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THE WEEK AHEAD: September 30-October 6, 2019

Here's a look at Week #2 of the 2019-20 season!

ABC
ABC heads into week two in a similar situation as all the networks: declining veterans and unimpressive newbies. The Conners seemed disappointing on Tuesday but as the week went on, its performance looked better comparatively. ABC does have one new series premiering this week with the reboot of Kids Say the Darndest Things on Sunday night, which seems like it might be a good fit out of America's Funniest Home Videos.

 MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
10:00 The Good Doctor

TUESDAY
8:00 The Conners
8:30 Bless This Mess
9:00 Mixed-ish
9:30 Black-ish
10:00 Emergence

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

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

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

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 Kids Say the Darndest Things (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 The Rookie

CBS
I think it's safe to say that CBS had the worst week for the networks with a staggering decline for Young Sheldon with no lead-in from The Big Bang Theory, and trouble for all five newbies that premiered. This week brings their full Wednesday lineup with the season premieres of SEAL Team and S.W.A.T. on its new night. Some steady performances, even if low, would be a welcome sight for CBS.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Bob Hearts Abishola
9:00 All Rise
10:00 Bull

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
9:00 SEAL Team (Season Premiere)
10:00 S.W.A.T. (Season Premiere)

THURSDAY
8:00 Young Sheldon
8:30 The Unicorn
9:00 Mom
9:30 Carol's Second Act
10:00 Evil

FRIDAY
8:00 Hawaii Five-0
9:00 Magnum P.I.
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 FBI (Repeat)
9:00 Bull (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 had a pretty decent week from its returning shows, but their three new shows were pretty DOA last week. If those new shows decline significantly this week, they may get close to "pull immediately" territory, which rarely happens anymore. That's how bad it was. But The Voice and One Chicago looked healthy so there's that. This week has the season premiere of The Blacklist on Friday night.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Bluff City Law

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
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 Superstore
8:30 Perfect Harmony
9:00 The Good Place
9:30 Sunnyside
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8:00 The Blacklist (Season Premiere)
9:00 Dateline NBC

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

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at Kansas City

FOX
FOX was home of TV's top show this week, The Masked Singer as well as arguably the most impressive performance of the whole week in 9-1-1. They've only had one new show's ratings come out (Bless the Harts will see its results in a couple hours) and Prodigal Son, while not that impressive, was the only show to break a rounded 1.0 in the demo. This week, they will premiere the new Almost Family following week two of Masked. If Masked has another big week, it could become the second 1.0+ demo premiere for FOX though I suspect Prodigal will dip well below that for week two.

 MONDAY
8:00 9-1-1
9:00 Prodigal Son

TUESDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 Empire

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer
9:00 Almost Family (SERIES PREMIERE)

THURSDAY
8:00 Thursday Night Football: LA Rams at Seattle

FRIDAY
8:00 Friday Night SmackDown

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun/The OT
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Bless the Harts
9:00 Bob's Burgers
9:30 Family Guy

CW
The CW is in summer mode for one more week until Sunday night when their season finally kicks off with the series premiere of Batwoman and season premiere of Supergirl. Batwoman is certainly their best hope so it's a little risky to kick off their fall season with it when basically no one has been watching the CW this summer, but we'll see.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 Pandora
9:00 Pandora (Season Finale)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1 (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 2 (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Masters of Illusion (Repeat)
8:30 The Big Stage (Repeat)
9:00 Peaking
9:30 Peaking

SUNDAY
8:00 Batwoman (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Supergirl (Season Premiere)

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