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THE WEEK AHEAD: January 21-27, 2019

Here's a look at Week #18!

ABC
ABC is all new all week. The Conners has its season finale on Tuesday night and while not officially renewed, it is certain to get a second season with just the details to be ironed out. A Million Little Things had a solid Thursday start, we'll see how week two in the new timeslot goes.

MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor
10:00 The Good Doctor

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Schooled
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 Single Parents
10:00 Match Game

THURSDAY
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
9:00 A Million Little Things
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder

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

SATURDAY
8:00 NBA Basketball: Golden State at Boston

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

CBS
CBS is having Big Brother: Celebrity Edition take over its lineup with five episodes in seven days this week. Elsewhere, there's a mix of new episodes and repeats. It will be interesting to see if Magnum P.I. can benefit at all from its post-Championship Game exposure.

MONDAY
8:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (Season Premiere)
9:00 Magnum P.I.
10:00 Bull

TUESDAY
8:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
9:00 FBI
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
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 Fam
10:00 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

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

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 Madam Secretary

NBC
NBC is all new for most of the week with a fairly strong winter lineup. Thursday night has the season finale of The Good Place, which has already been renewed for a fourth season.

MONDAY
8:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions
10:00 Manifest

TUESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games
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 The Titan Games
9:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:30 The Good Place (Season Finale)
10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Figure Skating

SATURDAY
8:00 2019 NHL All-Star Game

SUNDAY
7:00 The Titan Games (Repeat)
8:00 The Titan Games (Repeat)
9:00 American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. the World (Special)

FOX
FOX is mostly new with a few repeats sprinkled in. Sunday night has Rent Live!, which airs on a Sunday night like Grease Live! did back in 2016 to big numbers. I don't think this will do as well, but I do think it will still be solid.

MONDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 The Passage

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back
9:00 The Masked Singer

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 The Orville

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

SATURDAY
8:00 Boxing

SUNDAY
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
7:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
8:00 Rent Live! (Special)

CW
After easing back into new episodes, the CW is fully new this week with its regular lineup. Roswell, New Mexico had an OK debut. We'll see how week two goes.

MONDAY
8:00 Arrow
9:00 Black Lightning

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Roswell, New Mexico

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 All American

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
- CBS announced a few more midseason dates, this time for some of its dramas. Military legal drama The Code will get a special premiere after NCIS on Tuesday, April 9 and then take over the Monday 9pm hour from Magnum P.I. starting April 15. Event drama The Red Line will have a unique airing schedule. Its eight episodes will air in two hour blocks over four weeks starting Sunday, April 28 at 8pm. CBS also announced the third season of Ransom will premiere February 16 in its regular Saturday 8pm slot. Still no word on Elementary, Instinct, and Life in Pieces. It seems likely all three will air in the summer at this point.

- FOX has renewed veteran summer staple So You Think You Can Dance for an impressive 16th season.

- NBC has renewed Ellen's Game of Games for a third season just two episodes into its second season. The reality show has been a very solid winter filler show for the network.

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