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THE WEEK AHEAD: February 3-9, 2019

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
ABC has two episodes of The Bachelor this week, a three hour edition on Monday and a two hour episode on Wednesday. They also have two days of political programming with the State of the Union on Tuesday and a Primary Debate on Friday. After all that, they have the Oscars on Sunday. So it's a very unusual week but a lot of these oddities should make for a higher rated week than normal.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor

TUESDAY
8:00 The Conners (Repeat)
8:30 Bless This Mess (Repeat)
9:00 ABC News: State of the Union

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Bachelor
10:00 Stumptown

THURSDAY
8:00 Station 19
9:00 Grey's Anatomy
10:00 A Million Little Things

FRIDAY
8:00 ABC News: Democratic Primary Debate

SATURDAY
8:00 NBA Basketball: LA Lakers at Golden State

SUNDAY
7:00 Oscars Red Carpet Show (Special)
8:00 2020 Oscars (Special)

 CBS
CBS has the series premiere of Tommy on Thursday night. The Edie Falco drama takes over the timeslot from Evil but I don't think the ratings will be much different. It's a more accessible drama but won't have the acclaim that Evil does. CBS also has the season premiere of MacGyver on Friday night, moving Hawaii Five-0 back to 9pm. This change comes just as Magnum P.I. has started to see some decent ratings for Friday and now will go on hiatus.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Bob Hearts Abishola
9:00 All Rise
10:00 Bull

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 CBS News: State of the Union

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor at 40: Greatest Moments and Players (Special)
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 Criminal Minds

THURSDAY
8:00 Young Sheldon
8:30 The Unicorn
9:00 Mom
9:30 Carol's Second Act
10:00 Tommy (SERIES PREMIERE)

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver (Season Premiere)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 TBA
9:00 48 Hours
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 FBI (Repeat)
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)

 NBC
NBC has a lot of changes to its Thursday night lineup this week. Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns for its seventh season (second on NBC) will a double episode premiere. Later that same night, the multi-camera comedy Indebted starring Fran Drescher premieres. I think Brooklyn could have an OK start like it did last year (although not as high a start) while Indebted could very easily get DOA ratings.

 MONDAY
8:00 America's Got Talent: The Champions
10:00 Manifest

TUESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games
9:00 NBC News: State of the Union

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season Premiere)
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 Indebted (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

FRIDAY
8:00 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Dateline NBC
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
Fresh off the Super Bowl, The Masked Singer returns to its Wednesday perch. The Super Bowl ratings don't seem to translate to better ratings in its regular slot but it will still likely do well as the show had a pretty good fall run. It is followed by Lego Masters, which could have a decent premiere thanks to a lot of Super Bowl promotion and a decent lead-in.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back
9:00 FOX News: State of the Union

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer
9:00 Lego Masters (SERIES PREMIERE)

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

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE Smackdown

SATURDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Repeat)
9:00 Lego Masters (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
7:30 Outmatched (Repeat)
8:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
8:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
9:00 Family Guy (Repeat)
9:30 Family Guy (Repeat)

CW
The CW also has a series premiere on Thursday like CBS and NBC. It is Riverdale offshoot Katy Keene starring Lucy Hale. I wouldn't expect anything above a 0.2 demo for the premiere.

 MONDAY
8:00 All American
9:00 Black Lightning

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 Nancy Drew

THURSDAY
8:00 Katy Keene (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Legacies

FRIDAY
8:00 Charmed
9:00 Dynasty

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

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- CBS has announced premiere dates for the new season of Man with a Plan and the new series Broke. Both comedies will premiere on Thursday, April 2 with the fourth season of Plan airing at 8:30pm and Broke premiering at 9:30pm. Current occupants The Unicorn and Carol's Second Act will have finished their freshman runs by then and are squarely on the bubble for next season.

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