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Wild Cards is a police procedural television series co-produced by the Canadian CBC Television network and American network The CW.It premiered on January 10, 2024 in Canada, followed by its U.S. premiere on January 17, 2024.
Wild Cards is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass .
Wild Card, a 2003 South Korean action film; Wild Card, an American crime drama film; Wild Card, a.k.a. Zoe Busiek: Wild Card, a Canadian TV series starring Joely Fisher; Wild Cards, starring Vanessa Morgan and Giacomo Gianniotti
A "wild card" rule was used in the 1981 season after a players' strike wiped out the "middle third" of the season. The owners decided that the winners (in each division) of each "half" of the abbreviated season would make the playoffs, with the caveat that if the same team won both halves then that division's team with the second-best record from the second half would enter the playoffs as a ...
The notion of "wild cards" was essentially abolished in the 2015–16 NBA season, as changes made prior to the season meant the top eight teams in each conference qualified regardless of divisional rank, with the seeded teams ranked by percentage. The only particular advantage to winning a division now was that a divisional title served as the ...
Starting in 2022, a modified version of the Wild Card Series was used. However, only three Wild Cards qualify along with the lowest-seeded division winner. To date, nearly every Wild Card Series held so far ended in a sweep, with only 4 of the 20 series needing a Game 3. Lower-seeded teams have won eight series out of 12.
In Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad, the recurring inter-story segments titled "From The Journal of Xavier Desmond" tell a great deal about Desmond's life and feelings, and also reveal that he is dying of cancer. The "Journal" segments also show some behind-the-scenes looks at the events on an airplane full of conflicting personalities.
The wild card was established for Major League Baseball's playoffs in 1994 with the intention of helping the best teams that did not win their division to still have a chance to win the World Series. [1]