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THE WEEK AHEAD: November 4-10, 2019

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
ABC has a special event on Tuesday night with The Little Mermaid Live!, a hybrid of the movie and live performances. This is ABC's first foray into the live musical arena, which has produced mixed results. Some have had huge ratings (The Sound of Music, Grease) while others have been huge disappointments (Rent, A Christmas Story). I think this will fall somewhere in between, it has gotten a ton of promotion. They are also previewing the Disney+ series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Friday night, a few days before the launch of the highly anticipated streaming service.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live! (Special)
10:00 Emergence

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Schooled
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 Single Parents
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 High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Sneak Peek)
9:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

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

 CBS
CBS is all new all week with its regular lineup. Nothing too exciting to see here.

 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.
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 Mom (Repeat)
8:30 Carol's Second Act (Repeat)
9:00 All Rise (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 also all new all week with a strong Sunday Night Football matchup between the Vikings and Cowboys.

 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 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: Minnesota at Dallas

FOX
After a couple weeks of World Series interruptions, FOX's regular programming is back. Wednesday will have a two hour The Masked Singer to make up for lost time and FOX has the late NFL game on Sunday.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 Empire

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer

THURSDAY
8:00 LA Chargers at Oakland

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE 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 has repeats on Monday (not sure why) but the rest of the week is normal programming.

 MONDAY
8:00 All American (Repeat)
9:00 Black Lightning (Repeat)

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
- ABC handed out full season orders to rookies Stumptown and Mixed-ish. Both shows are struggling to find an audience but haven't completely bombed so ABC will be patient. They are not adding episodes to Emergence, but it remains in play for a second season that I would say is unlikely but not impossible. ABC also gave seven additional episodes to sophomore drama The Rookie to bring its season two total to 20.

- NBC has cancelled summer drama The InBetween after one season. No surprise after lackluster results this summer.

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