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THE WEEK AHEAD: November 18-24, 2019

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
This week marks the beginnings of "fall finales" for some shows. On ABC, that means their Thursday night lineup. They also have Thanksgiving episodes of The Conners and the entire Wednesday night comedy block. The American Music Awards are airing Sunday night.

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

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs (Thanksgiving episode)
8:30 Schooled (Thanksgiving episode)
9:00 Modern Family (Thanksgiving episode)
9:30 Single Parents (Thanksgiving episode)
10:00 Stumptown

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 2019 American Music Awards (Special)

 CBS
CBS has a normal week and none of their shows are at fall finale point yet as they all air into December.

 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 (Thanksgiving episode)
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 The Neighborhood (Repeat)
8:30 Bob Hearts Abishola (Repeat)
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans (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 is jam packed with fall finales as their entire Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday lineup (except for The Voice) will be airing their final episodes of 2019. A marquee Packers-49ers matchup on Sunday Night Football ends their week.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 This is Us (Thanksgiving episode)
10:00 New Amsterdam

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Chicago Med
9:00 Chicago Fire
10:00 Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore
8:30 Perfect Harmong (Thanksgiving episode)
9:00 The Good Place
9:30 Will & Grace
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 San Francisco

 FOX
FOX is randomly airing repeats of their Monday lineup but the rest of the week is all new including a Thanksgiving block for their animated shows following an NFL lead-in.

 MONDAY
8:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)
9:00 Prodigal Son (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 Empire

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer
9:00 Almost Family

THURSDAY
8:00 Thursday Night Football: Indianapolis at Houston

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE Smackdown

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

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

 CW
The CW has new episodes all week.

 MONDAY
8:00 All American
9:00 Black Lightning

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Arrow

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale (Thanksgiving episode)
9:00 Nancy Drew

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Legacies

FRIDAY
8:00 Charmed
9:00 Dynasty (Thanksgiving episode)

SUNDAY
8:00 Batwoman (Repeat)
9:00 Supergirl (Repeat)

 TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- CBS announced its midseason schedule. New spinoff FBI: Most Wanted will premiere on January 7 and air Tuesdays at 10pm immediately following the parent series. It will replace NCIS: New Orleans, which will go on a brief hiatus and resurface in the doomed slot of Sundays at 10pm starting February 16. Tommy will take the place of the 13 episode run of the already renewed Evil on Thursdays at 10pm starting February 6. Undercover Boss and the final, 10 episode season of Criminal Minds will premiere on January 8. Boss will air as a Survivor bridge while SEAL Team will be on hiatus during the Minds run. Finally, MacGyver will premiere its fourth season on February 7, sending Hawaii Five-0 back to its old 9pm home. Magnum P.I. will be on an extended hiatus, which doesn't bode well for the show. There is no news yet on the new comedy Broke or the return of Man with a Plan.

- Despite Season 7 not starting until February 6, NBC has renewed Brooklyn Nine-Nine for an eighth season. The comedy, which will be beginning its second season on NBC after five seasons on FOX, is not a strong performer in linear ratings but has a very big following in delayed/online viewing.

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