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THE WEEK AHEAD: December 17-23, 2018

Here's a look at Week #13!

ABC

 MONDAY
8:00 The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season Finale)
10:00 2018: In Memoriam (Special)

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Special)
8:30 Shrek the Halls (Special)
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:30 Single Parents (Repeat)
10:00 The Goldbergs (Repeat)
10:30 American Housewife (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Special)
9:00 The Great American Baking Show (Season Finale)

FRIDAY
8:00 I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (Special)
9:00 The Great Christmas Light Fight (Repeat)
10:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 CMA Country Christmas (Special)
10:00 The Alec Baldwin Show

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
8:00 Disney Prep & Landing (Repeat)
8:30 Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (Repeat)
9:00 The Year: 2018 (Special)

 CBS

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

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 FBI (Repeat)
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor (Edition Finale)
10:00 Survivor Reunion Special (Special)

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

FRIDAY
8:00 A Home for the Holidays: The 20th Anniversary (Special)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 FBI (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours (Repeat)

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

 NBC

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 America's Got Talent: A Holiday of Champions (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice Recap
9:00 The Voice (Edition Finale)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 LEGO Jurassic World (Special)
9:00 Ho-Ho-Hollywood Game Night (Special)
10:00 Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 Timeless (SERIES FINALE)
10:00 Ellen's Game of Games Holiday Spectacular (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Midnight, Texas
9:00 America's Got Talent: A Holiday of Champions (Special)
10:00 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: Kansas City at Seattle

FOX

 MONDAY
8:00 The Resident (Repeat)
9:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon (Repeat)
9:00 The Gifted (Repeat)

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

THURSDAY
8:00 A Christmas Story Live (Special)

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

SATURDAY
8:00 Boxing

SUNDAY
7:00 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (Special)
7:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
8:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
8:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
9:00 Family Guy (Repeat)
9:30 Rel (Repeat)

CW

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

TUESDAY
8:00 Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown (Special)
9:00 Greatest Holiday Videos Countdown (Special)

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

THURSDAY
8:00 The 4th Annual Howie Mandel Stand-Up Extravaganza (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty (Christmas episode)
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)

SUNDAY
8:00 Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic (Special)
9:00 Charmed (Repeat)

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- ABC announced it midseason plans in addition to the already announced Schooled premiere and move of American Housewife. The biggest news is that freshman drama A Million Little Things is getting a timeslot upgrade by moving to Thursday 9pm starting January 17. They are benching Station 19 until March 7 when it will return joined by season two of For the People. We'll see how it all works out but this shows what ABC thinks of both Million and Station. Taking Million's place on Wednesday will be Match Game in January and February and the new Whiskey Cavalier starting February 27. Elsewhere, American Idol will debut on March 3 and Shark Tank will move to 10pm as they won't use Idol to launch a new drama on Sundays. They will on Mondays though with The Fix premiering March 18. And 20/20 will expand to two hours on Fridays. New drama Grand Hotel will be held until summer, where it will air after The Bachelorette on Mondays starting June 17. Whew!

- ABC has also given a series order to Bless This Mess, a comedy starring Dax Shepard and Lake Bell. The show was in development at FOX last season but ultimately passed on. It seems like a better fit on ABC and will air next season.

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