CBS Pulls Mike & Molly Tornado-Themed Finale From Monday Line-Up

By Kimberly Roots
Windy City "Windy City" --Molly (Melissa McCarthy, left) shares some important news with Mike (Billy Gardell, right), on MIKE & MOLLY, Monday, May 20 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS √?¬©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Mike & Molly Season 3 FinaleCBS has replaced tonight's Mike & Molly season finale — which discuses a tornado hitting Chicago — in light of the real-life twisters touching down in the Midwest.

The episode did not contain any footage of the storm's damage, EW.com reports, but a repeat will be shown in its place.

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"Due to the tragic events this afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight's season finale of Mike & Molly, which has a related storyline," a CBS spokesperson tells TVLine. "A repeat broadcast of 'Mike & Molly will run in the time period.   The season finale will be broadcast at an appropriate date."

According to the finale's synopsis, a tornado bearing down on the Windy City leads Mike and Molly to confess important secrets to each other.

 

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