The Finale Week of Sweeps...
Some of the biggest finales of the year air this week, so get out those calendars and get ready for the last week of sweeps…
Monday, May 19th, it’s the season finales of “Bones” (8 PM, FOX), “Gossip Girl” (8 PM, CW), “The Big Bang Theory” (8 PM, CBS), “How I Met Your Mother” (8:30 PM, CBS), “House” (9 PM, FOX), “One Tree Hill” (9 PM, CW) “Flavor of Love 3” (9 PM, VH1), “Two and a Half Men” (9 PM, CBS), “Rules of Engagement” (9:30 PM, CBS) and “CSI: Miami” (10 PM, CBS). “Dancing With the Stars” has its final performance show (8 PM, ABC), followed by the two-hour premiere of “The Bachelorette” (9:02 PM, ABC)…
Tuesday, May 20th bring us the season finales of “NCIS” (8 PM, CBS), “Reaper” (9 PM, CW), and “Dancing With the Stars” (9 PM, ABC) and the series finale of “Shark” (10 PM, CBS). “American Idol” has its final performance show (8 PM, FOX)…
Wednesday, May 21st are the season finales of “American Idol” (8 PM, FOX), “Criminal Minds” (9 PM, CBS), “CSI: NY” (10 PM, CBS), “Law and Order” (10 PM, NBC) and “Boston Legal” (10 PM, ABC). CBS brings us another “Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular” (8 PM) and Comedy Central presents the season premiere of “Mind of Mencia” (10:30 PM)…
Thursday, May 22nd are the highly anticipated season finales of “Ugly Betty,” guest starring Naomi Campbell and Lindsay Lohan (8 PM, ABC), and “Grey’s Anatomy” (9 PM, ABC). To make way for the two-hour “Grey’s” finale, “Lost” fans will have to wait until next week…Two summer reality staples have their season premieres “So You Think You Can Dance” (8 PM, FOX) and “Last Comic Standing” (9:30 PM, NBC)…
Saturday, May 24th, USA presents a marathon of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” featuring the fans’ choices for the best episodes featuring Chris Noth. (9 AM). Among the ones airing is “Renewal” (5 PM), in which Logan talks about a dream he had about his old partner Lennie (the late, great Jerry Orbach), which was inspired by a dream Noth had about Orbach…Also, CBS makes the strange move of airing a new made-for-TV movie on Saturday night with “Vinegar Hill” starring Mary-Louise Parker as a woman who is forced to move in with her in-laws (8 PM, CBS)…
Sunday, May 25th, is all about racing. The double feature kicks off with “The Indianapolis 500” (1 PM, ABC) and then continues with the “Coca-Cola 600” (5 PM, FOX)…Animal Planet presents the early days of Flower, the meerkat who died last year, with “Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins,” narrated by Whoopi Goldberg (8 PM, Animal Planet)…If you have HBO, you can relive the insanity of the 2000 election with the movie, “Recount” (9 PM)…
Phew! This is going to be a busy week. Good thing Monday’s a holiday…
