ABC Just Dropped Finale Dates for Grey’s Anatomy, The Rookie, Scrubs and More

Alright, heads up: ABC has finally spilled the beans on when you can expect your favorite (or, let’s be real, sometimes just regular) shows to wrap up for the 2025-26 TV season. A mix of returning hits, fresh experiments, and rebooted classics are all headed to the finish line much sooner than you might think. No, really—some finales are dropping when you’re still hung up on spring allergies.

Here’s the deal: every single one of these season finales will be streaming on Hulu the day after they air. Handy if you’re someone who ditched cable as soon as you could.

Comedy Finales First: The Lighter Fare Bows Out Early

If you’re into laughs, mark April on your calendar. ABC’s comedy finales all air weeks before the big drama blowouts. The Scrubs reboot says goodbye (for now) to its first season on April 15—yes, we’re actually living in an era with new Scrubs on network TV, for better or worse.

Then there’s Abbott Elementary finishing its fifth season on April 21, sharing the spotlight with two curious picks: the first season finales of both The Greatest Average American (still not entirely sure what this is trying to be) and Shark Tank’s 17th season. That’s a lot of business pitches and, presumably, awkward product mishaps. RJ Decker, a newcomer, ends its debut season on April 28.

Big Drama: Most of the Action Is in May

If you're more into life-and-death stakes (or just medical staff personal drama), gear up for the first two weeks of May. Drama finales stack up here in a big way:

• May 4: The Rookie closes out its eighth season. Yes, it’s somehow already been eight seasons of Nathan Fillion as a forty-something newbie cop.
• May 5: Will Trent wraps up Season 4. Crime solvers can start prepping their message board theories now.
• May 7: It’s a triple-decker for fans—Grey's Anatomy (the unstoppable hospital juggernaut, now in its 22nd year), 9-1-1 (Season 9), and freshman offshoot 9-1-1: Nashville (its very first finale, if you weren’t keeping track) all close things out together, like a tidy Thursday night emotional gauntlet.

Unscripted and Reality: Wrapping Up the Season’s Final Stretch

ABC’s unscripted content, for those who prefer their drama a little less scripted and a little more reality-adjacent, saves its endings for the very end.

American Idol doles out its 24th winner on May 11—wild to think it’s been running almost as long as some readers have been alive. Last but not least, Celebrity Jeopardy! ends Season 4 on May 15, officially shutting the door on ABC’s network schedule for the year.

'ABC's drama finales are packed together in May, with comedies and reality competition shows wrapping a bit earlier, spreading the big goodbyes across six weeks. Hulu will have all the finales the next day, so catch up at your own pace.'

To sum it up: ABC isn’t saving any surprises for a late-summer drop. From big-deal dramas to new and returning comedies to the usual unscripted suspects, it’s a full-court press of series finales wrapping up the 2025-26 TV year between early April and mid-May. And if all this feels fast—well, that’s network TV these days.