Regardless of how popular or successful a television series is, there comes a time when it ends. Too often these days it’s a cancellation, but there are also shows that had a specific time frame from the start or ones that are drawing to a close when the time is right. And it seems that this year, a lot of shows I enjoy are ending their runs. 

In the category of “we only intended to have a few seasons”, there are Legion, Killjoys and Preacher, all of which have already bid farewell this year. Each was well written and plotted, had great casts and went out with pretty satisfying finales. Another in this category that has its final season premiere this week is Arrow. Fans have known this one was coming for awhile and it will be interesting to see how everything plays out, especially with the big crossover of CW superhero shows later this season.

On the non-hero, non-geek side of things, The Good Place and Schitt’s Creek both have their final seasons this year. I’m not much of a sitcom watcher, but the intelligence and wit of the writing on these shows is impressive. And, without question, Patrick and David on Schitt’s Creek have one of the most admirable and meaningful relationships that’s ever been depicted on mainstream television.

Of course, I’ve saved my favorites until last. The two shows I’m going to miss most that are ending this season are Supernatural and Agents of SHIELD. It’s amazing that a show lasts a few seasons, but Supernatural has made it to 15, with all but a couple being really strong. And the show was only supposed to run for five seasons – there was a specific story arc and everything. But fan response changed that and here we are. And though only going half that far, seven seasons for the geek-centric show that is Agents of SHIELD is impressive. There have been ups and downs, but as a Marvel fan it’s been so enjoyable to get as immersed on the small screen with these characters as it has been to see the comicbook heroes on the big screen.

There will unquestionably be upcoming blogs about some of these shows (the final two mentions are a guarantee) because there will be so much I’ll need to talk through. But, as far as I’m concerned, all of these are going out on high notes. Knowing the end was near means writers could properly plot out the final season and give fans satisfying endings for characters and worlds they’ve come to love.