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Here's a look at the first full week of TV summer! ABC MONDAY 8:00 The Bachelorette 10:00 Celebrity Family Feud (Repeat) TUESDAY 8:00 Movie: The Lion King 10:00 1969 (Season Finale) WEDNESDAY 8:00 The Goldbergs (Repeat) 8:30 Schooled (Repeat) 9:00 Modern Family (Repeat) 9:30 American Housewife (Repeat) 10:00 Modern Family (Repeat) 10:30 The Goldbergs (Repeat) THURSDAY 8:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night 8:30 NBA Countdown 9:00 NBA Finals Game 1 FRIDAY 8:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 9:00 20/20 SATURDAY 8:00 Shark Tank (Repeat) 9:00 The Good Doctor (Repeat) 10:00 20/20 SUNDAY 7:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night 7:30 NBA Countdown 8:00 NBA Finals Game 2 CBS MONDAY 8:00 The Neighborhood (Repeat) 8:30 Man with a Plan (Repeat) 9:00 The Code (Repeat) 10:00 Bull (Repeat) TUESDAY 8:00 NCIS (Repeat) 9:00 NCIS (Repeat) 10:00 Blood & Treasure WEDNESDAY 8:00 The Amazing Race 9:00 NCIS: Cases They Can't Forget (Season Premiere) ...

I am ending the season with my miscellaneous awards from the 2018-19 season and a quick look ahead to next season. This summer will be pretty quiet as usual on the blog, but check back from time to time and of course in the fall! Past Miscellaneous Awards:  2017-18     2016-17     2015-16     2014-15     2013-14     2012-13     2011-12     2010-11 BEST RETURNING COMEDY Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) - Brooklyn Nine-Nine seemed to re-find its voice at the end of its final season on FOX but then was unceremoniously cancelled. Getting rescued by NBC a few days later didn't really change Brooklyn 's ratings fortune but it did allow the show to creatively keep up the momentum this season starting with a hilarious episode centered on Jake and Amy's honeymoon. The ramping up of Scully and Hitchcock as main characters (with a back story included!) has also been very fun. Brooklyn is firing on all cylinders again! RUNN...

Check below this post for my review of the new dramas of the season! Here is the weekly ratings recap looking back at the week in ratings for Week #34 of the 2018-19 season! Please note no repeats, sports, specials, or Saturday airings are counted TOP 20 SHOWS (18-49 DEMO) - only 19 this week! 1. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Thursday 8:00pm) - 3.2     21st week 2. Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 2.1     20th week 3. Survivor (CBS, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.5     25th week     American Idol (ABC, Sunday 8:00pm) - 1.5     12th week 5. The Bachelorette (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.3     1st week (New Season)     9-1-1 (ABC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.3     17th week     Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.3     24th week 8. The Voice (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.1     24th week     NCIS (CBS, Tuesday 8:00pm) - 1.1   ...

Here is my recap of this year's new dramas! Please note I haven't seen all the new shows I want to as I still need to watch Fosse/Verdon on FX and a couple different streaming shows this summer. Past New Drama Recaps:  2017-18     2016-17     2015-16     2014-15     2013-14     2012-13     2011-12     2010-11 BEST NEW DRAMA God Friended Me (CBS) - When I first heard about God Friended Me and read the log line last pilot season, I thought it sounded about as dumb as could be. When I saw the trailer and even when I watched the first episode, I was more intrigued but not sure where it could go. Well it ended up being the feel good drama of the year and was delightfully whimsical yet it had a running mystery that was intriguing too. It reminded me of a lighter version of Person of Interest  where the team would get a name and have to piece together a story. Between likable performances and a bright, sunny...

For the final three days of the season, I will take a look back at the season with a focus on new comedies today, new dramas tomorrow, and a variety of things on Wednesday. Enjoy! Past New Comedies posts:  2017-18     2016-17     2015-16     2014-15     2013-14     2012-13     2011-12     2010-11 BEST NEW COMEDY The Kids Are Alright (ABC) - This is only the second time ever (and first since 2012-13) that my favorite comedy is one that was cancelled. The Kids Are Alright was another one in the ABC sitcom machine, but it had a great voice and spirit about it, especially as the season went on. While I'm not devastated to see it go, I do wish I could have seen more adventures of the Clearys in the future. It was set in the 70s, but not as overtly about the decade as The Goldbergs is about the 80s or Schooled is about the 90s. There were perhaps too many kids in the family for the show to develop all the charac...

Here's a look at the last week of the regular season (through Wednesday) and beginning of the summer season! ABC MONDAY 8:00 The Bachelorette 10:00 The Fix (SERIES FINALE) TUESDAY 8:00 American Housewife (Season Finale) 8:30 The Kids Are Alright (SERIES FINALE) 9:00 Black-ish (Season Finale) 9:30 Bless This Mess (Season Finale) 10:00 1969 WEDNESDAY 8:00 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and The Jeffersons (Special) 9:30 All About All in the Family and The Jeffersons (Special) 10:00 Whiskey Cavalier (SERIES FINALE) THURSDAY 8:00 This is Farrah Fawcert (Special) 10:00 Shark Tank (Repeat) FRIDAY 8:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 9:00 20/20 SATURDAY 8:00 Shark Tank (Repeat) 9:00 The Good Doctor (Repeat) 10:00 20/20 SUNDAY 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat) 8:00 Celebrity Family Feud (Repeat) 9:00 The $100,000 Pyramid (Repeat) 10:00 Shark Tank (Repeat) CBS MONDAY 8:00 The Neighborhood (Repeat) 8:30 Man w...

Finally, here is the CW schedule! Check back next week for my recap of the 2018-19 season! Past CW Upfronts:  2018     2017 MONDAYS 8:00 All American (2nd season) 9:00 Black Lightning (3rd season) The CW is making a lot of changes and most of their nights at least make thematic sense. But Monday is the outlier. They will lead off with teen/football drama All American and follow it up with the dark DC show Black Lightning . These two don't seem compatible at all. That probably doesn't matter all that much for the CW, but the rest of their lineup does flow together well. All American was a questionable renewal at best and Black Lightning saw a big drop this past season so Monday could be the worst night for them outside of Friday. TUESDAYS 8:00 The Flash (6th season) 9:00 Arrow (8th season) Arrow kicked off the CW/DC universe and was followed two years later by its biggest show, The Flash . Despite being the cornerstones of a sprawling group of shows, the t...

Here is the CBS schedule! Past CBS Upfronts:  2018     2017     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012     2011 MONDAYS 8:00 The Neighborhood (2nd season) 8:30 BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA 9:00 ALL RISE 10:00 Bull (4th season) There are two nights of revamps for CBS on their fall schedule and one of them is Mondays. The Neighborhood was a surprisingly decent performer in the 8pm slot all year long and it will continue there but will now be followed by the new Chuck Lorre sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola , which I guess has a little bit of the culture clash theme of The Neighborhood ? It is followed by the new legal drama All Rise . This was a slot that was very tough on Magnum P.I. and The Code this season and we'll have to see if All Rise can offer something those two dramas couldn't. I'm not convinced it can, but it does seem like it will be a better companion to Bull with its comedy-laced trailer. Bull continues ...

Here is the ABC fall schedule! Past ABC Upfronts:  2018     2017     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012     2011 MONDAYS 8:00 Dancing with the Stars (28th edition) 10:00 The Good Doctor (3rd season) Despite many predictions and suggestions to the contrary, ABC is not changing up their format for Monday night. They are not sending Dancing with the Stars to Sunday, they are simply keeping the status quo with the veteran Dancing at 8pm Mondays despite a really rough Fall 2018. The Good Doctor remains at 10pm. This is a show that seems like it really could have taken off if ABC had found the right way to get it to a 9pm slot following its breakout season. But now entering season three, ABC seems content to let it be what it's going to be. It is still one of TV's top 10pm dramas so that counts for something. TUESDAYS 8:00 The Conners (2nd season) 8:30 Bless This Mess (2nd season) 9:00 MIXED-ISH 9:...

Here is the weekly ratings recap looking back at the week in ratings for Week #33 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) - 2.0     20th week 2. Survivor (CBS, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.5     24th week     Young Sheldon (CBS, Thursday 8:30pm) - 1.5     19th week 4. Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Thursday 8:00pm) - 1.4     23rd week 5. Empire (FOX, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.2     18th week     American Idol (ABC, Sunday 8:00pm) - 1.2     11th week 7. The Voice (NBC, Monday 8:00pm) - 1.1     23rd week     9-1-1 (FOX, Monday 9:00pm) - 1.1     16th week     The Goldbergs (ABC, Wednesday 8:00pm) - 1.1     21st week     Mom (CBS, Thursday 9:00pm) - 1.1     21st week 11. NCIS...