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** ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'' is proving far more popular in reruns on Nickelodeon than it was during its initial run on ABC.
** As good as ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' was during its original run on CBS, it has become an almost universal cult hit in reruns, and is still watched to this day.
** Both ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[The Game (TV series)|The Game]]'' benefited from this to the point of being [[
* ''[[Smallville]]'' marked a resurgence for ''[[Superman]]'' following the years of inactivity after ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' went off the air and the last Christopher Reeve movie was released.
* ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' won back old fans of Power Rangers lost after ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'', as well as new ones
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** ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', to a lesser extent. Most people liked about half the game (with a [[Love It or Hate It|polarizing]] other half). It was enough for people to forgive Sega for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]''.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''. The series had fallen back into a [[Dork Age]] right after ''[[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance|Deadly Alliance]]'' had so narrowly pulled it out of one. The 2011 game sees to it that your fond memories of the series aren't exclusive to just the 90s.
* While ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' didn't turn everyone away from the series, it did cause a serious [[Broken Base]] with many worried as to what the next game would bring. Cue ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' which had a much more straightforward plot, solid gameplay that expanded on the ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'''s gameplay, new outdoor jungle environments (which hadn't really been done before in the series since the original 2D games), spectacular boss fights and [[Tear Jerker|an absolutely heartbreaking]] [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|yet incredibly effective ending.]] While debate still goes on as to the overall quality of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' in relation to the rest of the series, ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' is considered to be possibly the franchise's crowning achievement.
* After the huge success of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'', between hands was a [[Tough Act to Follow]], which neither ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'' nor ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' managed to surpass (in fact, the former was for the most part overlooked, and the latter fractured significantly the fanbase). Then ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'' was released and, while [[Unpleasable Fanbase|not completely]], it managed to put the series back on spot in sales, critical acclaim, awards and nominations.
* ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' struggled to win any fans from its conception - a [[Franchise Killer|fanbase already disillusioned]] by ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War|Invisible War]]'' was less than thrilled when they discovered that the third game in the series would include [[Regenerating Health]] and [[Take Cover|cover-based combat]]. However, when a disgruntled ex-employee leaked the press demo, previously unenthusiastic [[Deus Ex]] fans were [[Better Than It Sounds|pleasantly surprised]] by what they found - so much so that even the notoriously pessimistic [[Image Boards|/v/]] was genuinely impressed and looked forward to the game's release with far more excitement than before.
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