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* Most prime-time [[Animated Series]] are intentionally midseason replacements, the reasoning being that they're more expensive and time-consuming to produce and the networks don't want to have it all go to waste if the show bombs. So the first season is intentionally made shorter as a sort of trial run.
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' premiered in January, launching the UPN network. ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' also began its run in January. Both had shortened first seasons (albeit only marginally so for ''Deep Space Nine''), and both did well enough to last seven seasons.
* ''[[Toward the Terra]]'' is an anime example. After ''[[Ayakashi Ayashi]]'' flopped so badly that was canned midways, ''Terra'' was allowed to fill the gap, occupying TBS's anime primetime slot that previously housed "A grade" shows like ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' and ''[[Blood
* ''[[The Office]]'' was not only a midseason premiere, it almost didn't last to a second season.
* ''[[Quantum Leap]]''.
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