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09-14-2022, 09:31 PM
https://www.looper.com/1007891/the-greatest-season-ending-cliffhangers-in-tv-history/
BY ADAM LEVINE/SEPT. 14, 2022 1:30 PM EDT
Audiences love a good story, and television is a unique medium for delivering ongoing adventures and serialized drama in ways not often found in movies. One of the best tactics TV uses to keep viewers riveted is the plot twist that leaves you hanging. Sometimes it comes at a commercial break, while other times it comes at the end of an episode, forcing you to wait a week until the next installment.
However, the best trick that TV producers have discovered to keep fans on the edge of their seats is, without a doubt, the season-ending cliffhanger. For decades networks seemed to fear the season-ending cliffhanger, afraid of viewers being turned off by missing a satisfying conclusion. Still, they became increasingly popular in the 1990s after a few hit shows proved that season-ending stories could leave audiences begging for more.
Many of these classic jaw-droppers have become some of the most famous episodes of television ever made, but which are the very best? Well settle in because we've got a list of the best season-ending cliffhangers in television history.
Lost (Season 3)
The Good Place (Season 1)
Yellowstone (Season 3)
Friends (Season 4)
Sherlock (Season 3)
Dallas (Season 3)
The Simpsons (Season 4)
Breaking Bad (Season 5)
The West Wing (Season 1)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 3)
The Walking Dead (Season 6)
Game of Thrones (Season 5)
Twin Peaks (Season 1)
BY ADAM LEVINE/SEPT. 14, 2022 1:30 PM EDT
Audiences love a good story, and television is a unique medium for delivering ongoing adventures and serialized drama in ways not often found in movies. One of the best tactics TV uses to keep viewers riveted is the plot twist that leaves you hanging. Sometimes it comes at a commercial break, while other times it comes at the end of an episode, forcing you to wait a week until the next installment.
However, the best trick that TV producers have discovered to keep fans on the edge of their seats is, without a doubt, the season-ending cliffhanger. For decades networks seemed to fear the season-ending cliffhanger, afraid of viewers being turned off by missing a satisfying conclusion. Still, they became increasingly popular in the 1990s after a few hit shows proved that season-ending stories could leave audiences begging for more.
Many of these classic jaw-droppers have become some of the most famous episodes of television ever made, but which are the very best? Well settle in because we've got a list of the best season-ending cliffhangers in television history.
Lost (Season 3)
The Good Place (Season 1)
Yellowstone (Season 3)
Friends (Season 4)
Sherlock (Season 3)
Dallas (Season 3)
The Simpsons (Season 4)
Breaking Bad (Season 5)
The West Wing (Season 1)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 3)
The Walking Dead (Season 6)
Game of Thrones (Season 5)
Twin Peaks (Season 1)