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Series finale is a promotional/advertising term used to describe the final episode of a television series, usually a sitcom or a drama.

The term came into use in American Television in the early 1990s, as a variation of the term season finale, which indicated the end of a television season. Prior to that, ending episodes were referred to simply as the final episode or last episode. As a common use term, the term "series finale" does serve to distinguish between a planned final episode (one which includes resolution) and the last episode of a show which was cancelled after the last show was filmed. The majority of television programs are cancelled with little advance warning, so the occurrence of a series finale is relatively rare in comparison. Click here to view our. In some cases, (Jesse, for example) a network buys a show, puts it on a hiatus, and then decides to cancel it; if any remaining episodes from the original production order make it to air, the last one is billed as a series finale.

A planned series finale often occurs only for shows that have distinguished themselves, developed an audience, and persisted for at least several seasons. Shows cancelled after two or three seasons rarely get such honors. However in some circumstances, if an unexpected cancellation is announced long enough ahead of time, writers can rewrite the last episode scheduled for production to give the series some degree of closure, creating a series finale.