As promised on Saturday, the SNL finale lived up to the hype by delivering a great performance from Steve Carell and an even more newsworthy pair of performances from Senator John McCain. When SNL clips make it onto NPR then they had to have done something right.

Oops, I didn't mention that "Desperate Housewives" had its season finale last night, my bad... or not.

Plenty more season finales tonight (mostly crap IMHO) - take your pick and enjoy as we march with 40 days and counting down to the end of the SAG contract. The SAG meets tonight to see about restarting talks next week.

8-10:00pm The Big Bang Theory/How I Met Your Mother/Two and a Half Men/Rules of Engagement CBS - Season Finales for ALL

8:00pm American Gladiators NBC - Crazy aerial snake thing tonight, and hey, did you see the new gladiator, Phoenix?

8-10:00pm Gossip Girl/One Tree Hill CW - Season Finales.

8-10:00pm Bones/House FOX - Season Finales. On "House", House is still foggy after the bus crash and he becomes even more of a dick to Wilson.

9:00pm Dirty Jobs DISCOVERY - Mike travels to Alaska where he cleans up an oil spill.

9:00pm Flavor of Love VH1 - Season Finale.

9:05pm The Bachelorette ABC - DeAnna Pappas, a reject from ``The Bachelor,'' gets another chance at love when she gets to choose from 25 bachelors, 10 men are immediately sent home - payback's a bitch

10:00pm CSI: Miami CBS - Season Finale.

11:30pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Kevin Spacey; Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.); Sara Bareilles performs.

12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Kevin Nealon; actress Mary McCormack; DeVotchKa performs.

'How I Met Your Mother' pic via CBS