The Final Episode of Sliders, titled "The Seer," Airs on The Sci-Fi Channel (2000) | Television Series Finales | Feb 4, 2000
On February 4, 2000, the final episode of Sliders airs on The Sci-Fi Channel. The episode is titled “The Seer.” The finale opens with the sliders arriving in a world where their exploits are well known through the efforts of a man called the “Seer” played by Roy Dotrice. As they prepare for their final ….
Tropicana Resort Las Vegas Closes its Doors Forever (2024) | Business Closures | Apr 2, 2024
Bally’s, owners of The Tropicana since 2022, reached an agreement with the Oakland Athletics baseball team to demolish the Tropicana, making way for a baseball stadium on nine acres of the site, and a new resort bearing the Bally’s name on the remaining land. The Tropicana is scheduled to close on April 2, 2024 and ….
Atco Dragway, First NHRA-Sanctioned Drag Strip in New Jersey, Abruptly Closes (2023) | Business Closures | Jul 18, 2023
On July 18, 2023, Atco Dragway, the first National Hot Rod Association-sanctioned drag strip in New Jersey, abruptly closes permanently. Facility operators posted banners on social media websites announcing the closure.
Future Publishes Last Issue of Amiga Format Magazine (2000) | Final Periodical Issues, Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates | May 1, 2000
British multimedia publisher Future published the final issue of Amiga Format Magazine – a computer magazine centering on Amiga computers – in May of 2000. The magazine lasted 136 issues, from 1989 until 2000. At the magazine’s height in 1991, Amiga Format was selling 135,000 copies a month.
Archer 14th and Final Season Premiere on FX (2023) | Finales and Endings, Season 14 TV/Streaming Premiere | Aug 30, 2023
In the Season 14 opener, titled The Anglerfish Stratagem, the Agency teams up with Interpol to take down a highly organized ring of jewel thieves. Archer’s skeptical, as their Interpol contact seems to be treating the mission as more of an audition. Archer stars H. Jon Benjamin as the voice of Sterling Archer, along with ….
The Final Episode of Chiller Theater Airs on WIIC/WPXI, Channel 11 in Pittsburgh (1984) | Television Series Finales | Jan 1, 1984
The successful run of Chiller Theater (sometimes spelled Chiller Theatre) ended at the end of 1983. Leading up to its cancellation was a decision by WPXI management to air an hour-long weekend edition of the daily TV show Entertainment Tonight just after long-time anthology comedy series Saturday Night Live, pushing Chiller Theater’s start time to ….
Strange Planet (2023) | Television Season Finales | Sep 27, 2023
The Apple TV+ original series Strange Planet debuts new episodes through the season finale on September 27, 2023.
Santa Barbara News-Press Ceases Publication After 150 Years (2023) | Business Closures | Jul 21, 2023
After more than 150 years of news gathering, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper posted its last online edition on Friday, July 21, 2023, a month after the newspaper ceased publication of its print newspaper and went fully digital. The end for the venerable News-Press came in the form of a bankruptcy filing last ….
The Blacklist (2023) | Television Series Finales | Jul 13, 2023
David Bowie's Last Concert with Ziggy Stardust Persona and the Spiders from Mars (1973) | Concerts, Finales and Endings | Jul 3, 1973
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars features the July 3rd, 1973 historic concert of the “leper Messiah.” This was to be David Bowie’s last concert with the Ziggy persona and the Spiders from Mars. A great medley of “Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud”/”All The Young Dudes”/”Oh! You Pretty Things,” a Lou Reed cover, and ….
