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THE WEEK AHEAD: October 21-27, 2019

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
ABC is preempting a few of its shows for specials this week including annual Halloween specials It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Toy Story of Terror as well as specials about the Douglas Family and Prince Harry & Meghan Markle. It's hard to imagine the two latter specials doing that much worse than what they are preempting, Emergence and Stumptown.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Special)
8:30 Toy Story of Terror (Special)
9:00 Mixed-ish
9:30 Black-ish
10:00 The Douglas Dynasty: Fame, Addiction, Finding Home (Special)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Schooled
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 Single Parents
10:00 Harry & Meghan: An African Journey (Special)

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 (Halloween episode)
8:30 Fresh Off the Boat (Halloween episode)
9:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Special)
8:00 Kids Say the Darndest Things
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 The Rookie

 CBS
CBS is all new all week with an NFL overrun on Sundays to boost that lineup.

 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
10:00 S.W.A.T.

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. (Halloween episode)
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)
9:00 48 Hours
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun
7:30 60 Minutes
8:30 God Friended Me
9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:30 Madam Secretary

 NBC
NBC has cancelled Sunnyside and replaced it with the third and final season of the Will & Grace revivial (more on that below). Elsewhere, there is a marquee Green Bay-Kansas City game on Sunday night that got less appealing with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes unlikely to play.

 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 Fire
9:00 Chicago Med
10:00 Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore
8:30 Perfect Harmony
9:00 The Good Place
9:30 Will & Grace (Season Premiere)
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8:00 The Blacklist
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: Green Bay at Kansas City

 FOX
FOX has sports all week long except for Monday, which has the regular lineup. The Nationals-Astros World Series should do well, but not as well as it could have if the Yankees were in.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 MLB World Series Game 1

WEDNESDAY
8:00 MLB World Series Game 2

THURSDAY
8:00 Thursday Night Football: Washington at Minnesota

FRIDAY
8:00 MLB World Series Game 3

SATURDAY
8:00 MLB World Series Game 4

SUNDAY
7:00 MLB Pregame
8:00 MLB World Series Game 5 (if needed)

CW
The CW is all new with its regular lineup.

 MONDAY
8:00 All American
9:00 Black Lightning

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Arrow

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 Nancy Drew

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Legacies

FRIDAY
8:00 Charmed
9:00 Dynasty

SUNDAY
8:00 Batwoman
9:00 Supergirl

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- NBC has cancelled Sunnyside after just three episodes. Although it takes a lot to get cancelled early now, Sunnyside just wasn't cutting it with minuscule ratings and very little DVR interest. It will be replaced by Will & Grace, which will come off the bench and have its third and final season premiere of the revival on October 24 at 9:30pm.

- FOX has renewed Bless the Harts for a second season. The animated sitcom has aired just three episodes: two to very low ratings and one to better numbers thanks to football. The early renewal timing was likely due to the production schedule but getting renewed at all is at least a little bit surprising.

- NBC is shutting down production of Bluff City Law after 10 episodes instead of the ordered 13. While this is not officially a cancellation for the Memphis-set drama that has been a huge disappointment on Monday nights, it seems incredibly unlikely it will ever see an 11th episode anywhere.

- NBC will give a winter run to the second season of Making It. The reality show featuring Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman was last season in Summer 2018. It will premiere on Monday, December 2 at 10pm and air four straight nights that week and three nights the next week for its eight episode season.

- The CW has renewed low-rated summer drama Pandora for a second season. It doesn't take much for a summer CW show to get renewed.
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