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You could also say the same about the news. They should hold their biggest stories to end of the episode.

That was actually considered as part of the plan for the original incarnation of what became Countdown With Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. The original Executive Producer for the show wanted it to literally countdown the top 5 stories of the day, with the Number 1 story being the actual top story and being on at the end of the show. Somewhere along the line that plan changed before the show actually came to air with the actual top story being the number 5 story, and an 'And Finally' style piece being the number 1.