I don’t know about you, but I have been missing The Rookie and Will Trent, and I want to know when they are going to be back. Well, today, ABC announced their midseason lineup, so now we know.
ABC MIDSEASON PRIMETIME SCHEDULE PREMIERE DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific).
DAY TIME SERIES
THURSDAY, JAN 2
8:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (Series Premiere)
9:00 p.m. “Only Murders in the Building” (Broadcast Season Two Premiere – two hours)
SUNDAY, JAN 5
7:00 p.m. “AFV” (Midseason Return)
8:00 p.m. The Wonderful World of Disney
TUESDAY, JAN 7
8:00 p.m. “Will Trent” (Season Three Premiere)
9:00 p.m. “High Potential” (Midseason Return)
10:00 p.m. “The Rookie” (Season Seven Premiere)
WEDNESDAY, JAN 8
8:00 p.m. “Shifting Gears” (Series Premiere)
8:30 p.m. “Abbott Elementary” (Midseason Return)
9:02 p.m. “Celebrity Jeopardy!” (Season Three Premiere)
10:02 p.m. “What Would You Do?” (Midseason Return)
FRIDAY, JAN 17
8:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” (Midseason Return)
THURSDAY, JAN 30
9:00 p.m. “Scamanda” (Series Premiere)
10:00 p.m. “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini”
I am beginning to think that ABC wants to fail because their Fall lineup sucks.
They are holding Will Trent, The Rookie, and The Conners’ final season for midseason so that they can air the aging Dancing with the Stars and The Golden Bachelorette, which might take a hit due to what happened to The Golden Bachelor’s marriage. You know, it ended in divorce.
ABC FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00 p.m. “Monday Night Football” on select Mondays this fall / TBA programming
TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00 p.m. “High Potential”
WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. “The Golden Bachelorette”
9:30 p.m. “Abbott Elementary”
10:00 p.m. “Scamanda”
Are you like what am I going to watch this Summer? Well, ABC announced today what we can watch on their network.
The Bachelorette with Jenn Tran starts things off on July 8th. The dating show will be followed by Celebrity Family Feud, which includes the families of Donny Osmond and Flavor Flav this season. Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Jimmy Kimmel and Claim to Fame with Kevin and Frankie “Bonus” Jonas are next up. Steve Harvey’s second show on ABC as a Judge is back. Finally, Press Your Luck with host Elizabeth Banks and the only new show, Lucky 13, with Shaquille O’Neal and Gina Rodriguez.
SCHEDULE:
MONDAY, JULY 8
8:00-10:01 p.m. “The Bachelorette” (season premiere)
TUESDAY, JULY 9
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Family Feud: Decades of Laughs” (special)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Celebrity Family Feud” (season premiere)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” (season premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Claim to Fame” (season premiere)
TUESDAY, JULY 16
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Celebrity Family Feud”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Judge Steve Harvey” (season two returns)
THURSDAY, JULY 18
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Press Your Luck” (season premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Lucky 13” (series premiere)
Will Trent is the rare series that is doing better its second season than its first. So it should be no surprise that ABC renewed it for a third season early. And the police procedural deserves it.
The show’s star, Ramón Rodríguez, said this about the renewal. “Thank you to all the fans for their support and to our incredible cast, crew, writers and producers who work so hard to make this show possible!! Appreciate the incredible support from @abcnetwork and @20thcenturystudios and to all the folks behind the scenes that champion this creation. We are so lucky to do what we love and blessed that it’s being received,” the actor wrote, “Thrilled to be able to continue to bring this character to life and to collaborate with such wonderful artists!”
There are only two things I wish for next season. They are more Betty the Dog, and that they break away from the book and give us a Cocaine Bear episode.
