# The 14 Best Sitcom Finales of All Time

> Getting off television gracefully is harder than getting on. Sixteen shows tried, and the results still divide people.

*By YPB Team · Published August 25, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-14-best-sitcom-finales-of-all-time*

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1. **M*A*S*H** — score 1000/1000
   The two-and-a-half-hour war's end, still one of the most-watched broadcasts in US history.
2. **Newhart** — score 794/1000
   The whole series is revealed to have been a dream in Bob Newhart's earlier sitcom.
3. **Arrested Development** — score 731/1000
   The original run closes with Maeby pitching the family's story as a TV series.
4. **Seinfeld** — score 577/1000
   The four are jailed for indifference in a finale audiences still argue about.
5. **The Office** — score 500/1000
   Finale in which the documentary finally airs and the Scranton branch reunites for Dwight's wedding.
6. **Frasier** — score 409/1000
   Frasier reads Tennyson to his family and boards a plane to a new city.
7. **Six Feet Under** — score 409/1000
   HBO's closing montage carrying every character forward to their death.
8. **Brooklyn Nine-Nine** — score 409/1000
   One last heist sends the Nine-Nine's detectives off in different directions.
9. **The Good Place** — score 409/1000
   Each character walks through the final door when they are ready to.
10. **Cheers** — score 300/1000
   The bar's last call after eleven seasons, watched by more than 80 million Americans.
11. **Friends** — score 300/1000
   The last episode leaves six sets of keys on the counter of an empty apartment.
12. **Schitt's Creek** — score 167/1000
   The Roses finally split up on purpose, each having found something to stay for.
13. **Parks and Recreation** — score 167/1000
   Finale that flashes forward to show what happens to every member of the Pawnee parks department.
14. **The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air** — score 167/1000
   Will stays behind in an empty mansion after the Banks family moves out.

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