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THE WEEK AHEAD: January 6-12, 2020

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
Broadcast TV wakes up from its holiday nap this week with lots of winter premieres. ABC starts the week off with the venerable franchise The Bachelor and its three hour premiere. They also have the heavily promoted Jeopardy tournament between the game's all time top three champions. Given that a Jeopardy special did surprisingly well on Thursday night, I think we could see pretty big numbers for this tournament.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor (Season Premiere)

TUESDAY
8:00 Jeopardy: The Greatest of All Time Part 1 (Special)
9:00 Mixed-ish
9:30 Black-ish
10:00 Emergence

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Jeopardy: The Greatest of All Time Part 2 (Special)
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 Single Parents
10:00 Stumptown

THURSDAY
8:00 Jeopardy: The Greatest of All Time (Special)
9:00 Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein (Special)

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

SATURDAY
8:00 The Conners (Repeat)
8:30 The Conners (Repeat)
9:00 The Goldbergs (Repeat)
9:30 The Goldbergs (Repeat)
10:00 20/20

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

CBS
CBS has a series premiere this week with FBI: Most Wanted. The spinoff of FBI gets to follow the original, which has had a pretty up and down sophomore season in the ratings so it probably depends on how things go for the mothership this week. Wednesday has the season premiere of Undercover Boss and the final season premiere of Criminal Minds, which will ends its 15 year run in February.

 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 FBI: Most Wanted (SERIES PREMIERE)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Undercover Boss (Season Premiere)
9:00 Criminal Minds (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 NFL Divisional Playoffs

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 God Friended Me
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 TBA

NBC
NBC has a lot of premieres this week. Monday night brings the second season of America's Got Talent: The Champions and the return of Manifest to its old home of Mondays at 10pm. Tuesday has a sneak peek of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, which will air on Sundays in March, following a new season of Ellen's Game of Games. Zoey's could get an OK sampling but will be a tough sell overall. Friday has the series premiere of Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. Besides an annoyingly long title, it's in a sleepy Friday slot so I wouldn't expect much.

 MONDAY
8:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions (Season Premiere)
10:00 Manifest (Season Premiere)

TUESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games (Season Premiere)
9:00 Ellen's Game of Games
10:00 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (SERIES PREMIERE)

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games (Repeat)
9:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions (Repeat)
9:00 Ellen's Game of Games (Repeat)
10:00 Ellen's Game of Games (Repeat)

FOX
FOX has a season premiere this week with Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back. They are getting nothing from their Wednesday show Flirty Dancing but had an OK Thursday premiere for Last Man Standing and Deputy last week. The season finale of Bless the Harts will air late after the NFL Divisional game on Sunday night (along with a new Bob's Burgers).

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (Season Premiere)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Flirty Dancing
9:00 Almost Family

THURSDAY
8:00 Last Man Standing
8:30 Last Man Standing
9:00 Deputy

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE SmackDown

SATURDAY
8:00 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (Repeat)
9:00 Deputy (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Divisional Playoffs
10:00 Bob's Burgers
10:30 Bless the Harts (Season Finale)

CW
The CW is still in repeat mode this week. They'll be back next week.

 MONDAY
8:00 Supergirl (Repeat)
9:00 Crisis Aftermath (Special - Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 Batwoman (Repeat)
9:00 Black Lightning (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale (Repeat)
9:00 Nancy Drew (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural (Repeat)
9:00 Legacies (Repeat)

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

SUNDAY
7:00 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (Special)

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