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THE WEEK AHEAD: December 24-30, 2018

Here's a look at Week #14!

ABC

 MONDAY
8:00 Movie: Beauty and the Beast
10:00 The Good Doctor (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 NBA Basketball: LA Lakers at Golden State
10:30 Black-ish (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs (Repeat)
8:30 American Housewife (Repeat)
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:30 Single Parents (Repeat)
10:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
10:30 Single Parents (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (Special)
9:00 The Conners (Repeat)
9:30 The Kids Are Alright (Repeat)
10:00 The Conners (Repeat)
10:30 The Kids Are Alright (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Fresh Off the Boat (Repeat)
8:30 Speechless (Repeat)
9:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 Mickey's 90th Spectacular (Special)
10:00 The Alec Baldwin Show

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
8:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
9:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
10:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)

 CBS

 MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood (Repeat)
8:30 The Neighborhood (Repeat)
9:00 God Friended Me (Repeat)
10:00 Bull (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 God Friended Me (Repeat)
10:00 FBI (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors (Special)
10:00 Magnum P.I. (Repeat)

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Garth: Live at Notre Dame! (Special)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 God Friended Me (Repeat)
9:00 48 Hours (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun
7:30 60 Minutes
8:30 The Neighborhood (Repeat)
9:00 The Neighborhood (Repeat)
9:30 God Friended Me (Repeat)
10:30 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)

 NBC

 MONDAY
8:00 Movie: It's a Wonderful Life

TUESDAY
8:00 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Special)
8:30 How the Grinch Stole Christmas

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Chicago Fire (Repeat)
9:00 Chicago Med (Repeat)
10:00 Chicago PD (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 I Feel Bad
8:30 I Feel Bad
9:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Midnight, Texas
9:00 Dateline NBC

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

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: TBA

FOX

 MONDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior: Celebrity Showdown (Special)

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

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
8:30 The Cool Kids (Repeat)
9:00 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
9:30 The Cool Kids (Repeat)

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

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

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun/The OT
8:00 The Orville (Season Premiere)
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 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2018
9:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale (Repeat)
9:00 All American (Repeat)

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)
9:00 Popstar's Best of 2018 (Special)

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

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- NBC announced the rest of its midseason plans. Drama The Enemy Within becomes the newest post-Voice show as Enemy will take Manifest's Monday 10pm slot when the new edition of The Voice premieres on February 25. On Tuesdays, The Village will premiere on March 12 at 10pm. It will get to follow This is Us for three weeks before taking the This is Us 9pm slot once the hit drama ends its third season. It's also worth noting that The Voice will have many weeks in the spring where it does not air on Tuesdays as they will continue to air Ellen's Game of Games. World of Dance will get a special preview for its first season inside the regular season. It will air on Tuesday, February 26 before taking over Sundays at 8pm starting March 3, where it will be followed by season two of Good Girls. Surprisingly, it is not the new Abby's taking the Thursdays 8:30pm slot and instead it will be season two of the low rated A.P. Bio starting March 7. There is no date yet for Abby's or drama The Inbetween. Overall, this seems a little messy on Tuesdays and a missed opportunity on Thursdays, but it could have been worse.

 - CBS announced that the upcoming seventh season of Elementary will be the show's final one. The drama was a prime member of the schedule for awhile and even had a post-Super Bowl airing, but it was relegated to summer last season and likely will be again this season.

- NBC has cancelled Marlon and Midnight, Texas after two seasons. Marlon aired in the summer and had a decent run in 2017 but a lower run in 2018. Midnight aired in Summer 2017 and didn't return until this fall, but it has had a low rated Friday night run this fall.

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