After losing a dismal 103 games in 1966, the Cubs brought home consecutive winning records in ' 67 and ' 68, marking the first time a Cub team had accomplished that feat in over two decades.

After a season-long series of dismal results under John Wyer in 1964, the program was handed over to Carroll Shelby after the 1964 Nassau race.

After a dismal ' 85 campaign, the Stars returned to their winning ways posting an 80 – 62 record and winning the second half of the Southern Division.

After this dismal first season, Parcells made Simms the starter again.

After several dismal failures in tragic parts, some of them in support of Mrs Siddons, he discovered accidentally that his forte was comedy, especially in the personation of old men and country boys, in which he displayed a fund of drollery and broad humour.

After a dismal result for Meretz in 2009 elections, Meretz leader Haim Oron announced, " Based on the energies which I saw today as well, and the forces existing within us, we must overcome the difficult feeling we are experiencing this evening.

After leading Seattle to a dismal 20-38 mark to end the 1980 season, Wills was fired on May 6, 1981 with the M's deep in last place at 6-18 ( giving him a career mark of 26-56, one of the worst records ever for a non-interim big-league manager ).

After the Nova Scotia Liberal Party's dismal performance in the 2006 election ( and failing to win his own seat ), leader Francis MacKenzie announced his resignation.

After the 1985-1986 season proved to be a disappointment with critics, in the ratings, and with Brandon Tartikoff ( who was planning to have SNL canceled by the last episode of season 11 due to its sliding ratings ), Michaels fired most of the cast and writers, retained the cast and writers who were standouts during the otherwise dismal season ( Smigel being one of them ), and hired new ones for the 1986-1987 season.

After leading the Jets to a dismal 1 – 7 start, coach Eric Mangini decided to bench Pennington for second year quarterback Kellen Clemens.

After his dismal spell at Stamford Bridge, Wright-Phillips equalled his entire goalscoring record at Chelsea just over a month after returning to City.

After the lockout, Sullivan and the Bruins struggled to win in the new NHL, as they ended the 2005-2006 seaon with a dismal 29-37-16 record, missing the playoffs and finishing last in the Northeast Division.

After a dismal season with an 11-29 record and less than a thousand fans per game, Schoenstadt moved the franchise again, this time to Kemper Arena, where the team flourished as the Kansas City Comets.

After a dismal season, the Canadiens fired him.

After a season off from coaching, he again became coach of the SuperSonics when he replaced Bob Hopkins who was fired 22 games into the 1977 – 1978 season after a dismal 5-17 start.

After that time, its electoral performances were dismal, as it was reduced to a rump of two seats in the 1951 election, three seats in the 1955 election, and five seats in the 1959 election.

After yet another dismal offensive performance, Mariucci declared that Garcia would remain the starter.

" After much controversy and dismal ratings he resigned in July 1989, two months before the end of his contract, and was replaced by the Mike and the Mad Dog program.

After dismal results with the GT40's in their first two years, mainly dealing with reliability due to mechanical failure, the Ford GT40 program was handed over to Holman Moody and Carroll Shelby to compete against Ferrari, with the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans victory being the most famous, as well as 1967.

After getting off to a dismal 2007 campaign, Víctor Fernández was sacked after a 2-2 draw with Real Mallorca.

After dismal stock performance following the 1987 Stock Market Crash, Johnson decided to put the company in play.

After five dismal weeks in the Nielsens, ABC had a rapid loss of faith in I Love Saturday Night ; on Saturday, February 29th, the branding concept was used for the last time.

The band continued touring until the end of 2005, and Jorge González had relocated to Mexico, D. F .. After a dismal tour in early 2006 ( of dates which the band were in contract to perform ) the band announced on their official website that the band would be over in March 2006.

After two seasons of dismal attendance in San Jose, the team was sold and moved to Ogden, Utah, for the 1979 season.

After the first few weeks, it was obvious that rules had to be made, laid down and obeyed -- even if our popularity ratings became subnormal as a result.

After premiering on September 30, 1982, it was nearly canceled during its first season when it ranked last in ratings for its premiere ( 74th out of 77 shows ).

After a turbulent year in office in which he saw his approval ratings plummet to the single digits, Prime Minister Mori agreed to hold early elections for the LDP presidency in order to improve his party's chances in crucial July 2001 Upper House elections.

After six years of ratings in the top 20, the show slipped to number # 39 during its seventh season.

After initial poor ratings, the show became a huge success and has been one of the most highly rated series on the network.

After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the network's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season ( 1989 – 1990 ).

After her narrow election victory in the first election, Halonen's approval ratings rose and reached a peak of 88 % in December 2003.

After receiving good ratings, NBC announced that Knight Rider would return as a weekly series beginning in the fall of 2008.

After a strong start, the show quickly eroded in the ratings and by early 1987 Rivers had quit and the show was being hosted by a succession of guest hosts.

After that point, some stations which affiliated with the network in the weeks before the April 1987 primetime launch, such as Milwaukee's WCGV-TV, signed affiliation agreements on the condition that they would not have to carry The Late Show due to the program's ratings weakness.

After two years with low ratings, this program was cancelled.

After his addition to the show proved to be a ratings success, Hanna-Barbera restructured the show around Scrappy in 1980.

After screening films, their personal opinions are used to arrive at one of five ratings.

" After giving the speech, Nixon's approval ratings which had been hovering around 50 % shot up to 81 % in the nation and 86 % in the South.

After a dip to second place, Rather regained the top spot in 1985 until 1989 when he ceded the ratings peak to rival Peter Jennings at ABC's World News Tonight.

After a few weeks of poor ratings and negative reviews, it was canceled.

After struggling with low ratings through 1977, Sonny and Cher finally parted ways for good.

After it was temporarily moved to allow for extended news coverage of the September 11th 2001 attacks, its regular slot changed to 2: 10 pm, following directly after Neighbours, after ratings rose to a 25 % audience share.

After this last arrest, producer David E. Kelley and other Ally McBeal executives ordered last-minute rewrites and reshoots and dismissed Downey from the show, despite the fact that Downey's character had resuscitated Ally McBeals ratings.

After a period of declining ratings, David Gyngell returned to the job of CEO in October 2007, succeeding Eddie McGuire.

After 1945, with no wartime villains for Terry and his pals to fight, ratings began to drop in the post-WWII period until the final episode on June 30, 1948.

After completion of boot camp, freshly minted Sailors are sent either to various " A " Schools located across the United States, where they begin training to receive their ratings ( jobs ) or to apprenticeship training, where they then enter the fleet without a designation.

After the Saturday edition failed to garner sufficient ratings to justify two anchors, veteran correspondent Frank McGee took over as anchor, with Sander Vanocur substituting, although the broadcast kept the HBR name.

After a respectable year but still placed third in the ratings, Shriver and Sawyer made their last appearance on the show August 1, 1986, after CBS announced that the Morning News timeslot would leave control of the news division and be supervised by a newly created unit in the CBS Broadcast Group.