Tuesday, May 15, 2018

ABC Upfront 2018-19: Fall 2018 Schedule; MeTV Acquires The Jeffersons and Charlie's Angels

ABC 2018-19

Fall 2018


Mondays
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars
10:00PM The Good Doctor

Tuesdays
8:00PM Roseanne
8:30PM The Kids Are Alright (NEW!)
9:00PM black-ish
9:30PM Splitting Up Together
10:00PM The Rookie (NEW!)

Wednesdays
8:00PM The Goldbergs
8:30PM American Housewife (new time)
9:00PM Modern Family
9:30PM Single Parents (NEW!)
10:00PM A Million Little Things (NEW!)

Thursdays
8:00PM Grey's Anatomy
9:00PM Station 19
10:00PM How to Get Away with Murder

Fridays
8:00PM Fresh Off the Boat (new day and time)
8:30PM Speechless (new day and time)
9:00PM Child Support (new time)
10:00PM 20/20

Saturdays
8:00PM Saturday Night Football

Sundays
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (NEW!)
9:00PM Shark Tank 
10:00PM The Alec Baldwin Show  (new title)

New unscheduled, Mid-Season 2019:
DRAMA: The Fix, Grand Hotel, Whiskey Cavalier
COMEDY: Schooled
REALITY:
Returning Series: For the People, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, American Idol, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette

Notes: A total of eight new series have been announced for ABC’s 2018-19 season, including the one-hour dramas A Million Little Things, The Fix, Grand Hotel, The Rookie and Whiskey Cavalier, and the half-hour comedies The Kids Are Alright, Schooled and Single Parents. Additionally, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, previously announced last year, will be on the fall schedule. A fresh take on an established favorite, the show will pair celebrity kids with professional junior ballroom dancers to perform choreographed routines, which will be judged by a panel that will include renowned ballroom experts. The Alec Baldwin Show (new title), which first debuted as a sneak preview in March, will also air this fall.

Discuss ABC's 2018-19 lineup and also you can view complete program information.


The Summer of MeTV

The MeTV Network has acquired the rights to The Jeffersons and Charlie's Angels starting on Monday, May 28, 2018 to kick-off the Summer of MeTV line-up. Both shows aired previously on a diginet, with The Jeffersons on Antenna TV and Charlie's Angels on COZI TV. The Jeffersons will air weekdays at 6:30pm, coming out of Mama's Family at 6pm. Both shows replace Hawaii Five-0. Leading into that hour will be Charlie's Angels at 5pm, replacing The Wild, Wild West. On weekends, the only changes are to Sundays with The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes being reduced to a half-hour each from 2-3pm. Gilligan's Island returns to the line-up and will air 3-4pm on Sundays. The Jeffersons replaces one airing of The Love Boat from 6-7pm on Sundays. The Odd Couple returns to the schedule and replaces one airing of Touched By an Angel from 7-8pm. View the full Summer of Me schedule.


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, April 23

Lopez vs Lopez - "Lopez vs Dreams" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
When George's vivid dreams reveal he has feelings for Rosie, he avoids sleeping and gets distracted at work; when Chance tests at a genius-level IQ, Mayan and Quinten fear that they're a couple of dum-dums.

Lopez vs Lopez - "Lopez vs Lisa" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Mayan worries when George gets into a hairy situation dating a hot hairdresser; Josué gets locked into a competition with the other man in Rosie's life: her grandson, Chance.

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 22)

Tuesday, April 23

  • Wanda Sykes (The Upshaws/The New Adventures of Old Christine/Wanda at Large) - Catch Wanda on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Gabriel Iglesias (Mr. Iglesias/Cristela) - Gabriel appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family/The Class) - Jesse is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Esther Povitsky (Dollface/Alone Together) - Esther appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Hannah Waddingham (Krapopolis/Ted Lasso) - Hannah is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Maya Rudolph (Loot/Bless the Harts/Forever/Up All Night) - Maya appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show/The Good Life) and Thomas Lennon (The Odd Couple/Sean Saves the World/Reno 911!) - Drew and Thomas are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers/Frasier) - Bebe will be on CBS Mornings some time between 7-9am.
  • John Leguizamo (The Brothers Garcia) - NBC's Today catches up with John in the 9am hour.
  • Zendaya (K.C. Undercover/Shake It Up) - Zendaya will be on ABC's Good Morning America some time between 7-9am.
  • Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio/The Goldbergs/The King of Queens) - Patton chats with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Gina Rodriguez (Not Dead Yet) - Gina talks about ABC's Dead to Me on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
  • Jennifer Tilly (Out of Practice) - Jennifer talks about the new season of Chucky on USA & SYFY Networks on Sherri, so check your local listings.


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12/05 - Father Knows Best - The Complete Series
12/05 - The Odd Couple - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/12 - The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Complete Series
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12/12 - That Girl - The Complete Series
12/15 - Letterkenny - Season 11
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12/22 - Three's Company - The Official 40th Anniversary Collection (includes The Ropers and Three's a Crowd)
01/09 - South Park - Seasons 11-15 (Blu-ray)
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02/13 - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/27 - The Really Loud House - Season One
03/12 - Ghosts (UK) - The Complete Series
03/12 - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
03/12 - Rick and Morty - Season 7 (Blu-ray Steelbook) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
04/03 - Too Close for Comfort - The Complete Series (VEI)
04/08 - Check It Out! - The Complete Series (VEI)

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