Did TV series in the 50s & 60s have "series finales" like shows do now for the last show of their last season?

I Love Lucy did not have a series finale.

Of the shows I remember from then, I don't think they did.

Dick Van Dyke Show

Get Smart

Bewitched

I dream of Jeanie

I don't know if they made as big a deal of the finales as they do now.

Most didn't. the Fugitive had been a long running story about a man being pursued; they kind of had to end it with somethng that made sense. Most sit-coms and even

hour long dramas were self contained. Like Bonanza.

You could watch one or a whole season, and enjoy the show. If you missed one, you didn't miss part of the story.

Although one year they had shows about Ben's wives, the mothers of his 3 sons.

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It wasn't such a big thing back then. Seasons just started and stopped. They had less shows per season and nobody made such a big deal about what was on TV. We didn't have so many things to watch, not that many stations, and we just watched what we had. There weren't any big deals about season finales.

Sure; for instance, The Fugitive.

Yes, but they were called "cliff hangers".