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** And just like the trope, it may be poorly performing on one channel while on another channel it skyrockets in popularity. Of course, a 3.5 rating on ABC is cancel-worthy; a 3.5 rating on USA is cause for celebration.

* Behind-the-Scenes Politics: One network made a great offer and the current network isn't dedicated enough to hold on to the show.

 

Note that this only counts ''new'' episodes; else, the sheer number of places they've shown ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' reruns would make the page overflow. Channels calling episodes "premieres" when they know full well that they originally aired somewhere else are telling you [[Blatant Lies]].

* ''The Danny Thomas Show'' (aka ''Make Room for Daddy'') jumped from ABC to CBS in 1957.

* ''[[T. J. Hooker]]'' was cancelled after four seasons by ABC, CBS picked up season five and aired the new episodes in its 11:30PM Crimetime After Primetime slot.

* ''[[Family Matters]]'' from ABC to CBS.

* ''[[Step by Step]]'' made the ABC to CBS move at the exact same time as [[Family Matters]]. Neither lasted more than one season on the new channel.

* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' started on ABC in 1959 as ''Rocky and His Friends'', then moved to NBC in 1961 where it was retitled ''The Bullwinkle Show.'' It ran in prime time for two years and Saturday morning for one more. It then moved ''back'' to ABC in 1964 for eight years in reruns until it was syndicated and given the title it is now best known by. It was also syndicated in 30-minute components as ''Rocky and His Friends'' and in 15-minute components as ''The Rocky Show.''

* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' (American) from ABC to ABC Family. Although all of its content was taped before the move, there were unaired episodes still in the can, as well as enough raw footage that the producers could create "new" shows several years after taping ended.

* When ''[[Taxi]]'' was cancelled by ABC, NBC picked it up; it ran for one more season. They kept it at Thursday Nights at 9:00, and ran ads with Danny Devito saying "[[Take That|Same time, better station!]]"

* [[Aaron Sorkin]] briefly mulled moving ''[[Sports Night]]'' to HBO.

* ''[[Teamo Supremo]]'' started on ABC and moved to [[Toon Disney]] after [[One Saturday Morning]] went defunct.

** [[Catch Phrase|Sorry about that, Chief]].

* ''[[Southland]]'' from NBC to TNT.

* ''I'll Fly Away'' was briefly revived on [[PBS]] after cancellation by NBC.

* ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'''s seventh season was its first after moving to USA.

* ''[[Conan O'Brien]]'' from NBC to TBS after some serious [[Executive Meddling]].

* ''The Father Dowling Mysteries'' from NBC to ABC.

 

* ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' from [[PBS]] to [[FOX]] to [[Discovery Channel|Discovery Kids]], TLC & later Qubo.

* ''[[Shining Time Station]]'' from [[PBS]] to Fox Family (now [[ABC Family]]) to [[Nick Jr.]] on [[Nickelodeon]].

* ''[[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' from [[PBS]] to both Qubo & BYUtv.

== From a Cable Channel to... ==

 

* This happens with a lot of sister/parent networks, as they often show the same shows at the same time. ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' was produced solely for Nicktoons Network, but because it was controlled by their larger parent network [[Nickelodeon]], new episodes sometimes premiered there first. When episodes stopped airing on Nick but continued on Nicktoons, some took this to mean it was canceled. It never had a consistent airing schedule either, and time will tell if it gets syndicated somewhere else.

* ''[[WWE Raw]]'' from USA to TNN which [[Network Decay|renamed itself Spike TV]], and then back to USA.

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' is a rather odd example. From the second season onward, new episodes moved from [[Disney Channel]] to [[Disney XD]], however it still airs regularly on the former which still treats it as its own series and airs [[Blatant Lies|brand new]] episodes anywhere from a week to a month after its sister network.

* ''Damages'' from FX to The 101 on [[Direc TV]].

* American broadcasts of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' moved from [[Syfy]] to [[The BBC|BBC America]] (who had repeat rights previously) after New Series 4.

* American broadcasts of ''[[Torchwood]]'' moved from [[Syfy]] to Starz with the Starz co-produced ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day|Miracle Day]]''. Starz saw a big subscriber jump as a result of the move.

* ''[[The Practice]]'' was on ITV, the BBC and [[Sky 1]].

* The first two seasons of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' were on Living, but the third and final season was on Trouble.

* The first season of ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'' was on E4, but from season two it was shown on Living (a better fit, given that Living is known for running ghost-themed shows like ''Most Haunted'').

* ''You Don't Say!'' (NBC), ''Seven Keys'' (ABC), and ''Beat The Odds'' (syndication) all began as local shows in Los Angeles before going national.

* ''[[Fright Night]]'' was backed by Columbia Pictures and a production of Vista Films; for the sequel was done by Vista and distributed by Columbia's sister studio Tristar internationally - and the remake came from DreamWorks.

* ''[[Arlington Road]]'' was to have been originally released by [[Polygram Filmed Entertainment]] but after a delay (due to Columbine) and Polygram merging with October Films (to become USA Films and later Focus Features), the film was sold to Screen Gems.

* The ''[[Emmanuelle (video game)]]'' films released theatrically went from Columbia to Paramount to Miramax to Cannon. Four films, four distributors.

 

 

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