GREYÕS ANATOMY - ÒOut for BloodÓ Ð Due to a blood shortage, Grey Sloan Memorial is setting up a voluntary donation center. Meanwhile, Nick asks Meredith for help with his patient and Winston is hung up on his relationship with his brother, in the first hour of the season finale of ÒGreyÕs Anatomy,Ó THURSDAY, MAY 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/Liliane Lathan) LYNN CHEN, ELLEN POMPEO

Best-bets for May 26: “Grey’s” ends for now; “Bull” ends forever

1) “Grey’s Anatomy”, 8 and 9 p.m., ABC. This is the one primetime drama that seems to go on forever. Tonight’s second episode is the 400th overall; by comparison, “This Is Us” ended at 106. And Ellen Pompeo (shown here, right) has been at the core throughout, as Meredith. Now she wants to move to Minnesota for a key research job; first, she tries to help in Seattle, where the residency program is in trouble and there’s a blood shortage. Other problems pile up, including possible prison time for Owen. Read more…

1) “Grey’s Anatomy” season-finale, 8 and 9 p.m., ABC. This is the one primetime drama that seems to go on forever. Tonight’s second episode is the 400th overall; by comparison, “This Is Us” ended at 106. And Ellen Pompeo (shown here, right) has been at the core throughout, as Meredith. Now she wants to move to Minnesota for a key research job; first, she tries to help in Seattle, where the residency program is in trouble and there’s a blood shortage. Other problems pile up, including possible prison time for Owen.

2) “Bull” series-finale, 10 p.m., CBS, It’s a six-year, 125-episode run for this show. “Bull” started strong, with a cozy spot behind Michael Weatherly’s old show, “NCIS.” It had trouble when it was on its own. Now Bull (Weatherly) heads into court one last time, in a negligent-homicide case that, CBS says, will change his company and his life.

3) “The Rookie,” 10 p.m., ABC. Consider this a quick-turnaround success: On April 24 and May 1, “Rookie” ran a two-parter, with Niecy Nash as an FBI trainee, helping the Los Angele police. Just two weeks later, ABC announced the character would have a new show on Tuesdays this fall (with “Rookie” continuing on Sundays). Now the two-parter reruns today and Saturday.

4) “United States of Al,” 8:30 p.m., CBS. It was a jolt to see CBS cancel two likable comedies – “Al” and “B Positive.” Fortunately, they’’re around tonight as reruns, at 8:30 and 9:30. In this one, Al’s having trouble in his college class. Riley talks to the teacher … who is dating Riley’s sister.

5) Movies, cable. Two of the most popular films of the 1980s collide: “Top Gun” (1986) is 8 p.m. on the Paramount Network, rerunning at 10:30; “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984) is at 7:30 on Showtime, with its sequel (1987) at 9:15. Both offer vibrant stars (Tom Cruise in “Top Gun,” Eddie Murphy in “Cop”) and sleek visuals; “Cop” also adds strong bursts of comedy. Meanwhile, HBO reruns its George Carlin profile, from 8-11:41 p.m.

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