TV Jots

Finales, Finales, Finales!

Monday | May 11

The Big Bang Theory: Season 2 ends with two more seasons already picked up.
[The Monopolar Expedition, CBS, 8pm]

House: Season 5 ends with a sixth season a virtual guarantee.
[Both Sides Now, Fox, 8pm]

Castle: Season 1 ends with a second season looking increasingly likely since ABC wisely scrapped the atrocious Bob Saget lead-in Surviving Suburbia for the finale.
[A Death in the Family, ABC, 10:02pm]

Tuesday | May 12

American Idol: Take a break from finale fever and help America’s most popular reality series celebrate its hallmark 300th episode.
[3 Finalists Compete, Fox, 8pm]

The Biggest Loser: Season 7 ends with a three-hour finale — Yikes! — and an eighth season already in the works.
[NBC, 8pm]

Fringe: Season 1 ends with a very special guest star, Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy, and a second season on the way.
[There's More Than One of Everything, Fox, 9:01pm]

Wednesday | May 13

America’s Next Top Model: Season 12 ends with two additional seasons already good to go.
[America's Next Top Model Is…, The CW, 8pm]

Lie to Me: Season 1 ends with a second season a near lock.
[Sacrifice, Fox, 8pm]

Lost: Pre-finale update special.
[A Journey in Time, ABC, 8pm]

Lost: The fifth season ends with a two-hour finale and the sixth season on the roster since two years ago.
[The Incident, Parts 1 and 2, ABC, 9pm]

Thursday | May 14

Bones: Season 4 ends with a fifth season a no-brainer.
[The End in the Beginning, Fox, 8pm]

My Name Is Earl: Season 4 ends with a fifth season all the way up in the air.
[Dodge's Dad, NBC, 8pm]

Smallville: Season 8 ends with fans — including yours truly — in ecstatic disbelief that the show not only has lasted this long, but also received a ninth-season renewal.
[Doomsday, The CW, 8pm]

Parks and Recreation: Season 1 ends with a much-questioned second season already announced.
[Rock Show, NBC, 8:30pm]

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 9 ends with a tenth season expected.
[All In, CBS, 9pm]

Grey’s Anatomy: Season 5 ends with a two-hour finale and the sixth season picked up early.
[Here's to the Future/Now or Never, ABC, 9pm]

Hell’s Kitchen: Season 5 ends with no word on a sixth season yet.
[Winner Announced, Fox, 9pm]

The Office: Season 5 ends with a sixth season picked up last January.
[Company Picnic, NBC, 9pm]

Supernatural: Season 4 ends and, of course, the Winchester Brothers will return for a fifth season — Duh! — with Misha Collins a newly announced series regular, to boot.
[Lucifer Rising, The CW, 9pm]

30 Rock: Season 3 ends with a fourth season on the horizon.
[Kidney Now!, NBC, 9:31pm]

CSI: NY: Season 5 ends with a sixth season not yet announced but very likely.
[Pay Up, CBS, 10pm]

Friday | May 15

America’s Funniest Home Videos: Season 19 ends with a twentieth season set.
[ABC, 8pm]

The Game: Season 3 ends with a one-hour finale and a fourth season exceedingly unlikely since The CW hates sitcoms now and is also enthralled with an audience made up of a very specific kind of teenage girl.
[I Want It All and I Want It Now/The Wedding Episode, The CW, 8pm]

Ghost Whisperer: Season 4 ends with a fifth-season announcement just a formality.
[The Book of Changes, CBS, 8pm]

Prison Break: Season 4 ends with a two-hour finale and fans long aware the show will not be back.
[Rate of Exchange/Killing Your Number, Fox, 8pm]

Flashpoint: Season 2 ends with a third season the smart thing to do.
[Exit Wounds, CBS, 9pm]

Numb3rs: Season 5 ends with a two-hour finale and a sixth season more likely than not.
[Angels and Devils, CBS, 10pm]

Sunday | May 17

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Season 6 ends with a seventh season coming soon.
[McFarland Family, ABC, 7pm]

Sit Down, Shut Up: Season 1 ends with nothing mentioned about a second season.
[Math Lab, Fox, 7pm]
Sorry, fans, but Variety reports Fox has yanked this episode — and the entire series — due to pathetic ratings.

The Simpsons: Season 20 (!!!) ends with Numbers 21 and 22 around the corner.
[Coming to Homerica, Fox, 8pm]

Survivor: Season 18 ends with a two-hour finale, an hourlong reunion special afterwards, and two more seasons already booked.
[CBS, 8pm]

King of the Hill: Season 13 ends with the final fourteenth season added to the master-plan.
[Uh-Oh Canada, Fox, 8:30pm]

Desperate Housewives: Season 5 ends with a two-hour finale and a sixth season heading to Wisteria Lane.
[Everybody Says Don't/If It's Only In Your Head, ABC, 9pm]

Family Guy: Season 7 ends with an eighth season a done deal.
[Peter's Progress, Fox, 9pm]

American Dad: Season 4 ends with two more seasons announced last year.
[Stan's Night Out, Fox, 9:30pm]