Best ending to a TV series.

Liked ER's ending, with Dr. Greene's daughter carrying on his legacy and life continuing to go on at the hospital.

Quantum Leap's ending could have been good, but it was a bit messy since they weren't sure if the show was getting cancelled or not. Sam finding the unnamed force who was leaping him around (and also was the bartender he met in his first leap) plus finding out that he could choose to end the leaps and go home anytime was good.

And while one may not consider it a real TV series, the final episode of WCW Nitro was surreal, with Vince McMahon appearing on the show simultaneously with his own show after he bought the company from Ted Turner.

 

Cheers
Frasier
Newhart

 

The Fugitive and Barney Miller are my favorites.

 

Horace and Pete.

 

Was scanning through the guide for tonight to see which Breaking Bad episodes (specifically "Ozymandias") were on when during AMC's weeklong marathon.
Somehow, some way, some idiot at AMC arranged this thing so that the series finale airs at 2 a.m. EST. Really, AMC? You couldn't have figured out a way over the course of the week to make it so that the last two or three episodes aired in primetime or at least before midnight?
Some network dingus needs to be fired.

 

It's strange to me to see all the love for Star Trek: TNG's finale, "All Good Things..." because while I'm a huge Star Trek fan in general and loved TNG overall, I didn't really like the ending of that series at all. I'd even venture to say it's one of my least favorite episodes of Star Trek: TNG.

I liked the finale of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine much better. But then, that was a different kind of series, and one that got better and grew more sophisticated with each season.

Not many finales are that memorable to me. But I actually liked the MASH closer. I'll also always remember the finale of The Wonder Years. For some reason, that one has always stayed with me. The tone and tenor of it were perfect for the series and everything wrapped up well.

 

I guess there is still someone in the world who doesn't own a DVR. I didn't think there was.

 

I thought the ending of The Wonder Years was rushed and contrived, with the big twist at the end a "fuck you" from the writers to the network to partially fuck up the series' rerun potential.

 

Not to mention when Doomsday killed Kevin.
That was some BS.

 

I'm near the end of Season 3 of "The Wire" and still waiting for it to get exciting/intriguing. Glad that somebody upthread said the ending is good. I'll stick with it. Side note: the guy on the ESPN NFL commercials hyping the wild card weekend is the gay drug stealer/dealer in "The Wire," complete with his scar that goes from his forehead, between his eyes then down the right side of his face next to his nose.

 

Doomsday is a waste of time in any Wonder Years episode, because they're not going to kill off Kevin Arnold and everybody knows it.

 

Preaching to the choir, my man. It may provide a temporary ratings spike but eventually led to the decline of scripted, prime-time network programming.