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according to NTL survey in the UK

1. Blackadder Goes Forth
2. The Office
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Cold Feet
5. Dallas
6. Mash
7. Cheers
8. Inspector Morse
9. The Young Ones
10. Ally McBeal

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Look out! Cliff!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Homicide: Life on the Street (ended with a two-hour movie that restored a sense of grace that had been lacking the final two seasons)

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, but at what cost, Huck? WHAT COST?

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I love the WTF final episode of the Prisoner.

The last episode of Twin Peaks is pretty great, it's unfortunate it was a such cliffhanger (and a pretty dark way to leave things, obv.).

Kids in the Hall might have my favorite finale ever though. And most poignant! The removing of their wigs, *sigh*.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I know, Jason Priestley, the death of Gee...
But the scene on the rooftop where Bayliss confesses to Pembleton was pretty rad. And so was the montage of Mike Giardello beating dudes up while Mike Kellerman eats food.

Not enough Clark Johnson though. Not there ever could be...(swoon).

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― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 19 March 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The Fugitive with David Janssen: "Unique for its time, the Fugitive resolved their storyline at the conclusion of the series. The two parter called 'Judgement' was the highest rated television show until 1967 and captured a whopping 72% audience share..."

Unlike most shows, they planned the ending in advance. I think some short-term Mexican soaps (novellas) do this as well; I wish more American TV did the same.

― andy, Friday, 19 March 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Have to agree with the Blackadder at no 1.

"The guns, they've fallen silent.... The Great War of 1914 to 1917 is finally over!" Poignant in a way ordinary TV can only dream about.

― PuzzleMonkey (PuzzleMonkey), Friday, 19 March 2004 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I need to ask once more: Has anyone else here besides me seen Nowhere Man? Because like Jordan sez, it ends on a cliffhanger.

― O.Leee.B. (Leee), Friday, 19 March 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Father Ted was pretty good. Seinfeld, awesome as it was, had a pretty weak finale, despite the return of Larry David.

Was this poll to mark the end of Sex & The City and Friends?

― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 20 March 2004 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)

No. It was put together for a bunch of curious types who fancied a jolly good wheeze.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Saturday, 20 March 2004 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw Nowhere Man. That wasn't really an show ending though, didn't it get canceled before they had a chance to suitably tie things up? I can't even really remember it now.

St. Elsewhere of course blew me away although now it seems like a cop out. But there was something poetic about it.

The Homicide finale movie was disappointing, I thought.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Saturday, 20 March 2004 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)

What about The Prisoner?

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 20 March 2004 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Quantum Leap

― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 20 March 2004 08:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Unlike most shows, they planned the ending in advance. I think some short-term Mexican soaps (novellas) do this as well....

Oh yeah, that's for sure, and it's kinda easy to see which novelas have a pre-planned ending and which ones don't, because the ones who don't will seem to meander about and have a supremely overlong series run. There was one novela my mother got me sucked into and I kinda appreciated how the storyline pretty much stuck to one straight path and ended logically and after only a few months. I can't remember what the name of it was but it starred Thalia (and it ran in the States at least two years before she married Tommy Mottola, FYI). "Maria la del Barrio" -- that's it. And oh wait, it was originally aired in 1995. Hmm. Anyway.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 20 March 2004 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Sons & Daughters - chugging away again on another re-run loop on channel 5 (uk) on Fridays and Saturdays

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Saturday, 20 March 2004 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I can only remember the ending of Blackadder Goes Forth.

Though, I'd put the ending of the Wonder Years in the top ten.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 20 March 2004 11:09 (twenty-two years ago)

'This Life' had a great ending (Milly's punch, Warren's return)

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Saturday, 20 March 2004 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

WTF was up with the ending of Sex and the City last night? Total freaking anti-climax! Mr. Big? Come off it! You can't leave the characters where they came in.

(Though I did point and laugh at the bit where Handsome Russian Artist got dumped, shouting at HSA "This will happen to you if you ditch me at one more opening!")

― The River Kate (kate), Saturday, 20 March 2004 12:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I really wanted Big to turn out to be called Nigel or something equally naff. I mean, John? WTF?

The ending of Dallas was the mutt's nuts though.

Also Sunset Beach.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 20 March 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

2nd Quantum Leap
the Steinfeld ending was subtle genius, fools.

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Saturday, 20 March 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

My money was on Big's name being Patrick. He looked like a Patrick.

Then again I thought the ending would be the four of them lezzing up...

― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 20 March 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I really wanted Big to turn out to be called Nigel or something equally naff. I mean, John? WTF?

He's Carrie's John.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Saturday, 20 March 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

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