“Funeral” and “Memoir” – YOUNG SHELDON ends its seven-year run with a must-see two-episode series finale. Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik reprise their roles as Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler in an unforgettable hour of television, on the series finale of YOUNG SHELDON, Thursday, May 16 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT and 8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. Pictured: Iain Armitage as Sheldon Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Best-bets for May 16: A good show has a great goodbye

1) “Young Sheldon” series-finale (shown here), 8 and 8:30 p.m., CBS. This is one of the best hours of the season, or of any season. It manages the rare feat of being funny and subtly moving. Propelling it is the death, a week ago, of Sheldon’s father. The reactions vary widely, bur perfectly fit each wonderfully complex character. As a bonus, the second half-hour peeks at the nowadays Sheldon and Amy. Read more…

1) “Young Sheldon” series-finale (shown here), 8 and 8:30 p.m., CBS. This is one of the best hours of the season, or of any season. It manages the rare feat of being funny and subtly moving. Propelling it is the death, a week ago, of Sheldon’s father. The reactions vary widely, bur perfectly fit each wonderfully complex character. As a bonus, the second half-hour peeks at the nowadays Sheldon and Amy.

2) “So Help Me Todd,” 9 p.m., CBS. This is another series-finale, but with a difference: “Sheldon” is leaving voluntarily; “Todd” has been canceled. From the start, it has tried to find the delicate touch of a light mystery – something that “Elsbeth” (10 p.m.) does beautifully and “Todd” does occasionally. Tonight, Todd hopes to solve the one case that might save his mom’s law-firm.

3) “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” 8-11 p.m., NBC. For these shows, it’s merely the seas on-finale; they’ll be back in the fall – two on NBC and “Organized Crime” on Peacock. At 8 p.m., a sports star has bee killed, but might not have been the target. At 9, Carisi is urged to move a case along, to ease fears. At 10, it’s time to raid the warehouse.

4) “Grey’s Anatomy,” 9 p.m., ABC. While other shows wrap up, this one still has three episodes in its 20th season, Tonight, Owen and Teddy have a day off … but come across an injured person. The show has new episodes through May 30; so do “9-1-1” (8 p.m.), plus “Station 19,” which won’t be back next season.

5) “I Can See Your Voice” season-opener, 8 p.m., Fox. Soon, our TV’s will be stuffed with lower-budget summer shows. Here’s the first arrival, with Ken Jeong hosting and contestants guessing which people are real singers. A “Farmer Wants a Wife” reunion follows at 9:02.

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