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• TNT has NBA Playoffs all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by the season premiere of The Bachelorette (God help us all).
• CBS has the season finales of Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men and Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
• FOX has the season finale of Bones at 8, then the season finale of House.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then a new Dateline.
• The CW has the season finale of Gossip Girl at 8, followed by the season finale of One Tree Hill.
• There's a new Antiques Roadshow on PBS at 8.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World starting at 8.
• Also at 8: ABC Family has a new Greek, then a new Wildfire.
• At 8:30, Food Network has a new Heavyweights.
• At 9, Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs.
• MTV has two new episodes of Life of Ryan at 9.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• TV Land has the M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Special at 9.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Drive-Ins, Diners, and Dives.
• MTV has a new episode of The Paper at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Holy frik! We've only just started to embrace the return of our shows after a shortened strike season. Now, they are almost over. In the next few weeks all of our network favorites will say good-bye for the summer to be replaced with reality shows, reality game shows, reality soap operas, and Regis on primetime (again).

Needless to say, I'm a bit depressed. As I am sure you are as well. But, we will do our duty and press on. Thusly, we here at the sprawling lakefront offices of TV Squad (you choose the lakefront) have compiled list of when your favorite, and not so favorite, shows will be saying good-bye for their summer vacation. As usual, taking the fickleness of the networks, these times and days can change at a moment's notices. We will try to update you of those changes as quickly as our little fingers can type it out.

So, with a leaden heart, here are your season and series finales.

Of course, the subtitle of my title should probably be "Do you avoid spoilers?", because a lot of TV fans actually like them.

There was a time when there were no spoilers for TV shows. None at all. In the 60s and 70s and 80s and early 90s, there was no internet to speak of, and the gossip magazines and gossip TV shows really didn't go to any great lengths to find out what was going to happen on a season finale or a particular episode. Of course, it's a chicken or egg thing now. The shows are doing cliffhangers all the time (even sitcoms) and actually like to cultivate spoilers to hype the show (there was a time when a TV show's season just ended with a regular episode, nothing shocking or cliffhanger-ish). Cliffhangers really took off with the famous "Who Shot J.R." episode of Dallas.*

• At 8, FOX has a new On The Lot, then the season finale of House.
• At 10, ABC has the season finale of Boston Legal.
• At 9, PBS has a new Independent Lens.
• Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9, followed by a new After The Catch.
• Food Network has a new Challenge at 9.
• Also at 9: Travel Channel has a new John Ratzenberger's Made In America.
• At 9:30, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County special.
• CBS has the Kimberly Dozier news special Flashpoint at 10.
• FX has a new episode of The Shield at 10.
• There's a new ECW on Sci-Fi at 10.
• HBO has a First Look at Ocean's 13 at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, FOX has the two-hour season finale of American Idol.
• Discovery has a new Hazard Pay at 8.
• More John Wayne movies on TMC at 8: Island in the Sky and The High and The Mighty.
• HBO has the documentary Wide Awake at 8, about a man's bout with insomnia.
• At 9, ABC has the two-hour season finale of Lost.
• The Travel Channel has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• BBC America has a new Perfect Housewives at 9.
• At 10, NBC has a new Dateline.
• There's a new Hustle on AMC at 10.
• Bravo has a new Shear Genius at 10.
• Also at 10: History Channel has a new Modern Marvels.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has the season finale of Ugly Betty, then the season finale of Grey's Anatomy and a special Lost (a clip show that supposedly has "the answers").
• CBS has Bob Barker: A Celebration of 50 Years On Television at 8, followed by the season finale of CSI.
• It's all season finales on NBC starting at 8: The Office, Scrubs, and ER.
• The CW has the season finales of Smallville and Supernatural.
• TBS has four good Friends repeats at 8.
• BBC America has two new episodes of Innocent starting at 8.
• Also at 8: ESPN has two NBA playoff games.
• At 9, HGTV has a new Divine Design.
• The Travel Channel has a new 1000 Places To See Before You Die at 9.
• At 10, Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter.
• There's a new Penn & Teller's Bullshit at 10 on Showtime.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Wow, time sure does fly, doesn't it? It seems like only a few short months ago that we were talking about a new television season that was full of promise and good fortune. Yeah, right! And now, we look towards May, a mere three or so weeks away, and the end of the official television season.

That being said, we've gone ahead and updated our current list of season/series premieres and finales with the latest information on when your favorite shows will be coming to an end for the summer, or forever. Most of the shows will be ending between May 14th and May 20th. Also, mark your calendars for May 21st thru May 23rd because this is when the latest winners will be announced for both Dancing With the Stars and American Idol.

Also updated is the return of One Tree Hill to The CW schedule (May 2nd) as well as some changes that were made to other premieres/finales over the last few weeks. So, review at your leisure and remember that dates are subject to change at a moment's notice.

• At 8, ABC has Celebrity Debut, which shows rare footage of celebs before they were stars, including John Travolta, Andre Agassi, and Halle Berry. It's followed by the two hour season finale of Boston Legal.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8 (season finale), followed by the two hour season finale of The Unit.
• NBC has two Will and Grace repeats, two new Scrubs (season finale), and a new Law and Order: SVU.
• Over on FOX at 8, the final 3 sing on American Idol. Followed by a new House.
• The WB has a repeat Gilmore Girls and a new Pepper Dennis.
• UPN has repeats of America's Next Top Model and Veronica Mars.
• TNT has NBA playoffs at 8, with the Nets vs. the Heat.
• Also at 8: HBO has Will Ferrell in Kicking and Screaming.
• At 9, A&E has a new Dog, The Bounty Hunter.
• There's a new Love Monkey on VH-1 at 9.
• At 10, Bravo has Salon Diaries, featuring Brandon, the stylist fired by Blow Out's Jonathan Antin a couple of years ago.

• Daughtry supporters think there were voiting shennanigans.
• Pac-Man game using Idol contestants.
• The "day after" the Daughtry elimination.
• Chris Daughtry gets booted.
• It's Elvis Night!
• Babies love AI.
• Simon predicts (wrongly, it turns out) that the finals will be Chris vs. Taylor.
• The band Fuel offers Daughtry the job as lead singer.

• MythBusters: "Exploding Pants"
• Smallville: "Vessel"
• My Name Is Earl: "Number One"
• The Office: "Casino Night"
• Everybody Hates Chris: "Everybody Hates Father's Day"
• Veronica Mars: "Not Pictured"
• Gilmore Girls: "Partings"
• What About Brian: "Sex, Lies, and Videotape"

• ABC to pick up Mick Jagger, dump Sons & Daughters.
• Is Invasion going to the CW?
• Fox picks up Rob Corrdy's new comedy.
• Despite NBC's super-sizing, CBS still kicks its butt.
• 7th Heaven inexplicably picked up for season 11.
• Matthew Perry discusses new role on Studio 60.
• Is Deadwood going to end after this season?
• New series with Lithgow and Tambor picked up by NBC.
• Hasselhoff-less Knight Rider movie is in the works.
• Sneak peak at NBC pick-ups.
• Is Tucker Carlson out at MSNBC?
• David Blaine wants to go for breath-holding record again.
• Here's Bravo's fall schedule.
• ABC picks up 3 dramas, 3 sitcoms.
• Another Stargate series might be on the way.
• Britney Spears confirms she's pregnant to Dave Letterman.
• Fox shows now being offered on iTunes.
• West Wing retrospective scuttled over actors' pay.
• Star Jones is leaving The View (read the 1189 comments with this post!).

• Given Sheen's problems, would you renew Two and a Half Men?
• Is The Office the new Seinfeld?
• What happened to Jaleel White?
• Can YOU tell me why Dave Chappelle bolted?
• Anna talks to Ethan Suplee of My Name Is Earl.
• Is J.J. Abrams a hack?
• How long until Anderson Cooper cries on 60 Minutes?
• Listen to our 11th APB podcast.
• Cinematical's Scott Weinberg talks to Don Payne about his TV writing career.
• What are your all-time favorite season finales?

• Commercials that should be their own series.
• People who have been around longer than we realize.
• Secondary characters that should have their own series.

• ER kills off yet another doctor.
• Rich begs NBC to not split up Earl and The Office.
• I hate super-sizing.
• Adam's review of the David Blaine special.

• Numb3rs: "Undercurrents"
• Doctor Who (series one): "The Doctor Dances"
• Morel Orel: "Maturity"
• Survivor: Exile Island: "Call the Whambulance"\
• Invasion: "Round Up"
• CSI: NY: "Heroes"
• Lost: "?"
• Alias: "I See Dead People"
• Scrubs: "My Deja Vu My Deja Vu"
• L&O: SVU: "Web"
• House: "Forever"
• How I Met Your Mother: "Milk"
• Prison Break: "Go"
• The Sopranos: "The Ride"
• Grey's Anatomy: "Damage Case"

• On the cover: a rundown of all the season and series finales, including an interview with CSI: Miami star David Caruso.
• Matt Roush loves this season of The Sopranos, but NBC's 10.5: Apocalypse? Not so much.
• A look back at Malcolm in the Middle.
• In the print edition: a visit to the set of How I Met Your Mother as they tape the season finale; a guest column from Megan Mullally; another guest column, this time from writer David Mamet (The Unit); and a visit to the set of That 70s Show, which is ending after eight years.

• What are your favorite season finales? And what makes a good season finale?
  
• CBS and ABC are streaming shows online, though how do they look?
  
• Futurama -- is it coming back, or what?
• Some things we're planning for the Upfronts next week, and what cool stuff we're planning after all the finales are over.
• Lots of TV Squad specific items, like the Star system (again!), the idea of forums, what we may do for voicemail, etc.
• A few tidbits about spoilers.

• On the cover: Lost (again) and secrets from the big season finale coming up later this month.
• Matt Roush pays tribute to The West Wing.
• Analyst and former jockey Gary Stevens gives a preview of The Kentucky Derby.
• Crossing Jordan reaches 100 episodes (might be kinda spoilerish, so click at your own risk).
• In the print edition: the cast of Malcolm in the Middle moves on, a Q and A with soon-to-be Desperate Housewives star Kyle MacLachlan, an interview with NCIS star Lauren Holly, a guest column from 7th Heaven's Stephen Collins, and a behind the scenes look at the hometown parties for Idol finalists Chris, Katherine, and Taylor.

Ah, spring! Warm days and cool nights, the sounds of children playing. Short pants and short dresses as the first wisps of summer arrive. It is a time of renewal; except, of course, for the television networks. For them, spring, and particularly the month of May, represents one thing only: season and series finales.

Yep, after a long, hard year it's time to say good-bye to some of your favorite characters and shows as they leave for the summer, or perhaps for good if they are not renewed or are ending their series runs. In place of them will be endless reruns, summer replacements, and Big Brother. May the Lord help us all!

Being the networks, who want to maximize the most viewership and advertising dollars, these finales are not just during one week in May, but are staggered throughout the whole month. Some even leak into the first week of June. This can be very confusing to keep track of and may cause your DVR to have a meltdown. However, fear not true TV Squad readers, because we are here to list the finales of the shows you watch the most. I mean, gosh, we would be remiss if we didn't provide information on the last episode of Lost for the year (May 24th) or the series finale of Alias (May 22nd). It would be just scandalous.

Oh, one more thing before you make the jump . . . if you don't see your favorite show on this list, or want to see when some of the famous May special events are being broadcast (such as The 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards) click on this link for a full listing from AOL Television. Okay, all ready? Then, let's get this show on the road.