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* Reversed by a recent trend of "vault" cable networks that went and defined a niche for themselves, when they used to be little more than rerun farms. TNT has repurposed itself as being the drama network, complete with the slogan "We Know Drama"; TBS wants you to know that everything they show is "Very Funny"; and USA has made a point of acquiring programs that showcase quirky characters to fit its "Characters Welcome" campaign.
:These networks also frequently show movies that don't fit the theme — comedies like ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' and ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' on TNT, dramas like the ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' on TBS — but the ads present them as the network's genre; USA's broader "Characters Welcome" focus, and their knack for showing movies that fit the genre of their shows, lets them better avert this.
* [[CBC]] faces a balancing act between popular American shows, which draw advertisers, and Canadian content, which tends to be less popular. Lately, it's made a larger push to get new Canadian shows on the air (''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]'', ''Being Erica'', and so on) but you can still catch re-runs of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Yet the station's management still refuses to adapt shows produced by its French counterpart Radio-Canada...
* ZTV, who was originally established as a Swedish alternative of MTV, pretty much went down the same line as MTV. In a brave attempt to counter this, however, in 2006 they decided to split the channel up; ZTV would go back to its musical roots, and the new channel TV6 would focus on the programs that had made ZTV decay. Both channels still exist to this day, and neither has decayed.
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