What to watch this week
By Casey Gillis on May. 15, 2008
Thursday, May 15
You better have at least two DVRs and maybe a VCR to keep up with all the series signing off tonight:
-- Lex finally discovers Clark’s secret, and the two face off in the Fortress of Solitude, on the seventh season finale of Smallville (8 p.m., CW). It also marks the final episode for Michael Rosenbaum, who has played Lex since the show’s inception.
-- Billie and Earl face relationship problems in the third season finale of My Name Is Earl (8 p.m., NBC).
-- Gary Dourdan appears in his last episode as a series regular on CSI (9 p.m., CBS). The episode finds his character, Warrick, accused of murdering a Las Vegas gangster.
-- Michael becomes obsessed with throwing Toby a going-away party on the season finale of The Office (9 p.m., NBC).
-- The third season finale of Supernatural (9 p.m., CW) begins 30 hours before Dean’s deal with the crossroads demon is up and follows him as he searches for Lilith, who holds the contract. Before the hour is over, Dean, along with Sam and Bobby, will battle the cherubic-looking demon in one last effort to save Dean’s life.
-- Sam goes into labor on the sixth season finale of Without a Trace (10 p.m., CBS).
-- Steve Buscemi guest stars as a drunken patient who puts the doctors in danger on the 14th season finale of ER (10 p.m., NBC).
-- In part one of the three-part Lost (10 p.m., ABC) finale, the battle between the freighters and the Losties begins.
Friday, May 16
-- NBC re-airs the second season premiere of American Gladiators (8 p.m.), in case you missed it Monday.
-- In the first season finale of Moonlight (9 p.m., CBS), Mick and Josef team up with other vamps to protect their identities when a murder investigation threatens to expose them all.
-- Darryl Hannah stars as a woman who strikes up a friendship with her soon-to-be-ex-husband’s mistress in All The Good Ones Are Married (9 p.m., Lifetime).
Saturday, May 17
-- Steve Carell hosts the 33rd season finale of Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m., NBC), with musical guest Usher.
Sunday, May 18
-- Reba McEntire hosts the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards (8 p.m., CBS) live from Las Vegas. Performers include Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Brooks and Dunn, Rodney Atkins, Montgomery Gentry and Trace Adkins.
-- Death hits Wisteria Lane in the fourth season finale of Desperate Housewives (9 p.m., ABC).
Monday, May 19
-- Blair gets even with Georgina, and Serena finally tells Dan the truth about her past, on the first season finale of Gossip Girl (8 p.m., CW). Elsewhere, Lily can’t stop thinking about Rufus as her wedding day approaches.
-- When the silver skeleton in the lab is stolen, the team begins to suspect that one of their own is working with cannibalistic serial killer Gormogon on the third season finale of Bones (8 p.m., Fox).
-- DeAnna Pappas, the woman who didn’t win bachelor Brad Womack’s heart last season, is now The Bachelorette (9 p.m., ABC). First up: she meets the 25 bachelors who will be vying for her heart and has to eliminate 10 before the first night is over.
Tuesday, May 20
-- The final two perform on American Idol (8 p.m., Fox).
-- A winner is announced on Dancing With the Stars (8 p.m., ABC).
-- In the first season finale of Reaper (9 p.m., CW), the demons, afraid Sam will sabotage their rebellion, set a trap for him, and Sock falls for a female demon.
Wednesday, May 21
-- A winner is announced on the two-hour American Idol (8 p.m., Fox) finale.
— Casey Gillis
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