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THE WEEK AHEAD: April 13-19, 2020

Here's a look at this week on TV! ABC, CBS and NBC are teaming together for a Coronavirus fundraiser on Saturday night that will be simulcast on the three networks and many others and will be hosted by the late night trio of Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert.

ABC
ABC has two series premieres on Monday night, an offshoot of The Bachelor called Listen to Your Heart, which incorporates more music into the format. It is followed by romantic dramedy The Baker and the Beauty. Usually a late spring premiere is a bad sign for a broadcast show but with so much unknown and ratings up, this could end up doing ok. Or it could still be a massive flop.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 The Baker and the Beauty (SERIES PREMIERE)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Conners
8:30 Bless This Mess
9:00 Mixed-ish
9:30 Black-ish
10:00 For Life

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Schooled
9:00 American Housewife
9:30 Single Parents
10:00 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

THURSDAY
8:00 The Disney Family Sing Along (Special)
9:00 Station 19
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder

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

SATURDAY
8:00 One World: Together at Home (Special)
10:00 The Baker and the Beauty (Repeat)

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

 CBS

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

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 FBI: Most Wanted
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 Man with a Plan
9:00 Mom
9:30 Broke
10:00 Tommy

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver
9:00 Magnum P.I.
10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 One World: Together at Home (Special)
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 the season premiere of Songland on Monday night, which was a summer show last year. They also have the (early) finales of New Amsterdam, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago PD, which were all slated to go longer before the shutdown.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Songland (Season Premiere)

TUESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games
9:00 New Amsterdam (Season Finale)
10:10 NBC News Special Report: Coronavirus Pandemic

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 The Blacklist
9:00 The Blacklist (Repeat)
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 One World: Together at Home (Special)
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Little Big Shots
8:00 The Wall
9:00 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
10:00 The Wall

 FOX

 MONDAY
8:00 9-1-1
9:00 TMZ Investigates Tiger King: What Really Went Down? (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Repeat)
9:00 Empire

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer
9:00 Lego Masters (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 Last Man Standing
8:30 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
9:00 Mental Samurai (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 WWE Smackdown

SATURDAY
8:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)
9:00 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (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

 MONDAY
8:00 Whose Line is it Anyway?
8:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)
9:00 Roswell, New Mexico

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 Nancy Drew

THURSDAY
8:00 Katy Keene
9:00 In the Dark (Season Premiere)

FRIDAY
8:00 Charmed
9:00 Dynasty

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

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