Beloved and long-running series will end in May.

Thelong-running drama, which debuted in 1996 on WB Network and now airs onthe CW, will have its series finale May 13 in its regular 8 p.m. slot.The hour-long episode, titled "And Away We Go," will actually mark thesecond time the show was scheduled to have a series finale.

Heaven's10th-season finale aired on WB in May amid much fanfare about it beingthe series closer, delivering its highest marks in more than two yearswith an episode that appeared to wrap up many loose ends in the showabout a minister (Stephen Collins) and his sprawling family.

Butthe CW, which launched in September after the merger of WB and UPN,gave Heaven a last-minute renewal in May, announcing that the showwould return in fall 2006 in its signature Monday 8 p.m. slot as partof the CW's inaugural lineup. In October, the network switched itsSunday and Monday lineups, moving Heaven to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Season-to-date, the series is averaging 3.4 million total viewers and a 1.3 rating in the network's target demo of adults 18-34.

Heaven,which debuted on Aug. 26, 1996, marked the first-ever Monday broadcastof the then-fledging WB Network, will bow out as the longest-runningfamily drama on television.

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