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THE WEEK AHEAD: March 9-15, 2020

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
ABC has the two night season finale of The Bachelor this week and it'll surely be the top two ratings performances of the week. It'll be interesting to see if it can be any help to middling newbie For Life on Tuesday night. Wednesday night has a marathon of fan favorite episodes of Modern Family before it airs its final batch of episodes in its 11 year run.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor
10:00 The Good Doctor

TUESDAY
8:00 The Bachelor (Season Finale)
10:00 For Life

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
8:30 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:30 Modern Family (Repeat)
10:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
10:30 Modern Family (Repeat)

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Shark Tank
9:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 NBA Basketball: Golden State at Milwaukee

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 American Idol
10:00 The Rookie

 CBS
CBS has an all new week with their normal lineup before the NCAA Tournament takes over (that is, if the NCAA Tournament goes on in light of coronavirus).

 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

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 Tommy

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
9:00 48 Hours
10:00 48 Hours

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

 NBC
NBC has a week of mostly new episodes with some repeats mixed in. Sunday night has the season premiere of The Wall, last seen with new episodes in 2018. It was a decent performer that since has gotten shoddy treatment by NBC but the 7pm Sunday slot likely won't be kind to it.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Manifest

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 This is Us
10:00 New Amsterdam

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Chicago Med (Repeat)
9:00 Chicago Fire (Repeat)
10:00 Chicago PD (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore (Repeat)
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 Indebted
10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
9:00 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Movie: The Fate of the Furious

SUNDAY
7:00 The Wall (Season Premiere)
8:00 Little Big Shots
9:00 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
10:00 Good Girls

 FOX
FOX has a two hour season finale of 9-1-1: Lone Star on Monday night. It hasn't been renewed for a second season yet but I imagine it will be. It had a lackluster start but has held pretty steady since then so I think a renewal is quite likely. Maybe it will even happen today ahead of the finale.

 MONDAY
8:00 9-1-1: Lone Star (Season Finale)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Resident
9:00 Empire

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer
9:00 Lego Masters

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

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE Smackdown

SATURDAY
8:00 College Basketball Overrun
9:00 Lego Masters (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
7:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Duncanville
9:00 Bob's Burgers
9:30 Family Guy

 CW
The CW has season finales of All American and Black Lightning on Monday night. Both dramas have been renewed for next season already.

 MONDAY
8:00 All American (Season Finale)
9:00 Black Lightning (Season Finale)

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
9:00 Legacies

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
8:00 Batwoman
9:00 Supergirl

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- FOX has cancelled Almost Family after one season. This was not a surprise at all as it was benched to Saturdays and not given a back order. It is a little surprising it got the announcement now and not as a formality in May. Maybe they wanted to get ahead of a potential Me Too scandal involving star Timothy Hutton?

- The CW has announced that the seventh and final season of The 100 will premiere on May 20 at 8pm. They also announced that the CW debut of Stargirl will happen on May 12 at 9pm. It will premiere on the streaming service DC Universe on May 11 and air on Mondays while airing on CW on Tuesdays in an interesting broadcast-streaming arrangement.

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