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THE WEEK AHEAD: April 15-21, 2019

Here's a look at Week #30!

ABC

MONDAY
8:00 American Idol
10:00 The Fix

TUESDAY
8:00 American Housewife
8:30 The Kids Are Alright
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 Bless This Mess (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 The Rookie (Season Finale)

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 NBA Basketball Playoffs

SATURDAY
8:00 Movie: The Ten Commandments

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

CBS

MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 The Code
10:00 Bull

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
9:00 The Amazing Race (Season Premiere)
10:00 SEAL Team

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 Life in Pieces (Season Premiere)
9:00 Mom
9:30 Life in Pieces
10:00 S.W.A.T.

FRIDAY
8:00 I Love Lucy Funny Money Special (Special)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

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

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration (Special)
10:00 Madam Secretary (Season Finale)

NBC

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 The Village
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 Abby's
10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)

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

SATURDAY
8:00 NHL Hockey Playoffs

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

FOX

MONDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 9-1-1

TUESDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior
9:00 Mental Samurai

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

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 Boxing

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

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

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 Jane the Virgin

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 In the Dark

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty
9:00 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
9:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)

SUNDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 Charmed

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- ABC announced many summer premiere dates. Their trust Sunday game show lineup of Celebrity Family Feud, The $100,000 Pyramid, and To Tell the Truth gets underway on June 9. A second game show lineup will bring the new Press Your Luck and Card Sharks and the return of Match Game starting Wednesday, June 12. Even more unscripted newbies, Holey Moley and Family Food Fight are joined by the scripted Poppy Montgomery drama Reef Break starting Thursday, June 20.

- CBS has renewed NCIS for a 17th season. The long running CBS drama continues to be the most watched drama and in an ever declining world of demos, it actually doesn't do all that badly comparatively. It is a very valuable property to CBS that also includes two spinoffs, which have yet to be renewed but seem likely renewals.

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