
The end of the year is upon us, and with it, the onset of TV's winter hiatus, when all our favorite shows hibernate for anywhere from a couple weeks to a couple months while we mire in reruns. With a slew of mid-season send-offs (as well a few season and series finales) on the docket for December, we've compiled a handy schedule to help you keep track of what's signing off when. Below, you'll find all of this fall's finale dates organized alphabetically by show (if you'd prefer a chronological listing, check out Page 2). Happy holidays!
Note: If a show isn't listed, that may be because we don't have a confirmed 2014 end date for it. We'll continue to update this story as more dates role in.
2 BROKE GIRLS – Monday, December 15, FX
THE 100 – Wednesday, December 17, The CW (Here's our review of "Spacewalker"!)
A TO Z – Thursday, December 11, NBC
ABOUT A BOY – Tuesday, December 9, NBC
THE AMAZING RACE – Friday, December 19, CBS
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW – Wednesday, December 17, FX (Here's our review of "Orphans"!)
ANGER MANAGEMENT – Monday, December 22, FX
ARROW – Wednesday, December 10, The CW (Here's our review of "The Climb"!)
BAD JUDGE – Thursday, December 11, NBC
BLACK-ISH – Wednesday, December 10, ABC
THE BLACKLIST – Monday, November 10, NBC (Here's our review of "The Decembrist"!)
BONES – Thursday, December 11, Fox
CASTLE – Monday, December 8, ABC (Here's our postmortem of "Bad Santa"!)
CHICAGO FIRE – Tuesday, December 2, NBC
CHICAGO P.D. – Wednesday, December 10, NBC
THE COLBERT REPORT – Thursday, December 18, Comedy Central (Series finale)
CONSTANTINE – Friday, December 12, NBC (Here's our review of "The Saint of Last Resorts, Part 1"!)
COVERT AFFAIRS – Thursday, December 18, USA (Season 5 finale)
CRIMINAL MINDS – Wednesday, December 10, CBS
FAMILY GUY – Sunday, December 7, Fox
THE FLASH – Tuesday, December 9, The CW (Here's our review of "The Man in the Yellow Suit"!)
THE GOOD WIFE – Sunday, November 23, CBS (Here's our review of "The Trial"!)
GOTHAM – Monday, November 24, Fox (Here's our review of "Lovecraft"!)
GRACEPOINT – Thursday, December 11, Fox
GREY'S ANATOMY – Thursday, November 20, ABC
GRIMM – Friday, December 12, NBC (Here's our review of "Chupacabra"!)
HELL'S KITCHEN – Wednesday, December 17, Fox
HOMELAND – Sunday, December 21, Showtime (Season 4 finale)
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER – Thursday, November 20, ABC (Here's our review of "Kill Me Kill Me Kill Me"!)
JANE THE VIRGIN – Monday, December 15, The CW
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON – Friday, December 18, CBS (Series finale)
LAW & ORDER: SVU – Wednesday, December 10, NBC
MADAM SECRETARY – Sunday, November 30, CBS
MARRY ME – Tuesday, December 9, NBC
MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – Tuesday, December 9, ABC (Here's our review of "What They Become"!)
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR – Tuesday, December 16, Fox
THE MIDDLE – Wednesday, December 10, ABC
MODERN FAMILY – Wednesday, December 10, ABC
THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA – Wednesday, December 10, NBC
NASHVILLE – Wednesday, December 10, ABC
NCIS – Tuesday, December 16, CBS
NCIS: LOS ANGELES – Monday, December 15, CBS
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS – Tuesday, December 16, CBS
THE NEWSROOM – Sunday, December 14, HBO (Here's our review of the series finale!)
ONCE UPON A TIME – Sunday, December 14, ABC (Here's our review of "Heroes and Villains"!)
THE ORIGINALS – Monday, December 8, The CW (Here's our review of "The Map of Moments"!)
PARENTHOOD – Thursday, November 20, NBC
PERSON OF INTEREST – Tuesday, December 16, CBS (Here's our review of "The Cold War"!)
RED BAND SOCIETY – Wednesday, December 3, Fox (Note that we're not sure what the show's future holds)
REIGN – Thursday, December 11, The CW (Here's our review of "Mercy"!)
RESURRECTION – Sunday, December 7, ABC
REVENGE – Sunday, December 7, ABC (Here's our review of "Atonement"!)
SCANDAL – Thursday, November 20, ABC (Here's our review of "Where the Sun Doesn't Shine"!)
SLEEPY HOLLOW – Monday, December 1, Fox (Here's our review of "The Akeda"!")
SONS OF ANARCHY – Tuesday, December 9, FX (Here's our review of the series finale!)
SUPERNATURAL – Tuesday, December 9, The CW (Here's our review of "The Things We Left Behind"!)
SURVIVOR – Wednesday, December 17, CBS (Season 29 finale)
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Thursday, December 11, The CW (Here's our review of "Christmas Through Your Eyes")
THE WALKING DEAD – Sunday, November 30, AMC (Here's our review of "Coda"!)
WHITE COLLAR – Thursday, December 18, USA (Here's our postmortem of the series finale!)
Madam Secretary ----------------- INCORRECT (ended November 30)
Seems most of the shows you were talking about are indeed midseason shows, so that perfectly explains why they're not in this list of fall finale dates. ;-)
But as I recall those are all shows that air during summer and winter, not fall and spring, like all shows in this list. Oh well, that's not all clear stuff anyway, 'cause, for example, Arrow and Person of Interest are 'fall & spring shows' that already return in January, during mid season... So I don't know, maybe you're right and this is a random list of shows anyway :P
I think it is still on for a couple more Sundays before the hols
I am trying to catch up on Grimm before they take the first episode off of my DVR's on-demand, so it is possible I'll be caught up for the mid-season finale, but it's more likely that I'll try catching up by the time it returns.
I'm even behind on Grimm - usually I binge at Christmas but I'm debating just waiting for the blurays and binge watching over the summer - haven't decided yet.
The Middle
Modern Family
Forever
The Big Bang Theory
Criminal Minds
Hawaii Five-0
Two And A Half Men
The Mentalist
2 Broke Girls
Elementary
Scopion
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Constantine
There is a lot so if anyone knows anything you are welcome to copy the list in reply and note them as undetermined or hiatus, according to what the case may be.
Re: The Mentalist, that one isn't taking any breaks. More info here:
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-mentalist/community/post/the-mentalist-season-7-premiere-date-series-finale-date-the-good-wife-undercover-boss-survivor-amazing-race-premieres-141513929688/