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With theatrical timing, Mr. Burnham, a keen soccer fan, took office on Monday, the day after the finale of the globe’s premier sporting event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

When Bradford’s story was first adapted back in 1985, they set a viewership record for Channel 4, with 13.8 million tuning in for the finale.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

After Netflix greenlit a two-hour finale instead, Oseman elected to zero in on her protagonists — not unlike her comics — rather than give each character their own, heavily condensed arc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

It was to follow on from the series finale in May 2025, in which Ncuti Gatwa's incarnation of the Doctor regenerated into Billie Piper, who previously played the Doctor's assistant, Rose.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“That’s the finale, right? You guys have a show?”

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

But the ones I found most interesting were finales I don’t remember encountering in Baseball Digest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Long before CBS announced it was pulling the plug on “The Late Show,” its host Stephen Colbert had already laid claim to helming one of late-night’s greatest finales.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

As the new AI generator spawned fabricated finales for “Game of Thrones” and fictional brawls between Thanos and Superman, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros.,

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Four finales lost, three dead rubbers treated like beer matches.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024

He rarely showed up when a particular movie was about to begin, so he’d seen beginnings, finales, and middles of dozens of movies, but hardly any in their entirety.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz