Countdown (disambiguation)
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A countdown is the backward counting to indicate the seconds, days, etc. remaining before an event occurs or a deadline expires.
In film, it may refer to the physical film leader on which a countdown is printed.
Countdown may also refer to:
In literature:
- Countdown (book), a non-fiction book by Amitav Ghosh
- Countdown (Odhams Press), a British boys comic of the early 1970s
- DC Countdown was the name originally listed for two projects, later renamed Countdown to Infinite Crisis and Countdown to Final Crisis.
In sports:
- NASCAR Countdown, a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and Busch Series pre race show which debuted in 2007.
- NBA Countdown, a weekly, thirty minute pregame show airing prior to each National Basketball Association telecast on the American Broadcasting Company
In television:
- Countdown (game show), a long-running British television game show
- Countdown (Transformers), an Autobot Micromaster in the Transformers universe.
- Countdown (Australian TV series), an Australian television music show
- Countdown (Dutch TV series), a Dutch television music show
- Countdown (MuchMusic TV series), a program block on Canadian music television station MuchMusic
- Countdown with Keith Olbermann, a nightly primetime news program on MSNBC
- Countdown with Mike Duffy, a nightly primetime news program on CTV Newsnet
- "Countdown" (Enterprise episode), a third season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- "The Countdown", the 14th episode of the FOX television series, The O.C.
In film
- Countdown (film), a 1968 United States motion picture directed by Robert Altman.
- Countdown, a 1996 motion picture
In music
- Countdown 1992-1983, a compilation album by the band Pulp
- Countdown, a 1991 single by the band Pulp
- COUNTDOWN, a 2003 single by Japanese musician HYDE
- Countdown (song), a song on Signals by the rock group Rush
- Countdown (song), a song on The Big Come Up by the band The Black Keys
- Countdown (artist), Another name for The Countdown Singers
In other fields:
- Countdown (computer game), a point-and-click adventure game by Access Software released in the early 1990s
- Countdown (supermarket), a New Zealand supermarket chain
- Countdown (typeface), a typeface with "space age" connotations, designed in 1965.
- Countdown (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby teddy bear made by Ty, Inc. in 2004 in honor of New Year's Day 2005