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    Sunday, May 05, 2024

    What TV viewers can expect in second half of season

    The fall TV season is history, and now the broadcast networks are planning the rollout of midseason and early spring shows. Here’s a roundup of what viewers can expect from each major network. 

    ABC

    ABC will table new episodes of many of its successful series, including “The Muppets,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder,” until February or March.

    “My Diet Is Better Than Yours” (8 p.m. Jan. 7): Celebrity trainers coach average Americans to lose weight.

    “The Real O’Neals” (8:30 and 9:30 p.m. March 2; regular time slot: 8:30 p.m. Tuesday starting March 8): One of the season’s better new comedies starring Martha Plimpton, as matriarch of an Irish-Catholic family with a gay son.

    “The Family” (9 p.m. March 3; regular time slot: 9 p.m. Sunday starting March 3): A politician’s presumed dead son returns a decade later, but is he who he says he is? Joan Allen stars.

    “Of Kings and Prophets” (10 p.m. March 8): This biblical epic drama was originally slated to air in the fall but was pushed back due to creative retooling.

    “The Catch” (10 p.m. March 24): Another Shonda Rhimes production, this one stars Mireille Enos (“The Killing”) as a Los Angeles private investigator who gets conned out of millions by her fiance (Peter Krause, “Parenthood”).

    Returning: “Galavant” (8 and 8:30 p.m. Jan. 3), “The Bachelor” (8 p.m. Jan. 4), “American Crime” (10 p.m. Jan. 6), “Beyond the Tank” (10 p.m. Jan. 7), “Marvel’s Agent Carter” (9 p.m. Jan. 19), “Quantico” (10 p.m. March 6), “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m. March 6), “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (9 p.m. March 8), “Nashville” (10 p.m. March 16), “Dancing With the Stars” (8 p.m. March 21). 

    CBS

    “Angel From Hell” (9:30 p.m. Jan. 7): Delayed from its planned fall launch, this comedy stars Jane Lynch as a woman who may be an angel or she may be crazy.

    “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (10 p.m. March 2): Gary Sinise (“CSI: New York”) headlines CBS’s latest crime procedural spin-off.

    Returning series: “Undercover Boss” (8:30 tonight), “I Get That a Lot” (8 p.m. Dec. 30), “2 Broke Girls” (8 p.m. Jan. 6), “Mike & Molly” (8:30 p.m. Jan. 6), “The Amazing Race” (8 p.m. Feb. 12), “Survivor” (8 p.m. Feb. 17), “The Odd Couple” (8:30 p.m. April 7). 

    FOX

    “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” moves to 9 p.m. Tuesday on Jan. 5. Return dates for “Bones” and “Last Man on Earth” have not been announced.

    “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life” (8:30 p.m. Jan. 3): Cooper (Jack Cutmore-Scott, “Kingsman: The Secret Service”) struggles through hilarious disasters, like a night in jail and going broke.

    “Bordertown” (9:30 p.m. Jan. 3): Satirical animated comedy about a white and Hispanic family living side by side in a Southwest desert town.

    “Second Chance” (9 p.m. Jan. 13): A Frankenstein story about a 75-year-old former sheriff brought back to life in the body of a 35-year-old.

    “Lucifer” (9 p.m. Jan. 25): Based on a comic book, this series follows Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis, “Merlin”), aka Satan, who retires to L.A. and becomes intrigued by a well-meaning homicide detective (Lauren German, “Chicago Fire”).

    Returning: “New Girl” (8 p.m. Jan. 5), “American Idol” (8 p.m. Jan. 6), “Masterchef Junior” (8 p.m. Jan. 8), “Bob’s Burgers” (7:30 p.m. Jan. 10), “Hell’s Kitchen” (9 p.m. Jan. 15), “The X-Files” (10 p.m. Jan. 24, 8 p.m. Jan. 25), “Sleepy Hollow” (8 p.m. Feb. 5), “Gotham” (8 p.m. Feb. 29), “Rosewood” (8 p.m. March 2), “Empire” (9 p.m. March 30). 

    THE CW

    “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals” move to 8 and 9 p.m. Friday, respectively, beginning Jan. 29.

    “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (8 p.m. Jan. 21): More superheroes in this spinoff of “Arrow” and “The Flash,” including Capt. Cold, played by Wentworth Miller.

    Returning: “The 100” (9 p.m. Jan. 21). 

    NBC

    NBC already aired sneak previews of comedies “Superstore” and “Telenovela” in November and December, but the shows will air in their regular time periods, 8 and 8:30 p.m., beginning Jan. 4.

    “Shades of Blue” (10 p.m. Jan. 7): Jennifer Lopez stars as a Brooklyn detective turned FBI informant who must spy on her boss, Lt. Matt Wozniak (Ray Liotta), on behalf of her FBI handler.

    “You, Me and the Apocalypse” (8 p.m. Jan. 28): Comedic limited drama import from England about the last days of man starring Rob Lowe and Megan Mullally.

    Returning: “Hollywood Game Night” (8 p.m., Jan. 5), “The Biggest Loser” (9 p.m. Jan. 4). 

    PBS

    Ken Burns profiles baseball great “Jackie Robinson” (9 p.m. April 11-12).

    PBS’s “American Masters” will premiere episodes devoted to Mike Nichols (9 p.m. Jan. 29), B.B. King (9 p.m. Feb. 12) and Carole King (9 p.m. Feb. 19).

    “American Experience” will revisit the story of “Bonnie & Clyde” (9 p.m. Jan. 19) and the assassination of President James Garfield (9 p.m. Feb. 2)

    Unscheduled returning “Masterpiece” productions include “Mr. Selfridge” and “Grantchester.”

    “Mercy Street” (10 p.m. Jan. 17-Feb. 21): PBS will use the final season of “Downton Abbey” to launch its first American drama in more than a decade, set at an Alexandria, Va., Union hospital that’s taken over a hotel owned by a Confederacy-supporting family.

    Returning: “Sherlock” (9 p.m. Jan. 1), “Doc Martin” (8 p.m., Jan 2), “Downton Abbey” (9 p.m. Jan. 3), “Antiques Roadshow” (8 p.m. Jan. 4), “Finding Your Roots” (8 p.m. Jan. 5), “Call the Midwife” (8 p.m. April 3), “Genealogy Roadshow” (8 p.m. May 17).

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