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This is '''Adored by the Network''' in a nutshell. An over-promoted, over-aired program that either dominates the entire schedule or gets promoted over every ''other'' show on the network or some combination of the two. Whenever networks stumble upon a massive hit show, this show usually gets the most attention and most promotion. Marathons are run, special programming events occur often surrounding the show, and the show is given multiple airings daily.▼
▲So you're curling up on the armchair to watch your favorite show -- but the schedule has been changed and yet another airing of the network's most popular (or just favored by execs) show is airing in its place. Your blood boils, but there's nothing you can do -- it's the network's pet program.
This usually comes at the expense all the other shows on the channel, particularly the shows on the verge of being canceled. At the very least, they will just be ignored. At the very worst, they can be canceled or [[Retool|re-tooled]] to make it more in line with the adored show. And at very, ''very'',
▲This is Adored by the Network in a nutshell. An over-promoted, over-aired program that either dominates the entire schedule or gets promoted over every ''other'' show on the network or some combination of the two. Whenever networks stumble upon a massive hit show, this show usually gets the most attention and most promotion. Marathons are run, special programming events occur often surrounding the show, and the show is given multiple airings daily.
Despite the network's fixation on this show, it doesn't fit the nature of being the [[
▲This usually comes at the expense all the other shows on the channel, particularly the shows on the verge of being canceled. At the very least, they will just be ignored. At the very worst, they can be canceled or [[Retool|re-tooled]] to make it more in line with the adored show. And at very, ''very'', worst -- it could signal the first signs of [[Network Decay]], as the network may add [[Follow the Leader|more shows similar to the network darling to the lineup.]]
▲Despite the network's fixation on this show, it doesn't fit the nature of being the [[Creators Pet]] because, well, if it's a hit, [[Captain Obvious|then many people like it]]. It may be a critical darling that's loved by all. You ''yourself'' may like the show. But you also like ''other'' shows on the channel and the overbearing presence of the program just may be too much. Naturally, if a single series is on all the time, it may lead to [[Hype Backlash]] through overexposure, since even the people who genuinely enjoy the show may get sick of it. Enough of this can ironically result into the show being considered [[Screwed By the Network]], as it can lead to the show's downfall and cancellation.
Before you add an example, keep in mind this isn't [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]]. Also, the simple act of airing the show a lot of times doesn't alone qualify it for this trope. The network has to go above and beyond to prop this show up constantly.
See also [[Cash Cow Franchise]], [[Hollywood Hype Machine]] (when this happens to actors), [[
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Both ''[[
** Speaking of ''[[
** The network just announced on their schedule that for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve they're airing ''[[
** In the late 90's through early 2000's, Cartoon Network loved [[Sailor Moon]].
* ''[[
* The CW4kids themed block "Toonzai" currently{{when}} airs between two to three hours of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' content within its six hour time slot on Saturday mornings, plus ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' advertisements for new cards and episodes intermittent between the other shows. They also air ''Dinosaur King'', a series with a similar format to ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', and advertise Bakugan, which is a competitor complete with card game
** In addition, "Toonzai" commercials advertise shows for an afternoon slot. Starting at exactly noon, "Toonzai"'s out and CW is showing other things (the first of which is "Preachings of the Eucharist" or something similarly titled, which is literally watching a priest do Sunday Church things). Double Screwing.
* [[Toonami]] was obviously head-over-heels for ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' which, up until it ended in 2003, (then up until the uncut version stopped airing in 2005) was shown as many times as possible. To be fair, it was highly acclaimed, very popular, and the biggest ratings grabber at the time. And then came [[Naruto|a certain show about an orange-wearing ninja...]] (pictured above)
** ''[[Dragon Ball Kai|Dragon Ball Z Kai]]'' has now become this for [[Nicktoons Network]], with anywhere from three to six hours worth being shown on any given day in total. This has gotten to such a point that Nicktoons began airing the original ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' movies in an almost completely uncut format, with the only real edit so far being a Hitler scene in ''[[Dragonball Z]]: Fusion Reborn'' getting excised. All blood, violence, and even profanity is kept, [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|at a]] [[Precision F
* [[Adult Swim]] ran ''[[
** Adult Swim explicitly stated on multiple occasions that ''[[FLCL]]'' was their favorite anime, and they sure showed it for a while. The high amount of airings was especially notable given the fact that the series had only 6 episodes, which resulted in much replay of each episode.
** While not as popular as other examples, [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* [[Animax|Animax Latin America]] was criticized towards its anime-only run because of this. Between 2005 to 2007, shows such as ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Spanish network ''Antena 3'' 's sub-network ''[[Neo X]]'' might as well be called ''The [[Crayon Shin
* For a time, Jetix would show 24 hour marathons of ''[[Pucca]]'' at the drop of a hat.
* ''[[Pokémon (
** Kids WB's adoration for all things ''Pokemon'' even spilled into their promotional attempts for other shows in their lineup. During a ''[[
* 24-hour marathons of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' on [[Cartoon Network]] on Thanksgiving Day. Justified, since viewership is way down (most everyone who's watching TV on Thanksgiving is watching football anyway) and they pretty much write off advertising for the day. So they air one thing repeatedly rather than waste time with shows that might bring in money on another day, and they can give most of their employees the day off as well.▼
* Starz and Encore's kids channels seem to be quite fond of [[Toy Story 3]].▼
** Starz Kids also adores [[Astro Boy]].▼
* ABC Family loves to air ''[[The Lion King]]''! On May 5, 2012 they aired the movie 2 times in a row, one airing after another. ▼
==
▲* 24-hour marathons of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' on [[Cartoon Network]] on Thanksgiving Day. Justified, since viewership is way down (most everyone who's watching TV on Thanksgiving is watching parades, dog shows and football anyway) and they pretty much write off advertising for the day. So they air one thing repeatedly rather than waste time with shows that might bring in money on another day, and they can give most of their employees the day off as well.
* Remember that [[HBO]] once stood for "Hey! ''[[The Beastmaster (Film)|Beastmaster]]'''s On!". And it aired so often on [[TBS]] that [[Fan Nickname|it earned itself the nickname]] "[[Fun With Acronyms|The Beastmaster Station]]".▼
▲* Starz and Encore's kids channels seem to be quite fond of ''[[Toy Story 3]]''.
▲** Starz Kids also adores ''[[Astro Boy]]''.
▲* ABC Family loves to air ''[[The Lion King]]''! On May 5, 2012 they aired the movie 2 times in a row, one airing after another.
▲* Remember that [[HBO]] once stood for "Hey! ''[[The Beastmaster
* Back in the early to mid 90's, TBS also used to show Clash of the Titans what seemed like every Saturday and Sunday.
* A Canadian example is Family Channel (''our'' [[Disney Channel]]) The only movies they seem to ever play are ''[[Around the World
* [[ABC Family]] ''really'' likes using whatever excuse they can to air their ''[[Harry Potter (
** Or they'll pull out some Disney and/or Pixar movies, or teen chick flicks.
** And BOTH ''[[Charlie and
** [[Rule of Three|And most of ALL...]] ''monthly'' airings of ''[[Holes]]!!'' You could recite the movie line-for-line by seeing it so many times!
** Not to mention ''[[Matilda]].'' It feels like they show it every three weeks; must be a Roald Dahl fetish...
* Peachtree TV (WPCH, formerly [[WTBS]]), appears to have a particular fetish for certain films which are played over and over and over on a regular basis, and this has been going on for years. Examples include ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'', ''[[A Few Good Men]]'', and the ''[[
* [[Spike TV]] seems to have a ''[[Star Wars]]'' marathon, showing all six films, roughly every third weekend.
** [[Spike TV]] was once practically the ''[[James Bond (
** Craig-era Bond seems to have been handed over to the [[USA Network]] after it decided to retire its longstanding status as [[The Mummy
* There also existed a channel that played the film ''[[Rudy]]'' for 24 hours straight in some areas.
* TBS has an annual 24-hour marathon of ''[[A Christmas Story]]'', Christmas Eve night to Christmas Day night. Granted, it's a beloved holiday classic. (It's also used to give most of their employees Christmas off. When that's all your showing, all you need is a bare bones staff to make sure the building doesn't burn down.)
* ''[[Men in Black (
** So's ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]''. It seems as if TBS can't go a month without showing it.
* For years, Telemundo would often use any major holiday as an excuse to play back to back Cantinflas movies.
* VH-1 is fond of showing ''Jacksons: An American Dream'' any time they have a gap in their schedule (with commercials, it fills five hours of airtime). Naturally, any time Michael was in legal trouble, this got worse (don't even think about how much it was shown after he passed away). A similar thing happened during the holidays with ''A Diva's Christmas Carol''.
* For some reason, [[Disney XD]] has an inordinate fondness for the ''[[Arthur and
* A station once aired 24 hours of ''[[
* Early [[Comedy Central]] had a deep and abiding love affair with ''[[Monty Python and
* FOX constantly shows ''[[Independence Day]]'' whenever a big event is happening on another network: Super Bowl, Oscars, etc...
* Every time a Star Wars prequel was released, Australia's Fox-affiliated Channel 10 showed the original trilogy over three weekends and promoted the crap out of it, often bookending commercial breaks with two promos for the same film. It's an older example, but it checks out.
* IFC really loves the [[Hostel]] movies and ''[[The Shining]]''.
* [[AMC]]'s favorite movie is ''[[
* Britain's [[ITV]] channels have a few favourites. ITV 2 is having a whirlwind romance with ''Catwoman'', both sequels to ''[[The Mummy
* TNT and USA are both very bad about going through phases where they'll show the same movie over and over and over again, whether it's ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'' on TNT or ''[[National Treasure]]'' on USA - if either of them shows the movie once, you know you'll be seeing it again within the week.
* Ted Turner adored [[The Shawshank Redemption]]. After its poor showing at the box office, he bought up the rights and aired it weekly, single-handedly making it [[Vindicated
* FX adores the original ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' is quickly becoming this for [[CBS]] lately{{when}}: promos and bumps for the show can be seen in stores like GameStop (on GameStop TV), got signed to do three more seasons (making the total six thus far{{when}}) and now it's even going to be shown five nights a week later this year.
** It's starting to become adored on TBS also. TBS even shot scores of new promos (including a five-minute one for National Cinemedia, one of the movie theatre preshow companies) with the cast to promote the reruns.
*** So much so that three days a week they air three hour blocks of the show.
* Fictional example: in ''[[Network]]'', the network president (Ned Beatty) refuses to cancel ''The Howard Beale Show'' despite tanking ratings, because Beale is basically acting as his mouthpiece.
* The US version of ''[[Who Wants to Be
* On [[Nickelodeon]], ''[[
** During summer 2010, ''[[
** Nickelodeon does this with any "big" Teen Com that has any form of success - ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' comes to mind fairly quickly and they even aired the Christmas Special over and
** Plus, when the network's teen-coms air new two-part specials, after their airing, it'll probably rerun lots of times shortly afterward. When "iStart a Fan War" premiered in mid-November, it aired a total of nine times in the remainder of the month alone. Similarly with "iParty with Victorious", because Nickelodeon went so far as to make an extended version of it.
* [[Nick
** It got so ridiculous that Nick at Nite decided to celebrate ''Saint Patrick's Day'' (which in America at least is viewed as basically being a day to celebrate Irish heritage) with "Luck of the Lopez" week.
** Over the past
** MTV Tr3s has gotten in on the ''George Lopez'' overplaying fun now too.
* [[Nick
* After [[Nick
** Part of what happens with [[Nick
* ''[[Big Brother]]'' on [[Channel 4]]. The last season was showing about 7 hours of footage every day. It remains to be seen if Channel 5 will give it a similar treatment. A mix of [[Meddling Executives]] and ironically, [[Screwed
** Channel Five,
** It looks like ''Come Dine With Me'' is primed to become Four's most adored when BB finally ends at the end of summer 2010.
* It was big news in 2011 when Channel 4 announced it would no longer show ''[[Friends]]''. E4 aired it as much as 7 or 8 times a day. ''Friends'' achieved something few American [[Long Runners]] manage in Britain, with every episode being shown, and in [[Prime Time]] - [[Ellen|unlike]] [[Frasier|many]] [[Homicide: Life
** It has also tried to use ''[[Scrubs]]'', and
** Averted, surprisingly, with ''[[Glee]]'', to which E4 has the rights to run episodes from the first two seasons, ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' and several other high profile American shows. E4's business model largely revolves around buying up the rights to American shows before they're popular and hoping they turn into smash hits.
** Channel 4 also adored ''[[The Simpsons]]'' for a while. A ''[[Private Eye]]'' cartoon depicted two C4 execs looking at a schedule of nothing but ''Simpsons'' episodes, thankful that they were showing something other than ''Friends''.
* You can also add ''[[American Idol]]'' which Fox now airs TOGETHER with ''[[
* There is one Russian [[Reality Show]] called ''House-2''. Its plot involves a bunch of people locked in a big house and "trying to build love". It is very successful (licenses are sold to several countries) has a huge fanbase and [[Hype Backlash]]-caused hatedom. There was a time when it was aired almost 24/7 until they lost a big lawsuit concerning sexual content. Now they have to air it only in late evenings.
* Pick any day of the week. If [[USA Network]] isn't running a marathon of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'', it's probably running a marathon of ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]''. If not, it's most likely ''[[
** They're doing it with ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' now too.
** They're getting worse. If a show's season just ended or went to Mid Season Break, expect USA to show a marathon. Burn Notice got two days to show various episodes, and White Collar got two days ''in the same week'' to do the same thing. USA essentially has nothing for daytime programming.
*** USA is getting really bad with their ''SVU'' marathons as well. For the most part, they'll have a decent way to tie all the episodes together (Episodes showing the relationship between Elliot and Olivia, an "Olivia's Greatest Hits" marathon on Mariska Hargitay's birthday.) One of the
** Incredibly, USA's weekly marathoning of NCIS was a huge factor in the show ''gaining'' viewers over ''eight'' (and counting) seasons, a practically unheard-of feat in a TV landscape of a show's ratings starting high and falling or steadying from there. The show has broken its own highest ratings mark every year, with its current{{when}} high set on a regular,
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' on Dave. Each episode is an hour long and it's not uncommon for it to be broadcast in six slots per day. This has been routinely lampshaded on the programme itself, and even Dave's programming mentions it.
** ''Top Gear'' on BBC America; ''nine hour marathons'' every Monday.
** Just about ''every'' BBC [[Panel Show]] gets this on Dave; ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', ''[[Mock the Week]]'', ''[[QI]]'' and ''[[Would I Lie to You?]]?'' have all been repeated to death. The former two regularly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] this fact.
* ''[[
** Well, at least it ''was'' until the Martha Stewart combine overran the channel's daytime schedule at the end of 2010, leading to a ''M*A*S*H''-free Hallmark. What followed was a whiplash inversion of the trope when nearly half of the Stewart-controlled seven hour block was converted into ''[[Little House
** ''[[
* Jay Leno is an example of this happening with a person instead of a show. In 1992, [[NBC]] picked him to host ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' over [[David Letterman]] when Johnny Carson retired. In 2009/2010, after some [[Screwed
** This is an odd case, though, as NBC couldn't make up their mind on how to bestow adoration in the O'Brien/Leno situation (the Letterman situation was arguably decided five years before it happened, with Leno being the permanent Monday night host of the show before Carson's retirement). Initially, Leno was essentially [[Screwed
* ''[[The Biggest Loser]]'' seems to have become this for NBC. It seems right after one season ends, the next one is on 2 weeks later. It doesn't help it's a 2 hour show, and it's on for a several weeks at best.
* In New Zealand, ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' is played at least once a day on [[TV 2]], and ''[[Friends]]'' was at one time airing at 3 different time slots at 3 different points in the series, with all 3 playing in the same 2 hour block.
* In Australia, the [[Nine Network]] used to have a spectacular case of this for ''[[Two and A Half Men]]''. Every weeknight immediately after the news, in the filler timeslot once taken up by many a gameshow, ''Two and a Half Men'' played for years (except in regional areas where it was axed in favour of a half-hour of local news). Following [[Charlie Sheen]]'s swandive off the deep end, Nine seems to have shifted this treatment and its former daily timeslots to ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''; there is nary a glimpse of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' anywhere on the network anymore. They shifted it over to their secondary channel 'GO!' [[Guilty Pleasure|to hide their shame]], and even then it runs comparatively infrequently. Meanwhile, ''[[Top Gear]]'' also seems to have become a similar object of Nine's affection.
** Some have speculated that this is a conspiracy hatched by Fox to get viewers to buy Foxtel
* At any given hour of the day, ''[[Law
** Swapped for or followed by ''[[Bones]]''.
* [[Disney Channel]] is getting ''ridiculously'' bad about this. For the past decade, the network has been broadcasting and overpromoting its small roster of four-to-six shows. These same shows tend to reuse the same actors and promote the same actors in movies which are just like the shows the actors star in.
** They aired [[Hannah Montana]] so often that was actually surprising that it disappeared from programing almost immediately following its final episode. A couple months into 2011, and it was completely gone, replaced by ''[[Shake It Up]]'', ''[[
** It also gets irritating with their newer shows. Shows like ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' and ''The Suite Life on Deck'' have enough episodes to show different ones every weekday, but they also constantly show ''[[Shake It Up]]'', which as of July 2011 is almost finished with its first season, and ''[[
** The biggest frustration in Disney's case: Some networks like USA or Nick at Nite have
* [[ABC Family]] is also a huge fan of ''[[
* The Canadian [[Expy]] of [[Comedy Central]], [[The Comedy Network]], ruthlessly over-promoted ''[[
** With shows like ''Air Farce'', ''22 Minutes'', ''The Red Green Show'', etc., it's the second one. Because TCN has/had a stake in the shows, it can air them as encore performances later the same week CTV airs them.
** They also gave eight seasons to the universally-hated ''Open Mike With Mike Bullard'', which is seven more than any other network would have given the show. When the Network first debuted, it's schedule essentially consisted of the few things they had the rights to -- ''Just For Laughs'' programming, ''[[Whose Line Is It]],Anyways?'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', assorted British programming, and ''Open Mike''. At points, they would air both an episode of ''Open Mike'', ''and The Best Of Open Mike'' on the ''same day'', despite the show only having been on the air for a couple months.
* Another Canadian example is Family Channel (''our'' [[Disney Channel]]). Canadian-made [[Kid Com
** Hell, we can pretty much add ''any'' [[Disney Channel]] Original Series that's live action. Whereas ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' gets
** Eventually, even ''[[Lab Rats]]'' has gotten the marathon treatment, despite already airing on the Canadian [[Disney XD]], even ''[[Pair of Kings]]'' ([[Channel Hop|until moving to Disney XD]]) was given the [[
* Affiliate syndication is likely to do this with either the darling network show of the moment (watch out for ''[[
** The same case with stations which air locally-produced "daytime shows" which are barely disguised [[Infomercial
*** This is, of course, the exact same reason that those stations also run [[
* In a cross-over with [[Network Decay]], the [[
** Which is interesting considering Australia's SyFy is usually chock-a-block full of ''[[Stargate]]'' and its spinoffs.
* [[MTV]] has lived and breathed this trope throughout its entire existence. Those who recall the endless ''[[The Real World]]''/''[[Road Rules]]'' marathons from the '90s might find their later ''[[The Hills]]'' spin off marathons warmly nostalgic.
* Local news on most stations. Justified, in that TV stations ''have'' to run news in order to get a broadcast license from the FCC. It also benefits them in that it's cheaper to produce news than pay for syndicated programming, and it can earn the station some respect if it's high quality.
* GSN does this with ''[[Deal or No Deal]]''; on any given day, it likely fills every third time slot. Of the remainder, about a third or so consists of ''[[Family Feud]]'' reruns.
* In Australia, [[Network Ten]] spares no expense in promoting whichever long-running reality show it has going at the time - over the years, this role has been filled by the likes ''[[American Idol|Australian Idol]]'', ''[[Big Brother]]'' and currently{{when}} ''[[
* Spike seems to feel that there's no such thing as too many all-day ''[[
** Not to forget ''[[
** Nowadays{{when}}, it's ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''.
** [[Spike TV]] must want viewers to see all ''[[
** Can these stack? Because it seems that if you turn on Spike at any given time, you'll stumble across a UFC fight.
** Pretty much anything that airs on [[Spike TV]] is seen in a day-long marathon, ''without exception''. This includes ''[[
* When ''[[Caprica]]'' first began,
** You called it. ''Caprica''
* The UK's Channel One regularly aired five or six episodes of ''[[
* A&E's line up these days consist of running one specific show constantly from 2pm to 2am every day. The show in question varies between ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[
** ''[[Storage Wars]]'' has replaced ''[[
* [[Teen Nick]] can basically be called "The ''[[Degrassi]]'' and [[Zoey 101|anything]] [[True Jackson, VP|like]] [[
** Back when [[Teen Nick]] was still [[The N]], when they first picked up ''One on One'' reruns in early 2006 they began running the show ad nauseam, with the occasional ''[[Degrassi]]'' re-run in the prime time slots and new episodes would air infrequently of their other shows. A year later in spring 2007, The N's line-up was two episodes of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
** ''Degrassi'' on TeenNick is an especially unusual case since Nick / [[Viacom]] does not own merchandising rights to the show, and Epitome Pictures makes separate agreements for DVD production.
** ''[[Zoey 101]]'' and ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' re-runs have more or less taken over [[Teen Nick]]'s entire schedule during the day and early evening. It's to the point that even long-time fans of both shows have expressed annoyance at the shows being played way too much in a given day.
* Before it was replaced by a 24-hour version of ''The N'', ''Nick GAS'' would air almost nothing but ''[[Legends of the Hidden Temple]]'', ''[[Nick Arcade]]'', and the ''[[Double Dare]]'' shows. By the time it was shut down, the channel was, by all accounts, running on autopilot, having dwindled down to just those shows.
* [[Comedy Central]] loves ''[[Tosh
** For the longest time, old (~1980-1995) episodes of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' was all-purpose caulk pumped into a highly porous daily schedule . As of the mid-2000s, it was replaced as such by ''[[Mad TV]]'' once they lost the ''SNL'' rights. Then they lost the rights to ''[[Mad TV]]'' (after it being off their schedule for several months) and eventually ''[[Scrubs]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]'' reruns have taken their place.
** Back in the early days of the network ''[[
** Recently{{when}}, in the wake of [[Charlie Sheen]]'s rather public meltdown, Comedy Central UK has started broadcasting a '''lot''' more episodes of ''Two and a Half Men'', along with peppering Chuck Lorre-style vanity cards in the advert breaks.
** Also, at night (from about 12-7) all they usually show is ''Comedy Central Presents''.
*** This is replaced by the Secret Stash on weekends: fully uncensored comedy specials and mostly uncensored movies.
** Until about 2002 it was shocking if a week went by without them airing the 1986 bomb ''Stewardess School''.
** The network ''still'' airs ''[[
* In 2008, [[Discovery Channel]] was obsessed with ''[[Deadliest Catch]]'', using any excuse to run a marathon. This wouldn't be so bad, except they only had three seasons worth of coverage, and they showed at least four hours of the show a ''day''. By the end of the week, you were all caught up if you were a new viewer. They have gotten better, though, at least moving on from ''[[Deadliest Catch]]'' to ''other'' new favorite shows. Like ''[[Dirty Jobs]]'' and ''[[Cash Cab]]''.
** In a strange case of a network becoming infatuated with a U.S. state rather than a show, Discovery's parent company has recently{{when}} been milking Alaska for reality show material, thus resulting in shows like ''Gold Rush Alaska'' and ''Flying Wild Alaska''. Discovery is no stranger to paying tribute to the blue collar lifestyle (see the aforementioned ''[[Dirty Jobs]]'' and ''[[Deadliest Catch]]''), but not until late 2010 did they focus this much attention on Alaska specifically.
**
*** They've been recently{{when}} showing ''[[
* [[Adult Swim]]
** Their latest{{when}} favorite seems to be ''[[Childrens Hospital]]'', as they practically save at least one [[Ad Bumpers]] each week for that show. With the season 5 premiere of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', [[Adult Swim]] scheduled the shows so that reruns of ''Children's Hospital'' would come on at the half hour, and new episodes of ''Robot Chicken'' [[Screwed
** They also seem to like ''[[Delocated]]''.
** If [[Tim and Eric]] so much as sneeze on something, AS will pick it up for a 3 season trial run. And you ''will'' like it, they'll ''make'' you like it god damn it, because they're the two funniest people on planet, apparently. It helps that a large segment of their target demographic tends to be drunk and/or stoned when they tend to air Tim and Eric's stuff (in the 10:00-11:00 range), given that Tim and Eric's target seems to be "people who are habitually drunk and/or stoned. [[Watch It Stoned|Especially stoned]]."
* ITV and its reality programming, specifically, ''[[The X Factor]]'' and ''[[
* For the longest time, [[The History Channel]] was The ''[[Modern Marvels]]'' Channel: Guaranteed No Historical Documentaries (or we'll give you a free DVD set of ''Modern Marvels''!)
** Before that it was ''Secrets of [[World War II]]'' Channel. Before that, it was ''Battleships of WWII''.
** ''History International Loves History's Mysteries'', usually playing it three or four times a day.
** And in general subjects, History Channel had went through various "Adoring a single topic in history"
** A&E was joked about being "The Hitler Channel" until they spun off The History Channel, which kept a large amount of Hitler-centric programming until
** At the moment{{when}}, thanks to the popularity of ''[[Pawn Stars]]'', [[The History Channel]] has constantly been playing that show and shows like it. (other TV stations have also jumped on the "reality show where guys buy and sell things" bandwagon) Due to the 2012 Apocalypse craze, the station is also airing a lot of "armageddon" and conspiracy theory shows. Aliens in particular have been a popular topic.
* [[The History Channel]] always runs a ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]'' marathon about every four months or so.
** Quite often it coincides with anniversaries of events from WWII but unless its D-Day the episodes have almost nothing to do with what its commemorating.
* Animax Latin America also has ''[[Distraction]]'', a 16-episode live-action game show (one of the first signs of the channel's [[Network Decay]]), which, to this day, is still airing there despite the short amount of episodes.
* [[ION]] shows ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'', ''[[
* ''[[How
* Another show adored by [[NBC]] is ''[[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]''. Despite heavily declining ratings and [[Donald Trump]] being a complete joke now, the show continues to run and Trump's high-concept [[Ratings Stunt]] to run for President will most likely assure more seasons to come.
* NBC had ''Series/Dateline'' fell victim to this about ten years ago. It seemed that every night, except Thursday, you could find an airing of the show on NBC. Now, it, and ''48 Hours'' are adored by ID.
* The Inspiration network has ''Our House'', ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'', ''[[The Waltons]]'', and ''Wind at My Back''.
* [[Reality Show
* At this point HGTV is almost entirely made up of ''House Hunters'' and ''House Hunters International''. Go ahead, flip over right now and check. Told you so.
* NBC's flagging Saturday Morning schedule was propped up by ''[[Saved
** TNBC? So... "[[Fun
* HBO produced ''seven seasons'' of ''[[
* BBC America loves ''[[Top Gear]]'' and the revival of ''[[
* [[Channel Five]] is in love with ''[[
* [[Showtime]] loves ''[[Weeds]]'' so much that they can't seem to imagine a world without them running it, as they've renewed it to run several more seasons than it was supposed to (the plan was to run it for four seasons, it's on seven now). Showtime even has a deal with producer [[Lionsgate]] to run the show...and only that show.
* Does WE (a rival network to Lifetime, basically Oxygen with a lower budget) run anything that isn't named ''Bridezillas''?
** ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]''.
* TNT seems to really love ''[[
* The Brazilian People+Arts (now renamed Liv) at a certain point broadcast ''[[American Chopper]]'' at least 4 times a day.
* ''[[The Real Housewives]]'' of [any wealthy city] is extremely common on [[Bravo]].
* Italian network Rai4 seems to really love ''[[
* Australia's [[SBS]] has a love affair with ''[[Inspector Rex]]'', which they pretty much admit on their special ''Inspector Rex'' website. The show has more-or-less been slotted in at 7.30pm on Thursday since ''1997'', and marathons are not uncommon.
* Back in 2009 [[TV Land]] got the rights to ''[[Roseanne]]'' and ''[[Married...
* For [[Cartoon Network]] it was ''[[Dude, What Would Happen
** Lately [[Cartoon Network]] has REALLY been hyping up ''[[Level Up]]'', first the movie and then the series. The show has been getting ads big in number and in length, you'll be hard-pressed to go through a commercial break that DOESN'T have an ad for the show.
** Not only that, after ''Level Up'' premiered, they've rerun it every weeknight even though only ''one episode'' had premiered. Plus, the second episode aired ''commercial-free'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20190613231330/http://www.nickandmore.com/2012/02/01/level-up-goes-commercial-free-for-second-and-third-episodes/ as will the third.] [[Cartoon Network|CN's]] cartoons could only dream of this kind of attention.
* If you turn on G4 at any given time, you can expect to find reruns of ''[[
** [[Word of God|According to Kevin Pereira,]] the shows are an easy way for the network to fund its original programming, despite having almost nothing in common demographically.
* Tru TV is more or less obsessed with ''[[Operation Repo]]'' and many of its non-Operation Repo shows either seem to be "Operation Repo in a X" or "People Just As Trashy As The Operation Repo Cast Doing Similar Things".
** They also seem fond of ''[[Wipeout
* [[Animal Planet]], like [[History Channel]], has jumped on the "regular/redneck guys doing jobs that vaguely relate to our station content" and has been giving a ton of ads and air time to shows like ''Call of the Wildman'' and ''Pit Boss''. Lately they've also been obsessed with ''Finding Bigfoot''.
** At the height of its popularity, [[The Crocodile Hunter]] was adored by [[Animal Planet]], though since Steve Irwin's death, reruns are shown very rarely.
* Bravo adores ''[[Top Chef]]'', especially when it has new episodes.
** To contrast, ''Top Chef: Texas'' began airing when fellow Bravo reality-
* Two words, [[Food Network]]. Which quickly morphed into the [[Iron Chef]] and anything [[Cupcake Wars|like]] [[Chopped|it]] network. [[Cupcake Wars]], ''[[Chopped]]'' and ''[[Restaurant: Impossible]]'' repeats seem to appear all day ''
** Then there is [[Diners, Drive
* TLC (and to a lesser extent, Discovery Health) shows nothing but ''A Baby Story'' and other birth-related shows on weekdays from about 9 AM-4 PM. The
* [[YTV]] completely adores ''[[
* Ever since [[Comedy Central]] UK picked up the rights to [[Friends]], they've been using ''any'' excuse to air it as much as possible. It started out as daily double-bills that are repeated at night...and then the compilations started...
{{quote|''Top 50 Episodes?''
Fair enough.
''The A-Z of Friends?''
Fine.
''The Best of Ross/Monica/Chandler/Phoebe/Rachel/Joey?''
'kay.
''The Friends Guide to Work/Dating/Leisure?''
Okay...I guess.
Compilation of The Christmas & Thanksgiving Episodes?
...Um, it's March.
''The Best of'' '''Gunther?'''|What?! OH COME ON!!! Gunther?! Really?! '''''GUNTHER?!''''' }}
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', in a sense, at the time it was first on ABC.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==▼
▲== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[WCW]] itself was adored not so much by the network, but by Ted Turner himself. It was his baby/vanity project, as he credited WCW's predecessor, Georgia Championship Wrestling, with helping get [[Super Station]] WTBS noticed in its early days (along with Atlanta Braves baseball). The fact that it lost money for most of its existence was of no concern to him since, for someone like Ted, the amount of money that WCW lost was never more than pocket change. If it hadn't been for the AOL/Time Warner merger, WCW would almost certainly be in business. However, WCW was most definitely not adored by an AOL exec named Jamie Kellner, who within a few weeks on the job cancelled all professional wrestling related programming.
== Sports ==
* Professional sports. Immensely popular, sure, but try to imagine what it's like for people who don't like sports to have a program you have no interest in that can preempt the shows you DO want to watch seemingly at any time, rarely ends at the scheduled time (sometimes causing the next show to begin "in progress" or be skipped entirely), and when it does end and you think your show is about to start... here comes the ''post game show.'' And then the other networks [[No Hoper Repeat|only run reruns against it]] because they don't want to have to compete with the show "everyone" is watching. For that, you can blame [
** This was actually lampshaded by on the Series 16 premiere of ''[[Top Gear]]'' in January 2011:
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* Football in the United States. If it's autumn and your network carries the NFL, expect a pop-up ad or commercial every five minutes reminding you when the next game is and who's playing. Even when it's a sports station like ESPN, the NFL will be promoted far more than anything else it carries. Those above problems with preemption? Baseball fans have the same problem when they're waiting for the World Series and Fox won't cut away from James Brown and Terry Bradshaw yukking it up...
* Tennis on Eurosport. Go to any forum of a particular sport that isn't Association Football (or Tennis obviously) and you are guaranteed to find that most European fans there absolutely despise Tennis for the sole reason that they've spent large chunks of the last 20 years wanting to watch their favorite sport but not able to, as Eurosport was preempting it with an overtimed Tennis match, usually from the lower rounds of some unimportant tournament. Cycling and Basketball fans are especially prone to fly into a rage from this.
* [[Canada, Eh?|For Canadian sport networks]], [[
** And even then there are network favourites. Before [[Hockey Night in Canada]] switched to a early and late game broadcast in 1995, if you wanted to see any Canadian team aside from the Maple Leafs or the Canadiens, you either had to hope it they were playing in Toronto or Montreal, or that they made the playoffs and Toronto or Montreal weren't playing that night. The absurdity of this is indicated that in the mid-1980s, when [[Wayne Gretzky]] and the Edmonton Oilers were the best team in the league, it was almost impossible for someone in Eastern Canada to ever seen them on TV.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* Valve's obsession with continually updating ''[[
▲== Video Games ==
▲* Valve's obsession with continually updating ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' and expanding the ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' franchise has been viewed as taking precedence over making new games, ''[[Half-Life]] 2: Episode 3'' in particular, even though separate groups work on each series of games.
** This is mainly due to the fact that TF2 and L4D are their most popular products.
** Blizzard Entertainment was seen to suffer from this as well, as they worked on various ''[[
* [[Square Enix]] seems to be fond of ''[[
** As well as ''[[
*** There is also the fact that Final Fantasy I and II are the most simple games of the saga. They include little to no plot (which means there is no translation), few enemies (for a final fantasy game), few classes (5 in FFI, none in FFII) and the game mechanics in general are simple. The fact that they have so many ports is most likely due to how cheap making said port actually is. More complex games (except for FFIV/FFVII) hardly ever see the light, most likely since they are not as easy to make as FFI/FFII but not as popular as FFIV/FFVII. This would explain why FFIII is the game with less ports in all the saga.
** ''[[
** Understandably, ''[[
* With that logic, one could make the same case with [[Ubisoft]] and ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Hello, ''[[South Park]]''! Not only is it one of (if not still) the most dominating show on Comedy Central, but for a time, it was also right beside ''South Park'' on TBS for marathon/back to back showings (four episodes in a row!) weekday and weeknight.
* [[Cartoon Network]]:
** The original ''[[
** It's a different story in the UK, as (along with Chowder and Johnny Test) ''Ben 10'' and ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
** ''[[
** While we are talking about ''[[Scooby
** Add a further comment to the ''[[Scooby
*** There are also massive amounts of daytime being used up for the Scooby-Doo animated movies. Sometimes three of them. In a row.
*** Boomerang, at least in the UK, held what it called a ''Scooby Summer''. For the entirety of the summer holidays, every waking hour in the schedule would be filled by ''Scooby-Doo''. No ''[[Looney Tunes]]''. No ''[[
** The network began to shill its CN Real block. The scheduling wasn't so bad; the live-action shows mainly stayed within the block. However, they were promoted over every cartoon and the kicker was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwlb2gGEk54 a video featuring Andrew W.K.] proudly proclaiming that Cartoon Network was more than just cartoons.
** Also, in the mid-2000s, they would show nothing but ''[[Codename
** From '99 to 2003 you could not go one day without seeing either ''[[
** ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' was hit with this literally from the instant it
** ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' is certainly worth a mention. Since its debut in January 1999, it has been a big hit on Cartoon Network, has aired a total of 70 episodes running through 5 and 1/4 seasons and a series-ending movie and, even after being out of production for over a year, it still airs at least 2 episodes every Monday-Friday. Suffice it to say, it is admired by both viewers and CN.
** ''[[
** ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''. Huge, huge buildup: They showed a "sneak peek" of it six days before its premiere. The day it debuted, there was a countdown bug on screen. And already it's averaging at least one rerun a day.
** ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' seems to be this as well, in that, like Adventure Time above, its "Merrie Melodies" segments are occasionally used to round out the minutes after other shows. Also, like ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'', there was a countdown bug on the screen the day it premiered. Also, during the 4th of July weekend of 2011, the network aired random episodes of the show that were supposedly made up until that point, along with random airings of classic ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts, ''[[
** ''[[Captain Planet]]'' was transmitted day and night. In [[
** Nowadays, ''[[Regular Show]]'' seems to be heading this way, to the point of airing it '''3 times a day''' on Tuesday afternoons.
** ''[[Total Drama]]'', seasonally. You won't find it in the Winter. But when Spring/Summer comes,it comes back in full force with a new season. Heck [[Cartoon Network]] is actually willing to sacrifice an hour of ''[[Johnny Test]]'' for its previous seasons to prepare for the new one.
** ''The High Fructose Adventures of [[
* Speaking of Boomerang, they decided to devote weekdays and entire weekends to nothing but ''[[The Flintstones]]''. To the point where it gets so bad that if you here the theme song ''one more freakin' time'' you'll scream. Whats a girl gotta do to see some ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' come back again?
** Nowadays it seems like Boomerang is a place where older ''[[Cartoon Network]]'' shows
** For a while in the mid-2000s, Boomerang's weekdays were almost nothing but ''[[
* For CN Asia viewers, it's ''[[
* [[Nickelodeon]] loves ''[[
** Mostly, it airs first thing in the morning, but sometimes, another show airs. For instance, a [[Team Umizoomi]] special aired on Martin Luther King Day 2012, and the [[Rugrats]] special "Babies in Toyland" was the first thing aired on December 25, 2011 (aka Christmas).
*** It is no longer aired anymore as the first thing in the morning, [[Winx Club]] now airs first.
** Same thing with it being the last thing aired every day: sometimes, the last show aired is either [[
** Before ''[[SpongeBob]]'' really took off and practically ran with this trope, ''[[The Fairly
** ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' is the second most run cartoon on Nickelodeon, airing at least four times during the morning hours.
** Before ''SpongeBob'', it was ''[[Rugrats]]''. The show was [[
** On 7/18/10, an unannounced twelve hour marathon of ''SpongeBob'' plagued the channel, before an airing of ''Adventures In Babysitting'', probablly to celebrate the show's 11th birthday (a day late).
** On 7/29/10, of the 11 hours Nickelodeon has minus [[Nick
** Same deal on 11/26/10, they played two episodes of ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', then a six-hour ''SpongeBob'' marathon, followed by an ''iCarly'' marathon at 3, ending with ''iStart a Fan War'' at 7, and they wrapped it up with the premiere of the ''Victorious'' special, "Freak the Freak Out".
** Later, with a schedule change on April 2011, ''SpongeBob'' got ''over '''60''' airings that week''. It was even worse previously, where entire Saturdays and Sundays were filled entirely with the yellow sponge. ''iCarly'' took a close second, with ''[[Victorious]]'' and ''[[Tuff Puppy]]'' tied in third.
** On Australia's Nickelodeon, until
** On Latin America's channel, almost all weekends are 48 hour marathons of either [[SpongeBob]] or iCarly.
** There's more: The UK Nickelodeon had a whopping '''502''' hour marathon of Spongebob in Summer 2011, for the Clash of the Bottom competition, where kids had to vote for their favorite main character. To top that off, it was the second-longest TV show marathon ''of all time'', only being beaten by Boomerang UK's [[Scooby Doo|Scooby Summer]].
** [[SpongeBob]] used to be adored by Nicktoons, [[Screwed
** Here is a sample of an average day of Nickelodeon, which relates to the show we are talking about. On Christmas Day 2011, they played the Rugrats special "Babies in Toyland", then an episode of [[Fairly Oddparents]], followed by a 3-hour Spongebob marathon, then a one-hour marathon of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, then an episode of Penguins of Madagascar, then after a few hours, they played a two hour Spongebob marathon a few hours later, making that 5 HOURS of Spongebob. In one day!
** As of May 18, 2012, Nickelodeon can now be called "The ''Spongebob'' and ''[[Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
* Also, those marathon-special thingies must have meant that Nick had finally realized that ''[[
** Its sister channel, Nicktoons, is also filled with Avatar now that the series has ended.
*** Also, ''[[
* If ''[[Family Guy]]'' isn't this for [[FOX]], all of its [[Seth
** ''[[Family Guy]]'' also seems to air about 10 times a day on [[Adult Swim]].
*** Four times a night on Monday through Thursday, two times on Friday and Sunday.
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** ''[[King of the Hill]]'' not adored? They gave it twelve seasons, which led it to suffer from [[Seasonal Rot]] around Season 7 or so.
*** FOX intended to cancel it early, it was only because of fan backlash it got an extra season. If you watched the network when new episodes of [[King of the Hill]] were being aired, said new episodes would receive very little promotion, while new episodes for [[The Simpsons]] and [[Family Guy]] would get hyped up. FOX probably would've cancelled the show several seasons earlier if they had the chance, but the good ratings and large, dedicated fanbase didn't justify it enough.
* ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'' has certainly become a network favorite. Not to the same extent as ''[[The Simpsons (
* Chilean network Canal 13 just '''loves''' ''[[The Simpsons]]'', to the point they will fill any spot they need with it. During the summer, the channel plays ''Simpsons'' blocks
** Some time ago, in 2009 actually, a new executive at Canal 13 (Vasco Moulián, if you're interested) developed a "flexible grid", where he would cut, extend, and change the programming according to the
* Outside of reality shows, Australia's Channel Ten also loves ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It has pretty much always kept its daily 6:00 PM slot <ref>
** That is, until they decided to try a two and a half hour news block consisting of their aforementioned 5pm broadcast, followed by two new half-hour news based programs, and concluding with the already established 7pm Project. ''[[The Simpsons]]'' have been shunted onto Ten's secondary channel, 11, where it is shown at least twice during primetime, often being split/followed/alternated by episodes of [[Futurama]] as part of an 'animation fixation' block.
** Channel 4 also has ''[[The Simpsons]]'' at 6:00 PM over here in the UK, when BBC 1 and ITV 1 are showing the news, BBC 2 is showing ''Eggheads'' (which also never seems to move) and Channel 5 is airing ''[[Home and Away]]''.
* Speaking of [[Home and Away]], it and ''[[Neighbours]]'' are shown at least twice a day on Five, once at around lunchtime, and again (normally the same episodes of both) between 5:30 and 6:30.
* FOX 8, the Australian Fox channel, shows ''[[The Simpsons]]'' several times a day and airs nothing but ''The Simpsons'' on Saturday and Sunday mornings. During the 2006 Commonwealth Games they showed nothing but the Simpsons for 10 DAYS! To add to that, they show up to 6 hour marathons ''all the time''. School holidays, summer holidays, back to school, Christmas, Easter... pretty much any excuse to show ''Simpsons'' marathons.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' is quickly becoming incredibly overexposed on [[Disney Channel]] due to the fact that it has performed well over expectations and is gaining a massive fanbase. It's gotten to the point where Disney is [[Dueling Shows|comparing]] ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' to ''[[
* The Canadian [[Expy]] of [[Cartoon Network]]; Teletoon literally airs THREE episodes of ''[[Johnny Test]]''! In a row! Every. Single. Day. (Its seems they've also now replaced ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' as a result''... [[You Can Panic Now]].)
* The [[Nicktoons]] network,
** Though they seem to be annoyed by marathons of the "original animated infomercials" ''NFL Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core" and ''Zevo-3''.
** They hardly even show ''[[Invader Zim]]'' like they did when it first premiered. They pretty much replaced it with massive, full 3 hour blocks of Zevo-3. The new, stupid 5 minute show "NFL Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core" has been [[
** Let's not even ''start'' with ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]''. Massive blocks on both Nickelodeon and Nicktoons, It seemed for a while that you couldn't go a single day of the week without seeing at least three episodes of it.
*** Often the same three episodes. Again and again and again. Seriously, for a while you could only see three to five episodes, total, of ''[[Penguins Of Madagascar]]'' and ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'', even with the knowledge that other episodes probably existed. They would play them in hour blocks, yet you never seemed to catch a new episode.
*** Currently{{when}} ''T.U.F.F Puppy'' is getting the adoration. Same situation as ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'', It's a new show that is being shoved down our throats, when ''SpongeBob'' has the day off.
** Though it's been slowing down lately due to the lack of new episodes, [[Nicktoons]] did like airing ''[[Making Fiends]]'' multiple times a day a majority of the week. ''[[
** As of this edit (11/9/11) ''[[Dragonball Z Kai]]'' is shown multiple times every day with flimsy excused for marathons. It's 11/11/11? They promise to show 11 hours of the show. It runs at least 4 episodes a day.
* In Brazil, Disney XD loves ''[[The Fairly
* [[Adult Swim]] at one point began airing ''[[Squidbillies]]'' every weeknight at midnight while airing commercials stating it was getting low ratings and ''berating the viewers for not watching this awesome show.''
** Adult Swim absolutely loves [[FOX]] reruns, specifically ''[[King of the Hill]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', and ''[[
** Adult Swim lost the rights to air ''[[Futurama]]'' at the end of 2007. In the days leading up to New Year's Day 2008, they showed every episode in existence at that point in a row. And It. Was. Awesome.
*** Speaking of Futurama, its definitly a network favorite for it's new home at Comedy Central. Not only does it get at least one airing every weekday at 1:30 (Along with the regular airing at 9:00 PM before their precious South Park), but it also got another 26 episode renewal bringing the show's run up to 2013 along with promotion and a nice 10:00 PM slot. They love the show just as much as Adult Swim did.
** Adult Swim has also been playing ''[[
* Not even Italian networks are safe. ''Rai Gulp'', born after the three main division of the national networks ''Rai'' [[Screwed
** About other Italian networks: ''K2'' and ''Frisbee'' are
* The Latin American [[Expy]] of Cartoon Network; there was a time where the only thing they aired was ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* The now defunct ''Discovery Kids'' network, for its last few years essentially was ''[[Kenny the Shark]]'' and ''[[Tutenstein]]'' with the occasional ''[[Time Warp Trio]]'' and ''Prehistoric Planet''.
* The Discovery Kids network replacement, [[
** On the subject of shows without a huge fanbase, most of the network's time ''not'' spent on ponies or Transformers is instead spent on [[Game Show
* For those with small children - ''[[Caillou]]'' on the Sprout network. These are shown in
* ''[[
* Before it got changed to Disney XD, Toon Disney would air a marathon called Pumbaa Bowl every year. They aired episodes of ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]'' for the whole day.
* Toon Disney once aired a whole day-long marathon of ''[[Yin Yang Yo
* For the USA Disney Junior channel, it appears to be ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]''. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not bad considering that the show is very popular with the channel's target demographic!]]. They also seem to like the new show ''[[Doc McStuffins]]''.
* [[Cookie Jar TV]] adores ''[[The Doodlebops]]'' and ''[[Busytown Mysteries]]'', airing the shows for one hour each on Saturdays.
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