History GrandFinale / LiveActionTV

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E5Survival Survival]]" was the final episode of the classic series before its cancellation, and appropriately it brought back [[ArchEnemy the Master]] for the Doctor to face off against him one last time.

** The final episode of the original version of ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' had a contestant who won the show's top prize of $1,000,000.

** Series 4 of the revived ''Doctor Who'' could be said to have ''two'' Grand Finales. Before [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] marked the Tenth Doctor's regeneration, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]] marked the end of Donna's tenure as a Companion — and featured a CrisisCrossover with the main casts of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', as well as a team-up between all three of the new series' regular companions, and an all-out Dalek invasion led by Davros himself. The remaining episodes in Series 4 were just a denouement leading up to the Tenth Doctor's GrandFinale.
** Now for the others. The First Doctor's regeneration was a surprise, not being as blockbuster as the others, since it was the first step into unfamiliar territory for the writers. Six was [[DroppedABridgeOnHim unceremoniously offed]] due to a tenure plagued with ExecutiveMeddling (at least until Big Finish Productions [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialTheLastAdventure came to the rescue]] almost three decades later), while Seven received a similar fate in the TV movie after the show was cancelled. He returned for TheCameo and ChangingOfTheGuard that was more like a kick in the pants than a graceful end. Eight's regeneration wasn't shown [[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor until]] the end of ''Eleven''[='s=] era, and [[spoiler:the War Doctor's regeneration wasn't a "traditional" regeneration sequence as Christopher Eccleston declined to return.]]

* The final episode of ''Series/CornerGas'' involved Brent getting a big break as a standup comedian. This would involve him leaving Dog River. Will he go or not? The episode ends with a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.

* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' concluded with the episode "[[Recap/DoomPatrol2019S4E12DonePatrol Done Patrol]]", where Immortus and the Butts are defeated in the final confrontation by being banished to the void between time through song, most of the team having their longevity restored by Immortus after her banishment caused her to mellow out, Rita Farr dying of old age because it was too late to restore her longevity (though she at least [[TogetherInDeath reunites with her lover Malcolm in the afterlife]]), the Doom Patrol disbanding to move on with their lives and Cliff Steele succumbing to Parkinson's after visiting his family during his grandson's first birthday and using an enchanted crystal given to him by Immortus to view glimpses of his grandson's future (concluding with him meeting his own grandson).

* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' concluded with the episode "[[Recap/DoomPatrol2019S4E12DonePatrol Done Patrol]]", where Immortus and the Butts are defeated in the final confrontation by being banished to the void between time through song, most of the team having their longevity restored by Immortus after her banishment caused her to mellow out, Rita Farr dying of old age because it was too late to restore her longevity, the Doom Patrol disbanding to move on with their lives and Cliff Steele succumbing to Parkinson's after visiting his family during his grandson's first birthday and using an enchanted crystal given to him by Immortus to view glimpses of his grandson's future (concluding with him meeting his own grandson).

** ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' ends with the Overlord of Darkness defeated, but not destroyed. But he seems to have learned his lesson about letting humanity evolve without his interferance, allowing the characters to live out their lives in peace.

** ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' ends with the defeat of the Orphnoch King, essentially dooming the Orphnoch race to extinction, but the main character, who's an Orphnoch himself, seems okay with this and the final shot of the series implies he'll soon die someday.

** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' has its GrandFinale take place in a movie. In the movie, Decade embraces his position as the Destroyer of Worlds, destroying each and every Kamen Rider and ultimately allowing himself to be destroyed by Natsumi. It is revealed that the destruction of each Kamen Rider will cement their place in the collective memory, rendering them functionally immortal. After this reveal, he and Kamen Rider W team up to defeat the true villain of the movie: TheRemnant of Dai-Shocker
** ''Series/KamenRiderW'' has its true climax take place in the penultimate episode, where Jun Kazu, the ManBehindTheMan is defeated as Phillip sacrifices himself in a final battle. The real final episode is more of a low key story, where Phillip is revived by his sister.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':

* ''Series/OddSquad'' is known for having [[SeriesFauxnale Series Fauxnales]] (including one in the middle of a season), but the three-parter of "Sunny Sides Add Up", "Old Odd, New Tricks" and "Odd Together Now" most definitely serves as the grand finale. In the three-parter, the Mobile Unit rescues an Ancient Agent in distress named Olando, as well as the [[AncientArtifact Golden Sundial]] he was protecting, from an ancient ruins site located in the middle of the Sahara Desert being overrun by villains, and he becomes a FishOutOfTemporalWater as he learns to adjust to modern life, including going on a case with the Mobile Unit where he ends up getting fired before [[ContinuitySnarl suddenly appearing in the very next episode.]]

** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' ended with "The Last Generation'', which is as much a finale to the entire ''TNG'' era as it is to just this show, as the original ''TNG'' cast ([[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece including]] the rebuilt ''Enterprise''-D) unite for one last mission to save Earth from the last remnants of the Borg. It then ends on an AndTheAdventureContinues note, with the older characters happily settled into their later years and the younger ones setting off on a new mission, with Q appearing to tell Picard and Crusher's son Jack that his own trials are about to begin.

* The ''Franchise/{{Stargate Verse}}'' has a very interesting relationship with this trope.

** This aversion was notable because several earlier seasons of SG-1 had ended with {{Season Fauxnale}}s – including what would've been a full-blown five-part Grand Finale ending for season 8 that resolved the ''original'' MythArc. The two-parter "Reckoning" and the extra-long "Threads" brought about the fall of the Goa'uld, Replicators and Anubis all in one fell swoop, and then the two-parter time-travel adventure "Moebius" followed as a DenouementEpisode.
** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', on the other hand, did have a proper Grand Finale with "Enemy at the Gate", which featured climatic battles between [[HumansByAnyOtherName Tau'ri]] forces and a super-Hive ship and concluded with the city of Atlantis ending up back on Earth. Interestingly, they only manage to destroy the enemy by using the same method used to kill Ra in the original film (see ''Film/Armageddon1998'' for a detailed description of why this works). Still, the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Wraith]] are far from being defeated, leaving room open for a follow-up.

* ''Series/HappyDays'' had an ultimate sitcom-style ending. Joanie and Chachi finally got married, Fonzie adopted a young boy, Richie returned to see everything off, and Howard ended the episode by thanking the audience for being a part of their family, then name-dropped the title. (But never explained where BrotherChuck vanished to, unless you consider the outtake where Howard does a spit-take and exclaims "Hey, where's Chuck?!")

** ''Series/TheWalkingDeadWorldBeyond'': Huck sacrifices herself to destroy the CRM's supply of nerve gas before it can be used to attack Portland. Afterwards, the protagonist group splits up, with Iris and Elton heading to Portland to warn them of the CRM's plans while Hope stays with the scientists in a new secure location to continue their study of how to end the zombie plague. Meanwhile, Silas infiltrates the CRM's ranks, while Jadis [[TheStarscream scapegoats and arrests Lieutenant Colonel Kubrick]]. In TheStinger, we learn that France is dealing with a variant zombie that are faster, stronger, and seemingly more intelligent.

** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', on the other hand, did have a proper Grand Finale with "Enemy at the Gate", which featured climatic battles between [[HumansByAnyOtherName Tau'ri]] forces and a super-Hive ship and concluded with the city of Atlantis ending up back on Earth. Interestingly, they only manage to destroy the enemy by using the same method used to kill Ra in the original film (see ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' for a detailed description of why this works). Still, the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Wraith]] are far from being defeated, leaving room open for a follow-up.

* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' ended with Harold, the HollywoodNerd, getting married, Dalton renewing his wedding vows with his wife who appeared onscreen for the first time, Mike becoming a police officer, and Bill appearing outside of the black and white Adventures with Bill segment for the first time since season 2.

* ''Series/That70sShow'' finally ends its eighth and final season by [[spoiler:Jackie and Fez becoming a couple]], [[spoiler:[[CanonSue Randy]] not fully appearing in this episode]], [[spoiler:Kelso coming back to visit]] and [[spoiler:[[TheBusCameBack Eric Forman]] returning home from Africa to win back Donna]]. It also [[spoiler:closes out the 1970s, beginning on December 31, 1979 and ending just after the start of January 1, 1980]].

* Since ''Series/HorribleHistories'' was sketch-based, it didn't have much of a plot to end, but it did have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O09WE2cH8c a song]] outlining the achievements and misdeeds of several time periods covered by the show and featuring [[TheCameo damn well every character that had appeared in the show]].