Finale time nears … including a few forever finales

Barely into spring, it’s time to think about TV’s season-finales.
CBS has announced 19 of them, including three shows that won’t be back – “SWAT” (shown here), “FBI: International” and “FBI: Most Wanted.”
It also plans to turn some of the season-finales into events. Several will be two-parters; “Elsbeth” will bring back some of its favorite villains.
Networks are sometimes slow about decisions, leaving shows in limbo until the mid-fall, when a new season is announced. Lately, however, CBS has tried to speed that up.
It has already announced three new shows for fall. There’s a “Blue Bloods” spin-off (“Boston Blue,” with Donnie Wahlberg), a “Fire Country” spin-off (“Sheriff Country”) and a variation on music competitions: “The Road” will have Keith Urban doing a concert mini-tour with emerging country stars.
“Blue Bloods” has already finished its 14th and final season. “The Neighborhood” has announced that next season (its eighth) will be its last.
Another comedy, “Poppa’s House,” is stioo in limbo. Other shows have been renewed – including “FBI,” which will no longer have its spin-offs.
The plan includes:
— SERIES FINALES: “SWAT,” two-hour episode, May 16; “FBI: International,” two-parter, May 13 and 20; “FBI: Most Wanted,” May 20.
— COMEDY SEASON-FINALES: “Poppa’s House,” April 28 (possibly series finale); “The Neighborhood” hourlong show with two graduations, May 5; “Ghosts,” May 8; “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” May 15.
— REALITY AND GAME SEASON-FINALES: “Amazing Race,” May 15 (a Thursday instead of its usual Wednesday); “Survivor,” May 21; Also, “Hollywood Squares” will return on two Fridays, May 2 and 9, for the season’s final hours.
— DRAMA SEASON-FINALES: “Matlock,” two-hour, April 17; “NCIS: Sydney,” April 25; “Fire Country,” two-hour, April 25; “NCIS: Origins,” April 28; “Watson,” two-parter, May 4 and 11; “The Equalizer,” May 4; “NCIS,” May 5; “Elsbeth,” May 8; “Tracker,” May 11, “FBI,” May 20.