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** Pretty much anything that airs on [[Spike TV]] is seen in a day-long marathon, ''without exception''. This includes ''[[CSI (TV)|CSI]]'', ''[[CSI New York]]'', ''[[One Thousand Ways to Die]]'', ''[[Auction Hunters (TV)|Auction Hunters]]'', [[Jail]], the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series, or a UFC Fight.
* When ''[[Caprica]]'' first began, the [[Sci Fi Channel]] 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 [[Sci Fi Channel]] 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 Reimagined
* The UK's Channel One regularly aired five or six episodes of ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|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 (Franchise)|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 (TV)|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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** TNBC? So... "[[Fun With Acronyms|There's Nothing But Clones]]?"
* HBO produced ''seven seasons'' of ''[[Arliss (TV)|Arliss]]'' despite its consistently low ratings and reviews well below the station's standard. HBO appears to have believed that it targeted a niche audience that otherwise would not subscribe to HBO.
* BBC America loves ''[[Top Gear]]'' and the revival of ''[[
* [[Channel Five]] is in love with ''[[CSI (TV)|CSI]]'' and ''[[Law and Order (TV)|Law and Order]]'', tune in on any other night and you're sure to get a good three hours of repeats. Gets worse on their extra channels like Five USA.
* [[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.
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== 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:
{{quote| '''Jeremy Clarkson:''' Can I just say how nice it is to be back where we belong? [[BBC|BBC2]], 8:00, Sunday night. Unless of course somebody's organized a snooker tournament, in which case, happy Easter!}}
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** Before ''[[SpongeBob]]'' really took off and practically ran with this trope, ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' was this for a while.
** ''[[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 At Nite]] and Nick Jr., nine hours were filled with ''SpongeBob'' and ''iCarly'' alone without any of their current Nicktoons showing and only two other shows aired.
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