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Series finale. A series finale is the final installment of an episodic entertainment series, most often a television series. It may also refer to a final theatrical sequel, the last part of a television miniseries, the last installment of a literary series, or any final episode.
- Friends (2004) Think of how many nights we spent vicariously sitting around Central Perk listening to Joey’s tales of botched auditions, Ross and Rachel’s dating dilemmas, and Chandler’s sarcastic quips.
- The Wire (2008) The Wire wasn’t always the easiest watch, but David Simon’s inner-city anthology was certainly one of the creative high points of the Golden Age of Prestige TV in the 2000s.
- Mad Men (2015) By the time Mad Men wrapped, the show’s America was in a very different place from where it was when the series began. And so was its so-called hero — Jon Hamm’s self-invented adman, Don Draper.
- The Sopranos (2007) Sometimes Big Idea finales work ... and sometimes they don’t. The controversial last episode of HBO’s sensational mob drama (or, rather, the controversial last scene of the last episode) certainly was a swing for the fences, as creator David Chase brought Tony and his family together in a New Jersey diner for one last family dinner, only to have it end with Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” on the jukebox and a mysterious slam to black.
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- Cheers - “One for the Road” Tearful, funny, endearing - more than two decades removed from the final episode of Cheers and the series remains as engaging as ever.
- Six Feet Under - “Everyone’s Waiting” For many of the episodes on our list, we could provide a moment by which to remember the series, but none are more tragic than the final minutes of Six Feet Under.
- Breaking Bad - “Felina” Looking back at Walter White's gradual journey into villainy, we may not have been able to predict the outcome, but there was only ever one true resolution.
- M*A*S*H* - “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” The tragedies of war were always at the heart of M*A*S*H*. Despite the many different jokes, the series' sitcom elements were nothing more than a means to cope with all the death.
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- M*A*S*H. - Viewership: 105.9 million. - Rating: 60.2% - Share: 77% - Date: Feb. 28, 1983. After 11 seasons on the air, the 1983 series finale for "M*A*S*H" became the most-watched series finale in TV history, with nearly 106 million viewers tuning in—77% of the households that had televisions at the time.
- Cheers. - Viewership: 84.4 million. - Rating: 45.5% - Share: 64% - Date: May 20, 1993. For 11 seasons, the popular sitcom "Cheers" took viewers to a Boston-based bar "where everybody knows your name."
- Seinfeld. - Viewership: 76.3 million. - Rating: 41.3% - Share: 58% - Date: May 14, 1998. Created by Larry David ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") and Jerry Seinfeld, "Seinfeld" is considered one of the most influential sitcoms in TV history.
- Friends. - Viewership: 52.5 million. - Rating: 29.8% - Share: 43% - Date: May 6, 2004. The iconic, hit sitcom "Friends" followed the adventures of six 20-somethings in 1990s Manhattan.
Mar 25, 2019 · The final minutes of “Everyone’s Waiting” are among the most famous in the history of television, and even if the rest of the episode had been a disappointment, they would still rank among ...
May 28, 2023 · From CBS classics to critically-acclaimed anime, here are some of TV’s best series finales that went above and beyond. FX. “The Americans” (FX) Here’s how good the series finale for “The ...
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