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Thanks to the current streaming TV model, there are new series coming and going throughout the year. But the late spring and early summer mark the end of the traditional network television season, when long-running series take their final bows and canceled cult favorites are cut down in their prime. Here are seven shows we’re bidding a particularly fond farewell to this season.
Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS)
Series finale airdate: May 6
Billy Gardell, 54, and Folake Olowofoyeku played the titular star-crossed lovebirds on this sweet rom-com about a middle-aged compression sock company owner who falls for the Nigerian nurse who helps him after his heart attack. The ensemble comedy is coming to an end after five seasons, and it marks a surprising milestone for the network: With Young Sheldon ending 10 days later, it’ll be the first time in a whopping 21 years that creator Chuck Lorre, 71, doesn’t have a series on CBS. The final season has involved big plot points, like Bob selling his family’s sock company and Kemi (played by series cocreator Gina Yashere, 50) getting married, and the series finale involves a seven-year time jump into the future.
Watch it: Bob Hearts Abishola on Paramount+
Note: Paramount+ provides a discount to AARP members and pays AARP a royalty for the use of its intellectual property.
NCIS: Hawai‘i (CBS)
Series finale airdate: May 6
The latest entry in the NCIS franchise AARP members adore was abruptly canceled after three seasons. The finale episode, “Divided We Conquer,” follows the NCIS team as they chase down a terrorist group in the aftermath of a bioweapon attack, and though it was originally filmed as a season finale (not an entire series finale), it’s meant to provide closure. The NCIS franchise is still alive and well at CBS: In 2023, the network began airing the first international edition, NCIS: Sydney, and next season will see the premiere of the 1990s-set NCIS: Origins, plus an untitled Paramount+ spin-off about Tony (Michael Weatherly, 55) and Ziva (Cote de Pablo).
Watch it: NCIS: Hawai‘i on Paramount+
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