Every TV Show Ending In 2019

Quite a few TV shows will be ending in 2019, including several long-running programs that have been on the air since the start of the decade (if not longer). While many of those shows will completely end, some of them will expand into franchises and see their stories continue with prequels or spinoffs, which is another trend in Hollywood that's starting to become more prevalent on television.

In 2018, audiences saw major TV shows such as Scandal, New Girl, and Once Upon a Time come to an end after several seasons on the air, with smaller yet still equally important shows like 12 Monkeys, The Americans, and even Timeless concluding with intense finales throughout the year. Of course, there were also controversial releases such as House of Cards, which wrapped up its story with season 6.

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Now that 2018 is over, it's time to look forward to all the TV shows ending in 2019, a few of which have amassed quite the followings over the years. It's going to be a crazy - and emotional - year for television, that's for sure.

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular dramas on television, and its eight-season story arc - most of which has been centered on a new king or queen taking the Iron Throne - will ultimately end sometime in the first half of 2019. Of course, while this is the end of the main Game of Thrones story taken from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, the Game of Thrones franchise will continue with an untitled prequel, which is reportedly set to debut sometime in 2020.

Modern Family

Among the many sitcoms on television, Modern Family - a series consisting of an ensemble cast that revolves around three growing families - is arguably one of the industry's best that's currently on the air. The multi-award-winning comedy series first aired in 2009 is in the middle of airing its 10th and final season, which already resulted in one death. At the moment, there's no plan to extend the series beyond the current season, but there's hope amongst the cast that a Modern Family season 11 could happen now that Disney has purchased 20th Century Fox.

iZombie

One of The CW's non-superhero comic book shows (which is also from DC Comics) is iZombie, a comedy-drama set in Seattle, WA, that follows a medical assistant, Liv Moore, who eats the brains of corpses and uses their memories to help solve their murders. Since she's a zombie, it makes sense - and it makes for some hilarious encounters. But Liv (and other zombies) couldn't stay hidden for long, and now Seattle's zombie story is coming to an end with its fifth and final season airing in early 2019. It'll end up being The CW's first DC Comics show to go off-the-air since Smallville.

Homeland

Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin have starred in Showtime's award-winning spy drama and thriller, Homeland, ever since it premiered in 2011. While Damian Lewis' former prisoner-of-war Nicholas Brody was the focus of the show's first few seasons, it managed to expand beyond that narrative and take on various aspects of the intelligence community in the United States. And now it's all coming to an end with Homeland season 8 premiering in June 2019 and wrapping up Carrie Mathison's story arc.

Mr. Robot

Sam Esmail's Mr. Robot premiered in 2015, starring Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, and it marked a turning point for USA Network. Mr. Robot's technological-driven story that also focuses on Elliot's mental health issues is partly why the series became so popular, not to mention award-worthy. But it's time to bring the story to an end with Mr. Robot season 4, which is slated to premiere sometime in 2019. And now that Malek's big-screen career has taken off with his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, it remains to be seen if he'll continue to appear on television or start to appear in more movies.

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Shadowhunters

Freeform's Shadowhunters is a TV adaptation of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments, which the network saw as their opportunity to do the book series justice after the 2013 movie of the same name failed to meet expectations. Starring Katherine McNamara as Clary Fairchild, Shadowhunters has amassed quite the fan base over its three seasons. Unfortunately, despite an extensive campaign from fans to keep Shadowhunters going, the series will conclude in 2019 with the second half of season 3 set to premiere on February 25.

The Big Bang Theory

Despite dramas such as The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones commanding millions of fans around the world, The Big Bang Theory has actually been one of the most-watched TV shows this decade. Featuring an ensemble cast led by Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, and Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory has continuously ranked high with its ratings and has even spawned a prequel series, titled Young Sheldon, which follows a young, child version of Parsons' Sheldon Cooper. And while the story could arguably continue, it's finally going to end with its current season 12 wrapping up in 2019.

Orange is the New Black

Netflix is a juggernaut in the entertainment industry nowadays, but it wasn't too long ago that people thought the streaming service competing with established studios was a pipe dream. It wasn't until House of Cards and Orange is the New Black debuted in 2013 that the mindset around streaming companies producing their own content started to change. While House of Cards concluded in late 2018, Orange is the New Black is now going to wrap up with its seventh and final season sometime in 2019.

Veep

An adaptation of the British sitcom The Thick of It, HBO's Veep stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the vice president of the United States, Selina Meyer, who later becomes president, but it's a long, arduous, and comedic journey getting there. Over the course of its six seasons on the air, Veep has earned numerous awards, including 17 Emmy awards. Its last season aired in 2017, with the seventh and final season coming sometime in 2019. Veep season 7's delay was primarily due to Louis-Dreyfus' battle with breast cancer, which she made public in September 2017.

Gotham

While The CW's Arrowverse makes up the vast majority of DC Comics TV shows, at least those that revolve around the comic book publisher's core characters, FOX took a risk and aired WB's Gotham in 2014, a prequel series that explores Bruce Wayne's childhood as well as Jim Gordon's rise from a mere detective to Gotham's Police Commissioner. While Gotham hasn't adhered to the source material too closely, it's arguably the most comic book-y series on the air. Gotham's final (and truncated) season premieres in January 2019 and will end with Bruce becoming the Caped Crusader he was always meant to be.