the reason they held their Tuesday lineup for several weeks so we'll see how well it goes. On Sunday night is the series premiere of The Alec Baldwin Show to cap their all unscripted night.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 2018 American Music Awards (Special)

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 Dancing with the Stars: Juniors
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 The Alec Baldwin Show (SERIES PREMIERE)

CBS
CBS had a very rough first week of the season but week two went better for them with good holds for FBI and Murphy Brown, and a solid debut for The Neighborhood. The biggest problem was Wednesday night and the flop return of SEAL Team and Criminal Minds. It will be interesting to see how the Monday comedy block holds up for week two. CBS gets an NFL overrun on Sunday to pop that lineup back up from what it likely did last night.

 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 TBD
10:00 48 Hours

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

NBC
NBC had another solid week overall and will continue into week three where it will be interesting to see how newbies Manifest and New Amsterdam continue to hold up. Friday night is the season premiere of Blindspot and it surely won't make much of a dent. A marquee Sunday Night Football matchup between the Chiefs and Patriots ends the week.

 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 (Season Premiere)
9:00 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: Kansas City at New England

FOX
FOX has its usual lineup across the board. Everything dropped at varying rates in week two but it's clear that they still have a solid foothold with every night of the week except Tuesday and that's better than some might have thought things would go.

 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: Philadelphia at NY Giants

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

SATURDAY
8:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)
9:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)

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

CW
The CW is back in business this week and adding back in Sunday nights for the first time in about a decade. There are two series premieres: the critically praised All American on Wednesday night and the reboot of Charmed on Sunday night. Charmed seems more likely to get more eyeballs for the premiere as All American is a tough sell despite the reviews. With the way ratings have been going this fall, I think the CW could be in for a rough premiere week.

 MONDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 2 (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash (Season Premiere)
9:00 Black Lightning (Season Premiere)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale (Season Premiere)
9:00 All American (SERIES PREMIERE)

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural (Season Premiere)
9:00 All American (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty (Season Premiere)
9:00 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season Premiere)

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl (Season Premiere)
9:00 Charmed (SERIES PREMIERE)
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