TV Show Finale's

That's the reason why I haven't watched any UKTV channels for 3 months. In fact, I'd barely watched them since they started using the regular "coming next" straps either. They're treating the viewers as if they're impatient imbeciles who can't use their EPG, have short memories (as, last time I watched, UK Gold were announcing what was up next both on the ident and coming out of the ad breaks), and flip channels at the mere mention of credits. Not that big flashy graphics are going to make someone watch a programme they don't want to anyway.

If I had the Family Fortunes incorrect sound, I'd play it.

Press release from Carlton TV at the time said - I think to stop annoying the fans of proper Crossroads even further than they possibly could have already done - that only the Carlton series' were part of the dream.

So Jill and John going off to look for their new little hotel in the West is the end.

Prisoner: Cell Block H - The Freak finally gets her comeupance!

How about Eldorado's final episode on 9th July 1993 (I can't believe it's been 13 years).

Marcus and Pilar sailed off into the night after Marcus delivered the final line "You can't trust anyone these days" (said to be an attack on BBC1 controller Alan Yentob who axed the show), followed by extended credits and vocals added over the theme tune, sung by Johnny Griggs.

I still have a recording of a Sky News report about a group of protesters that gathered in the rain outside BBC TV Centre to demand that Eldorado was given an 11th hour reprieve!

This is all open to very wide-ended interpretation though, not everybody read that press release and not everybody agreed with it anyway. Therefore I think it would be appropriate to say that in the case of Crossroads, how it ended (as printed above) is up to you.

Couple of other endings:

Home Improvement - Tim quit his Tool Time job, had big discussion about shifting states, dreamt about it, whether it happened or not is left up to the viewer.

Quantum Leap shot itself in the foot with its ending as apparently it tried to force a recommission, failed and the show finished with the statement "Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home". Cue upset people.

Somebody posted about Seinfield which is this one (drag to reveal): -> <-

Also, Fawlty Towers didn't have a "proper" ending as such, BUT one could actually argue that it was the episode Basil The Rat which ended Fawlty Towers the business, as the public health inspector saw the rat in the biscuit box (enough to have the business shut down as Bail kept pointing out to Manuel?) and Basil being dragged out at the very end.

True, but I'll stick to the official Carlton opinion. The only time I've agreed with Carlton actually. The one thing they did get right in their nine years of trash television.

The ending was actually changed in light of Dermot Morgan's death.

In the final episode, Ted was offered what he thought was a glittering job as a Priest in America, however as he was waiting for the plane to take off, he found out he was being sent to a troubled area, rife with gang warfare and regular drive-by shootings. Consequently he got off the plane and was reunited with Dougal who told Ted that he'd be living on Craggy Island "For ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever...."

At this point, we were then supposed to return to the ledge of a building where earlier in the episode Ted talked a suicidal priest out of jumping. Instead, however this time it's Ted who plans on jumping.

As this was considered inappropriate in the light of Dermot's death, we got to see a montage of Ted's best bits from the three series accompanied by an extended version of the theme tune, which in the circumstances was quite poignant.

I'm sure Game On did have a proper ending. It was the one where Mandy got married, and Matthew finally overcame his fear of going outside to attend the wedding.

I could have sworn in the final Home Improvement Al got married and the Taylor family literally moved house. They put the house on a massive truck and moved.

I thought Noel's final words were along the lines of 'After 169 (shows), Goodbye!', roll credits.

I don't remember the Swap Shop bit!

It was right at the very end after Freddie Starr gunged him.

There's a clip of the final house party on TV Ark.

Final Buffy: The gang supernaturally seal the hellmouth, causing a massive earthquake which destroys Sunnydale.

Final TUGS: The Star Tugs save Grampus from being used as a Navy firing target and put on a regatta to celebrate the 4th of July.

Final Going Live: Philip Schofield and Sarah Greene attempt to dance to the GL theme tune.