Although initially popular, this Hollywood Squares series ' ratings began to slide, and the final first-run episode aired on June 16, 1989 with reruns continuing until September 8.

The Lawrence Welk Show continued on as a first-run syndicated show on 250 stations across the country until the final original show was produced in 1982.

The final first-run Tomorrow episode aired on December 17, 1981.

The first-run American Decca label went out with a big bang with its final release, " Drift Away " by Dobie Gray in 1973 ( label No. 33057 ), reaching No. 5 on the Billboard chart and receiving gold record status.

The taping of his final episode aired in first-run syndication on May 27, 1994.

The series was seen in over 100 countries, and during its final season, it moved from first-run syndication to the USA Network.

During the final first-run week of this version ( Mar.

The final first-run episode of the original Bugs Bunny Show aired on August 7, 1962, and the Warner Bros. animation studio closed the following spring.

" Turnabout Intruder " is a third season, as well as the final first-run, episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

It was preceded a week earlier by the remastered " The Empath " and is the final first airing of a remastered episode ( paralleling its status as the final first-run episode in the 1960s ), until the May 2, 2009 airing of the remastered pilot " The Cage ", which was not part of the original syndication package.

She defeated Brandon ( last name unknown ) on the final first-run episode of the series, which had aired on Wednesday, May 25, 2005.

It was hosted by Kennedy, except for the April Fool's Day 2003 episode ( the final first-run episode ), in which Mark L. Walberg hosted.

He played the character from its debut on April 5, 1987 until its final first-run episode broadcast on June 9, 1997.

One of the longest running dramatic series on television, the show chalked up seventeen seasons on CBS before entering first-run syndication for its final two seasons.

) Lassie then entered first-run syndication with Jack Wrather and Campbell's Soup still on board, and remained on the air for another two years Sundays 7: 30 P. M. EST with its final episode airing March 24, 1973.

Starting with the third season in 2008, first-run episodes of the show broadcast on DirecTV satellite channel The 101 Network before being repeated on NBC, and the final season ended in 2011.

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is the seventh incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, and the final first-run version of the original 1969 – 86 broadcast run of the series.

The final aired week ( June 30-July 4 ) consisted of repeats from the show's latter format ( with the $ 500 bonus tower ) with $ 10, 000 wins ; the Friday repeat was the last first-run episode from the previous Friday.

The final episode of this series, " Goodbyeee ", is known for being extraordinarily poignant for a comedy – especially the final scene, which sees the main characters ( Blackadder, Baldrick, George, and Darling ) finally going " over the top " and charging off into the fog and smoke of no man's land to presumably die.

* Played by Alan David in the final episode of the BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart,

On 17 September 2010 Coronation Street entered the Guinness World Records book as the world's longest-running television soap opera after the American soap opera As the World Turns had its final episode.

Hilda Ogden's final episode on Christmas Day 1987, remains the highest-rated episode of Coronation Street ever, with nearly 27 million viewers.

At the time, the final episode of The Fugitive held the record for the greatest number of American homes with television sets to watch a series finale, at 72 % in August 1967.

* 1986 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after 35 years on the air.

The new episode features several new enemies ( including three new types of Pig Cops ) and a new final boss, robot CyberKeef.

He played " Faceman " from 1982 to 1986 ( although the series didn't air until January 1983, and the final episode wasn't shown until 1987 re-runs ).

The final episode of season 1 of Charmed, called " Déjà Vu All Over Again " sees Phoebe Halliwell reliving the same day over and over again at the hands of a demon named Tempus.

Vertov clearly intended an active relationship with his audience in the series — in the final segment he includes contact information — but by the 14th episode the series had become so experimental that some critics dismissed Vertov's efforts as " insane ".

Plato actually returned for several appearances during the show's final 1986 season, which appeared on ABC, including an episode ( Plato's final appearance in the series ) in which Kimberly suffers the effects of bulimia.

By this time, Davros has been physically transplanted into a customised Dalek casing and is only revealed as the Emperor in the final episode.

The final single, " Road to Love ," was poorly received. Jones and Maureen McCormick in 1971 during The Brady Bunch episode in which he was a guest star Jones also continued acting after the Monkees, either as himself or another character.

After the final episode, Friedman sat down for an interview with Lawrence Spivak.

Niles becomes infatuated with, and eventually loves Daphne — feelings he does not confess to her openly until the final episode of the seventh season.

He never follows through with his plans, though, as he is called to a dying Xavier's side in the series ' final episode.

Sarris demands the Omega 13, a device used at the very end of Galaxy Quests final episode.

Brooks surprised Lovullo by showing up last minute, ready to don his overalls and perform for the final episode.

The final episode aired on May 25, 1999 with a 90-minute finale, which was the fourth highest rated comedy series finale of the 1990s, behind Cheers, The Cosby Show and Seinfeld.

In an interview about his last episode (" Justice Denied ") in the 13th season of Law & Order: SVU, he discussed his character's final case and his time with the show.

Lovecraft, his influence is apparent in the Lovecraftian feel of the monsters for Quake, and he created the fourth and final " episode " of the game.

Spader was one of a number of prominent guest stars in " Search Committee ," the final episode of season 7 of The Office.

In the final episode of the series, it is revealed that she had always intended WKRP to lose money ( for the tax writeoff ), which explains why she allows the incompetent employees to continue working at the station.