A rise, esp in stock prices; an increase of value: the strongest and broadest uptick in the history of the company/ Another 10 percent uptick and you double up again. Improvement; raising: His apparent uptick in spirit was contagious.
The Most Anticipated New Winter Shows. The beloved holiday special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is 50 this year. The collaboration between Chuck Jones, arguably the greatest animator of the 20th century, and Dr. Seuss, arguably the greatest children's book author of all time, first aired on CBS on December 18, 1966.
Franchises like Star Wars and National Lampoon did exist, but they were the territory of genre cults rather than the mainstream default. In 2000, the top-grossing movie was How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and only three of the most lucrative 25 movies that year were part of franchises.