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* 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.

** In the late 90's through early 2000's, Cartoon Network loved [[Sailor Moon]].

* ''[[Digimon]]'' was this for the ailing Fox Kids around the time of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]''; the love sort of petered off by the end of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]''. It was picked up by the network in order to [[Dueling Shows|compete]] with ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' on [[Kids WB]] and capitalize on the [[Anime]] boom. Some Saturday mornings, ''Digimon'' would air ''three'' times. It supplanted ''[[Power Rangers]]'' (circa ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'') as the most popular show on the block and even booted the show from its long-time schedule spots (9am EST Saturdays and 4pm EST weekdays). This still rankles long time ''Power Rangers'' fans, as it would retroactively prove to be a [[Foreshadowing]] for ''that'' series sinking even lower under [[Disney]]...

* Starz and Encore's kids channels seem to be quite fond of [[Toy Story 3]].

** Starz Kids also adores [[Astro Boy]].

 

 

** And BOTH ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]'' adaptations.

** [[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!

* [[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 (film)|James Bond]]'' Network, a title previously held by TBS and TNT in tandem, followed by AMC for a little while.

* For some reason, [[Disney XD]] has an inordinate fondness for the ''[[Arthur and the Invisibles]]'' trilogy.

* A station once aired 24 hours of ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' on Groundhog Day. [[Justified Trope|This actually makes some sense, considering what the film's about]].

* 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.

* On [[Nickelodeon]], ''[[iCarly]]'' is also guaranteed to have a lot of episodes running on a given day (at least three or four a day on average, sometimes more on weekends).

** During summer 2010, ''[[Big Time Rush]]'' and ''[[Victorious]]'' were both big ones for Nickelodeon. They would rerun ''at least two'' episodes of both ''every single day''. Not counting Friday and Saturday night blocks. ''Big Time Rush'' had just enough episodes to cover a full week, but ''Victorious'' only had eight episodes to air.

* [[Nick at Nite]] is every bit as bad with ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'', probably worse. First, they would run marathons of the show for every occasion imaginable using any excuse they could get, no matter how shoddy. Then they did away with the excuses, and began showing marathons of ''George Lopez'' without even giving an excuse to do so. On multiple occasions, they aired '''over 40 hours''' of it in one week, setting up a bizarre situation often where his self-titled [[Talk Show]] on [[TBS]] is competing with his own old sitcom.

** Over the past 7-ish years, the entire Nick at Nite lineup was revamped multiple times and ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', ''[[The Nanny]]'', ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', and ''[[Family Matters]]'' have all come and gone....but the freaking ''[[The George Lopez Show]] '''remains untouched in the lineup''''' after all this time, despite being arguably less popular than the other shows listed in this sentence!

** MTV Tr3s has gotten in on the ''George Lopez'' overplaying fun now too.

* [[Nick at Nite]] also loved ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' when they had the syndication rights to it. There were several times where they'd show four episodes in one two-hour block. It was also an "introductory" staple for a while, where it would be the first show after the regular Nick schedule ends, possibly to attract a younger crowd.

* After [[Nick at Nite]] managed to deal ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'' a similar fate as ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' in the eyes of many viewers (see above), they're now on ''[[My Wife and Kids]]''. It doesn't seem to have suffered the ''Millionaire'' effect quite yet, but if they keep this up, it's likely only a matter of time before history repeats itself.

* ''[[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 by the Network]]; Endemol got a "Live Feed Every Year" clause into the contract. So, in the later years at least, C4 put the live feed on between midnight and 6AM. There is no such clause in C5's contract.

** Channel Five is currently (January 2012) showing an entirely reasonable 3 hours a day of coverage of this ''fine educational'' show. However, the trope may now apply more than ever, since C5 owner Richard Desmond mandates ''endless'' coverage of Big Brother in the various newspapers he owns, meaning that it's now a network favourite across multiple media.

*** This is, of course, the exact same reason that those stations also run [[Infomercial|infomercials]] in the dead of night.

* In a cross-over with [[Network Decay]], the [[Syfy]] does this a lot. For awhile, the fixation was ''[[Ghost Hunters]]''. No matter the time of day, chances are that 4.5 out of 5 times they'll be airing an episode of either it or its spinoff ''Ghost Hunters International''. Consider that [[Syfy]] has a stable of shows that it show (the ''Stargates'', ''Farscape'', etc.), but you have to actually HUNT those down.

* [[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.

* 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 ''[[Master Chef]]''. All of these ran in some form at least once a day for an hour, and in the case of ''Big Brother'' received no end of supplementary programming at all hours. ,Though ''Big Brother'' eventually died off, the network tried everything they could to keep the audience and heavily promoted it. Not that it worked, but at that point it had had a very solid run for eight or nine years.

* Spike seems to feel that there's no such thing as too many all-day ''[[CSI]]'' marathons.

** Nowadays, it's ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''.

** [[Spike TV]] must want viewers to see all ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'' in one sitting, as the show gets lengthy marathons at least once a week.

** Can these stack? Because it seems that if you turn on Spike at any given time, you'll stumble across 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 Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' spin off.

** Back in the early days of the network ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' was the network darling and cornerstone of their programming.

** Recently, 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.

*** 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''.

* [[Adult Swim]]

** Their latest 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 by the Network|at the :45]].

** 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 ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''. Both shows are repeated frequently, have their own spin-off shows (The Xtra Factor and Britain's Got More Talent) aired on the sister channel, [[ITV 2]], and have so much advertising and promotional material it's hard not to go anywhere in the UK without seeing something to do with The X Factor. Not to mention the numerous specials and reality shows based on prominent faces of either program (Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue, and Piers Morgan in particular).

* The Inspiration network has ''Our House'', ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'', ''[[The Waltons]]'', and ''Wind at My Back''.

* [[Reality Show|Reality Shows]] in general are officially the [[Creator's Pet]] in Italy<ref> there actually ''are'' people who like them, which makes this more of a case of [[Broken Base|Broken Audience]].</ref>. Spanish-Italian showgirl Natalia Estrada [[Word of God|explicitly stated]] that she would return on TV only at the end -- if any<ref> The latest edition of [[Big Brother]] even had [[Padding]] and lasted roughly two more ''months'' than previous seasons. Go figure.</ref> - of the current reality show craze.

* NBC's flagging Saturday Morning schedule was propped up by ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''. They loved its ratings so much that they had Peter Engel create [[California Dreams|another show]] with the [[Follow the Leader|same basic premise]] [[Recycled in Space|with a twist]]. When that got good ratings, they cancelled every cartoon on the schedule, gave half of Saturday mornings to its ''other'' favorite show (''[[Today]]''), and gave the other half to Engel and friends. And thus was born TNBC, an entire block of nothing but Saved by the Bell clones.

** TNBC? So... "[[Fun with Acronyms|There's Nothing But Clones]]?"

* ''[[The Real Housewives]]'' of [any wealthy city] is extremely common on [[Bravo]].

* Italian network Rai4 seems to really love ''[[Charmed]]''; it is rarely absent from its schedule.

* For [[Cartoon Network]] it was ''[[Dude What Would Happen]]''. This wasn't the first time the station tried to get over a Live Action show, but it was definitely the show they put the most effort into trying to become popular. It started when Cartoon Network launched an entire block of Live Action shows, CN Real, in an effort to rebrand their network into being closer to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. [[Internet Backdraft|It went over about as well as you can think]] and the ratings for the entire Network tanked hard. After dropping CN Real, the network was still determined to put over Dude What Would Happen, and continued airing it for '''Two Years''' despite horrible ratings and ''overwhelming'' negative viewer response before finally getting cancelled.

** 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.

* [[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.

** To contrast, ''Top Chef: Texas'' began airing when fellow Bravo reality-compatition show ''[[Work Of Art]]'' was a little over halfway through. Before, [[Wo A]] would air at 9pm then repeat at 11pm, with something inbetween. When TC:T started, [[Wo A]] aired at 10... and repeated at 11... and again at 12. If you missed [[Wo A]], you had to wait ''3 hours'' before seeing it again. Then the following week, leading up to new [[Wo A]] episodes would be... however many of the new TC episodes they had leading up to the newest one of those.

* 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 ''everyday''. You now have to go the their sister network [[Cooking Channel]] to see actual instructional cooking.

** 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 ''[[Warcraft]]'' games for almost a decade straight before ''[[Starcraft II]]'' and ''[[Diablo III]]'' were announced. (The one [[Starcraft]] product in the making, [[Star Craft Ghost]], became [[Vaporware]].)

*** 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.

** ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' is another example, it being ported or remade for [[PlayStation]], [[Wonder Swan]] Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Virtual Console, FOMA 903i / 703i and [[PlayStation]] Portable.

* With that logic, one could make the same case with [[Ubisoft]] and ''[[Rayman]] 2'', which was originally released on PC and [[Nintendo 64]], then ported to the [[PlayStation]], [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Nintendo DS]], iOS and [[Nintendo 3DS]]. And that's without counting the [[Game Boy Color]] game as well as the [[Game Boy Advance]] version of ''Rayman 3'' (which is [[Dolled-Up Installment|in fact]] a 2D ''Rayman 2'' game with Dark Lums and other ''Rayman 3'' elements hastily slapped in.)

* ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' for the Super Famicom has gotten four remakes: first for the [[PlayStation]], second for the Gameboy Advance, third for the [[PlayStation]] Portable, and fourth again for the [[PlayStation]] Portable with updated battle graphics as part of ''Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X''. Unfortunately, only the Gameboy Advance version, widely considered the weakest version, [[No Export for You|has seen an official English version]].

** While we are talking about ''[[Scooby Doo]]''. This show and almost all of its multiple incarnations completely dominated the network in the early 2000s. The show inexplicably re-surged in popularity and Cartoon Network took advantage. Several new movies and series were aired and it seemed like if a show wasn't on [[Toonami]] or a popular Cartoon Cartoon, it was bumped for more ''Scooby-Doo''.

** Add a further comment to the ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' part for [[Cartoon Network]]: they're ''still'' taking any moment they can to play ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' movies at any chance they can. That and ''[[Johnny Test]]''.

*** 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 ''[[Danger Mouse]]''. Just ''Scooby-Doo''. All day. EVERY. SINGLE. SUMMER. The worst part? The adverts made it seem like it was the viewers' fault. "You begged," they enthused, "you pleaded!" Yeah. We did. But it didn't stop. Went over the top eventually. Half term break coming up? Easter around the corner? Boomerang will be having a "Scooby Week" or two. To make matters worse, we now have Scooby airing on not only Boomerang, but also Cartoon Network AND Cartoon Network Too. Plus, CN now produces ''live-action'' Scooby-Doo TV movies with a CG Scooby that's similar to the one from the features but on a smaller budget! ''And they're making it a series of movies!''

** 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: Kids Next Door]]'' back to back on Saturday mornings.

** ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' was hit with this literally from the instant it premiered -- CN started airing it multiple times per day even though ''there was only one episode.'' Ironic, given that CN stopped caring halfway through the second season.

** ''[[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.

** ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' became the new 'it' show during and after the reign of ''PPG'' and ''Dexter's Lab'', then, even after it was cancelled, it came back recently and could be seen airing every day for a time during 2010 and early 2011, though that's since ceased.

** ''[[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.

** Nowadays, ''[[Regular Show]]'' seems to be heading this way, to the point of airing it '''3 times a day''' on Tuesday afternoons.

** ''The High Fructose Adventures of [[The Annoying Orange]]''. It hasn't even "officially" premiered yet and there's still at least one rerun per weekday.

* 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?

** 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.

** 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".

** On Australia's Nickelodeon, until recently at least (mid-2010), they had ''SpongeBob'' running from 12AM-6AM every night, for ''at least'' a year.

** On Latin America's channel, almost all weekends are 48 hour marathons of either [[SpongeBob]] or iCarly.

** As of May 18, 2012, Nickelodeon can now be called "The ''Spongebob'' and ''[[Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness|Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness]]'' Network. Why is this? Because Kung Fu Panda plays for 2 1/2 hours on weekdays, making it the second-most run show on Nick.

* Also, those marathon-special thingies must have meant that Nick had finally realized that ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is such a ratings-topper.

*** Also, ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' is starting to become this. Like the Flapjack example, they play it multiple times each day, although there are only a few episodes.

** ''[[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.

* 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> This is when all the other networks are airing the nightly news. Ten air theirs at 5:00.</ref> since forever and will often show a couple of other episodes at other times. Mostly on Wednesdays where another two or three episodes might air after 7:30.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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 currently (as of summer 2010) has ''[[Dragonball Z Kai]]'' and ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' as their frequently airing shows. In July, they started airing on weekdays along with [[Invader Zim|a third show requested by popular demand]]. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]].

* In Brazil, Disney XD loves ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]''. Nickelodeon airs it as well... but Nick shows it twice Monday-Friday; XD, 4 times every day!

* [[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 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.

** About other Italian networks: ''K2'' and ''Frisbee'' are costantly airing ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]''<ref> only older seasons: another channel, ''Super!'', airs more recent episodes</ref>, and the former is filled [[Total Drama Island|with]] [[Scaredy Squirrel|Canadian]] [[Sidekick (animation)|series]]; ''Cartoonito'' gives you ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'', ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'', ''[[Caillou]]'' and ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'' the whole day, breaking only with ''[[Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', each twice a day; and ''Rai Yoyo'', while having a normal schedule, runs a lot on ''[[Peppa Pig]]'' and also airs random filler shorts which are not listed in any schedule.

* The Latin American [[Expy]] of Cartoon Network; there was a time where the only thing they aired was ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', ''[[Mucha Lucha]]'', and ''[[Ben 10]]'', over and over and over again, for at least two ''months''.

* The Discovery Kids network replacement, [[Hasbros the Hub|The Hub]], while having a more balanced schedule than certain [[Nickelodeon|other]] [[Cartoon Network|networks]], seems to be quite fond of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' and ''[[Transformers Prime]]''. Considering the [[Periphery Demographic|popularity]] of these shows. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|It might not be so bad.]]

** 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|Game Shows]].