WEEKLY RECAP: February 18-24, 2019

Here is the weekly ratings recap looking back at the week in ratings for Week #22 of the 2018-19 season! Please note no repeats, sports, specials, or Saturday airings are counted

TOP 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 2.7    7th week
2. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Thursday 8:00pm) - 2.3    14th week
3. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.9    7th week
4. This is Us (NBC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.8    13th week
5. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.7    7th week
    Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.7    13th week
    Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 8:30pm) - 1.7    14th week
8 .Survivor (CBS, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.6    13th week
9. Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.4    7th week
    Chicago PD (NBC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 1.4    9th week
11. Chicago Med (NBC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.3    14th week
    Chicago Fire (NBC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 1.3    14th week
    Mom (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.3    15th week
14. NCIS (CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.2    14th week
15. The Good Doctor (ABC, Monday 10:00pm) - 1.1    9th week
    The Neighborhood (CBS, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.1    11th week
    The Goldbergs (ABC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.1    14th week
    Modern Family (ABC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 1.1    15th week
    Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (FOX, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.1    5th week
    A Million Little Things (ABC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.1    6th week
    The Titan Games (NBC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.1    7th week

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. Legacies (CW, Thursday 9:00pm) - 0.2    11th week
2. Match Game (ABC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 0.4    6th week
    Proven Innocent (FOX, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.4    2nd week
4. The Gifted (FOX, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 0.5    11th week
    How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 0.5    7th week
    Speechless (ABC, Friday 8:30pm) - 0.5    14th week
    Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 0.5    17th week
8. Splitting Up Together (ABC, Tuesday 9:30pm) - 0.6    8th week
    The Rookie (ABC, Tuesday 10:00pm) - 0.6    7th week
    The World's Best (CBS, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 0.6    1st week
    Gotham (FOX, Thursday 8:00pm) - 0.6    6th week
    Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.6    12th week
    The Blacklist (NBC, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.6    Special Airing
    The Blacklist (NBC, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.6    6th week

15. Bull (CBS, Monday 10:00pm) - 0.7    4th week
      The Kids Are Alright (ABC, Tuesday 8:30pm) - 0.7    2nd week
      Black-ish (ABC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 0.7    3rd week
     Single Parents (ABC, Wednesday 9:30pm) - 0.7    4th week
     Will & Grace (NBC, Thursday 9:30pm) - 0.7    4th week
     20/20 (ABC, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.7    17th week
     The Cool Kids (FOX, Friday 8:30pm) - 0.7    1st week

TOP 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Thursday 8:00pm) - 13.5 million    14th week
2. NCIS (CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 12.7 million    14th week
3. Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 8:30pm) - 11.3 million    14th week
4. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 10.6 million    7th week
5. FBI (CBS, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 9.1 million    14th week
    Chicago Med (NBC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 9.1 million    14th week
7. Chicago PD (NBC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 8.9 million    12th week
8. Chicago Fire (NBC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 8.8 million    15th week
9. Mom (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 8.4 million    16th week
10. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 8.3 million    7th week
      60 Minutes (CBS, Sunday 7:00pm) - 8.3 million    16th week
12. Survivor (CBS, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 7.8 million    11th week
13. This is Us (NBC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 7.6 million    13th week
14. Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, Friday 9:00pm) - 7.1 million    14th week
15. NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, Tuesday 10:00pm) - 7.0 million    14th week
      Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, Friday 10:00pm) - 7.0 million    Special Airing
17. Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 6.9 million    8th week
18. Bull (CBS, Monday 10:00pm) - 6.8 million    9th week
19. MacGyver (CBS, Friday 8:00pm) - 6.6 million    7th week
20. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 6.5 million    5th week

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. Legacies (CW, Thursday 9:00pm) - 0.7 million    11th week
2. The Gifted (FOX, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.6 million    13th week
3. Match Game (ABC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 2.0 million    6th week
4. Gotham (FOX, Thursday 8:00pm) - 2.1 million    6th week
    Proven Innocent (FOX, Friday 9:00pm) - 2.1 million    1st week
6. Speechless (ABC, Friday 8:30pm) - 2.2 million    14th week
7. Splitting Up Together (ABC, Tuesday 9:30pm) - 2.4 million    9th week
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 2.4 million    6th week
9. How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 2.6 million    9th week
    Will & Grace (NBC, Thursday 9:30pm) - 2.6 million    5th week
11. Single Parents (ABC, Wednesday 9:30pm) - 2.7 million    6th week

12. Black-ish (ABC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 2.9 million    3rd week
13. The Orville (FOX, Thursday 9:00pm) - 3.1 million    4th week
      Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, Friday 8:00pm) - 3.1 million    6th week
      Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 3.1 million    10th week

16. Lethal Weapon (FOX, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 3.2 million    3rd week

17. The Kids Are Alright (ABC, Tuesday 8:30pm) - 3.4 million    2nd week
18. The Passage (FOX, Monday 9:00pm) - 3.5 million    1st week
     The Rookie (ABC, Tuesday 10:00pm) - 3.5 million    3rd week
     Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (FOX, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 3.5 million    2nd week

WINNERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC)    2nd week
Tuesday - Lethal Weapon (FOX)    1st week
Wednesday - Chicago PD (NBC)    1st week
Thursday - The Orville (FOX)    1st week
Friday - The Blacklist (NBC)    1st week
Sunday - The Oscars (ABC)    Special Airing

LOSERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - None
Tuesday - Black-ish (ABC)    2nd week
Wednesday - The World's Best (CBS)    2nd week
Thursday - How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)    3rd week
Friday - The Cool Kids (FOX)    1st week
Sunday - None

PILOT REVIEW: The Enemy Within

THE ENEMY WITHIN

Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Morris Chestnut, Raza Jaffrey, Kelli Garner, Cassandra Freeman, Noah Mills

Created by Ken Woodruff
Written by Ken Woodruff, Directed by Mark Pellington

IN SHORT: In Case You Want Another The Blacklist or Blindspot.

THE PREMISE:
The Enemy Within sort of functions as a reverse of The Blacklist, from a gender standpoint. Erica Shepherd (Jennifer Carpenter) was a brilliant CIA Deputy Director of Operations until she was arrested for Espionage by FBI agent Will Keaton (Morris Chestnut). Three years later, FBI and CIA agents are under attack and the FBI must bring Shepherd out from her jail cell to assist them in figuring out what is going on. Rounding out the main cast includes fellow FBI agent Daniel Zain (Raza Jaffrey) and tech girl Kate Ryan (Kelli Garner).

THE REVIEW:
The Enemy Within started with a bang. The initial scene showing Shepherd's arrest followed the simultaneous attacks on FBI and CIA agents was pretty thrilling and reminiscent of those other Monday 10pm dramas and their captivating starts. This one may not have been as engaging as The Blacklist's welcome to James Spader or the very memorable "tattooed naked girl in Times Square" start to Blindspot but it was pretty intense nonetheless. After that though, it settled into a much more predictable drama that took itself far too seriously (I lost count of the number of slow motion moments the pilot employed) and seems very prone to going off the rails very soon.

One of the biggest problems is they seem to have already taken a lot of the edge off of the premise of the show by revealing the reasons behind Erica's seeming espionage. Now we already know that she isn't really a spy but instead was (surprise, surprise) protecting her kid. For a show that billed itself in the promos and the first half of the episode that she was a potential terrorist, this was a pretty quick reveal and not a satisfying one at that.

The cast ranges from serviceable to unmemorable. On the serviceable side is Morris Chestnut, who plays a believable FBI agent but there's nothing he does here that hasn't been done by tons of other actors in these types of roles over the years. On the unmemorable side is Jennifer Carpenter, who does not have any type of charisma and doesn't quite seem like a steely criminal or a caring mother. A more dynamic performance in this role could elevate the entire show (case in point: Spader in The Blacklist). The pilot ended with probably the most predictable twist to end a pilot that I've seen in awhile.

BOTTOM LINE:
I don't really know why NBC keeps trying these kind of shows. Yes, there was the gold standard with The Blacklist but since then we have seen rapid declines (Blindspot) or DOA results (State of Affairs). I think this one will be closer to DOA with much less of a hook than some other 10pm dramas that have aired in recent years.

PILOT REVIEW: Whiskey Cavalier

WHISKEY CAVALIER

Starring: Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams, Vir Das, with James McDaniel, and Josh Hopkins

Created by David Hemingson
Written by David Hemingson, Directed by Peter Atencio

IN SHORT: A Get Smart for 2019

THE PREMISE:
Whiskey Cavalier is a globe-hopping spy dramedy centered on FBI agent Will Chase a.k.a. Whiskey Cavalier (Scott Foley) who is recently coming off a bad breakup and goes toe to toe with CIA operative Frankie Trowbridge (Lauren Cohan). They work with NSA analyst Edgar Standish (Tyler James Williams) despite the three of them trying to achieve different objectives in the pilot. Rounding out the main cast is fellow FBI agent Ray Prince (Josh Hopkins), a hot shot FBI profiler who is stateside, Susan Sampson (Ana Ortiz), CIA agent Jai Datta (Vir Das), and the FBI Director (James McDaniel).

THE REVIEW:
Whiskey Cavalier is the best kind of spy show in my opinion: one that doesn't take itself very seriously and spends episodes hopping around the globe. Just as I'm predetermined to hate sci-fi shows, I am also pre-determined to like spy shows so going in, this one didn't have to do all that much to win me over. Any show that's going to spend parts of its pilot in France, Russia, Germany, and New York City is exciting to me. But there have been shows like this that just don't work due to the leading performances (Undercovers for example). What makes Whiskey Cavalier winning is the strong performance of its cast, especially the three characters we spend the most time with in the pilot.

Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, and Tyler James Williams really make this show what it is. While Foley was a divisive character on Scandal, he is very enjoyable in this role where he's less serious and has a silly streak to him. The vacillating between being a tough FBI agent and a heartsick man coming off a breakup was played in a pretty funny way. He also had good chemistry with Lauren Cohan and they seemed to be enjoying playing the one-up game. Tyler James Williams fit nicely into the trio as well with some good one-liners. I would gladly watch these three carry out spy missions and bicker on a weekly basis.

This looked like an expensive pilot with its many different countries visited not to mention some major explosions. I always wonder when pilots pull out all the stops if they will be able to keep up the feature film feel on a regular basis. Whether or not it can do that, I hope it continues to not take itself very seriously and tries not to delve too deep into a mythology or a continuing storyline. A little of that is fun but I just want to see this team carrying out missions across the globe on a weekly basis. That's not too much to ask, is it?

BOTTOM LINE:
Despite its Oscars promotion and sneak peek following the awards show, it has a tough task airing in a timeslot that has been rough for ABC (most recently evidenced by A Million Little Things seeing much more success on Thursday). But I'll be hoping it can find an audience, I would enjoy a nice escapist show like this.

THE WEEK AHEAD: February 25-March 3, 2019

Here's a look at Week #23!

ABC
Following the Oscars, ABC has an all new week with the series premiere of Whiskey Cavalier on Wednesday. It will be the same episode that was previewed after the Oscars last night, but will air in its regular timeslot. This week also has the season premiere of American Idol on Sunday night and I have a feeling it will be underwhelming. There are also two season finales for Thursday dramas A Million Little Things and How to Get Away with Murder. Million has already been renewed for next season and while its ratings have been very low this year, I think Murder will get renewed as well.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 American Housewife
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 Whiskey Cavalier (SERIES PREMIERE)

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

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

SATURDAY
8:00 NBA Countdown
8:30 NBA Basketball: Golden State at Philadelphia

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 American Idol (Season Premiere)
10:00 Shark Tank

CBS
CBS has a mix of new episodes and repeats. The decision to air three hours of The World's Best this week looks pretty foolish after it posted a terrible 0.6 demo last week.

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Man with a Plan
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 The World's Best

THURSDAY
8:00 The World's Best
9:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
9:30 Fam
10:00 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver (Repeat)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 Ransom
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 God Friended Me
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 Madam Secretary

NBC
NBC has a busy week with the return of The Voice with new coach John Legend on Monday and Tuesday night. Monday will lead into the series premiere of The Enemy Within, which has had a ton of promotion in recent weeks though I don't think it will come close to Manifest's 2.2 demo premiere from the fall. Tuesday has the season premiere of the former summer show World of Dance before it heads to anchor Sunday nights, where it leads into a new season of Good Girls. This week also has the season finale of The Titan Games.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice (Edition Premiere)
10:00 The Enemy Within (SERIES PREMIERE)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 World of Dance (Season Premiere)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Chicago Med
9:00 Chicago Fire
10:00 Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8:00 The Titan Games (Season Finale)
9:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:30 Will & Grace
10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 The Voice (Repeat)
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Dateline NBC
9:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 World of Dance (Repeat)
8:00 World of Dance
10:00 Good Girls (Season Premiere)

FOX
Despite premieres and finales all over the place, the biggest event of the week is likely to be The Masked Singer on Wednesday night, which I think could easily see a 3.0 demo or above, something not often season in 2018-19. FOX also has season finales of Tuesday dramas Lethal Weapon and The Gifted.

MONDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Repeat)
9:00 The Passage

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon (Season Finale)
9:00 The Gifted (Season Finale)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 The Orville

FRIDAY
8:00 Last Man Standing
8:30 The Cool Kids
9:00 Proven Innocent

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

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

CW
The CW is still doing a lot of repeats although there are some new episodes this week, especially from shows that are ending their seasons in the coming weeks.

MONDAY
8:00 Arrow (Repeat)
9:00 Black Lightning (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash (Repeat)
9:00 Roswell, New Mexico

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 All American

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
8:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 Charmed

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- CBS has renewed Young Sheldon for two more seasons. The sophomore comedy is likely taking over the 8pm Thursday slot from the show it spun off from, The Big Bang Theory, next season and this is a show of good faith. But we've yet to really see how it will do without the mothership in front of it. That won't be known until the fall.

WEEKLY RECAP: February 11-17, 2019

Here is the weekly ratings recap looking back at the week in ratings for Week #21 of the 2018-19 season! Please note no repeats, sports, specials, or Saturday airings are counted

TOP 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 2.4    6th week
2. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.9    6th week
3. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.7    6th week
    This is Us (NBC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.7    12th week
5. Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.5    6th week
6. NCIS (CBS, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.4    13th week
    Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.4    12th week
8. The Neighborhood (CBS, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.3    10th week
    Chicago Med (NBC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.3    13th week
10. Manifest (NBC, Monday 10:00pm) - 1.1    11th week
    The Goldbergs (ABC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.1    13th week
    Chicago Fire (NBC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 1.1    13th week
    Chicago PD (NBC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 1.1    8th week
    Mom (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.1    14th week
    The Titan Games (NBC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.1    6th week
    Last Man Standing (FOX, Friday 8:00pm) - 1.1    12th week
17. Man with a Plan (CBS, Monday 8:30pm) - 1.0    2nd week
    The Resident (FOX, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.0    6th week
    FBI (CBS, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.0    4th week
    New Amsterdam (NBC, Tuesday 10:00pm) - 1.0    10th week
    Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (FOX, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.0    4th week
    A Million Little Things (ABC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.0    5th week
    Last Man Standing (FOX, Friday 8:30pm) - 1.0    Special Airing

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. Charmed (CW, Sunday 9:00pm) - 0.2    12th week
2. Black Lightning (CW, Monday 9:00pm) - 0.3    13th week
    Roswell, New Mexico (CW, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 0.3    5th week
    Supergirl (CW, Sunday 8:00pm) - 0.3    11th week
5. Arrow (CW, Monday 8:00pm) - 0.4    12th week
    Madam Secretary (CBS, Sunday 10:00pm) - 0.4    12th week
7. The Gifted (FOX, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 0.5    10th week
    Match Game (ABC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 0.5    5th week
    Speechless (ABC, Friday 8:30pm) - 0.5    13th week
    Blindspot (NBC, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.5    13th week
    Proven Innocent (FOX, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.5    1st week (NEW SHOW)
12. Splitting Up Together (ABC, Tuesday 9:30pm) - 0.6    7th week
     The Rookie (ABC, Tuesday 10:00pm) - 0.6    6th week
    The Flash (CW, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 0.6    9th week
    Single Parents (ABC, Wednesday 9:30pm) - 0.6    3rd week
    How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 0.6    6th week
    Gotham (FOX, Thursday 8:00pm) - 0.6    5th week
    The Blacklist (NBC, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.6    5th week
    Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 0.6    16th week
    God Friended Me (CBS, Sunday 8:00pm) - 0.6    1st week

TOP 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. NCIS (CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 13.4 million    13th week
2. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 10.4 million    6th week
3. 60 Minutes (CBS, Sunday 7:00pm) - 9.7 million    15th week
4. FBI (CBS, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 9.5 million    13th week
5. Blue Bloods (CBS, Friday 10:00pm) - 8.9 million    14th week
6. Chicago Med (NBC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 8.7 million    13th week
7. Chicago Fire (NBC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 8.4 million    14th week
8. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 7.8 million    6th week
9. Mom (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 7.6 million    15th week
10. Chicago PD (NBC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 7.5 million    11th week
11. This is Us (NBC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 7.4 million    12th week
12. Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, Friday 9:00pm) - 7.3 million    13th week
13. NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, Tuesday 10:00pm) - 7.2 million    13th week
      God Friended Me (CBS, Sunday 8:00pm) - 7.2 million    13th week
15. The Neighborhood (CBS, Monday 8:00pm) - 7.0 million    6th week
16. NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, Sunday 9:00pm) - 6.7 million    14th week
17. Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 6.6 million    7th week
18. MacGyver (CBS, Friday 8:00pm) - 6.4 million    6th week
19. Bull (CBS, Monday 10:00pm) - 6.3 million    8th week
20. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 6.2 million    4th week

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. Charmed (CW, Sunday 9:00pm) - 0.8 million    12th week
2. Black Lightning (CW, Monday 9:00pm) - 0.9 million    13th week
3. Arrow (CW, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.1 million    12th week
    Roswell, New Mexico (CW, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.1 million    5th week
    Supergirl (CW, Sunday 8:00pm) - 1.1 million    11th week
6. The Gifted (FOX, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.6 million    12th week
7. The Flash (CW, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.7 million    13th week
8. Bob's Burgers (FOX, Sunday 8:30pm) - 2.2 million    7th week
    Family Guy (FOX, Sunday 9:00pm) - 2.2 million    11th week
10. Gotham (FOX, Thursday 8:00pm) - 2.3 million    5th week
    Speechless (ABC, Friday 8:30pm) - 2.3 million    13th week
12. Match Game (ABC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 2.4 million    5th week
13. Splitting Up Together (ABC, Tuesday 9:30pm) - 2.6 million    8th week
    Single Parents (ABC, Wednesday 9:30pm) - 2.6 million    5th week
    How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 2.6 million    8th week
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 2.6 million    5th week
17. The Simpsons (FOX, Sunday 8:00pm) - 2.8 million    6th week
18. Will & Grace (NBC, Thursday 9:30pm) - 2.9 million    4th week
      Blindspot (NBC, Friday 8:00pm) - 2.9 million    11th week
20. Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 3.0 million    9th week

WINNERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - The Bachelor (ABC)    2nd week
Tuesday - NCIS (CBS)    3rd week
Wednesday - The Masked Singer (FOX)    4th week
Thursday - The Titan Games (NBC)    1st week
Friday - Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)    2nd week
Sunday - None

LOSERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (CBS)    Special Airing
Tuesday - The Rookie (ABC)    1st week
Wednesday - Schooled (ABC)    2nd week
Thursday - Fam (CBS)    1st week
Friday - Proven Innocent (FOX)    1st week (NEW SERIES)
Sunday - Madam Secretary (CBS)    2nd week

THE WEEK AHEAD: February 18-24, 2019

Here's a look at Week #22!

ABC
ABC has a fully new week leading up to the Oscars on Sunday. After a ton of issues this year with hosts or lack thereof, music, and categories presented on air, it will be interesting to see if that means more or less curiosity in the Oscars. My guess is less. It's not listed here, but ABC will preview the new drama Whiskey Cavalier after the Oscars before its regular timeslot premiere next Wednesday.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 American Housewife
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 Countdown
8:30 NBA Basketball: Houston at Golden State

SUNDAY
7:00 Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (Special)
8:00 Oscars 2019 (Special)

CBS
CBS has an all new week except for Sunday. Wednesday brings the newest edition of Survivor, which should provide a jolt to the Wednesday night lineup and could help the disappointing The World's Best.

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Magnum P.I.
10:00 Bull

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 FBI
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor (38th Edition Premiere)
9:00 The World's Best

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 Young Sheldon
9:00 Mom
9:30 Fam
10:00 S.W.A.T.

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Hawaii Five-0

SATURDAY
8:00 Ransom
9:00 48 Hours
10:00 48 Hours

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

NBC
NBC is also new except for Sunday. Monday has the season finales of America's Got Talent: The Champions, which had a strong winter run, and Manifest, which seems likely to return despite its drops over the course of the season.

MONDAY
8:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions (Season Finale)
10:00 Manifest (Season Finale)

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 Will & Grace
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 The Blacklist
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia

SUNDAY
7:00 Dateline NBC
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games (Repeat)
9:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions (Repeat)

FOX
FOX has an all new week but, like most networks, is taking Sunday off against the Oscars. It is the next to last episode of The Masked Singer, which could lead to a rise for the winter hit.

MONDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 The Passage

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon
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
8:30 The Cool Kids
9:00 Proven Innocent

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

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

CW
The CW is in repeats all week except for Legacies on Thursday night so nothing too exciting to report here.

MONDAY
8:00 Arrow (Repeat)
9:00 Black Lightning (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash (Repeat)
9:00 Roswell, New Mexico (Repeat)

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
8:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl (Repeat)
9:00 Charmed (Repeat)

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- FOX has renewed animated comedy staples Bob's Burgers for a 10th season and Family Guy for an 18th season. These shows join The Simpsons as Sunday comedy renewals. The Simpsons was renewed for two seasons. FOX also has two animated comedies in the pipeline for next year: Bless the Harts and Duncanville.

PILOT REVIEW: Proven Innocent

PROVEN INNOCENT

Starring: Rachelle Lefevre, Russell Hornsby, Vincent Kartheiser, Nikki M. James, Riley Smith, Clare O'Connor, and Kelsey Grammer

Created by David Elliot
Written by David Elliot, Directed by Patricia Riggen

IN SHORT: Conviction with more conviction

THE PREMISE:
Madeline Scott (Rachelle Lefevre) was wrongfully accused of murdering her best friend alongside her brother, Levi (Riley Smith). After spending ten years in prison, she emerged with a new degree and mission and now runs a wrongful conviction law firm alongside associates Ezekiel (Russell Hornsby), Bodie (Vincent Kartheiser), and Violet (Nikki M. James). Through their clients, they are trying to take down Gore Bellows (Kelsey Grammar), who put Madeline behind bars and is now running for governor. There are also many flashbacks to young Madeline (Clare O'Connor).

THE REVIEW:
I was pleasantly surprised by Proven Innocent and interested to see that it appears to be serial in nature than a "case of the week" show - or at least that seemed to be the case in the pilot. That doesn't mean this is a world class drama by any means. It's still predictable, it still takes tremendous leaps in logic like all crime dramas do. I also had low expectations but it did exceed those expectations for what it's worth. It has a potentially compelling through line and back story that could be quite interesting or could turn out to be a lot of the same.

A big get for this show was Kelsey Grammer, who brings some gravitas to the show and is a larger than life personality for a role that's very well suited for him. Not that the rest of the cast isn't solid, but Grammer's presence almost seemed to legitimize the show even though Grammer has been in a few stinkers himself. I'm not totally sold on Rachelle Lefevre in the main role, but I thought she was alright. The rest of the supporting cast is solid though I always wonder how someone like Vincent Kartheiser must feel after being in one of the greatest TV dramas of all time (Mad Men) and now on a sleepy Friday night network drama that isn't terrible but of course is no Mad Men.

I was interested in the concept of 2016's Conviction, but it ended up being a terrible show. This show has a similar premise and at least at first glance, was a better show. The tighter and more interesting back story helped here as well as a "case of the week" that had some compelling moments. I still rolled my eyes a few times at how conveniently and quickly they were able to crack the case, but I guess you have to go in expecting that to an extent. I think the idea of wrongful convictions is a very rich place to explore for a weekly TV drama. Proven Innocent might be up to the task and it might not be. I could see it going either way.

BOTTOM LINE:
In a very sleepy timeslot on a network that is only decreasing their scripted offerings, it seems extremely unlikely that we'll see very many episodes of Proven Innocent so we may never know what actually happened in the back story.

WEEKLY RECAP: February 4-10, 2019

Here is the weekly ratings recap looking back at the week in ratings for Week #20 of the 2018-19 season! Please note no repeats, sports, specials, or Saturday airings are counted

TOP 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Thursday 8:00pm) - 2.6    13th week
2. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 2.2    5th week
3. Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 8:30pm) - 2.0    13th week
4. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.8    5th week
5. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 10:00pm) - 1.6    5th week
6. Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.5    11th week
7. The Neighborhood (CBS, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.4    9th week
    Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.4    5th week
    Chicago Med (NBC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.4    12th week
10. Chicago Fire (NBC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 1.3    12th week
11. Chicago PD (NBC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 1.2    7th week
12. Man with a Plan (CBS, Monday 8:30pm) - 1.1    1st week (New Season)
    Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (CBS, Monday 9:00pm) - 1.1    Special Airing
    Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 1.1    3rd week
    Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.1    Special Airing
16. The Good Doctor (ABC, Monday 10:00pm) - 1.0    8th week
    The Resident (FOX, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.0    5th week
    The World's Best (CBS, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.0    1st week
    A Million Little Things (ABC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.0    4th week
    The Titan Games (NBC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.0    5th week
    Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (CBS, Friday 8:00pm) - 1.0    Special Airing

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.1    13th week
2. All American (CW, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 0.2    12th week
    Dynasty (CW, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.2    12th week
4. Black Lightning (CW, Monday 9:00pm) - 0.3    12th week
    Roswell, New Mexico (CW, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 0.3    4th week
    Riverdale (CW, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 0.3    12th week
    Dateline NBC (NBC, Sunday 10:00pm) - 0.3    3rd week

8. Arrow (CW, Monday 8:00pm) - 0.4    11th week
    Legacies (CW, Thursday 9:00pm) - 0.4    10th week
10. Supernatural (CW, Thursday 8:00pm) - 0.5    13th week
     Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 0.5    15th week
12. How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 0.6    5th week
    Blindspot (NBC, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.6    12th week
    The Blacklist (NBC, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.6    4th week
    The Simpsons (FOX, Sunday 8:00pm) - 0.6    2nd week

16. The Kids Are Alright (ABC, Tuesday 8:30pm) - 0.7    1st week
      The Flash (CW, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 0.7    8th week
     Blue Bloods (CBS, Friday 10:00pm) - 0.7    3rd week
     Bob's Burgers (FOX, Sunday 8:30pm) - 0.7    1st week

20. Bull (CBS, Monday 10:00pm) - 0.8    3rd week
     American Housewife (ABC, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 0.8    1st week
     Criminal Minds (CBS, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 0.8    4th week
     S.W.A.T. (CBS, Thursday 10:00pm) - 0.8    4th week
     Will & Grace (NBC, Thursday 9:30pm) - 0.8    3rd week
     Law & Order: SVU (NBC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 0.8    2nd week
     20/20 (ABC, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.8    16th week
     Hell's Kitchen (FOX, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.8    6th week
     Family Guy (FOX, Sunday 9:00pm) - 0.8    1st week

TOP 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Thursday 8:00pm) - 14.0 million    13th week
2. Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 8:30pm) - 12.1 million    13th week
3. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 9.8 million    5th week
4. Chicago Med (NBC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 9.4 million    12th week
5. Chicago Fire (NBC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 8.8 million    13th week
6. The Neighborhood (CBS, Monday 8:00pm) - 7.6 million    5th week
    Blue Bloods (CBS, Friday 10:00pm) - 7.6 million    13th week
8. Chicago PD (NBC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 7.4 million    10th week
9. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 7.1 million    5th week
10. Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 6.8 million    6th week
11. Bull (CBS, Monday 10:00pm) - 6.4 million    7th week
12. Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 6.3 million    5th week
13. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 6.2 million    3rd week
     Man with a Plan (CBS, Monday 8:30pm) - 6.2 million    1st week (New Season)
15. The Good Doctor (ABC, Monday 10:00pm) - 6.0 million    8th week
16. The World's Best (CBS, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 5.6 million    1st week
17. The Resident (FOX, Monday 8:00pm) - 5.4 million    3rd week
18. A Million Little Things (ABC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 5.3 million    2nd week
19. Manifest (NBC, Monday 10:00pm) - 5.2 million    11th week
      20/20 (ABC, Friday 9:00pm) - 5.2 million    1st week

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.4 million    13th week
2. All American (CW, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 0.6 million    12th week
    Dynasty (CW, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.6 million    12th week
4. Black Lightning (CW, Monday 9:00pm) - 0.9 million    12th week
5. Arrow (CW, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.0 million    11th week
    Riverdale (CW, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.0 million    12th week
7. Roswell, New Mexico (CW, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.1 million    4th week
8. Legacies (CW, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.2 million    10th week
9. Supernatural (CW, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.6 million    13th week
10. The Simpsons (FOX, Sunday 8:00pm) - 1.7 million
      Bob's Burgers (FOX, Sunday 8:30pm) - 1.7 million
12. Family Guy (FOX, Sunday 9:00pm) - 1.8 million
13. The Flash (CW, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.9 million    12th week
14. Dateline NBC (NBC, Sunday 10:00pm) - 2.5 million
15. How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 2.7 million    7th week
16. Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 2.8 million    8th week
17. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 3.0 million    4th week
18. Will & Grace (NBC, Thursday 9:30pm) - 3.1 million    3rd week
19. Hell's Kitchen (FOX, Friday 8:00pm) - 3.2 million    13th week
20. Blindspot (NBC, Friday 8:00pm) - 3.5 million    10th week

WINNERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - The Neighborhood (CBS)    5th week
Tuesday - None
Wednesday - Chicago Med (NBC)    3rd week
Thursday - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)    2nd week
Friday - Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (CBS)    Special Airing
Sunday - None

LOSERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - Arrow (CW)    3rd week
Tuesday - Roswell, New Mexico (CW)    1st week
Wednesday - The World's Best (CBS)    1st week
Thursday - The Titan Games (NBC)    1st week
Friday - Blue Bloods (CBS)    1st week
Sunday - The Simpsons (FOX)    1st week

THE WEEK AHEAD: February 11-17, 2018

Here's a look at Week #21!

ABC
ABC has a mostly new week with some Valentine's Day episodes sprinkled in. The Tuesday lineup could be rough and it's unlikely anything will sniff a 1.0 demo. An airing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens replaces the Sunday lineup.

MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor
10:00 The Good Doctor (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 American Housewife
8:30 The Kids Are Alright (Valentine's Day episode)
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 Splitting Up Together (Valentine's Day episode)
10:00 The Rookie (Valentine's Day episode)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs (Valentine's Day episode)
8:30 Schooled
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:30 Single Parents (Valentine's Day episode)
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 (Valentine's Day episode)
8:30 Speechless (Valentine's Day episode)
9:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
9:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
10:00 20/20

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 Movie: Star Wars - The Force Awakens

CBS
CBS has the season finale of Big Brother: Celebrity Edition on Wednesday night. It has been a solid performer this winter. It follows week two of The World's Best, which had a very disappointing start in its first airing after its Super Bowl preview.

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Man With a Plan
9:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
10:00 Bull

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 FBI
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The World's Best
9:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
8:30 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
9:00 Mom (Valentine's Day episode)
9:30 Fam
10:00 S.W.A.T.

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 Ransom (Season Premiere)
9:00 NCIS (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 God Friended Me
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 Madam Secretary

NBC
NBC has an all new week capped by an Elvis tribute on Sunday night that has a lot of big names and could do decently on what seems like the only Sunday without a major event in January and February.

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 Will & Grace
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 The Blacklist
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Movie: How to Train Your Dragon
9:00 Elvis All-Star Tribute (Special)

FOX
FOX has the first series premiere in about a month on Friday night with Proven Innocent. It will have an hour of Last Man Standing as a lead-in but this is a sleepy timeslot for a show with no buzz. I think anything higher than a 0.7 or 0.8 demo would be very surprising.

MONDAY
8:00 The Resident (Valentine's Day episode)
9:00 The Passage

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon
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
8:30 Last Man Standing
9:00 Proven Innocent (SERIES PREMIERE)

SATURDAY
8:00 Boxing

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

CW
The CW has a mix of new episodes, repeats, and specials this week.

MONDAY
8:00 Arrow
9:00 Black Lightning

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

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

THURSDAY
8:00 The Top 14 Greatest Valentine's Day Movies of All Time (Special)
9:00 Legacies (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
8:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 Charmed

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- NBC has renewed New Amsterdam for a second season. The medical drama has been a solid performer behind This is Us. It did especially well early on, but is still holding on decently for a 10pm drama. It will take several weeks off in March for the first few weeks of The Village.

- CBS has renewed Mom for two more seasons. The hit CBS comedy had some negotiations to get through with series stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney and that resulted in a two season renewal, something that seems increasingly important with The Big Bang Theory ending.

- ABC renewed Modern Family for an 11th and final season. The multi-year Emmy winner that helped turn around ABC's comedy fortunes will get a proper sendoff with an announced final season. Also joining the renewal list for ABC is A Million Little Things for season two and The Good Doctor for season three. There was also clarification that Dancing with the Stars will be back in the fall after not airing this spring.

- NBC has moved the series premiere of The Village back a week to March 19 at 10pm. It will follow This is Us for three weeks and then take over the This is Us timeslot on April 2.

- FOX has renewed The Simpsons for two more seasons, which will take it through an amazing 32 seasons and 713 episodes. The iconic animated series has been speculated about as FOX transitions to New FOX but it is the legacy of all legacy shows and seems likely to stay as long as FOX is still airing in some form of a traditional broadcast network.

WEEKLY RECAP: January 28-February 3, 2019

Here is the weekly ratings recap looking back at the week in ratings for Week #19 of the 2018-19 season! Please note no repeats, sports, specials, or Saturday airings are counted

TOP 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. The World's Best (CBS, Sunday 10:36pm) - 7.0    Special Airing
2. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 2.6    4th week
3. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Thursday 8:00pm) - 2.4    12th week
4. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.8    4th week
    America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.8    4th week
    Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 8:30pm) - 1.8    12th week
7. Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.7    Special Airing
    Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.7    10th week
9. Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.6    4th week
10. The Goldbergs (ABC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.3    12th week
      Mom (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.3    13th week
12. Modern Family (ABC, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 1.2    14th week
    Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (CBS, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.2    Special Airing
    Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (FOX, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.2    2nd week
15. The Good Doctor (ABC, Monday 10:00pm) - 1.1    7th week
     Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (CBS, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.1    Special Airing
     A Million Little Things (ABC, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.1    3rd week
    The Titan Games (NBC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.1    4th week
    Last Man Standing (FOX, Friday 8:00pm) - 1.1    11th week
20. Manifest (NBC, Monday 10:00pm) - 1.0    10th week
    Schooled (ABC, Wednesday 8:30pm) - 1.0    4th week
    Fam (CBS, Thursday 9:30pm) - 1.0    2nd week

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO)
1. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.1    12th week
2. All American (CW, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 0.2    11th week
    Dynasty (CW, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.2    11th week
4. Black Lightning (CW, Monday 9:00pm) - 0.3    11th week
    Roswell, New Mexico (CW, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 0.3    3rd week
    Legacies (CW, Thursday 9:00pm) - 0.3    9th week
7. Arrow (CW, Monday 8:00pm) - 0.4    10th week
    Riverdale (CW, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 0.4    11th week
    Supernatural (CW, Thursday 8:00pm) - 0.4    12th week
10. Speechless (ABC, Friday 8:30pm) - 0.5    12th week
    Blindspot (NBC, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.5    11th week
    The Blacklist (NBC, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.5    3rd week
    Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 0.5    14th week
14. Match Game (ABC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 0.6    4th week
    How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 0.6    4th week
16. The Flash (CW, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 0.7    7th week
    Gotham (FOX, Thursday 8:00pm) - 0.7    4th week
    The Orville (FOX, Thursday 9:00pm) - 0.7    4th week
    Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.7    11th week
    20/20 (ABC, Friday 10:00pm) - 0.7    15th week

TOP 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. The World's Best (CBS, Sunday 10:36pm) - 22.2 million    Special Airing
2. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Thursday 8:00pm) - 13.7 million    12th week
3. Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 8:30pm) - 11.6 million    12th week
4. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 10.5 million    4th week
5. Blue Bloods (CBS, Friday 10:00pm) - 9.1 million    12th week
6. Mom (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 8.6 million    14th week
7. The Masked Singer (FOX, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 7.9 million    4th week
    Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, Friday 9:00pm) - 7.9 million    12th week
9. Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 7.3 million    5th week
    MacGyver (CBS, Friday 8:00pm) - 7.3 million    5th week
11. Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 7.0 million    4th week
     Ellen's Game of Games (NBC, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 7.0 million    Special Airing
13. The Good Doctor (ABC, Monday 10:00pm) - 6.6 million    7th week
14. The Bachelor (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 6.4 million    2nd week
15. Fam (CBS, Thursday 9:30pm) - 6.0 million    2nd week
16. Last Man Standing (FOX, Friday 8:00pm) - 5.9 million    4th week
17. Magnum P.I. (CBS, Monday 9:00pm) - 5.7 million    4th week
     S.W.A.T. (CBS, Thursday 10:00pm) - 5.7 million    2nd week
19. The Goldbergs (ABC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 5.6 million    3rd week
20. Manifest (NBC, Monday 10:00pm) - 5.5 million    10th week

BOTTOM 20 SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW, Friday 9:00pm) - 0.4 million    12th week
2. Dynasty (CW, Friday 8:00pm) - 0.6 million    11th week
3. All American (CW, Wednesday 9:00pm) - 0.8 million    11th week
4. Black Lightning (CW, Monday 9:00pm) - 0.9 million    11th week
5. Legacies (CW, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.0 million    9th week

6. Arrow (CW, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.2 million    10th week

7. Roswell, New Mexico (CW, Tuesday 9:00pm) - 1.3 million    3rd week
    Riverdale (CW, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.3 million    11th week
9. Supernatural (CW, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.4 million    12th week

10. The Flash (CW, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 2.0 million    11th week
11. Gotham (FOX, Thursday 8:00pm) - 2.3 million    4th week
     Dateline NBC (NBC, Friday 10:00pm) - 2.3 million    7th week
13. Speechless (ABC, Friday 8:30pm) - 2.4 million    12th week

14. Match Game (ABC, Wednesday 10:00pm) - 2.6 million    4th week
     How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday 10:00pm) - 2.6 million    6th week
16. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX, Thursday 9:00pm) - 2.7 million    3rd week
17. Blindspot (NBC, Friday 8:00pm) - 2.8 million    9th week
18. Will & Grace (NBC, Thursday 9:30pm) - 3.1 million    2nd week

      The Orville (FOX, Thursday 9:00pm) - 3.1 million    3rd week
      Hell's Kitchen (FOX, Friday 9:00pm) - 3.1 million    12th week

WINNERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - The Bachelor (ABC)    1st week
Tuesday - Ellen's Game of Games (NBC)    2nd week
Wednesday - The Masked Singer (FOX)    3rd week
Thursday - Law & Order: SVU (NBC)    1st week
Friday - Hell's Kitchen (FOX)    1st week
Sunday - The World's Best (CBS)    Special Airing

LOSERS OF THE NIGHT
Monday - The Passage (FOX)    1st week
Tuesday - None
Wednesday - Schooled (ABC)    1st week
Thursday - How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)    2nd week
Friday - The Blacklist (NBC)    1st week
Sunday - None

THE WEEK AHEAD: February 4-10, 2018

Here's a look at Week #20!

ABC

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

TUESDAY
8:00 American Housewife
8:30 The Kids Are Alright
9:00 ABC News: State of the Union

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Special)
9:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City at Houston

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

CBS

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Man with a Plan (Season Premiere)
9:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
10:00 Bull

TUESDAY
8:00 The World's Best (Repeat)
9:00 CBS News: State of the Union

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The World's Best
10:00 Criminal Minds (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 Young Sheldon
9:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
10:00 S.W.A.T.

FRIDAY
8:00 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 AAF Football

SUNDAY
7:00 Grammy Red Carpet Live (Special)
8:00 61st Annual Grammy Awards (Special)

NBC

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

TUESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games
9:00 NBC News: State of the Union

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 Will & Grace
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 The Blacklist
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions (Repeat)
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Movie: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10:00 Dateline NBC

FOX

MONDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 The Passage

TUESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Repeat)
9:00 FOX News: State of the Union

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham (Repeat)
9:00 The Orville (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Hell's Kitchen (Season Finale)

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

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

CW

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 (Repeat)
9:00 Charmed (Repeat)

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- CBS has renewed God Friended Me for a second season. This came on the heels of renewals for fellow freshmen FBI, The Neighborhood, and Magnum P.I. The Sunday night drama has done decently, especially in total viewers. It rounds out a mostly successful freshman class for CBS with only Happy Together unlikely to return among the fall newbies.

- FOX has renewed The Masked Singer for a second season. This was not a surprise and more of a formality as the winter reality show has been a surprise hit.

- The CW renewed a flurry of its shows, leaving only a few with fates undecided. The renewals include top show The Flash for a sixth season and fellow superhero shows Arrow (season 8), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (season 5), Supergirl (season 5), and Black Lightning (season 3). Also on the list is Supernatural, which will be returning for an incredible 15th season. Freshman dramas Charmed and Legacies also made the cut as well as a third season for Riverdale and perpetually low-rated Dynasty. None of these were that much of a surprise, even Dynasty, which is the biggest proof that the CW doesn't care much about linear ratings. With Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ending, the CW shows currently airing that don't know their fate are All American and Roswell, New Mexico. It's too early to tell but promising for Roswell and probably not a great sign for All American. Still to premiere are The 100, newbie In the Dark, and the final seasons of Jane the Virgin and iZombie.