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Best TV show FINALE of all-time?

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May 24, 2010 9:08 PM
What say you?
May 24, 2010 9:08pm
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May 24, 2010 9:10 PM
Newhart.

For as good as the show was, Seinfeld sucked
May 24, 2010 9:10pm
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May 24, 2010 9:12 PM
Hated the Sopranos ending...it was such a let down.
May 24, 2010 9:12pm
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May 24, 2010 9:13 PM
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May 24, 2010 9:13pm
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May 24, 2010 9:19 PM
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May 24, 2010 9:19pm
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May 24, 2010 9:24 PM
I'd say Newhart, although Cheers, Quantum Leap and Start Trek:NG had nice endings.

As stated above, the Seinfeld ending was awful, the Sopranos was underwhelming, and I wasn't a fan of MASH, Dallas or Lost so I can't judge them.

Newhart was such an underrated show, I doubt anyone saw that ending coming. In a way it was nice to live before the internet and 24/7 gossip and reports.
May 24, 2010 9:24pm
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May 24, 2010 9:41 PM
M*A*S*H. Check the stats.

Charles in Charge rocked the finale too.
May 24, 2010 9:41pm
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May 24, 2010 9:59 PM
Hmmm, let's see how the finale of Law and Order's 21 year run ends tonight.
May 24, 2010 9:59pm
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May 24, 2010 10:00 PM
I liked TNG's ending. I've never seen any of the shows in the poll.
May 24, 2010 10:00pm
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May 24, 2010 10:05 PM
The Wonder Years, Newhart and St. Elsewhere . . . . . . all three were phenomenal.
May 24, 2010 10:05pm
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May 24, 2010 10:07 PM
I thought Friends was pretty good...
May 24, 2010 10:07pm
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May 24, 2010 10:09 PM
The Soprano's ending was pretty good...up until the actual ending. When the screen just went black...I wanted to throw something. Such a great show deserved an actual ending.
May 24, 2010 10:09pm
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May 24, 2010 10:10 PM
M*A*S*H
May 24, 2010 10:10pm
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May 24, 2010 10:14 PM
The O.C.

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May 24, 2010 10:14pm
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May 24, 2010 10:15 PM
Another vote for M*A*S*H !
May 24, 2010 10:15pm
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May 24, 2010 10:16 PM
Saddest was Roseanne when they said Dan had died awhile back and Roseanne was just imagining him being around.

I liked Cheers the best.

Perfect ending with all of them sitting around smoking cigars. Then Sam says to the last customer at the door/and the audience "sorry we're closed." Then he fixes the picture that was hanging in Nicholas Colasanto's dressing room and walks in the back.
May 24, 2010 10:16pm
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May 24, 2010 10:24 PM
I liked the King of Queens finale....it was a fitting end!
May 24, 2010 10:24pm
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May 24, 2010 10:25 PM
How about Family Ties?
May 24, 2010 10:25pm
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May 24, 2010 10:46 PM
You really need to expand that list.

Six Feet Under was probably the best final episode I've ever seen.
May 24, 2010 10:46pm
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May 24, 2010 10:48 PM
tk421 wrote: I liked TNG's ending. I've never seen any of the shows in the poll.
Also, ^^^^This^^^^

Good to see some other Trek fans on here. "All Good Things...." What a great name for a final episode, and it was almost PERFECTLY pulled off, up to and including Picard joining the poker game while saying "I should've done this a long time ago."
May 24, 2010 10:48pm
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May 24, 2010 10:50 PM
M*A*S*H was probably the best of all time. Newhart was certainly the most creative and because of that I think that it's right up there with M*A*S*H. To not even have Newhart on the poll is a joke.
May 24, 2010 10:50pm
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May 24, 2010 10:54 PM
wes_mantooth wrote: Hated the Sopranos ending...it was such a let down.
Really grew on me after watching it a few times and reading insights from other fans.

That last 10 minutes that was so surreal at first was actually brilliant once you understood what Chase was trying to accomplish.

It wasn't clear closure and it didn't smack you over the head with what you just saw. But Chase did two things very effectively:
1) He let you feel like what Tony lives with daily, making you feel the end could come at any time and "whacking" you when you least expect it.
2) Also clear what the inevitable end is for Tony with plenty of symbolic foreshadowing. I don't personally feel it ended there for Tony at all, but the implication that he will get it at some point is unmistakeable.
May 24, 2010 10:54pm
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gut

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May 24, 2010 10:58 PM
Finale of The Shield was pretty good.

Never saw Six Feet under, but a lot of people spoke very highly of it.

How many shows end prematurely and don't even have memorable finales? It's a fairly short list of shows that even have a build-up to a finale.
May 24, 2010 10:58pm
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May 25, 2010 12:03 AM
Don't really remember what the Newhart ending was like, I'll go with Cheers or The Wonder Years
May 25, 2010 12:03am
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May 25, 2010 2:28 AM
mattinctown wrote: Don't really remember what the Newhart ending was like, I'll go with Cheers or The Wonder Years
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Go to about 6:50 to see the part of the ending that makes it so memorable.
May 25, 2010 2:28am