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THE WEEK AHEAD: March 11-17, 2019

Here's a look at Week #25!

ABC
ABC has the season finales of The Good Doctor and The Bachelor this week. The Bachelor has had another great season and should do quite well Tuesday night. It is followed by a preview of Videos After Dark, a new America's Funniest Home Videos for adults hosted by none other than Bob Saget.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor
10:00 The Good Doctor (Season Finale)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Bachelor (Season Finale)
10:00 Videos After Dark (Preview Episode)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Schooled
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 Single Parents
10:00 Whiskey Cavalier

THURSDAY
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
9:00 Station 19
10:00 For the People

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 Oklahoma City

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

 CBS
CBS has the season finale of The World's Best this week and I'm sure CBS can't wait for the big flop to be done. Elsewhere, it's a mix of newbies and repeats.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Man with a Plan
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 The World's Best (Season Finale)

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

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

SATURDAY
8:00 One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil (Special)
9:00 Ransom
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 except for Wednesday, which is repeats of the Chicago shows.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 The Enemy Within

TUESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games
9:00 This is Us
10:00 New Amsterdam

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore
8:30 A.P. Bio
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 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Ellen's Game of Games (Repeat)
8:00 World of Dance
10:00 Good Girls

 FOX
FOX has a two hour finale of The Passage on Monday and a two hour premiere of Masterchef on Tuesday.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Passage (Season Finale)

TUESDAY
8:00 Masterchef (Season Premiere)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

THURSDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Awards

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

SATURDAY
8:00 College Basketball
9:00 Masterchef (Repeat)

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

CW
The CW is all new all week.

 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
- NBC has delayed Law & Order: Hate Crimes indefinitely. The show received a series order last fall and was going to be first aired as a backdoor pilot on Law & Order: SVU. But now they will delay it with no planned start. Who knows if it will ever air.

- NBC has renewed Superstore for a fifth season ahead of its return from hiatus this Thursday. The comedy has done a nice job with the difficult task of leading off the NBC comedy lineup. It is well regarded and similarly rated to their own critically acclaimed but small audience sitcoms like The Good Place, Will & Grace, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

- NBC announced premiere dates for two summer series. America's Got Talent will return to its regular Tuesday 8pm home starting May 28 while American Ninja Warrior will return the next day and air on Wednesdays for a couple weeks before settling into its regular Monday timeslot on June 10.

- The CW announced that the upcoming eighth season of Arrow will be the series' last. It will only be 10 episodes and bring the first DC superhero show on the CW to a close. I think this is a good move. The ratings are definitely on the decline and the CW has more than enough DC shows. It's time.

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