series finales
Summer’s most gripping series reaches a verdict Sunday night
It’s hard to write a show about New Yorkers — unless you’re a New Yorker. Countless LA-based writers have tried, with varying degrees of failure. Remember NBC’s hapless remake of...
'Looking' creator says audience expectations hindered gay drama
The gay-centric HBO drama “Looking” never had many eyeballs, well, looking at it — averaging only 240,000 viewers in its second and final season before the ax dropped in March...
Big names couldn't save these 7 shows from cancellation
With the 2016 fall TV schedule starting to take shape, it’s do-or-die time for veteran and rookie shows alike as networks make room for the new by pushing out the...
'Mike & Molly' star's farewell: 'It changed my life'
CBS sitcom “Mike & Molly” wraps its six-season run Monday night — and series co-star Billy Gardell promises that viewers will “laugh, have some happy tears and be happy with...
'Good Wife' creator calls cheater Peter 'endlessly fascinating'
"The Good Wife” creators Robert and Michelle King told the cast of the CBS drama last year that this would be their last season on the show. The cast “was...
William Hung returned to sing off-key for the 'Idol' finale
It wouldn't be a true "American Idol" goodbye without William Hung. The viral contestant returned for the Fox reality competition show's series finale on Thursday night to again sing a...
'American Idol' might not be ending after all
On Thursday night, after 15 seasons, "American Idol" will air its final episode. Or will it? Simon Fuller, who created the "Idol" format in 2001, is already re-envisioning what the...
How 'American Idol' changed my life
It’s the end of an era. Fox’s “American Idol,” the granddaddy of modern TV talent shows, calls it a wrap on Thursday after 15 seasons, innumerable memories and hundreds of...
After six seasons, ‘Downton Abbey’ says goodbye with love, drama and more
"Downton Abbey” gave its fans the finale they wanted — a lavish, stylish celebration of the waning days of the British aristocracy that enforced the virtues of true love and...
End of an era: 'Downton Abbey' bids a fond farewell
Fans of “Downton Abbey,” take heart. Unlike many American series that end unsatisfactorily, the producers on this show had plenty of time to prepare a proper ending — one that...
'The Good Wife' is the rare TV show that knows when to quit
Knowing when to end a story is a tricky thing on television, and knowing when to end a successful series is something that has eluded the producers of some of...
Bombs, blasts and and blowups: 'MythBusters' by the numbers
Discovery's popular series, “MythBusters,” is calling it quits after its upcoming season. Here’s a look at some stats from the show, hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage (pictured above)....
William Petersen's seven-year itch lands him back on 'CSI'
Sunday night’s final episode of “CSI” would’ve been seriously compromised without the return of William Petersen — who originated the role of iconic “CSI” protagonist Gil Grissom when the CBS...
Why ‘Key & Peele’ deserves to go down in comedic history
“It’s us, then, like, ‘Dallas,’ then ‘The Twilight Zone’...It’s very possible we’ll go down like the Wright brothers.” — Jordan Peele, “The End” That’s some well-earned hyperbole. “Key & Peele”...
Stan and Peggy almost didn't end up together in 'Mad Men' finale
Wednesday night at the New York Public Library, Matthew Weiner sat down with novelist A.M. Homes to discuss the series finale of “Mad Men” (just in case you need more...
'Mad Woman' to 'Better Call Pete': 5 'Mad Men' spinoffs we'd like to see
We couldn’t really say goodbye to the main “Mad Men” characters, so we imagined our own series for them. See if you would tune in to any of these. 'Better...
7 characters the ‘Mad Men’ finale forgot
With only seven episodes to wrap up its final season, “Mad Men” still managed to bring back a number of recurring characters before Sunday’s series finale. There was the elevator...
‘Mad Men’ finale draws third-best audience with 3.3 million viewers
More than 3 million viewers bid farewell to “Mad Men” on Sunday, with the series finale ranking as its third most-watched episode ever. The 10 p.m. finale of the AMC...
Beginnings, endings and a blues giant are TV highlights this week
A Secret Service agent (Matt Dillon, above right) investigates a missing persons case in a small Idaho town that quickly takes a turn for the creepy in this “Twin Peaks”-esque...