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[[File:1174331025 4b0ef7d65a 3198 3397.jpg|link=Cartoon Network|frame|Can you guess what the Network's favorite show is?]]
{{quote|''I mean, it was clearly obvious that they weren't going to do anything useful, but it was either this, or watch [[Cartoon Network]]'s latest excuse to show ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' too many times, and they obviously didn't want to see that, so they decided this was better.''
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.
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See also [[Cash Cow Franchise]], [[Hollywood Hype Machine]] (when this happens to actors), [[Creator's Pet]] (when this happens to characters and the fans are annoyed), [[Wolverine Publicity]] and [[Network Decay]]. Contrast [[Screwed by the Network]]; also sometimes the result of this trope.
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== Anime and Manga ==▼
▲== Anime ==
* Both ''[[Inuyasha]]'' and ''[[Naruto]]'' were the anime darlings of Cartoon Network/Toonami after premiering and becoming popular, only to be followed by Bleach before the network all but stopped showing anime. And before those shows, it was ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]''.
** Speaking of ''[[Inuyasha]]'', its still averaging at least one rerun a week on [Adult Swim]. Since its both a network stable and a network favorite, it's not going anywhere.
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* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' for [[Kids WB]]. Sometimes they would show nothing but the show to promote a special or new movie, and they'd sometimes show it for three hours at a time. Cartoon Network, the show's current channel, doesn't do this nearly as often.
** Kids WB's adoration for all things ''Pokemon'' even spilled into their promotional attempts for other shows in their lineup. During a ''[[Batman Beyond]]''-themed [[Y 2 K]] event, viewers were encouraged to send in their predictions of the future to be read on the air. One of the more notable entries: "In the future, Pokemon will be on every channel all day long." The daydreams of someone truly obsessed with the series, or an early example of epic trolling?
== Films -- Animation ==
* 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.
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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** Pretty much anything that airs on [[Spike TV]] is seen in a day-long marathon, ''without exception''. This includes ''[[CSI]]'', ''[[CSI New York]]'', ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'', ''[[Auction Hunters]]'', [[Jail]], the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series, or a UFC Fight.
* When ''[[Caprica]]'' first began, the [[Syfy]] showed it nonstop. [[Fridge Logic|Think about that]]. Yes, ''multiple marathons per week'' at times of a series that had yet to air ten episodes. [[Screwed by the Network|Enjoy it while you can]], ''Caprica.''<ref>The [[Syfy]] will advertise a show to death and even screw other shows in favor of it early in its run, but once the shiny new wears off, it will be killed at the height of its popularity for "not attracting the right demographic," regardless of which demographic that is.</ref>
** You called it. ''Caprica'' has been canceled after a year and a half. Its replacement: another ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* The UK's Channel One regularly aired five or six episodes of ''[[Star Trek]]'' (''The Next Generation'', ''Deep Space Nine'', ''Voyager'' and ''Enterprise'') on a typical day, with one or two being repeats. The catch-ups they did on Saturdays meant each episode of ''Voyager'' was broadcast on ''three'' occasions. Since then, the channel slot is Sky Atlantic, and it's ''still'' filling the daytime schedule with ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* 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]]'', ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' (who gets TWO marathons a week), ''Dog The Bounty Hunter'' or ''[[Billy the Exterminator]]''. Other A&E shows are so rarely ever seen, you would be forgiven for knowing the channel airs anything else.
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