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THE WEEK AHEAD: November 25-December 1, 2019

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
ABC is new most of the week except Wednesday and Thursday. Monday has the Dancing with the Stars finale and there's been no announcement of any sort of spring edition so it looks like it will just be one cycle again.

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars (Season Finale)
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 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Special)
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:30 Modern Family (Repeat)
10:00 Stumptown (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration (Special)
10:00 The Goldbergs (Repeat)
10:30 Modern Family (Repeat)

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 Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (Special)
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 The Rookie

 CBS
CBS is new except for Thursday and Friday.

 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 (Repeat)
8:30 The Unicorn (Repeat)
9:00 Mom (Repeat)
9:30 Carol's Second Act (Repeat)
10:00 Evil (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Frosty the Snowman (Special)
8:30 Frosty Returns (Special)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire and Legend of the Lost Tribe (Special)
9:00 The Story of Santa Claus (Special)
10:00 48 Hours

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

 NBC
NBC has very few new episodes and a lot of specials and football. Monday night has the finale of Bluff City Law. While not officially cancelled, a second season seems extremely unlikely after seeing its episode order cut to 10.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Bluff City Law (Season Finale)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry (Special)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games
9:00 SNL Thanksgiving (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 NFL Football: New Orleans at Atlanta

FRIDAY
8:00 The National Dog Show (Special)
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Movie: It's a Wonderful Life

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: New England at Houston

 FOX
FOX has a lot of new episodes this week with an extra (burn-off) Almost Family on Thursday.

 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

THURSDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Repeat)
9:00 Almost Family

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE Smackdown

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
7:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (Special)
9:00 Bob's Burgers
9:30 Family Guy

 CW
The CW is new on Monday, Tuesday and Sunday this week.

 MONDAY
8:00 All American
9:00 Black Lightning

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Arrow

WEDNESDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Festival Day One (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Festival Day Two (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Special)
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Special)

SUNDAY
8:00 Batwoman
9:00 Supergirl

 TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- ABC unveiled its midseason schedule and there's not much to see. For Life will take over for Emergence on Tuesdays at 10pm starting February 11 but that's the only new show with a premiere date as the other bench newbies, United We Fall and The Baker and the Beauty did not get premiere dates. The biggest news is Grey's Anatomy will be moving back to its old 9pm home starting January 23 and will have its spinoff series, Station 19, as the lead-in. A Million Little Things will slide to 10pm while How to Get Away with Murder will go on hiatus and resume its final season in April. All of those seem like unnecessary moves. Finally, American Idol will premiere on Sunday, February 23.

 - ABC has also renewed all its summer game shows: The $100,000 Pyramid, Celebrity Family Feud, To Tell the Truth, Card Sharks, Press Your Luck and Match Game. These join the previously renewed Holy Moley. All these shows are decent performers by summer standards and certainly cheap options for ABC, which has branded itself as the game show network in the summer.

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