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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Takara & [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]'s ''[[Brave Series]]'' of [[Super Robot]] shows is an interesting case, as they originally set out to produce something that would attract a new generation of kids each year, but wound up developing a dedicated fanbase anyway. Though the sixth series, ''[[The Brave of Gold Goldran]]'', the most "kiddie" of the bunch had the highest TV ratings, it was unpopular with longtime fans and was apparently a merchandising disappointment as well. After that, the final two shows went for [[Multiple Demographic Appeal]], first with ''[[Brave Command Dagwon]]'', where the robots were piloted by a team of teen heartthrobs in an attempt to cash in on the earlier ''[[Ronin Warriors|Samurai Troopers]]'' series' [[Periphery Demographic]] success with teenage girls (a scheme Sunrise would again pull, this time with much greater success with ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]''). Then came ''[[GaoGaiGar|Gao Gai Gar]]'', a giant love letter to the last two decades of giant robot anime which found much more success with the otaku crowd than it ever did with schoolchildren.
** [[Brave Command Dagwon|Dagwon]] actually had a slightly different problem - it was made to cash in on [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]], and the overall feel of the stories was frequently closer to [[Ultraman]] than anything else. If anything, the target audience ''had'' to grow up a bit to appreciate it.
* Much of the longevity of the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime can be attributed to the fact that the target demographic cycles in about five years so the fact that the same general plot is used every generation only serves to annoy some [[Periphery Demographic|older fans]] (mostly outside Japan).
* While it openly targets the 16-35 year old males that like the cute girls and [[Merchandise-Driven|have disposable income]] and slightly older girls who have continued watching the series, [[Pretty Cure]] is aimed at 4 to 9 year old girls and regularly reboots itself for their sake.
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** Lately, some of these preschool shows have started to have small but still existant [[Periphery Demographic]]s, simply due those who watched the shows as kids are now nostalgic for them. It certainly helps that some merchandise featuring these characters (Barney in particular) are aimed at the people who grew up on the shows.
* One of the reasons [[MTV]] has maintained its popularity over time is that it elected not to follow its original audience, the teenagers of the eighties and early nineties, into adulthood, instead opting to always focus its marketing on the current generation of teenagers. (Whether its ''[[Network Decay|quality]]'' has also been maintained is a matter best left for debate elsewhere.)
** ''[[The Simpsons]]'' lampshaded this by having a quick reference to [[Logan's Run]] that involved microchip-implated VJs that alerted the execs to send in a new show host whenever the original person became a [[Christmas Cake]].
* The Disney Channel has a policy about cancelling a show after 65 episodes. The only show to date that has avoided that cancellation is ''[[Kim Possible]]'', due to huge fan outcry (and, allegedly, the contract with the German network that ran the show). The idea is that 65 is the number you need for syndication, and kids will probably watch repeats anyway, so why make more? Also, since kids' tastes change so fast, they expect that no child would stick with a show for more than three seasons regardless.
** It's worth noting that the probable reason for ''[[Kim Possible]]'' being such a popular show is its [[Multiple Demographic Appeal]].
** The endless tween sitcoms on [[Disney Channel]] ([[That's So Raven|the oldest of them]] only had a span of slightly more than four years) are going this way as well. Of course, that's about how long people can convincingly play "tweenage" without going into [[Dawson Casting]].
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'': Although the show does have its older fans, the general demographic is young boys who will grow out of the show after a few years, which is probably why the show started doing the new storyline every year thing instead of the continuing storyline it used to do. Since this is exactly what happens in the Japanese couterpart, ''[[Super Sentai]]'', no one seems to mind.
* In the UK, twee/teen dramas ''[[Grange Hill]]'' and ''[[Byker Grove]]'' both had this. Both shows ran for long enough that their original target demographic became utterly periphery, but never completely left the show behind. Unfortunately, the BBC execs decided to shift the target demographic down towards ''even younger'' children, resulting in a complete loss of interest from ''all'' demographics, and the eventual cancellations of both shows.
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