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THE WEEK AHEAD: May 4-10, 2020

Here's a look at this week on TV!

ABC
ABC has several season finales this week and also has the second volume of the Disney Family Singalong airing on Mother's Day. The first edition, which aired on a Thursday a couple weeks ago, was a huge hit in the ratings. Can this one do the same? I'm sure it won't be quite as high.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart
10:00 The Baker and the Beauty

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Single Parents
9:00 American Housewife
9:30 Single Parents
10:00 Shark Tank

THURSDAY
8:00 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
9:00 Station 19
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder

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

SATURDAY
8:00 Shark Tank (Repeat)
9:00 American Idol (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 The Disney Family Singalong Volume II (Special)
8:00 American Idol
10:00 The Rookie (Season Finale)

 CBS
CBS has a bunch of season finales this week, most of them due to their filming being cut short. Most notable is a remote episode of All Rise that has been developed specifically for the situation we're all in. Given All Rise's status as a bubble show, it could be a series finale.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 The Neighborhood (Season Finale)
9:00 All Rise (Season Finale)
10:00 Bull (Season Finale)

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 FBI (Repeat)
10:00 FBI: Most Wanted (Season Finale)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
10:00 SEAL Team (Season Finale)

THURSDAY
8:00 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Mom (Repeat)
9:30 Broke
10:00 Tommy (Season Finale)

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver (Season Finale)
9:00 Magnum P.I.
10:00 Magnum P.I.

SATURDAY
8:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)
9:00 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Movie: Forrest Gump

 NBC
NBC has a mix of repeats and new episodes. Thursday has the season premiere of the final season of Blindspot.

 MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 Songland

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 Ellen's Game of Games
10:00 New Amsterdam (Repeat)

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Council of Dads
9:00 Blindspot (Season Premiere)
10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 The Blacklist
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 TBA

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

 FOX
FOX also has a mix of new episodes and repeats. They were fortunate that The Masked Singer had wrapped production before the shutdown. I'm not sure how that show could have done remote performances the way The Voice and American Idol have.

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

TUESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Masked Singer
9:00 The Masked Singer: After the Mask

THURSDAY
8:00 Last Man Standing (Repeat)
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
The CW is also a mix of new episodes and repeats. Thursday has the season finale of Katy Keene, the only in-season show not yet renewed by the CW (aside from those with planned final seasons). It has terrible ratings but that hasn't stopped the CW from renewing other shows.

 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
9:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale (Season Finale)
9:00 Bulletproof (Repeat)

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Masters of Illusion: Impossible Escapes (Special)
9:00 Dynasty (Season Finale)

SUNDAY
8:00 Batwoman
9:00 Supergirl

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