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Last night’s primetime line-up on the major networks was filled with some comedies and a couple movies along with new episodes from seven Tuesday night dramas, three of which were the show’s season finales and one was the first part of a two-part season finale.

Here is how those seven Monday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Shows:
9-1-1 (FOX) [NEW – Finale] – 5.3 million viewers
All American (The CW) [NEW] – 563,000 viewers

9 PM Shows:
NCIS (CBS) [NEW] – 6.3 million viewers
9-1-1: Lone Star (FOX) [NEW] – 4.5 million viewers
All American Homecoming (The CW) [NEW] – 398,000 viewers

10 PM Shows:
NCIS: Hawaii (CBS) [NEW, Part 1 of 2, Season Finale] – 4.8 million viewers
The Good Doctor (ABC) [NEW] – 3.3 million viewers

What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.

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Today’s upfront presentation was made by ABC, announcing its expected fall TV schedule, that includes the shows that have been picked up and new shows that will debut in the fall, as well as what will air mid-season.

As usual, I will primarily be focusing on the returning and new dramas.

The expected fall line-up for ABC is as follows: (please note this schedule could change):

MONDAY
8 PM – Bachelor in Paradise
10 PM – The Good Doctor

TUESDAY
8 PM – Bachelor in Paradise
10 PM – The Rookie: Feds [NEW]

The spin-off series stars Niecy Nash (Claws) as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy, who was introduced during Season 4 of The Rookie, when Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the L.A. division of the FBI enlisted Simone’s help when one of her former students was suspected in a terror attack. The series will also star Felix Solis (Ozark) and Frankie Faison (Banshee and The Wire).

WEDNESDAY
8 PM – The Conners
8:30 PM – The Goldbergs
9 PM – Abbott Elementary (New Night)
9:30 PM – Home Economics
10 PM – Big Sky (New Night)

THURSDAY
8 PM – Station 19
9 PM – Grey’s Anatomy
10 PM – Alaska [NEW]

Oscar winner Hilary Swank leads the show as a star journalist who moves to Alaska for a fresh start after a career-killing misstep and finds redemption personally and professionally after joining a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage. The cast includes Jeff Perry (Scandal).

FRIDAY
8 PM – Shark Tank
9 PM – 20/20

SATURDAY
8 PM – College Football

SUNDAY
7 PM – America’s Funniest Home Videos
8 PM – Celebrity Jeopardy! (New)
9 Pm – Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
10 PM – The Rookie

A Million Little Things, which according to TV Line is likely heading into its final season, has been held over until mid-season.

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The Hallmark Channel movie Romance to the Rescue will debut on May 21 at 8 PM.

To impress a potential love interest, Kyra (Andrea Brooks) enters her dog in an agility show. The problem is, she has no dog so she needs to find (and train) one and quick.

The film also stars Marcus Rosner and Nathan Witte.

Here is a trailer for Romance to the Rescue.

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions

5:30 PM:
X-Men (2000) movie on BBC America

6 PM:
Love in Design movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:20 PM:
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard movie on HBO

7 PM:
In My Dreams movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Fate of the Furious movie on FX

7:40 PM:
X-Men: Apocalypse movie on FXM

8 PM:
FBI on CBS (NEW)
The Resident on FOX (NEW – Finale)
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO (Encore)
Superman & Lois on The CW (Reair)
Sweet Autumn movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Columbiana movie on BBC America
King Richard movie on HBO 2

8:30 PM:
The First Lady on Showtime (Encore)

9 PM:
FBI: International on CBS (NEW)
This Is Us on NBC (NEW)
Superman & Lois on The CW (Reair)
In the Key of Love movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Survivor movie on HBO (Encore)
Knives Out movie on Syfy

9:30 PM:
Selma movie on Showtime

9:45 PM:
An Officer and a Gentleman movie on EPIX

10 PM:
FBI: Most Wanted on CBS (NEW)
New Amsterdam on NBC (NEW)
The Dark Knight movie on TruTV

10:42 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)

Enjoy!

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It’s that time of year again; time for the networks to announce their fall TV schedules, including the new shows that have been picked up and the shows that will be held until mid-season. As usual, I will primarily be focusing on the returning and new dramas.

The first network to announce its expected fall line-up is NBC (please note this schedule could change):

MONDAY
8 PM – The Voice (2 hours)
10 PM – Quantum Leap [NEW]

The reboot of the original series, which starred Scott Bakula and the late Dean Stockwell that aired from March 1989 to May 1993, will star Raymond Lee (Here and Now) in the lead role. It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.

TUESDAY
8 PM – The Voice
9 PM – La Brea
10 PM – New Amsterdam (Final Season)

WEDNESDAY
8 PM – Chicago Med
9 PM – Chicago Fire
10 PM – Chicago P.D.

THURSDAY
8 PM – Law & Order
9 PM – Law & Order: SVU
10 PM – Law & Order: Organized Crime

FRIDAY
8 PM – College Bowl
9 PM – Dateline NBC

FRIDAY [Starting in November]
8 PM – Lopez vs. Lopez (NEW Comedy)
8:30 PM – Young Rock
9 PM – Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8 PM – Drama encores
9 PM – Dateline Weekend Mystery
10 PM – SNL Vintage

SUNDAY
8 PM – Sunday Night Football

It should be noted that starting this fall, current NBC series can be streamed next-day on Peacock instead of on Hulu. Also, The Blacklist has been held until mid-season.

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It was a busy night of programming on the major networks last night with the Billboard Music Awards, animation, reality, news and repeats taking up most of the primetime line-up along with new episodes from five Sunday night dramas, two of which were season finales.

Here is how those five Sunday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Shows:
The Equalizer (CBS) [NEW – Finale] – 6.6 million viewers
Riverdale (The CW) [NEW] – 214,000 viewers

9 PM Show:
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) [NEW] – 5.2 million viewers

10 PM Shows:
S.W.A.T. (CBS) [NEW] – 4 million viewers
The Rookie (ABC) [NEW – Finale] – 3.5 million viewers

What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.

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On May 20, the Amazon 8-episode series Night Sky will debut online.

Spanning space and time, Night Sky follows Irene (Sissy Spacek) and Franklin York (J.K. Simmons), a couple who, years ago, discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet. They’ve carefully guarded their secret ever since, but when an enigmatic young man enters their lives, the Yorks’ quiet existence is quickly upended…and the mystifying chamber they thought they knew so well turns out to be much more than they could ever have imagined.

Here is a trailer for Night Sky:

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On May 20, the Hulu feature film The Valet will debut online.

Movie star Olivia (Samara Weaving) faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent (Max Greenfield). The hard-working valet Antonio (Eugenio Derbez) accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover up.

The film includes Betsy Brandt, Amaury Nolaco and Marisol Nichols.

Here is a trailer for The Valet:

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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:

On May 16, the season finales of 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star will air on FOX at 8 and 9 PM respectively; while that same night, The Good Doctor will air its season finale on ABC at 10:01 PM.

The season finale of The Resident will air on May 17 at 8 PM on FOX.

On May 18, A Million Little Things will air its season finale on ABC at 10 PM.

The new drama Kingdom Business will debut online on May 19 on BET+. The music-driven series follows Denita Jordan (Yolanda Adams), a gospel superstar who runs an in-house record label, Kingdom Records, in addition to acting as First Lady of First Kingdom Church, who is determined to guard her family and its many secrets at all costs. Just as Denita is enjoying the fruits of her labor, the world she’s worked so hard to put together begins to unravel when an unexpected contender in the gospel music scene threatens her status. Rbel (Serayah) is a young woman on the rise whose checkered past as an exotic dancer is no match for her destiny to turn the gospel world on its head with her new-found voice. The cast includes Micahel Jai White and Michael Beach.

On May 19, the season finales of Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime will air on NBC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively; meanwhile that same night, the season finales of Station 19 and Big Sky will at 8 and 10 PM respectively on ABC.  Also on May 19, the season finale of the Paramount+ series Halo will air online; and the 15th season premiere of the long-running drama Heartland will air at 8 PM on UPtv that night too.

The Peacock limited series Angelyne will debut online on May 19. This limited series explores the identity of Los Angeles’ mysterious billboard bombshell Angelyne (Emmy Rossum). The cast includes Martin Freeman, David Krumholtz, Hamish Linklater and Michael Angarano.

Also on May 19, the Netflix original film A Perfect Pairing will debut online. The story follows a woman (Victoria Justice from Victorious and Eye Candy) who, after quitting a dream job, decides to open her own business – and that means having to land a big client right off the bat. She then decides to go all the way to Australia in order to charm a family wine company into getting in business with her. Adam Demos (Sex/Life and UNReal) co-stars.

The Hulu feature film The Valet will debut online on May 20. Movie star Olivia (Samara Weaving) faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent (Max Greenfield). The hard-working valet Antonio (Eugenio Derbez) accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover up. The film includes Betsy Brandt, Amaury Nolaco and Marisol Nichols.

On May 20, the Amazon 8-episode series Night Sky will debut online. Spanning space and time, Night Sky follows Irene (Sissy Spacek) and Franklin York (J.K. Simmons), a couple who, years ago, discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet. They’ve carefully guarded their secret ever since, but when an enigmatic young man enters their lives, the Yorks’ quiet existence is quickly upended…and the mystifying chamber they thought they knew so well turns out to be much more than they could ever have imagined.

The Hallmark Channel movie Romance to the Rescue will debut on May 21 at 8 PM. To impress a potential love interest, Kyra (Andrea Brooks) enters her dog in an agility show. The problem is, she has no dog so she needs to find (and train) one and quick. The film also stars Marcus Rosner and Nathan Witte.

On May 22, the season finale of 61st Street will air online on AMC+; and that same night, the season finale of When Calls the Heart will air on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM. The season finales of NCIS: Los Angeles and S.W.A.T. will air at 9 and 10 PM respectively on CBS also on May 22. That same night, the season finale of the PBS drama Ridley Road will air at 9 PM.

The UPtv movie Harmony in Paradise will debut on May 22 at 7 PM. Amelia, a respected wildlife journalist, is tasked with covering baby manatees in Puerto Rico about to be released into the wild, when she meets a handsome conservationist who helps her discover all the treasures the island has to offer. The film stars Liliana Tandon, Brian Krause, Thony Mena and Vivica A. Fox.

Lastly also on May 22, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Rip in Time will debut at 9 PM. Sarah (Torrey DeVitto) is an organic farmer who meets a man (Niall Matter) named Rip Van Winkle Jr., who claims to be from 1787. Soon, she discovers old-fashioned romantic feelings that might be just as crazy as his story.

Mark your calendars!

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions

5:56 PM:
How Stella Got Her Groove Back movie on Starz

6 PM:
A Taste of Summer movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:15 PM:
The Hitman’s Bodyguard movie on AMC

7 PM:
All of My Heart movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

7:03 PM:
The American President movie on Encore

7:30 PM:
Jumanji: The Next Level movie on FX

8 PM:
9-1-1 on FOX (NEW – Finale)
Billy the Kid on EPIX (Encore)
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime (Encore)
Bottled With Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Mrs. Doubtfire movie on Freeform
The Equalizer movie on Paramount Network

8:04 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)

8:50 PM:
Domina on EPIX (Reair)

9 PM:
NCIS on CBS (NEW)
9-1-1: Lone Star on FOX (NEW – Finale)
The First Lady on Showtime (Encore)
Journey of My Heart movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie on Starz

9:45 PM:
Domina on EPIX (Reair)

10 PM:
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (NEW)
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime 2 (Encore)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard movie on BBC America
Batman Begins movie on TruTV

10:01 PM:
The Good Doctor on ABC (NEW – Finale)

Enjoy!

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