query: The New York Giants play professionally.

pos: National Football League The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) . The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America , and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL 's 17-week regular season runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , which is usually held in the first Sunday in February , and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC .   The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season . The NFL agreed to merge with the American Football League ( AFL ) in 1966 , and the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that season ; the merger was completed in 1970 . Today , the NFL has the highest average attendance ( 67,591 ) of any professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States . The Super Bowl is among the biggest club sporting events in the world and individual Super Bowl games account for many of the most watched television programs in American history , all occupying the Nielsen 's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015 . The NFL 's executive officer is the commissioner , who has broad authority in governing the league .   The team with the most NFL championships is the Green Bay Packers with thirteen ( nine NFL titles before the Super Bowl era , and four Super Bowl championships afterwards ) ; the team with the most Super Bowl championships is the Pittsburgh Steelers with six . The current NFL champions are the New England Patriots , who defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34 -- 28 in Super Bowl LI .

pos: New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area . The Giants compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) East division . The team plays its home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey , which it shares with the New York Jets in a unique arrangement . The Giants hold their summer training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex .   The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925 , and is the only one of that group still existing , as well as the league 's longest-established team in the Northeastern United States . The team ranks third among all NFL franchises with eight NFL titles : four in the pre -- Super Bowl era ( 1927 , 1934 , 1938 , 1956 ) and four since the advent of the Super Bowl ( Super Bowls XXI ( 1986 ) , XXV ( 1990 ) , XLII ( 2007 ) , and XLVI ( 2011 ) ) , along with more championship appearances than any other team , with 19 overall appearances . Their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers ( 13 ) and Chicago Bears ( 9 ) . Throughout their history , the Giants have featured 28 Hall of Fame players , including NFL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award winners Mel Hein , Frank Gifford , Y. A. Tittle , and Lawrence Taylor .   To distinguish themselves from the professional baseball team of the same name , the football team was incorporated as the `` New York National League Football Company , Inc. '' in 1929 and changed to `` New York Football Giants , Inc. '' in 1937 . While the baseball team moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season , the football team continues to use `` New York Football Giants , Inc. '' as its legal corporate name , and is often referred to by fans and sportscasters as the `` New York Football Giants '' . The team has also acquired several nicknames , including `` Big Blue '' , the `` G-Men '' , and the `` Jints '' , an intentionally mangled contraction seen frequently in the New York Post and New York Daily News , originating from the baseball team when they were based in New York . Additionally , the team as a whole is occasionally referred to as the `` Big Blue Wrecking Crew '' , even though this moniker primarily and originally refers to the Giants defensive unit during the 80s and early 90s ( and before that to the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s ) .   The team 's heated rivalry with the Philadelphia Eagles is the oldest of the NFC East rivalries , dating all the way back to 1933 , and has been called the best rivalry in the NFL in the 21st century .

neg: 1943 NFL playoffs The 1943 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Eastern Division championship between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins , requiring a one-game playoff to be played between them . This division championship game was played on December 19 , 1943 , at the Polo Grounds . The winner of that game then traveled to Chicago to play in the championship game against the Chicago Bears on December 26 .

neg: List of New York Mets first-round draft picks The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball franchise based in New York City . They play in the National League East division . Since the institution of Major League Baseball 's Rule 4 Draft , the Mets have selected 61 players in its first round . Officially known as the `` First-Year Player Draft '' , the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball 's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools , colleges , and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams . The draft order is determined based on the previous season 's standings , and the team that had the worst record receives the first pick . In addition , teams that lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks . The First-Year Player Draft is unrelated to the 1961 expansion draft in which the Mets initially filled their roster .   Of the 62 players picked in the first round by the Mets , 25 have been pitchers , the most of any position ; 18 of these were right-handed , while 7 were left-handed . 17 of the players picked in the initial round were outfielders , while eight shortstops , six catchers , and three third basemen were selected . The team also selected two players at first base and one at second base . 14 of the players came from high schools or universities in the state of California , while Florida and Texas follow , with nine and five players , respectively .   Four Mets ' first-round picks have won championships with the franchise . No first-round picks were on the 1969 championship team . Outfielders Lee Mazzilli ( 1973 ) and Darryl Strawberry ( 1980 ) , shortstop Wally Backman ( 1977 ) , and pitcher Dwight Gooden ( 1982 ) played in the 1986 World Series for the Mets ' second championship team . Three first-round draft picks have gone on to win the Rookie of the Year Award with the Mets : Jon Matlack in 1972 , Strawberry in 1983 , and Gooden in 1984 . Gooden went on to win the Cy Young Award in 1985 , his second season , after placing second in the voting his rookie year . Gooden is also the only first-round draft pick of the Mets to make the All-Star team in his rookie season .   The Mets have made 11 selections in the supplemental round of the draft . They have also made the first overall selection five times ( 1966 , 1968 , 1980 , 1984 , and 1994 ) , tied for the most such picks with the San Diego Padres . The first of these picks , Steve Chilcott ( 1966 ) , is one of only two first overall picks ( along with Brien Taylor ) to never play in the major leagues . The Mets have had 18 compensatory picks since the institution of the First-Year Player Draft in 1965 . These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the prior off-season , or , more recently , if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year . One player , George Ambrow ( 1970 ) , did not sign with the Mets after he was drafted but they received no compensation pick .

neg: 1982 San Francisco Giants season The 1982 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants ' 100th season in Major League Baseball , their 25th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season , and their 23rd at Candlestick Park . The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 87-75 record , 2 games behind the Atlanta Braves .

neg: 49ers–Giants rivalry The 49ers -- Giants rivalry is a professional football rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants . It is one of the great inter-division rivalry games in the NFL . The two teams do not play every year ; instead , they play once every three years due to the NFL 's rotating division schedules , or if the two teams finish in the same place in their respective divisions , they would play the ensuing season . Since 1982 , the 49ers and Giants have met eight times in the postseason ( including two NFC Championship Games ) , the most times two teams have met in the playoffs in the NFL since that time .   The all time regular seasons series record is 20-19 Giants , and the postseason series is tied 4-4 .

neg: New York Metropolitans The Metropolitan Club ( the New York Metropolitans or the Mets ) was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887 . The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club was the name originally chosen in 1961 for the current day New York Mets franchise .

neg: 2005 New York Giants season The New York Giants season was the franchise 's 81st season in the National Football League . The Giants finished the regular season with 11 wins and 5 losses and came in first place of the NFC East . However , they would lose to the Carolina Panthers in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs .

neg: 1939 New York Giants season The 1939 New York Giants season was the fifteenth season for the club in the National Football League ( NFL ) .

neg: 1936 New York Giants (MLB) season The 1936 New York Giants season was the franchise 's 54th season . The Giants won the National League pennant . The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1936 World Series , four games to two .

neg: 1885 New York Giants season The 1885 New York Giants season was the franchise 's 3rd season . The team finished in second place , 2 games behind the Chicago White Stockings .

neg: 1902 New York Giants season The 1902 New York Giants season was the franchise 's 20th season . The team finished in eighth place , last , in the National League with a 48-88 record , 53.5 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates .

neg: East Rutherford, New Jersey East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County , New Jersey , United States . As of the 2010 United States Census , the borough 's population was 8,913 , reflecting an increase of 197 ( +2.3 % ) from the 8,716 counted in the 2000 Census , which had in turn increased by 814 ( +10.3 % ) from the 7,902 counted in the 1990 Census . It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City , located 7 mi west of Midtown Manhattan .   Under the terms of an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 17 , 1889 , a portion of the old Union Township was incorporated under the name of Boiling Springs Township . The new township took its name from a spring in the community . On March 28 , 1894 , the Borough of East Rutherford was created , based on the results of a referendum held the previous day , and Boiling Springs Township was dissolved . While there was no change in its borders , the name and form of government were changed . The borough was the second formed during the `` Boroughitis '' phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County , in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone .   East Rutherford is the home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex , which includes Meadowlands Arena and MetLife Stadium , and was previously the location of Giants Stadium . The arena is best known as the longtime home of the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League , and also hosted college basketball , arena football , concerts , and other events . MetLife Stadium is home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League ( NFL ) and hosted Super Bowl XLVIII , which made East Rutherford the smallest city ever to host a Super Bowl . Giants Stadium , which hosted the Giants and Jets until 2009 , was also the original home of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer . East Rutherford is the only municipality with fewer than 10,000 residents to have been home to five professional sports teams simultaneously .   The borough is the site of the American Dream Meadowlands project , a large shopping center and entertainment complex under construction that was originally named `` Xanadu '' . If it were to be completed , it would be the second largest mall in the state behind the Westfield Garden State Plaza . Triple Five Group took control of the project in August 2013 , but faces lawsuits from the Giants and Jets , who claim that the increased traffic on game days will cause disruptions that violate their agreements with the original developer of the complex .

neg: 1993 New York Giants season The 1993 New York Giants season was the 69th season for the club in the National Football League . Following the 1992 season , Ray Handley was replaced by former Broncos coach Dan Reeves , who immediately released Jeff Hostetler and named Phil Simms the team 's starting quarterback . 1993 turned out to be the final season for both Simms and all-time Giants great linebacker , Lawrence Taylor .

neg: 1923 New York Giants season The 1923 New York Giants season was the franchise 's 41st season . The Giants won the National League pennant with a 95-58 record . The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1923 World Series , four games to two .

neg: History of American football The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football . Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in Britain in the mid-19th century , in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line , which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games .   American football resulted from several major divergences from association football and rugby football , most notably the rule changes instituted by Walter Camp , a Yale University and Hopkins School graduate who is considered to be the `` Father of American Football '' . Among these important changes were the introduction of the line of scrimmage , of down-and-distance rules and of the legalization of interference . In the late 19th and early 20th centuries , gameplay developments by college coaches such as Eddie Cochems , Amos Alonzo Stagg , Parke H. Davis , Knute Rockne , and Glenn `` Pop '' Warner helped take advantage of the newly introduced forward pass . The popularity of college football grew as it became the dominant version of the sport in the United States for the first half of the 20th century . Bowl games , a college football tradition , attracted a national audience for college teams . Boosted by fierce rivalries and colorful traditions , college football still holds widespread appeal in the United States .   The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892 , with William `` Pudge '' Heffelfinger 's $ 500 contract to play in a game for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club . In 1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed . This league changed its name to the National Football League ( NFL ) two years later , and eventually became the major league of American football . Primarily a sport of Midwestern industrial towns in the United States , professional football eventually became a national phenomenon .   The modern era of American football can be considered to have begun after the 1932 NFL Playoff game , which was the first American football game to feature hash marks , the legalization of the forward pass anywhere behind the line of scrimmage , the first indoor game since 1902 , and the movement of the goal posts back to goal line . Other innovations to occur immediately after 1932 , were the introduction of the AP Poll in 1934 , the tapering of the ends of the football in 1934 , the awarding of the first Heisman Trophy in 1935 , the first NFL draft in 1936 and the first televised game in 1939 . Another important event was the American football game at the 1932 Summer Olympics , which combined with a similar demonstration game at 1933 World 's Fair , led to the first College All-Star Game in 1934 , which in turn was an important factor in the growth of professional football in the United States . American football 's explosion in popularity during the second half of the 20th century can be traced to the 1958 NFL Championship Game , a contest that has been dubbed the `` Greatest Game Ever Played '' . A rival league to the NFL , the American Football League ( AFL ) , began play in 1960 ; the pressure it put on the senior league led to a merger between the two leagues and the creation of the Super Bowl , which has become the most watched television event in the United States on an annual basis .

neg: Sports marketing Sports marketing is a subdivision of marketing which focuses both on the promotion of sports events and teams as well as the promotion of other products and services through sporting events and sports teams . It is a service in which the element promoted can be a physical product or a brand name . The goal is to provide the client with strategies to promote the sport or to promote something other than sport through sports . Sport marketing is also designed to meet the needs and wants of the consumer through exchange processes . These strategies follow the traditional four `` P '' 's of general marketing Product , Price , Promotion and Place , another four `` P '' 's are added to sport marketing , relating to the fact sports are considered to be a service . The additional 4 P 's are : Planning , Packaging , Positioning and Perception . The addition of the four extra elements is called the `` sport marketing mix . ''   Sports marketing is an element of sports promotion which involves a wide variety of sectors of the sport industry including broadcasting , advertising , social media , digital platforms , ticket sales , and community relations .   Sports marketing is divided into three sectors . The first is the advertising of sport and sports associations such as the Olympics , Spanish Football league and the NFL , as well as sport teams like Real Madrid and the New York Yankees . The second concerns the use of sporting events , sporting teams and individual athletes to promote various products . The third category is the promotion of sport to the public in order to increase participation .   In the first case , the promotion is directly related to sports . In the second case , the products can but do not have to be directly related to sports . When the promotion is about sports in general , the use of this kind of strategy is called `` Marketing of Sports . '' When the promotion is not about the sports but sports events , athletes , teams or leagues are used to promote different products , the marketing strategy is denominated `` Marketing through sports . '' When the promotion is about increasing participation among the public , it is called `` Grassroots Sports Marketing . '' To promote the products or services , the companies and associations use different channels such as sponsorships of teams or athletes , television or radio advertisement during the different broadcast sports events and celebrations , and/or advertisement on sporting venues .   `` Street marketing of sport '' considers sport marketing through billboards on the street and also through urban elements ( street lighters and sidewalks , etc. ) to help promote and gain publicity during major worldwide sporting events such as the Football World Cup , the Olympic Games , or the Super Bowl .

neg: New York Rugby Club The New York Rugby Club is a rugby union club in New York . It is the oldest rugby club in the United States , and fields Division I Men 's and Women 's teams , U-19 Boy 's and U-19 Girls teams , two old boy teams , one of which belongs to the non-competitive `` Golden Oldies '' . The NYRC was founded to continue a rugby tradition that dates back to the formation of the NYRFC in 1929 .   The original club was formed in 1929 as the New York Nomads . They subsequently began competing as the New York Rugby Football Club ( New York RFC ) . The New York RFC played a principal role in the development of the Eastern Rugby Union . It was the only team in the United States to be accepted for membership in the Rugby Union for the 1932-33 international directory and in 1933 , hosted the Cambridge University Vandals , the first European club to tour the United States .   The New York RFC continued to compete successfully until the beginning of World War II . It disbanded during the War and resumed activities afterward .   In 1957 , the New York RFC created the New York Rugby Football Club , Inc. ( `` NYRFC '' ) under the Membership Corporations Law of New York State .   In 1959 , the NYRFC organized its first seven-a-side rugby tournament . Since then `` New York Sevens '' has been conducted annually on the first Saturday following the Thanksgiving Holiday and grown into the largest international sevens tournament in the United States .   During the 1960s and 1970s the NYRFC was a dominant force in the Eastern United States.In 1977 , The NYRFC made a Winter-tour contest of matches in the Caribbean and Florida . NYRFC played the Freeport , Bahamas team and the team from Nassau , Bahamas . The Winter tour ended with the NYRFC playing very good Miami RFC team . In 1982 , the NYRFC merged with Eastside RFC ( formerly Hunter College RFC ) . The NYRFC was the first United States team to be invited to compete in Scandinavia , touring Denmark in 1986 . The team competed in Mexico in 1986 , Japan , Thailand , Italy and Philippines in 1989 , Bahamas in 1991 , Argentina and Brazil in 1992 , England , Ireland and Wales in 1994 and Spain in 1997 .   In 1997 , the NYRFC voted to field a women 's team and offered playing membership to former players of the Gotham Women 's Rugby Club .   The New York Rugby Club competes as part of the Empire Geographic Union , and USA Rugby . The NYRC Women won the USA Rugby Women 's Div I National Championship in 2006 .

neg: 2015 New York Giants season The New York Giants season was the franchise 's 91st season in the National Football League and their sixth season playing their home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey . Tom Coughlin returned for his 12th and final season as the team 's head coach . The Giants attempted to secure a playoff berth for the first time since their 2011 season , which concluded with their victory in Super Bowl XLVI .  To honor the late Frank Gifford and Ann Mara , both of whom died earlier in 2015 , the Giants added a number 16 decal on their helmets and special patch for Gifford and Mara respectively .   The Giants began the season 0-2 for the third straight year , and in doing so became the first team in NFL history to go 0 -- 2 while holding double digit leads in the 4th quarter in both games . However , they rebounded to win their next three games before losing to the Philadelphia Eagles . The Giants 2015 season was plagued by their inability to close out games , as the Giants lost 6 games in which they held leads or were tied within the final 2 minutes of the games . These losses included their opening game in Dallas , their home opener against the Falcons , a road loss in New Orleans and 2 home defeats against the Patriots and the Jets . After the Redskins defeated the Eagles on December 26 during a Saturday Edition of Thursday Night Football , the Redskins clinched the division title of the NFC East , eliminating the Giants from playoff contention for the fourth consecutive year .

neg: 1984 NFL season The 1984 NFL season was the 65th regular season of the National Football League . The Colts relocated from Baltimore , Maryland to Indianapolis , Indiana before the season . The Colts new home field was the Hoosier Dome . The New York Jets moved their home games from Shea Stadium in New York City to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey .   The season ended with Super Bowl XIX when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16 at Stanford Stadium in California . This was the first Super Bowl televised by ABC , who entered into the annual championship game rotation with CBS and NBC . This game marked the second shortest distance between the Super Bowl host stadium ( Stanford , California ) and a Super Bowl team ( San Francisco 49ers ) .   The 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win 15 games in a regular season and to win 18 in an entire season ( including the post-season ) . Additionally , two major offensive records were set this season , with quarterback Dan Marino establishing a new single-season passing yards record with 5,084 ( later broken by Drew Brees and Tom Brady in 2011 and by Peyton Manning in 2013 ) , and Eric Dickerson establishing a new single-season rushing yards record with 2,105 .   Also during the season , San Diego Chargers wide receiver Charlie Joiner became the all-time leader in career receptions ; he set that mark in a game between the Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh 's Three Rivers Stadium .   Salaries increased significantly over the past two seasons in the NFL , up nearly fifty percent ; quarterback Warren Moon led the list at $ 1.1 million .

neg: Bayside Yankees The Bayside Yankees is a traveling baseball team based out of the New York City area that comprises five teams consisting of players ranging in age from 12 to 18 years old . With a tradition rich of winning championships and producing top baseball talents , Bayside has built the reputation as one of the best amateur baseball organizations in the country and history of travel baseball . Thus , they have adopted for themselves the nickname , `` Aaaaaaamerica 's Team '' .   Founder and head coach of the Senior Yankees , Marc Cuseta , has gained notoriety among all of baseball coaches by leading Bayside through numerous national championships and producing top level talents who extend to play college and professional baseball . He and his coaches recruit and accept top talent players from across the country who show a love for the game , setting their season to compete in prestigious national tournaments against the elite teams in the nation . Their goals are not only to win , but to further develop the players and allow them to gain as much exposure possible to college coaches , scouts and Major League Baseball . Many college programs and professional organizations , have frequently called upon Cuseta to send his highly talented players to their college and organization . In its history , Bayside Yankee players have earned scholarships to universities such as the University of Miami , Clemson University , Vanderbilt University , St. John 's University , Duke University , Wake Forest University , University of North Carolina , University of Arizona , Georgia Tech , University of Notre Dame , Oklahoma State , Florida State , Virginia Tech , University of Pittsburgh , Tulane University , University of Kentucky , and top junior colleges . Dozens of Bayside Yankee players have moved onto professional baseball careers .   After finishing the 2012 summer season and going 1-2 in the Connie Mack World Series , Cuseta has 1,999 wins in amateur baseball . 2,000 should come relatively soon as the BY 's start their 2012 fall season .   NABF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS  1983 , 1986 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 ( sophomore division ) , 2008   CABA SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONS  1997 , 1998 , 1999 & 2003   NABF REGIONAL CHAMPIONS  1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , & 2006   NEW YORK LIBERTY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS  1989 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , & 2007   EAST COBB ( RAWLINGS / WORTH ) SUMMER CLASSIC CHAMPIONS  2005   ALABAMA BOMBERS SUMMER CLASSIC CHAMPIONS  2005   JOE GRACI MEMORIAL TOURNANMENT  1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , & 2007   NEW YORK CITY FEDERATION CHAMPIONS  1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 & 1992   LONG ISLAND BASEBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS  1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 & 1999   BIG APPLE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS  1998 , 1992 & 1996   SUFFOLK COUNTY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS  1992   NABF JUNIOR MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONS  1993 , 1994 , 2006   FABL SUFFOLK COUNTY CHAMPIONS  1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 2001 , & 2006   EAST COBB WOOD BAT TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS  2000   NATIONAL JUNIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS ( ELITE WOOD BAT DIVISION CHAMPS )  1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , & 2006   ATLANTIC COAST ELITE BASEBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS  2001 , 2002 & 2004   USA BASEBALL JUNIOR OLYMPIC SUPER SERIES CHAMPIONS   1993   AABC NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ( CONNIE MACK )  2003   SENIOR PREMIER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONS  2006 , 2007   OSCEOLA COUNTY INVITATIONAL 16U  2007

neg: 1991 San Francisco Giants season The 1991 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants ' 109th season in Major League Baseball , their 34th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season , and their 32nd at Candlestick Park . The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with an 75-87 record , 19 games behind the Atlanta Braves .


query: Shawn Mendes is represented by a Canadian record label.

pos: Shawn Mendes Shawn Peter Raul Mendes ( -LSB- ˈmɛndɛz -RSB- , -LSB- ˈmẽdɨʃ -RSB- ; born August 8 , 1998 ) is a Canadian singer and songwriter . He attracted a following in 2013 , when he began posting song covers on the video sharing application Vine . The following year , he caught the attention of artist managers Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton , which led to him signing a deal with the record label . Mendes went on to release an EP and his debut studio album Handwritten , whose single `` Stitches '' reached the top 10 in the US and Canada , and number one in the UK . His sophomore album , Illuminate ( 2016 ) , was preceded by the single `` Treat You Better '' . Both albums debuted atop the US Billboard 200 .

pos: Island Records Island Records is a British-American record label that operates as a division of Universal Music Group ( UMG ) . It was founded by Chris Blackwell , Graeme Goodall and Leslie Kong in Jamaica in 1959 . Blackwell sold the label to PolyGram in 1989 . Both Island and another label recently acquired by PolyGram , A&M Records , were both at the time the largest independent record labels in history , with Island in particular having exerted a major influence on the progressive UK music scene in the early 1970s .   Three Island labels exist in the world : Island UK , Island US , and Island Australia , with the main label operating out of London . Notable artists on the UK roster include Ariana Grande , U2 , Mumford & Sons , Amy Winehouse , Ben Howard , Florence + The Machine , John Newman , Hozier , Catfish and the Bottlemen , Disclosure , AlunaGeorge , Keane , James Morrison , Annie Lennox , That Poppy and PJ Harvey .   Current key people of Island Records include Island president Darcus Beese , OBE and MD Jon Turner . Partially due to the label 's significant legacy , Island remains one of UMG 's pre-eminent record labels . In a 50-year anniversary documentary , Island Records artist Melissa Etheridge stated : `` If you want to look at world music , music of the last fifty years that changed the world , you need look no further than Island Records . ''

neg: Max (Canadian TV channel) Max is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel . The channel primarily broadcasts entertainment programming , including TV series and films .   Established in 1997 as MusiMax by a joint venture between CHUM Limited and Radiomutuel , it is a sister network to MusiquePlus , and originally focused primarily on adult contemporary music ( making it the French-language equivalent to MuchMusic 's sister station , then known as MuchMoreMusic ) .

neg: Gold Jam Records Gold Jam Records is a Canadian record label established by DJ Gold Jam in 2000 . Although it closed down in June 2002 , it produced electronica , rock and francophone records which are seen on the radio but never got in the billboard . The last record to be produced by Gold Jam is the instrumental version of the album Cousteau 's Dream .

neg: Sunrise Records (retailer) Sunrise Records is an Ancaster , Ontario-based record store chain . Currently owned by Douglas Putman ( whose family also runs Everest Toys ) , it operates nine locations in the province of Ontario . In February 2017 , the chain announced a major expansion under which it will purchase leases for 70 locations occupied by the bankrupt HMV Canada .

neg: Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. ( CMRRA ) is a music licensing agency based in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . Founded in 1975 , CMRRA is a music licensing collective representing music rightsholders who range in size from large multinational music publishers to individual songwriters . On their behalf , CMRRA issues licences to individuals or organizations for the reproduction of songs on various media .   Licensees pay royalties to CMRRA which , in turn , CMRRA distributes to its publisher clients . The royalty rates are determined pursuant to negotiated agreements or tariffs certified by the Copyright Board of Canada . Online licensing and the broadcast mechanical are carried on through CMRRA 's joint venture with Montreal-based SODRAC , CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. ( CSI ) Representation by CMRRA is open to any person , firm or corporation which owns or administers one or more musical works with respect to Canada .   CMRRA is governed by a Board of Directors elected every two years by the members of the Canadian Music Publishers Association ( CMPA ) .

neg: K.I.D (band) K.I.D is a Canadian indie rock band created in 2014 by Kara Lane and Bobby Lo from Mississauga , Ontario , Canada .   K.I.D released their debut EP `` K.I.D '' in 2014 at Virgin Records Canada , a subsidiary of Universal Music Canada , featuring their first single `` I Wish I was your Cigarette '' . In May 2016 , the band signed with Columbia records for the world , excluding Canada . They also released a number of singles at Columbia Records including their debut single `` Errors '' in September 2016 ( video released ) - The video for `` Errors '' was directed by Nadia Lee Cohen .   The band is managed by Merck Mercuriadis of Hipgnosis Music Ltd. , publisher and record label in London and Los Angeles .

neg: Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment , a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc. . Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 . It later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of musical genres , including pop , R&B , rock and hip hop . Historically , the label has housed popular acts such as Michael Jackson , Cheap Trick , Shakira , Celine Dion , ABBA , Anastacia , Boston , Dave Clark Five , Gloria Estefan , Pearl Jam and Sly & the Family Stone .   Along with Columbia and RCA Records , Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainment 's three main record labels . Artists currently signed to Epic as of 2017 include Fiona Apple , Sara Bareilles , Mariah Carey , Keyshia Cole , Future , Fifth Harmony , Jennifer Hudson , Zara Larsson , Jennifer Lopez , Outkast , Ozzy Osbourne , Judas Priest , Busta Rhymes , Rick Ross , Sade , 21 Savage , Travis Scott and Meghan Trainor .

neg: List of number-one singles of 2007 (Canada) From January 2007 to June 2007 , the number-one singles in Canada were compiled by the American-based music sales tracking company , Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday , and is published by Jam ! Canoe on Thursdays . In June 2007 , Billboard magazine created the Canadian Hot 100 , a chart specifically designed for Canada and the first Hot 100 chart that Billboard created for a country outside the United States . The chart first appeared in the Billboard issue dated June 16 , 2007 , and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7 , 2007 .

neg: Borealis Records Borealis Records is a Canadian record label , founded in 1996 by four Canadian musicians . It is notable as being focused exclusively on the recording and development Canadian folk and roots music artists .

neg: Hybridity Music Hybridity Music , commonly referred to as Hybridity , is an independent Canadian record label .

neg: Red Leaf Records Red Leaf Records was founded in January 1965 by independent Canadian record producers Duff Roman and Danny Mostoway ( Roman Records ) , Art Snider and David Pears ( Chateau , Canatal , ACT ) and Stan Klees ( Tamarac , Bigland ) , . Believing that radio stations , record dealers and consumers had become confused by the profusion of small labels whose releases were far and few between and scantily promoted and advertised , Red Leaf 's founders retired their own labels to join forces in a national super-independent Each unit operated independent of each other , but capitalized on the identity of a larger , cohesive organization . The next year ( 1966 ) the label won the Juno Gold Leaf award for `` Canadian Content Company '' .   Beginning in early 1965 , Red Leaf released records by a wide array of artists , including rock and pop acts like The Paupers David Clayton Thomas and Bobby Vann from Toronto , The Characters from Ottawa and The British Modbeats from St. Catharines . Other releases featured soul singers Shirley Matthews and Jay Jackson , girl groups like The Allan Sisters and The Charmaines , the country duo The Rainvilles , novelty records by The Teenyboppers and radio jock Dave Mickey , and even a Christmas 45 . The label released two LP 's and about three dozen singles before dissolving in the late 1960s .

neg: Hipposonic Studios Hipposonic Studios is a music recording studio in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . It was founded in 1989 by Robert Darch .   The studio houses one mixing , recording and overdubbing room with a Solid State Logic 4000G + Series . Over the years Hipposonic has had a wide variety of clients , Canadian and international , including Tom Cochrane , Bif Naked , James Brown , Delerium , Prism , Selena Gomez , Econoline Crush , Mother Mother , Skinny Puppy , K-Os , Kinnie Starr , Lamb of God , Swollen Members , Wu-Tang Clan , KISS , Gob , Strapping Young Lad , Colin Linden , Bobby Curtola , Colin James , Sarah Harmer , Hannah Georgas , Boom Desjardins , Marianas Trench , Macy Gray , Daniel Wesley , Rammstein , One Bad Son , Moist , Incura , Tegan and Sarah , Hey Ocean Hedley , Louise Burns , The Latency , 22Century , 5440 , Jakalope , Front Line Assembly , Larry Edward , Black Mountain , The Mars Volta , CRNKSHFT , The Be Good Tanyas , Serena Ryder and many more .   Hipposonic is relocating in January 2017 to 201 West 7th Avenue , Vancouver , British Columbia Canada . This is the former home of the Legendary Little Mountain Studios .   The studio website is http://www.hipposonic.ca   Category : Recording studios in Canada  Category : Music of Vancouver  Category : Companies established in 1994

neg: Shawn Chrystopher Shawn Chrystopher Garrett , II ( born July 22 , 1986 ) better known by his stage name Shawn Chrystopher , is an American rapper and music producer . He first gained major attention with the release of his debut mixtape `` I.W.G. : I Wear Glasses '' in 2008 , which was sponsored by urban-clothing powerhouse LRG . Chrystopher also worked with artist Timbaland , Yelawolf , MANN , XV , Mike Posner , Big Sean , N.O.R.E. , Owl City , Dom Kennedy and many other artists spanning a handful of different genres .   Shawn released three albums in 2014 ; the first one , Summerlove , was released for free on LiveMixtapes on August 12 , 2014 . For the new music , Shawn worked with GRAMMY Award winning producer Timbaland , who executive produced his debut commercial album `` The Lovestory LP '' that dropped on July 23 , 2013 via Shawn 's label Honour ROLE Music , LLC .

neg: Canada (band) Canada is an American indie folk-pop music group from Ann Arbor , Michigan . Its songs are generally acoustic and feature guitars , drums , cellos , glockenspiels , melodicas , rhodes piano , organ and accordions . The group is known for its group vocals and harmonies and energetic live shows where members switch instruments between songs .   `` With a blend of pop , folk , and country , Canada keeps an even keel with amazing melodies and even more engaging instrumentation , never becoming tiresome or trite in its mission to craft the perfect pop song ... They have made what could very well be the best pop album to come out of the ever-fruitful Detroit music scene in 2006 , and considering the quality of the competition , that 's no small praise . ''   The band , composed of long-time friends , formed in late 2004 and self-released the six song How Dare You EP in July 2005 . Soon after , they were approached by indie Michigan label Quite Scientific and soon signed with them to record a full length album . Recording took place during the fall and winter of 2005 in Lansing , Michigan on a soundboard originally used to mix portions of the second and third Star Wars films .   The band released its first album , This Cursed House , in June 2006 . The album became the No. 1 most-added album in college radio for June 20 , 2006 , and later climbed to No. 13 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 ( CMJ New Music Report , Issue 971 ) .   Canada proceeded to embark on a series of tours with friends Page France ( Suicide Squeeze ) , Saturday Looks Good To Me ( Polyvinyl ) Headlights ( Polyvinyl ) , and Margot and the Nuclear So and So 's . Joe , Ryan , and Aaron ( Shaul ) became brief members of Saturday Looks Good To Me during this time , playing bass , drums , and glockenspiel respectively . Ryan later became a more permanent member with the group and toured with them as their drummer during their 2007 US and European tours . Canada also performed at the 2006 Pygmalion Music Festival in Champaign-Urbana , the 2006/7/8 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City and SXSW 2006/7 in Austin .   Canada embarked on its longest ( 8 week ) nationwide tour in the summer of 2007 . The band was prepping the release of their second full-length ( which would have been called Put Singing Birds Into Your Messy Hair ) , when creative , scheduling , and recording issues put a halt to production in late 2008 . The band currently has no plans to re-unite , despite several offers for reunion concerts in Southeastern Michigan , however their second record may become available digitally sometime in the future .

neg: Royal Wood Royal Wood is a Canadian singer-songwriter , record producer and arranger based in Toronto , Ontario . His second album A Good Enough Day received an international release . He has subsequently been nominated for a Juno Award twice and has toured both North America and Europe .

neg: Canadian-American Records Canadian-American Records was a record label founded by Leonard Zimmer , and based in both New York City and Winnipeg , Manitoba . It was started in February , 1959 by Gene Orndorf of Deering , ND . The most popular artists for the label were the duo of Santo & Johnny and the singer Linda Scott .   The label is based in Lititz , Pennsylvania .

neg: Remy Shand Remy Shand ( born October 14 , 1977 ) is a Canadian R&B / soul singer , who released his debut album , The Way I Feel , on Motown Records in 2002 .

neg: GMA Canada The Gospel Music Association of Canada or GMA Canada ( formerly known as the CGMA ) is a not for profit association , founded in 1974 , whose purpose is to promote Christian music in Canada .   GMA Canada assists Christian artists , songwriters , producers , promoters and others working in Christian music to promote their work with media , retailers , distributors and church leadership . The organization runs educational programs and presents the annual Covenant Awards . It releases recordings of Christian music such as the annual `` Covenant Hits '' and the 30th Anniversary Collection of 2008 , and has instituted a `` Canada Song Hall of Fame '' featuring traditional Christian songs .

neg: Blue Leaf Music Blue Leaf Music was a Canadian record label established in 1999 by Fraser Armstrong and distributed through Fusion III . Blue Leaf received a nomination for Music Publishing Company of the Year at the 2006 Canadian Country Music Awards .

neg: Canadian Zephyr Canadian Zephyr was a Canadian country music group . Twenty of their singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts , including the number one singles `` You Made My Day Tonight '' and `` Guess I Went Crazy . '' They released two albums for United Artists and three albums for RCA .

neg: The Mohawk Lodge The Mohawk Lodge is a Canadian indie rock group , fronted by singer and songwriter Ryder Havdale , who tours with different collaborators and guests .   Formerly based in Vancouver , British Columbia , the band was formed in the early 2000s as a side project for songs Havdale did n't feel fit with his other bands , Kids These Days and Second Narrows . Their first album , Rare Birds , was released in 2004 on Havdale 's own label , White Whale Records . The Mohawk Lodge subsequently became Havdale 's primary project after the earlier bands broke up , and followed up with Wildfires in 2007 .   Havdale relocated to Toronto , Ontario in 2008 . The band 's third album , Crimes , followed in 2010 , and was supported by two European tours with Toronto 's Eamon McGrath who also played lead guitar for Havdale in the 2010 incarnation of the band . Other members on those tours included Peter Dreimanis and Danny Miles of July Talk , Tim McCready , Lee Klippenstein of Slates , and Rob Josephson who also formerly played with Havdale in Kids These Days .   2011 began the recording of the follow-up to Crimes , entitled Damaged Goods , which was self-recorded in Havdale 's Toronto Bloor Street apartment and featured songs that were written and arranged on the 2010 European tours . The album was released in Canada on Havdale 's own White Whale imprint and in Australia on First Love Records .   Inspired by the frequent visits to Europe , Havdale uprooted to Berlin in early 2012 where he lived at the famous Schokoladen squat in Mitte and focused on an international touring schedule which took him to the USA , Canada , the UK , Australia and across Europe until the end of 2013 . In 2013 the Mohawk Lodge played nearly 100 shows and continued to commit to the fierce DIY ethic that Havdale has commonly espoused .   Although historically the Mohawk Lodge has been a primarily guitar-driven group , citing Swervedriver and Neil Young as influences , Havdale has hinted that upcoming music will feature a more electronic influence and make use of `` drum machines and synths '' .


query: The Secret Life of Us failed to ever air anywhere.

pos: The Secret Life of Us The Secret Life of Us is a three-time silver Logie Award-winning Australian television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda , Melbourne , Australia . The series was produced by Southern Star Group and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK . Initially co-funded by the two networks , Channel 4 pulled out after the third series and the fourth series was not aired in the UK . It is primarily a drama with some comedic moments .   It has been shown in other countries such as New Zealand ( TV3 ) , Ireland ( RTÉ Two ) , Canada ( SuperChannel3 ) , the Netherlands ( Yorin ) , France ( Canal Plus , France 4 ) , Estonia ( ETV , Kanal 11 ) , Norway ( NRK ) , Serbia ( B92 , TV Avala ) , Russia ( TNT , Muz TV ) , Israel ( Channel 2 ) , and United States ( Hulu ) .

neg: Jamie McDonald (media personality) Jamie McDonald ( born 27 March 1978 ) is an Australian media personality .   He grew up in Ballarat Victoria and attended Mount Clear College . He then went on to study performing arts at Ballarat University .   McDonald was a Big Brother housemate in 2007 . Previously , he was connected with Fairfax Media and Super Radio Network .   McDonald 's other television appearances include a recurring bit part on the Australian television series The Secret Life of Us and as a founding host of video-game based television show Level 3 .   McDonald was previously a network announcer with Southern Cross Austereo until an acrimonious split from the company in 2015 .

neg: Take My Life, Please `` Take My Life , Please '' is the tenth episode of the twentieth season of The Simpsons . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 15 , 2009 . In the episode , Homer finds out that the class presidential election he lost in high school was rigged , and he gets the opportunity to find out what his life would have been like if he had become class president .   The episode was written by Don Payne and directed by Steven Dean Moore . It was the first episode of The Simpsons to air in 16:9 720p high-definition television . It was also the first episode to use the new HD opening sequence . Since airing , the episode has received mixed reviews from television critics . 6.82 million people watched the episode , and coupled with an episode of King of the Hill , it won its hour in the 18-49 demographic .

neg: Sekret Uspekha Sekret Uspekha ( Секрет Успеха Secret of Success ) was a Russian popular music talent show , broadcast on Saturdays on RTR . It was similar in format to Narodniy Artist , and was the Russian version of the British show The X Factor , created by Simon Cowell . The Секрет Успеха ( Secret of Success ) of the title refers to the secret and undefinable `` something '' that makes for star quality . The show is primarily concerned with identifying singing talent , though personality , stage presence and dance routines are also an important element of many performances .   There were two series . The first was in 2005 and title was won by Vladimir Sapovskiy . A second and final series was broadcast in 2007 , and title won by Nikolay Timokhin .   The show was cancelled after two series because of insufficient number of viewers , but after the immense success of the X Factor series internationally , a new Russian series was launched , named Faktor A ( in Russian Фактор А ) after the name of Alla Pugacheva rather than Faktor X.

neg: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (season 2) The second season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager , an American television series created by Brenda Hampton , debuted on the ABC Family television network on Monday , June 22 , 2009 at 8:00 PM . Season two regular cast members include Shailene Woodley , India Eisley , Daren Kagasoff , Francia Raisa , Kenny Baumann , Molly Ringwald , Mark Derwin , Megan Park , and Greg Finley II . Following the first season , Jorge Pallo and Luke Zimmerman were demoted to recurring guest stars . Jorge returned for a select number of episodes to wrap up his character 's storyline and eventually departed the series after its January return .   Following the success of its first season , ABC Family announced on January 31 , 2009 , plans to renew Secret Life , following the cancellation of its hit sci-fi TV show , Kyle XY . The official press release was released on February 9 with ABC Family ordering 24 episodes for season two . Season 2 began with 12 episodes broadcast starting June 22 , 2009 . Though marketed as the season finale , the mid season finale aired on September 7 , 2009 , with the second half of the season returning on January 4 , 2010 . The second 12 episodes finished their run on March 22 , 2010 .   The season premiere of Secret Life brought in the largest audience for the show so far , with a record breaking 4.68 million viewers . It brought in the second largest audience in adults 18-34 with 1.40 million viewers , behind season one 's mid-season finale . 2.10 million adults 18-49 watched `` The Big One '' along with 1.60 million females between the ages 18 -- 34 . The season premiere remains the number one scripted original premiere of Summer 2009 in Adults 18-34 . Furthermore , the mid-season premiere became ABC Family 's most watched telecast of all time with viewers ages 12 -- 34 with more than three million viewers watching . The mid-season premiere also brought in the show 's second largest audience in total viewers , with more than 4.55 million people watching .   This season , Amy Juergens must deal with juggling motherhood and high school , while her family and friends experience relationship challenges of their own .

neg: 9th Primetime Emmy Awards The 9th Emmy Awards , later referred to as the 9th Primetime Emmy Awards , were held on March 16 , 1957 to honor the best in television of the year . The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios in Burbank , California . Desi Arnaz hosted the event . All nominations are listed , with winners in bold and series ' networks are in parentheses . Categories were sorted based on running time , instead of by genre .   The top shows of the night were Caesar 's Hour and Playhouse 90 . Each show won a then-record five major awards , ( however , two of Playhouse 90 's wins came in now defunct categories ) .   Caesar 's Hour became the first show to be nominated in all four major acting categories . Caesar 's Hour also made history when it swept the four acting categories . After over fifty years , it remains the only comedy or drama series to win every major acting award . In 2004 , the miniseries Angels in America became the second show , and first miniseries/television movie , to sweep the acting field .

neg: List of Saturday Night Live episodes Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels . It premiered on NBC , a terrestrial television network , on October 11 , 1975 under the title NBC 's Saturday Night . The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics . Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast : the repertory members , also known as the `` Not Ready for Prime-Time Players , '' and newer cast members , known as `` Featured Players . '' Each week , the show features a host , often a well-known celebrity , who delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast . A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets ( usually two , and occasionally more ) . Every so often a host or musical guest will fill both roles , such as was the case with Britney Spears in 2000 and 2002 , Jennifer Lopez in 2001 and 2010 , Justin Timberlake in 2003 , 2006 and 2013 , Taylor Swift in 2009 , Bruno Mars in 2012 , Lady Gaga in 2013 , Miley Cyrus in 2013 and 2015 , Drake in 2014 and 2016 , Blake Shelton in 2015 , and Ariana Grande in 2016 . With the exception of Season 7 and several other rare cases , the show has begun with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming `` Live from New York , it 's Saturday Night ! ''   Saturday Night Live is one of the longest running network programs in American television history , with over 800 episodes broadcast over the span of 42 seasons . A number of the show 's sketches have been developed into feature films , including The Blues Brothers , Wayne 's World , A Night at the Roxbury , Superstar , Coneheads , and MacGruber .   Seasons 1 through 5 are available on DVD in Region 1 . Various Saturday Night Live sketches are available in several new media formats , including streaming on Hulu and Netflix . Selected sketches and segments are also available for purchase at the iTunes Store to download and playback on home computers and certain iPod and iPhone models .

neg: Rhythm of Life (TV series) Rhythm of Life ( simplified Chinese : 变奏曲 ) is a Singaporean Chinese modern family drama which was telecasted on Singapore 's free-to-air channel , MediaCorp Channel 8 . It made its debut on 5 May 2008 and ended on 30 May 2008 . This drama serial consists of 20 episodes , and was aired on every weekday night at 9:00 pm .

neg: Living Single Living Single is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 29 , 1993 , to January 1 , 1998 . The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone .   Throughout its run , Living Single became one of the most popular African-American sitcoms of its era , ranking among the top five in African-American ratings in all five seasons . The series was produced by Yvette Lee Bowser 's company , Sister Lee , in association with Warner Bros. . Television . In contrast to the popularity of NBC 's `` Must See TV '' -- first on Sunday nights and then later on Thursday nights in the 1990s -- many African-American and Latino viewers flocked to Fox . For the 1993 -- 94 season , Living Single aired on Sunday nights between Martin and Married ... with Children , and then on Thursday nights from 1994 to 1998 .

neg: Life of Ryan Life of Ryan is an American Reality television series on MTV . The series debuted on August 27 , 2007 with the second season premiering on January 8 , 2008 . The series follows the day-to-day life of professional skateboarder Ryan Sheckler as he manages his personal life and his career . Most episodes take place at Sheckler 's home in San Clemente , California . His friends , along with fellow professional skateboarders make various appearances in the series .

neg: The Secret Life of the American Teenager The Secret Life of the American Teenager ( often shortened to Secret Life ) is an American teen drama television series created by Brenda Hampton . It first season aired on ABC Family on July 1 , 2008 and ran until June 3 , 2013 . The show was renewed for four additional seasons .   The series received generally mixed reviews from mainstream critics when it began broadcasting , but was well received among female and teenage viewers . The pilot episode broke the record for the highest rated debut on ABC Family with 2.82 million viewers , a record previously held by Kyle XY . The season one finale brought in 4.50 million viewers , beating that night 's episode of Gossip Girl , which had less than half its usual number of viewers . Premiering to mostly positive reviews from critics and being well received among viewers , the second season of Secret Life opened with the largest audience for the series , posting a series high in total viewers with 4.68 million viewers ; in adults 18 -- 34 it was the number one scripted original premiere of Summer 2009 . Furthermore , the mid-season premiere became ABC Family 's most watched telecast of all time with viewers ages 12 -- 34 , with more than three million viewers watching .   The show earned the Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Show during its premiere season , and spawned a book entitled The Secret Diary of Ashley Juergens .

neg: The Secret (TV series) The Secret is a 2016 Northern Irish ITV mini-series based on Let This Be Our Secret , Belfast journalist Deric Henderson 's account of the double murder of Lesley Howell and Constable Trevor Buchanan , whose bodies were discovered in a fume-filled car in the garage of a property in Castlerock , County Londonderry , in Northern Ireland in May 1991 .   The drama stars James Nesbitt as killer dentist Colin Howell , is written by BAFTA-winning writer Stuart Urban and is directed by Nick Murphy . The producer is Jonathan Curling , and the executive producers are Hat Trick Productions ' Mark Redhead and Stuart Urban .   It was broadcast from 29 April to 20 May 2016 in four episodes . The production was criticised by Howell 's daughter , for the portrayal of her mother , and for ` exploiting a tragedy ' . The drama was BAFTA nominated as Best Drama Miniseries . It won the Royal Television Society award for Best Drama , Northern Ireland and was nominated at The Broadcast Awards as Best Drama .

neg: Better Off Ted Better Off Ted is an American satirical sitcom series , created by Victor Fresco ( known for his other television series Andy Richter Controls the Universe and the short-lived shows Life on a Stick and The Trouble with Normal ) who also served as the show 's executive producer . The series ran on the ABC network from March 18 , 2009 to January 26 , 2010 .   Better Off Ted focuses on the protagonist , Ted Crisp ( Jay Harrington ) , a single father and the well-respected and beloved head of a research and development department at the fictional , soulless conglomerate of Veridian Dynamics . Ted narrates the series ' events by regularly breaking the fourth wall and directly addressing the audience as the show 's on-camera narrator . Supporting characters include Ted 's supervisor Veronica Palmer ( Portia de Rossi ) , co-worker and love interest Linda Zwordling ( Andrea Anders ) , his daughter Rose ( Isabella Acres ) , and laboratory scientists Phillip Myman ( Jonathan Slavin ) and Lem Hewitt ( Malcolm Barrett ) .   The series received critical acclaim , with particular praise going towards its witty and satirical humor . Its second season holds a score of 84 out of 100 on Metacritic . However , despite such positive feedback , the show 's debut only drew in 5.64 million viewers and continued to have extremely low ratings . Although many expressed skepticism that it would return , it was renewed for a second season . On May 13 , 2010 , ABC officially canceled the series due to low viewing figures . Two episodes were unaired in the United States , but are available to view on Netflix , Amazon Video on Demand , Xbox Live Marketplace , and iTunes .

neg: The Mediocre Show The Mediocre Show is an independent American fake talk radio broadcast , created by Eric Tomorrow , since 2005 . It has a network of family , personal friends , and listeners on whom Eric relies for content via regular appearances on the show .

neg: The Lawrence Welk Show The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk . The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years , from 1951 to 1955 , then nationally for another 27 years on ABC from 1955 to 1971 , and in first-run syndication from 1971 to 1982 .  Repeat episodes are broadcast in the United States by Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) stations . These airings incorporate an original program -- usually , a color broadcast from 1965 through 1982 -- in its entirety . In place of the commercials , newer performance and interview clips from the original stars and/or a family member of the performers are included ; these clips are occasionally updated .

neg: Life (UK TV series) Life is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC in association with The Open University . It was first broadcast as part of the BBC 's Darwin Season on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009 . The series takes a global view of the specialised strategies and extreme behaviour that living things have developed in order to survive ; what Charles Darwin termed `` the struggle for existence '' . Four years in the making , the series was shot entirely in high definition .   Life premiered on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom consisting of ten 50-minute episodes . The opening programme gives a general introduction to the series , a second look at plants , and the remainder are dedicated to some of the major animal groups . They aim to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group , and to document intimate and dramatic moments in the lives of selected species chosen for their charisma or their extraordinary behaviour . A ten-minute making-of feature Life on Location aired at the end of each episode , taking the total running time to 60 minutes .   Life is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and The Open University . It is distributed under licence by the BBC in over 50 other countries , including by the Discovery Channel in the United States and Skai TV in Greece . The original script was written and narrated by David Attenborough .

neg: Hail to the Chief (TV series) Hail to the Chief is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from April 9 to May 21 , 1985 . It centred around the President of the United States , portrayed by Patty Duke . The series was created by Susan Harris , and was produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions . It featured one of the few recurring gay characters in a 1980s television series ( Randy , the Secret Service Agent portrayed by Joel Brooks ) .

neg: Wild Kingdom Wild Kingdom , sometimes known as Mutual of Omaha 's Wild Kingdom , is an American television show that features wildlife and nature . It was originally produced from 1963 until 1988 , and was revived in 2002 . The show 's second incarnation currently airs on Animal Planet in the U.S.

neg: Family Secrets (TV series) Family Secrets is a television documentary series which premiered in February 2003 , created and produced by Maureen Judge .   The 30 minute episodes featured raw , compelling and honest accounts of the impact of secrets on families and their lives . The show used a mix of fly-on-the-wall style observational scenes , informal interviews , home movies , and other material . Each episode features a different family , taking viewers on an intensely personal , humorously nervous and emotionally moving journey into the private world of family relationships .

neg: Life... and Stuff Life ... and Stuff was an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1997 starring Rick Reynolds .

neg: Underfunded Underfunded is a comedy-drama made-for-TV movie that aired the United States cable television channel USA Network on November 8 , 2006 at 10 PM EDT .   It stars Mather Zickel as Darryl Freehorn , an agent in the Canadian Secret Service ( CSS ) .


query: The Dark Knight is set in Metropolis.

pos: The Dark Knight (film) The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed , co-produced , and co-written by Christopher Nolan . Featuring the DC Comics character Batman , the film is the second part of Nolan 's The Dark Knight Trilogy and a sequel to 2005 's Batman Begins , starring an ensemble cast including Christian Bale , Michael Caine , Heath Ledger , Gary Oldman , Aaron Eckhart , Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman . In the film , Bruce Wayne/Batman ( Bale ) , James Gordon ( Oldman ) and Harvey Dent ( Eckhart ) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City , but are menaced by a criminal mastermind known as the Joker ( Ledger ) who seeks to undermine Batman 's influence and create chaos .   Nolan 's inspiration for the film was the Joker 's comic book debut in 1940 , the 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke , and the 1996 series The Long Halloween , which retold Two-Face 's origin . The nickname `` the Dark Knight '' was first applied to Batman in Batman # 1 ( 1940 ) , in a story written by Bill Finger . The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago , as well as in several other locations in the United States , the United Kingdom , and Hong Kong . Nolan used IMAX 70 mm film cameras to film some sequences , including the Joker 's first appearance in the film . The film is dedicated to the memory of Ledger , who died on January 22 , 2008 , some months after the completed filming and six months before the film 's release , from a toxic combination of prescription drugs , leading to intense attention from the press and movie-going public . Warner Bros. initially created a viral marketing campaign for The Dark Knight , developing promotional websites and trailers highlighting screenshots of Ledger as the Joker .   A co-production of the United States and the United Kingdom , The Dark Knight was released on July 16 , 2008 in Australia , on July 18 , 2008 , in North America , and on July 25 , 2008 , in the United Kingdom . Considered by film critics to be one of the best films of the 2000s and one of the best superhero films ever , the film received highly positive reviews and set numerous records during its theatrical run . The Dark Knight appeared on more critics ' top ten lists ( 287 ) than any other film of 2008 with the exception of WALL-E , and more critics ( 77 ) named The Dark Knight the best film of 2008 than any other film released that year . With over $ 1 billion in revenue worldwide , it is the 29th-highest-grossing film of all time , unadjusted for inflation . The film received eight Academy Award nominations ; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor . The Dark Knight Rises , the final film in the trilogy , was released on July 20 , 2012 .

neg: Action Comics Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman , one of the first major superhero characters as the term is popularly defined . The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications , and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications , before taking on its current name of DC Comics . Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues . A second volume of Action Comics with issue # 1 ran from 2011 to 2016 . Action Comics returned to its original numbering beginning with issue # 957 ( Aug. 2016 ) .

neg: Dick Grayson Richard John `` Dick '' Grayson is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly in association with Batman . Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson , he first appeared in Detective Comics # 38 in April 1940 as the original incarnation of Robin . In Tales of the Teen Titans # 44 ( July 1984 ) the character retires his role as Robin and assumes the superhero persona of Nightwing , created by Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez .   The youngest in a family of acrobats known as the `` Flying Graysons '' , Dick watches a mafia boss kill his parents in order to extort money from the circus that employed them . Batman ( Bruce Wayne ) takes him in as a legal ward ( retconned as an adopted son in some cases ) and the crime-fighting partner Robin . He is written by many authors as the first son of Batman . As well as being Batman 's crime-fighting partner , Dick establishes himself as the leader of the Teen Titans , a team of teenage superheroes . As a young man , he retires as Robin and takes on his own superhero identity to assert his independence , becoming Nightwing . As Nightwing , he continues to lead the Teen Titans and later the Outsiders . In the first volume of his eponymous series ( 1996 -- 2009 ) , he becomes the protector of Blüdhaven , Gotham 's economically troubled neighboring city , the locale the character is most closely associated with . He has also served stints protecting the streets of New York , Chicago and Gotham in other runs over the years .   Dick Grayson has taken on the identity of Batman on a few occasions . Following `` Batman : Knightfall '' , Grayson declines taking up the mantle of Batman while the original was recovering from a broken back as he feels Nightwing is a hero in his own right and not Batman 's understudy , but after the events of the Zero Hour miniseries later that year , he replaces Bruce Wayne as Batman , beginning in Robin # 0 ( 1994 ) and extending throughout the Batman : Prodigal storyline in 1995 . Dick again assumes the mantle following the events of `` Batman R.I.P. '' ( 2008 ) and Final Crisis ( 2008 -- 9 ) . As Batman , Dick moves to Gotham City following his mentor 's apparent death and partners with the fifth Robin , Damian Wayne . On Bruce 's return , both men maintained the Batman identity until 2011 , when Dick returned to the Nightwing identity with DC 's The New 52 continuity reboot . In a 2014 comic story , Dick is forced to abandon the Nightwing identity after being unmasked on TV and faking his death , setting up Tim Seeley 's Grayson comic book , Dick becomes Agent 37 , Batman 's mole in the nefarious spy organization Spyral . Following the conclusion of the Grayson series , and the restoration of his secret identity in the series ' final issue , Dick returns to being Nightwing as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch in 2016 .   Dick Grayson has appeared as Robin in several other media adaptations : the 1943 serial played by Douglas Croft , the 1949 serial played by Johnny Duncan , the 1966 -- 1968 live action Batman television series and its motion picture portrayed by Burt Ward , played by Chris O'Donnell in the 1995 film Batman Forever and its 1997 sequel Batman & Robin . Loren Lester voiced the character as Robin in Batman : The Animated Series and later as Nightwing 's first screen adaptation in The New Batman Adventures . In May 2011 , IGN ranked Dick Grayson # 11 on their list of the `` Top 100 Super Heroes of All Time '' . In 2013 , ComicsAlliance ranked Grayson as Nightwing as # 1 on their list of the `` 50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics '' .

neg: Court of Owls The Court of Owls is an organized crime group and secret society appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly in association with the superhero Batman . They have secretly existed since colonial times in Gotham City . The Court kidnaps child performers from the circus , only to train and transform them into their assassins , known as Talons . As part of the 2015-2016 `` Robin War '' storyline , the Court of Owls had expanded internationally and is referred to as the Parliament of Owls .

neg: Batwing (DC Comics) Batwing is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics . Within DC Comics internal continuity , Batwing is one of several superheroes patterned after the famous superhero Batman . Batwing , in particular , was conceived by Batman as his crime-fighting counterpart overseas , ` the Batman of Africa ' .   The first Batwing is David Zavimbe , a Congolese police officer , created by writer Grant Morrison within the pages of Batman Incorporated prior to receiving his own eponymous series . Following later events within Batman Incorporated and Batwing , Zavimbe is replaced in the role by Luke Fox , an American mixed martial artist who had been Batman 's first choice in the role , who is also the son of Batman 's close associate Lucius Fox .   Batwing faces a roster of adversaries ranging from international super villains to the Democratic Republic of Congo 's corrupt police force . Batwing expands the DC Universe by taking place in Africa , making David Zavimbe both the first ( in continuity ) black Batman and one of the few characters headlining a series outside the United States . Fox is also black , and becomes the first in-continuity African American Batman .

neg: City-state A city-state is a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories . Historically , this included cities such as Rome , Athens , Carthage , and the Italian city-states during the Renaissance -- but today only a handful of sovereign city-states exist , with some disagreement as to which are city-states . A great deal of consensus exists that the term properly applies to Singapore , Monaco , and Vatican City .   A number of other small states share similar characteristics , and therefore are sometimes also cited as modern city-states . Namely , Qatar , Brunei , Kuwait , Bahrain , and Malta , which each have an urban center comprising a significant proportion of the population , though , all have several distinct settlements and a designated or de facto capital city . Occasionally , other small states with high population densities , such as San Marino , are also cited , despite lacking a large urban centre characteristic of traditional city-states .   Several non-sovereign cities enjoy a high degree of autonomy , and are sometimes considered city-states . Hong Kong and Macau , along with independent members of the United Arab Emirates , most notably Dubai and Abu Dhabi , are often cited as such .

neg: Dark City (1998 film) Dark City is a 1998 American-Australian neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas . The screenplay was written by Proyas , Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer . The film stars Rufus Sewell , Kiefer Sutherland , Jennifer Connelly , and William Hurt . Sewell plays John Murdoch , an amnesiac man who finds himself suspected of murder . Murdoch attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known only as the `` Strangers '' .   The majority of the film was shot at Fox Studios Australia . It was jointly produced by New Line Cinema and Mystery Clock Cinema . New Line Cinema distributed the theatrical release . The film premiered in the United States on February 27 , 1998 . The film was nominated for Hugo and Saturn Awards . For the theatrical release , the studio was concerned that the audience would not understand the film and asked Proyas to add an explanatory voice-over narration to the introduction . A director 's cut was released in 2008 , restoring and preserving Proyas 's original artistic vision for the film . Some critics have noted its similarities and possible influence on the Matrix series , which came out a year later .

neg: Draconian (Doctor Who) The Draconians are an extraterrestrial race . They were featured in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Their only television appearance to date was in the 1973 serial Frontier in Space . Unlike many `` monster '' races in Doctor Who , the Draconians were articulate and portrayed as having a sophisticated and advanced culture like feudal Japan . In later interviews , Jon Pertwee cited the Draconians as his favourite of all the monsters he had encountered during his time as the Doctor .   The Draconian Empire was a vast spacefaring feudal civilisation of reptilian humanoids , centered on the planet Draconia , with a society stratifed along class and gender lines ( for example , females were not permitted to speak in the presence of the Emperor ) that was bound by a strong code of honour . The Draconian Empire dated back to at least the 21st century , when a space plague that afflicted their world was dealt with by the Doctor . For his services , the 15th Emperor made the Doctor a noble of Draconia .   The Earth Empire 's first contact with the Draconian Empire was in the year 2520 . The ship sent by the Draconians for the peace mission was a battlecruiser , as befitted a noble of Draconia , although ( as agreed ) its missile banks were empty and it was otherwise unarmed . However , both Draconian and Earth ships were caught in a neutron storm , damaging the Earth ship and destroying the Draconian ship 's communications systems . As a result , the Draconian ship was unable to respond to the Earth ship 's signals . The commander of the Earth ship saw what he perceived to be a battlecruiser bearing down on his crippled vessel and gave the order to attack , destroying the battlecruiser and triggering off a brief but bloody war in which millions of lives were lost . An uneasy peace was negotiated in the end , leading to two decades of cold war and the carving out of a frontier between the two empires .   In 2540 , several incidents involving attacks on cargo freighters along their respective borders nearly led to the war turning hot once more , with both sides accusing the other of piracy and violating the frontier . These attacks turned out to be the work of Ogron mercenaries under the orders of the renegade Time Lord known as the Master , who was using a sonic hypnosis device to make the Earth crews see the Ogrons as Draconians and vice versa . The Master had allied himself with the Daleks , who were launching another bid for galactic conquest and hoped to pick up the pieces after a new Earth-Draconia War . The plot was revealed by the Third Doctor , and instead of going to war against each other , the two empires united against the Daleks .

neg: Dark Knight (nickname) The Dark Knight is the nickname of the superhero Batman who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics . Batman was first referred to by the nickname in Batman # 1 ( Spring 1940 ) , in a story written by Bill Finger .

neg: List of Batman Family adversaries The Batman Family adversaries or the rogues gallery are a collective of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies .   Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics # 27 ( May 1939 ) , his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes , and has become what is now informally called the Batman Family . As with most superheroes , a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman Family have been introduced throughout the decades , collectively referred to as the rogues gallery . Many characters from Batman 's rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended .   The Batman Family 's rogues gallery has widely been well received , considered by many journalists to be one of the greatest superhero rogues galleries in all of comics .

neg: Dark Side Club The Dark Side Club is a fictional underground club in DC Comics , coming to prominence in the Final Crisis limited series .

neg: Metropolis Theatre (Bronx, New York) Metropolis Theatre opened as a legitimate theater venue with 1,600 seats in 1893 . It was converted to show motion pictures by 1914 as competition from the Bronx Opera House ( 1913 ) took hold . It was in the southwest of the area known as the Hub .   The Metropolis closed in 1926 and Loews used it for storage of the chains scenery , curtains , and draperies used in vaudeville and stage shows ( until they were phased out ) as well as for a shop that produced the signs and posters displayed at the chain 's theaters . It was mostly demolished in the 1940s , leaving behind only facade . It was located at the corner of Third Avenue and 142nd Street .   The Spirit of the Times reported on the new theater , the only one above 125th Street in an area made newly accessible by elevated , cable , and trolley cars , in its September 4 , 1897 issue noting it was managed by Mortimer Theiss with a Klaw & Erlanger company performing In Gay New York The theatre was decorated in `` very rich and very artistic '' green , gold , and pink . It had a proscenium arch adorned with a picture `` of '' Giovanni a depicting `` a group of maids and lads dancing to sylvan pipes and capturing kisses '' . The image was said to have exhibited at the Paris Salon .   According to John McNamara , performers at the theater included Francis X. Bushman , Leo Dietrichstein , Clara Kimball Young and Pat Rooney . He wrote that the theatre basement was a Rathskeller while on top of the building there was a roof garden .   Robert W. Snyder 's The Voice of the City : Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York gives a brief history of the Metropolis on page 94 , stating that Loew 's never operated the Metropolis as a theater and previous owners hosted vaudeville , films , Italian stage shows , and finally burlesque ( precipitating a shut down by the police in 1926 ) .

neg: Dark Sector Dark Sector , also stylized as darkSector , is a third-person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes for the Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows .   The game is set in the fictional Eastern Bloc country of Lasria , and centers on protagonist Hayden Tenno ( voiced by Michael Rosenbaum ) , a morally ambivalent CIA `` clean-up man '' . While trying to intercept rogue agent named Robert Mezner , Hayden 's right arm is infected with the fictional Technocyte virus , which gives him the ability to grow a three-pronged `` Glaive '' at will .   Dark Sector received mixed to positive reviews for its visual design , originality of action and weapon-based gameplay . Many critics have compared the game to Resident Evil 4 and Gears of War , for their similar style of play and story .

neg: Gotham City Impostors Gotham City Impostors is a first-person shooter multiplayer-only video game set in the universe of DC Comics ' Batman . Developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. . Interactive Entertainment , the downloadable game is played from the perspective of two teams each trying to kill the other : one with people dressed like Batman and the other with people dressed like his archenemy , The Joker .   Unlike other Batman games , Gotham City Impostors was not physically released . It was released on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade , PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows via Games for Windows -- Live in February 2012 . The game was re-released on Microsoft Windows as a free-to-play title in August 30 , 2012 via Steam using Steamworks . The game is a six versus six first person shooter multiplayer game featuring customizable characters . Players take on the role of either amateur vigilantes ( the Bats ) or criminals ( the Jokerz ) . The game features a range of both traditional and imagined weapons .

neg: Superman: World of New Krypton Superman : World of New Krypton is a twelve-issue American comic book limited series produced by DC Comics . It is written by the team of James Robinson and Greg Rucka , who at the time of this publication are the current writers of the Superman and Action Comics titles , and illustrated by artist Pete Woods .   World of New Krypton takes place after the crossover Superman : New Krypton , in which approximately 100,000 Kryptonians and their city of Kandor are saved by Superman from the alien Brainiac and restored to existence . After spending time on Earth , the Kryptonians raise the city into space where they form the planet New Krypton in Earth 's solar system .

neg: The Dark Knight (video game) The Dark Knight is a cancelled action video game loosely based on the film of the same name . The game was unofficially announced in the summer of 2007 to be developed by Pandemic Studios as an open world Batman game .   The game was confirmed , albeit unofficially , on July 18 , 2008 by actor Gary Oldman during an interview with G4 's Kristin Adams . In his interview on GameTrailers , Oldman said he knew an awful lot of effort had gone into getting Batman 's gliding abilities to feel suitably smooth and fluid for The Dark Knight game . Oldman , who reprised his role as Lt. Jim Gordon , did not name a developer in the interview but anonymous sources reported that The Dark Knight was a secret project of Pandemic Studios and EA .   Despite prior speculation , no further announcements were made regarding production of the game , even upon the DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of the films on December 9 , 2008 in the United States . According to a Newsweek article , the lack of a game at the same time of the movie 's release may have cost an estimated $ 101 million in missed revenue . EA and Pandemic Studios had announced that the game would come out on the PlayStation 3 . Pandemic Brisbane , who were responsible for developing this game , has since been shut down and the project cancelled . In 2009 , Warner Bros. would instead publish Batman : Arkham Asylum with Rocksteady Studios as the developer , which would start the Batman : Arkham series .

neg: Darkman (video game) Darkman was developed by Ocean Software ( Painting By Numbers on the NES version ) and published by Ocean Software in 1991 . It was released for the ZX Spectrum , NES , Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 . It was also ported to the Game Boy and Atari ST. The game 's plot is loosely based on the film of the same name .   In this side-scrolling platformer , the player controls Darkman , a superhero who can jump , kick and punch , as well as swing from a rope during action sequences between levels . In each level , Darkman disguises himself as the boss of the level , whom he must defeat before the time limit elapses . Tying into the plot of the film , Darkman wears masks of various gangsters who are responsible for his disfigurement , but his disguise dissolves after being exposed to sunlight for too long . The character changes into a different member of the evil gang in each level , taking on their attack moves as well as their face .   In-between levels , Darkman must photograph his quarry before he can make a mask of them . These scenes involve moving the cursor to take a picture of the gangster . The better the photo accuracy , the more time Darkman is granted to complete the subsequent level . The final level is the most faithful to the film , and takes place on a skyscraper under construction .

neg: All Star DC Comics All Star was an imprint of ongoing comic book titles published by American company DC Comics that ran from 2005 to 2008 . DC has published two titles under the All-Star banner , featuring Batman and Superman .   The premise of the imprint was to partner DC Comics ' top tier characters with the most popular and acclaimed writers and artists . The creators had access to all elements in the characters ' histories to present their interpretation for a modern audience that have not read these DC characters ' comics previously , or had not seen them lately . The creative teams were not beholden to any previous and present continuities , and told stories that featured `` the most iconic versions of these characters '' .   The project had been compared to the Ultimate line of Marvel Comics , which was a successful attempt to re-introduce Marvel 's most popular characters to a new generation of readers by presenting new , updated versions unburdened by decades of plotlines . There were several differences between the two imprints , though . While the Ultimate titles have closely interrelated storylines , of the two All-Star series released , there has been no effort to make them conform to each other or indicate they exist in the same continuity . Another is that All-Star did not seek to introduce brand new versions of the characters so much as to present them in unhindered continuity . Robin 's origin was the only one `` rebooted '' in this imprint .   Some observers , and DC themselves , had pointed to the return of DC 's major film franchises as an impetus for All-Star . `` No one can doubt that some kind of continuity shedding is necessary with Superman and Batman coming to the big screens , '' the website Comicon.com wrote . `` Moviegoers entertained by these films would find the current comics storylines impenetrable '' .   With the end of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 's All-Star Superman and the rebranding of Frank Miller and Jim Lee 's All Star Batman and Robin as Dark Knight : Boy Wonder as well as the introduction of the DC : Earth One line of OGNs , the imprint is effectively defunct .

neg: Gotham Central Gotham Central is a police procedural comic-book series that was published by DC Comics . It was written by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka , with pencils initially by Michael Lark . The story focused on the Gotham City Police Department and the difficulties of its officers living and working in Gotham City , home of Batman .

neg: Big Apple Comic Con The Big Apple Comic Con is a New York City comic book convention , the longest-running comic book/science fiction/fantasy/horror / pop culture convention in New York City . It was started by retailer Michael `` Mike Carbo '' Carbonaro in March 1996 in the basement of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle . During its heyday from 2001 -- 2008 , the Big Apple Comic Con often featured multiple shows per year , with a large three-day `` national '' convention held in November , usually held at the Penn Plaza Pavilion . The show was owned by Wizard Entertainment from 2009 to 2013 , but is now back in the hands of Carbonaro .   Over the course of its history , the convention has been known as the Big Apple Convention , the Big Apple Comic Book Art , and Toy Show , and the Big Apple Comic Book , Art , Toy & Sci-Fi Expo ; with the November shows known as the National Comic Book , Art , Toy , and Sci-Fi Expo , the National Comic Book , Art , and Sci-Fi Expo , and the National Comic Book , Comic Art , and Fantasy Convention . After the show 's acquisition by Wizard Entertainment , the convention was known as the Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con , and as the Wizard World New York City Experience . In 2014 , the name `` Big Apple Convention '' was revived by Carbonaro for a show scheduled for March 7 , 2015 .   Though it primarily focuses on comic books , the convention features a large range of pop culture elements , such as professional wrestling , science fiction/fantasy , film/television , animation , anime , manga , toys , horror , collectible card games , video games , webcomics , and fantasy novels . Along with panels , seminars , and workshops with comic book professionals , the Big Apple Comic Con often features previews of upcoming films , and such evening events as the costume contest overseen by `` Captain Zorikh '' Zorikh Lequidre . The convention features a large floorspace for exhibitors , including comic book dealers and collectibles merchants . The show includes an autograph area , as well as the Artists ' Alley where comics artists can sign autographs and sell or do free sketches . ( Despite the name , Artists ' Alley can include writers and even glamour models . )   In 2009 , Michael Carbonaro established his own independent one-day convention known as the New York Comic Book Marketplace which ran annually through 2014 .

neg: Events from the Modern Age of Comic Books One of the key aspects of the Modern Age of Comic Books was that it was the beginning of big events . In 1984 , Marvel Comics debuted the first large crossover , Secret Wars , a storyline featuring the company 's most prolific superheroes , which overlapped into a 12-issue limited series and many monthly comic books . A year later , DC Comics introduced its first large scale crossover , Crisis on Infinite Earths , which had long-term effects on the `` DC Universe '' continuity .   In the early and mid-1990s , big events were regularly published by Marvel and DC , often leading to extra publicity and sales . These events helped fend-off competition from Image Comics , and such events were more likely to become `` collector 's items . '' Some events , such as DC 's `` Zero Hour '' and Marvel 's `` Onslaught saga '' spanned a publisher 's entire line while others only affected a `` family '' of interrelated titles . The X-Men and Batman franchises featured crossovers almost annually .   Some of the most significant mid-1990s events , such as Spider-Man 's `` Clone Saga , '' Batman 's `` Batman : Knightfall '' and particularly , `` The Death of Superman '' caused dramatic changes to long-running characters and received coverage in the mainstream media .   These events led to significant sales boosts and publicity , but many fans began to criticize them as excessive and lacking compelling storytelling . They also complained that monthly series had become inaccessible because one had to follow a number of comics to understand the full storyline . By the end of the 1990s , the number of large crossovers decreased , but they were still launched sporadically .