By Jonathan Landrum Jr.
ATLANTA (AP) --Filmmaker John Singleton says a recent drive through a section of south Los Angeles helped inspire his new FX television series "Snowfall."
The Oscar-nominated writer-director says seeing security bars on every window and huge metal gates surrounding each home reminded him about when residents in the area first took measures to guard their house to prevent home invasions during the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic.
"Snowfall' tells the story of how crack cocaine was birthed in the L.A. inner city in 1983. The first season premieres Wednesday on FX at 10 p.m. EDT.
Singleton says crack cocaine caused a negative ripple effect that's still ongoing problem.
Mets’ victory over Brewers in NL Wild Card Series decider was ESPN’s most-watched game in 3 years
The New York Mets' 4-2 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night in the deciding game of the NL Wild Card Series averaged 4,017,000 viewers on ESPN and streaming, making it ESPN's most-watched Major League Baseball game in three years.
ESPN and Nielsen reported Friday that the audience peaked at 5.75 million viewers during the ninth inning, when the Mets rallied from a 2-0 deficit to reach the divisional round for the first time since 2015, when they reached the World Series.
It was the biggest audience for a playoff game on ESPN since the 2021 AL wild-card game, when the Boston Red Sox's win over the New York Yankees averaged 7.7 million.
This year's nine MLB Wild Card Series games averaged 2.82 million on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, a 25% increase over last year and a 1% gain from 2022.
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