Midseason Premiere Week Leads to New Shows, Crossovers, and Special Time Slots

The Ratings Junkie Sunday, January 03, 2016
Midseason week starts tonight, with the premieres of Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life at 8:30/7:30c on FOX, with Bordertown at 9:30. Some other highlights of the week:

Two Crossover Events

-NCIS and NCIS: NO will be doing a crossover event this upcoming Tuesday, January 5
-Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and Chicago Med are also doing a crossover, airing in the following time slots:
       -Chicago Fire: Tuesday, January 5 at 9 (SPECIAL TIME)
       -Chicago Med: Tuesday, January 5 at 10 (SPECIAL TIME)
       -Chicago PD: Wednesday, January 5 at 10

Speaking of Special Time Slots...

Shark Tank will air a special episode Tuesday at 9, leading into the season premiere of Beyond the Tank at 10. So Tuesday at 9, you'll be getting the choice of watching one of two crossovers or an out-of-time slot reality show, as well as a new FOX Tuesday line up...

New Midseason Premieres

-Galavant premieres tonight at 8pm on ABC, followed by a two-hour Quantico rerun at 9
-Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life premieres tonight at 8:30 on FOX, followed by Bordertown at 9:30, as mentioned above
-Two Limitless reruns are scheduled on CBS tonight at 9:30
-The Bachelor premieres Monday at 8 on ABC, followed by Bachelor Live at 10
-FOX is airing the special Superhuman Monday from 8 until 10
-NBC's new Monday line up premieres, consisting of Superstore and Telenovela at the 8pm hour, and a 2-hour Biggest Loser starting at 9pm
-NBC premieres Hollywood Game Night Tuesday at 8
-The all-new FOX Tuesday is about to premiere, with the line up going New Girl/Grandfathered/ Brooklyn 9-9/The Grinder. All four are airing in new time slots.
-American Idol premieres Wednesday at 8 on FOX and continues Thursday at 8. Both episodes are two hours.
-American Crime premieres Wednesday at 10 on ABC
-2 Broke Girls moves to Wednesday at 8, and Mike & Molly premieres at 8:30 on CBS
-Angel from Hell premieres Thursday at 9:30 on CBS
-Beyond the Tank airs another episode Thursday at 8 on ABC, followed by the two-hour premiere of My Diet is Better Than Yours
-Shades of Blue premieres Thursday at 10 on NBC
-Undercover Boss on CBS moves to Friday at 8
-NBC will rerun Superstore at 8:30 on Friday
-MasterChef Junior is two hours on Friday

It's almost easier to list which fall shows ARE on this week than those that aren't, so here you go:

-ABC will still be airing their Wednesday comedy block (The Middle/The Goldbergs/Modern Family/Blackish) as well as their original Friday line up (Last Man Standing/Dr Ken/Shark Tank/20/20).
-CBS is still airing its Monday, Tuesday, and Friday fall line ups, with Thursday largely untouched except Angel from Hell is taking 2 Broke Girls' place.
-CW is going mostly reruns this week; Monday's dramadies are being replaced by reality reruns, and Reign will air a new episode Friday at 8
-FOX is still airing The Simpsons, Family Guy, and a two-hour MasterChef Junior, as well as Grandfathered, Brooklyn 9-9, and The Grinder, but the latter three have new time slots. Yes: The Simpsons and Family Guy are the ONLY shows left untouched this week by FOX.
-NBC is still airing their Chicago trio, Law & Order: SVU, The Mysteries of Laura, Heroes: Reborn, The Blacklist, and Undateable

Phew. I think I covered it all. Leave your thoughts about the midseason changes in the comments below!

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