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What to Watch May 14 - 20

by Kelly Woo, posted May 14th 2007 9:43AM
King of Queens on CBS and Desperate Housewives on ABCHere are AOL Television's top picks of the week.

The King of Queens (Mon., 9PM ET, CBS) series finale
Another "fat husband, hot wife" sitcom bites the dust. What, does that only leave According to Jim? Guess the genre wore itself out. The King of Queens was probably the best of the lot, thanks to a genuinely funny cast. In the finale, Doug (Kevin James) wants a divorce after nine years, but Carrie (Leah Remini) thinks they can still save their marriage by adopting a child. Meanwhile, dad Arthur's wedding to Ava doesn't go as planned.

Gilmore Girls (Tue., 8PM ET, The CW) series finale
Two best friends who happen to be mother and daughter: that was the premise of this show when it first premiered and it still holds true seven years later. I'm sad to see the Gilmores go, but ending with Rory's graduation from Yale seems only fitting. Our Girls have truly grown up. The finale sees Rory getting an intriguing job offer -- and meeting hero Christiane Amanpour. Luke goes into overdrive to organize a celebration, which provokes Lorelai to do something unexpected.Lost (Wed., 10PM ET, ABC)
Nobody better be talking anymore about how Lost has lost its mojo. And the news that the producers can plan out three, finite more seasons makes me both sad (I never want it to end) and happy (at least it can end on its own terms). The third season's penultimate episode focuses on Charlie, which can only raise the question: Is this the end for our one-hit wonder? Jack has a plan to extinguish the "Others," but it requires Charlie to undertake a dangerous tasks.

CSI (Thu., 9PM ET, CBS) 7th season finale
Who would've thought that CSI would emulate a serial drama -- and become more interesting for it? This season's "miniature killer" storyline has added depth to the usual one-off cases that our crack team of forensic investigators take on each week. CSI should consider adding a "big mystery" every season. The killer's identity is finally revealed in the finale -- and so is Sara and Grissom's relationship when she goes missing.

Law & Order (Fri., 10PM ET, NBC) 17th season finale
L&O addicts can breathe a sigh of relief. The venerable show has been spared the death sentence. Dick Wolf's long-running drama will have an 18th season on NBC next year (its spinoff, Law & Order: Criminal Intent is moving to USA, however). Thank goodness, too, because I can't imagine the show ending for good with this finale: the trial of an ex-senator (Harry Hamlin) accused of murdering his wife becomes a spectacle thanks to a publicity-hungry judge (Jeffrey Tambor).

Desperate Housewives (Sun., 9PM ET, ABC) 3rd season finale
May is the time for big TV finales and weddings, so naturally, Desperate Housewives closes out its third season with two weddings. Gaby walks down the aisle with the newly-elected mayor, Victor, but soon learns he may have other reasons for marrying her. Susan lures Mike back to the forest for their own surprise wedding. Meanwhile, as Lynette deals with the news of her cancer, her estrange mother shows up. And best of all, Bree and Orson return to Wisteria Lane.


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Cindy

I think that some are going to cheer for Doug to go for the divorce in that final episode of King of Queen's because Carrie has always been obnoxious and cruel to Doug for so long that many of us will applaud his long overdue backbone and finally saying for men everywhere "Enough of the verbal abuse, I'm outta here", instead of it always being about the woman getting verbally asaulted. Now that is a storyline played out too much, and it would seem lame for Carrie to want to divorce Doug instead of the other way around. I think it will be great television for Doug to finally say He's had enough of the tip toeing around Carrie so as not to set her off. Good for the writers, End it on a note the fans will cheer about!

May 14 2007 at 12:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

I agree Kevin, but there have been a few episodes I have seen of King of Queens that would seem like they are having marriage problems. And you watched the last episode of Mad About You? The show was already terrible by then.

Nothing will ever beat how bad the Will and Grace series finale was.

May 14 2007 at 10:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kevin Little

I'm so tired of the divorce themed finales of sitcoms (think Mad About You) you're not MASH stop being so serious. Your here to make us laugh and temporarily take are mind of our troubles not add to them.

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May 14 2007 at 9:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

I like Still Standing in the "Fat husband, hot wife" TV show. They normally make the fat husband the bad guy and the wife the good guy but here they are both evil. :)

May 14 2007 at 9:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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