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THE WEEK AHEAD: November 19-25, 2018

Here's a look at Week #9, Thanksgiving week!

ABC
ABC has their regular lineup on Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday this week. Monday has the season finale of Dancing with the Stars, which is reportedly only doing one cycle this season.

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars (Season Finale)
10:00 The Good Doctor

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Special)
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:30 Single Parents (Repeat)
10:00 The Goldbergs (Repeat)
10:30 Single Parents (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 20/20: Mary Poppins Returns - Behind the Magic (Special)
9:00 Meghan's New Life: The Real Princess Diaries (Special)
10:00 I'm Coming Home (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Special)
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 Shark Tank (Repeat)

CBS
CBS is the only network airing its regular lineup on Thanksgiving Eve and it probably won't go well for them since Thanksgiving Eve traditionally sees big drops. They are also new on Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday.

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood (Thanksgiving episode)
8:30 Happy Together
9:00 Magnum P.I.
10:00 Bull (Repeat)

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 (Repeat)
8:30 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
9:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
9:30 Murphy Brown
10:00 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Frosty the Snowman (Special)
8:30 Frosty Returns (Special)
9:00 Magnum P.I. (Repeat)
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire (Special)
8:30 Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe (Special)
9:00 The Story of Santa Claus (Special)
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 is new on Monday and Tuesday this week and has a pretty good Vikings-Packers showdown on Sunday Night Football to end the week. They also get the Thanksgiving night game as part of its Sunday deal. An Atlanta-New Orleans game isn't a super exciting one though.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Manifest

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 This is Us (Thanksgiving episode)
10:00 New Amsterdam

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Hollywood Game Night (Special)
9:00 SNL Thanksgiving (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 NFL Football: Atlanta at New Orleans

FRIDAY
8:00 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Special)
8:30 DreamWorks Trolls Holiday (Special)
9:00 Midnight, Texas
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 The National Dog Show (Special)
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

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

FOX

FOX is new on Monday, Tuesdya, and part of Sunday this week. They have the late game on Thanksgiving but aren't really planning to do anything with that lead-in.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Gifted
9:00 Lethal Weapon

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire (Repeat)
9:00 Star (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior: Celebrity Showdown

FRIDAY
8:00 College Football

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

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

CW
The CW, like many other networks, is new on Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Black Lightning

WEDNESDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1 (Special)

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)
9:00 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Special)

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 Charmed

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- The CW has announced some of its midseason plans. New series Roswell, New Mexico will premiere on Tuesday, January 15 at 9pm. This new series will bump Black Lightning to Mondays at 9pm where it will take the place of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which will go on hiatus. Meanwhile, although dates have not been set, Jane the Virgin will air its final season on Wednesdays at 9pm after All American has ended its first season while Legacies will give way to the new In the Dark on Thursdays at 9pm around the same time. No information yet on iZombie or The 100 but at least one of them will be heading to Fridays I'm sure.

- CBS has ordered a reality show called Million Dollar Mile produced by LeBron James and hosted by Tim Tebow. No word yet on when it will air, but it sounds like it could be a summer show.

- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was renewed for a seventh season even before its sixth season premieres. The low rated drama clearly got a vote in its favor from parent company Disney. Season 6 is likely to premiere in late spring or early summer.

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