The TV finale season is upon us! With over 70 television season finales airing during the month of May, bidding a summer farewell to your favorite television series may not be as easy as you think. Fortunately, we’ve attempted to take much of the hassle out of your upcoming viewing by creating a complete schedule for the May season finales.
Beginning slow with Impractical Jokers, Last Man Standing and In Plain Sight finales, the true viewing madness of May doesn’t start until the second week of the month, with New Girl, The Big Bang Theory, Fringe, as well as 16 other finales.
Continuing into the third week of May: the most television finale-packed time of the entire month presents 33 season finales for your viewing pleasure (or scheduling nightmare), including Bones, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Awake and many (many) others.
Wrapping up the month of May with only 19 separate season finales, Glee, Dancing with the Stars, Revenge, and Community help round out the end of another television year.
Like with most television finale seasons, much attention will be paid to the series saying their final farewells this year. With In Plain Sight, Desperate Housewives and House all set to end in May, it certainly represents the departure of some of television’s most favored series over the last few years. Combined, the three ending series amount to an amazing 418 hours of television during their time on the air.
You can check out the entire TV season finale schedule below:
Tuesday, May 1
8:00PM – Last Man Standing (ABC)
The Biggest Loser (NBC)
Thursday, May 3
10:00pm – Impractical Jokers
Friday, May 4
10:00pm – In Plain Sight (USA) [SERIES FINALE]
Sunday, May 6
8:00PM – The Amazing Race (CBS)
10:00PM – GCB (ABC)
Castle season 4 finale – Monday, May 7 @10pm
Monday, May 7
8:00PM – 2 Broke Girls (CBS)
10:00PM – Castle (ABC)
Tuesday, May 8
8:00PM – The Voice (NBC)
9:00PM – New Girl (FOX)
10:00PM – Unforgettable (CBS)
Wednesday, May 9
8:30PM – Best Friends Forever (NBC)
10:00PM – CSI (CBS)
…continue for more of the 2012 TV finale schedule
Thursday, May 10
8:00PM – The Vampire Diaries
The Big Bang Theory
9:00PM – The Secret Circle
The Office
9:30PM – Parks and Recreation
Fringe season 4 finale – Friday, May 11 @9pm
Friday, May 11
8:00PM – Undercover Boss (CBS)
The Finder (Fox)
9:00PM – Fringe (Fox)
CSI: NY (CBS)
10:00PM – Blue Bloods (CBS)
Sunday, May 13
8:00PM – Survivor: One World (CBS)
Once Upon a Time (ABC)
9:00PM – Desperate Housewives (ABC) [SERIES FINALE]
9:30PM – American Dad (Fox)
Monday, May 14
8:00PM – Bones (Fox)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Gossip Girl (CW)
9:00PM – Hart of Dixie (CW)
Two and Half Men (CBS)
9:30PM – Mike & Molly (CBS)
10:00PM – Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
Smash (NBC)
Tuesday, May 15
8:00PM – NCIS (CBS)
90210 (CW)
9:00PM – NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
10:00PM – Private Practice (ABC)
Fashion Star (NBC)
Wednesday, May 16
8:30PM – Suburgatory (ABC)
9:00PM – Criminal Minds (CBS)
Awake season 1 finale – Monday, May 17 @9pm
Thursday, May 17
8:00PM – Missing (ABC)
8:30PM – Rules of Engagement (CBS)
30 Rock (NBC)
9:00PM – Person of Interest (CBS)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Awake (NBC)
10:00PM – Scandal (ABC)
The Mentalist (CBS)
Friday, May 18
8:00PM – Nikita (CW)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Who Do You Think You Are? (NBC)
9:00PM – Supernatural (CW)
Grimm (NBC)
Sunday, May 20
7:00PM – America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
7:30PM – The Cleveland Show (Fox)
8:00PM – Harry’s Law (NBC)
The Simpsons (Fox)
8:30PM – Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
9:00PM – Family Guy (Fox)
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
House series finale – Monday, May 21 @8pm
Monday, May 21
8:00PM – House (Fox) [SERIES FINALE]
Tuesday, May 22
8:00PM – Glee (Fox)
9:00PM – Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Wednesday, May 23
8:00PM – The Middle (ABC)
American Idol (Fox)
9:00PM – Modern Family (ABC)
9:30PM – Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (ABC)
10:00PM – Revenge (ABC)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Thursday, May 24
8:00PM – Community (NBC)
Tuesday, May 29
8:00PM – Cougar Town (ABC)
Wednesday, May 30
9:00PM – America’s Next Top Model (CW)
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