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finale

[fi-nal-ee, -nah-lee] / fɪˈnæl i, -ˈnɑ li /


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Year: 2015 Compiled by: Dana Stevens Of note: Written in commemoration of the show’s finale, although the Phineas and Ferb movies that have been released since then may necessitate a reassessment.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

The following article contains spoilers for "Lanterns," including major reveals from the finale.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The subtle differences by which Kyle plays older Hal versus Halogram Hal is really on sharp display in the finale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The first series of The Celebrity Traitors aired on the BBC last autumn, with its nail-biting finale hitting a peak of 15.4 million viewers, and Alan Carr emerging victorious.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

When Haley crawled through the window frame, someone in the crowd that had gathered around the library for the game’s big finale saw her and started screaming.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

No matter the strengths of AI, a chatbot cannot dream up stories with flawed characters and themes and arcs and failures and triumphs—with ambiguous finales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

For more than a decade, “Saturday Night Live” writers Colin Jost and Michael Che have marked breaks and finales with a joke swap segment.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Broadcast networks mustered 20.1% in a month traditionally boosted by strong ratings for season finales of popular network shows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

Cora had not seen him since the first night, but she had heard every speech of the Friday-night finales.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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