History ChannelHop / Television

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' first aired on Creator/PBSKids in the United States as part of ''Series/ShiningTimeStation''. When PBS' rights expired in 1998, the show moved that fall to [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]], where after a year of ''Shining Time Station'' repeats, Thomas got a new show called ''Storytime with Thomas''. During the same period, Creator/NickJr briefly aired repeats of ''Shining Time Station'' to promote ''Film/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad''. When Fox Family ended ''Storytime with Thomas'' in 2001, Thomas was not seen on a broadcast network until 2005, when it returned to PBS. [[note]] Only a handful of stations did so that year, and it didn't get shown nationwide until 2009. PBS Kids Sprout also showed it during this time.[[/note]] In 2017, PBS' contract to the show expired and it returned to Nick Jr. Nick Jr held the rights until 2020, when it jumped to Creator/{{Netflix}}. The franchise would not return to broadcast television until Creator/{{Cartoonito}} acquired the rights to [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo the revamped series]].

* In Malaysia, ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' moved from [=TV3=] to [=NTV7=]. Like the Pokemon example above, slightly subverted is that both channels are owned by the same parent company (Media Prima owns [=TV3, NTV7, 8TV, and TV9=]).

* ''Series/HomeAndAway'' in New Zealand has channel-hopped ''four times''. It first premiered on [=TV3=] when the channel launched in November 1989. It moved to TVNZ in 1993, initially on TV One then on [=TV2=]. In 2002, it moved back to [=TV3=], and then in 2013, it moved back to [=TV2=]!
** The same goes with Neighbours. They started on [=TVNZ2=] in 1988 despite episodes being a few years behind Australia so it aired back to back. Then it aired on [=TV4=] in 1997 before it was removed in 2001. By 2002, Neighbours returned to [=TVNZ2=]. As of today, it is still on the network for so long.

* WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy - from REN TV to 2x2. WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill - one season on TV3 -> 2x2. Yeah, pretty much every piece of adult animation that's been on some channel would end on 2x2, because they were positioned as the adult animation channel at the time.

* ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'': The 1st season aired on Creator/TVTokyo but later moved to Creator/TVAsahi for the next 3 seasons, but it's not known why.

* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' ''[[{{Pun}} flew over]]'' to ITV when the BBC dropped it after they ran the first season... and David Cassidy's music career took off.

* ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' ran its first two seasons on Fox, then went into syndication for Seasons 3 and 4 before being cancelled. Season 5 aired on Fox in 2015, after which the show was quietly cancelled again. In 2019, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} brought it back for a 6th Season, with Wrestling/JohnCena replacing Creator/JeffFoxworthy as the host. Nickelodeon quietly cancelled the show after just one season (likely due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, but their reasoning has never been made public). That being said, a new video game version of the show for the 8th and 9th-gen consoles was released by Creator/THQNordic in August of 2022, but neither Foxworthy nor Cena was brought back as the host.

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cut its employees' salaries, and replace popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. They also made accusations of unfair competition, as GMA had aired reruns of prior episodes involving TVJ during a brief suspension after the resignation. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime'' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV), [=TV5=] premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''[[WritingAroundTrademarks E.A.T...]]''. The title was a reference to the show's title having been stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'' for most of its early era, while the hosts referred to E.A.T. as an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] for "Eto Ang Title" ("[[CaptainObvious This is the title]]") and "Eto Ang Tunay" ("[[TakeThat This is real]]"). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property to TVJ -- with their show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya'', and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cut its employees' salaries, and replace popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) all resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime'' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV), TV5 premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''[[WritingAroundTrademarks E.A.T...]]''. The title was a reference to the show's title having been stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'' for most of its early era, while the hosts referred to E.A.T. as an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] for "Eto Ang Title" ("[[CaptainObvious This is the title]]") and "Eto Ang Tunay" ("[[TakeThat This is real]]"). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property -- with its show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya'', and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* In Canada, some U.S. late-night talk shows tended to do this. There was ''some'' stability for a time; ''Series/TheTonightShow'' and ''Series/LateNight'' typically aired on CTV Two (dating back to its time as A-Channel and The New XX), and ''Series/LateShow'' and ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' aired on Omni in Toronto (except for Kilborn's run, which aired on Global, as well as Craig Ferguson for a period before moving back). The 2014-15 re-alignments of NBC and CBS's late-night lineups caused some changes; ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' moved to Creator/{{CTV}} (sandwiched between ''Series/TheDailyShow'' and ''Series/{{Conan}}''), ''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' was picked up by CTV Two, and ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' is on Global. In February 2016 due to its success, Corden was promoted to CTV and ''Late Night'' moved back to CTV Two.
** Out of all of them, ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' can't seem to stay in one place, having been on CH, [[Creator/{{Citytv}} Citytv]], Bite TV, Creator/TheComedyNetwork, and now CMT. ([[NetworkDecay/TotalAbandonment We can explain that last one]])

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cut its employees' salaries, and replace popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) all resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime'' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV), TV5 premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''[[WritingAroundTrademarks E.A.T...]]''. The title was a reference to the show's title having been stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'' for most of its early era, while the hosts referred to it as an [[FunWithAcronyms acronyms]] for "Eto Ang Title" ("[[CaptainObvious This is the title]]") and "Eto Ang Tunay" ("[[TakeThat This is the real thing]]"). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property -- with its show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya'', and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cut its employees' salaries, and replace popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) all resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, the network premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''[[WritingAroundTrademarks E.A.T...]]'' (a reference to the show's title having been stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'' for most of its early era, although the hosts officially stated it was an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]]), following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime'' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property -- with its show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya'', and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cut its employees' salaries, and replace popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) all resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, the network premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''E.A.T...'' (a reference to the show's title originally being stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'', although the hosts officially stated it was an acronym), following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime'' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property -- with its show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya'', and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cutting its employees' salaries, and replacing popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) all resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, the network premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''E.A.T...'' (a reference to the show's title originally being stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'', although the hosts officially stated it was an acronym), following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime'' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property -- with its show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya''), and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cutting its employees' salaries, and replacing popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) all resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, the network premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''E.A.T...'' (a reference to the show's title originally being stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'', although the hosts officially stated it was an acronym), following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property -- with its show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya''), and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* In 2023, ''Eat Bulaga'' producer TAPE underwent a change in management, which would replace its CEO, cutting its employees' salaries, and replacing popular ''Eat Bulaga'' cast members and segments in an effort to relaunch the show. On May 31, 2023, the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (hereafter TVJ) all resigned and left the company, and proceeded to file copyright and trademark complaints against TAPE and GMA Network, seeking to cancel TAPE's trademark on the ''Eat Bulaga'' title. TVJ asserted copyright interests over their creative contributions to the show -- with one sticking point being that Joey de Leon had originally coined the title, and the trio implicating that the result of TAPE's ExecutiveMeddling was pretty much ''Eat Bulaga'' InNameOnly. In June 2023, TVJ reached an agreement with Creator/{{TV5}} for a stake in their new production company; on July 1, the network premiered a TVJ-produced SpiritualSuccessor to ''Eat Bulaga'' under the title ''E.A.T...'' (a reference to the show's title originally being stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'', although the hosts officially stated it was an acronym), following the expiration of its agreement to simulcast the ABS-CBN-produced rival ''Series/ItsShowtime' (leading it to channel hop to GMA's sister network GTV). In January 2024, GMA and TAPE lost the rights to ''Eat Bulaga'' and its associated intellectual property -- with its show on GMA Network being retitled ''Tahanang Pinakamasaya''), and ''E.A.T...'' being concurrently retitled ''Eat Bulaga''.

* [[LongRunners Long-running]] variety show ''Series/EatBulaga'' initially debuted on RPN-9 in 1979, and aired on said network for ten years before handing over the franchise rights to Creator/{{ABSCBN}} in 1989. ABS-CBN infamously attempted to acquire the broadcast rights to the show, to which ''Bulaga'''s producers declined. This led to ''Bulaga'' and its cast moving to its present network Creator/GMANetwork, which was then heavily promoted with the catchphrase "9-2=7, Totoo ang [=Sie7e=]" ("Nine minus two equals seven, Seven is really true"), both alluding to the move from Channel 9 (RPN) to Channel 2 (ABS-CBN) and finally to Channel 7, and also as a possible TakeThat to ABS' attempted takeover of the series.

* ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'' to Fox. The new DIC-produced episodes were received so poorly that Fox replayed the far better Hanna-Barbera episodes aired the season before on CBS.

* The original presenting stations for ''WesternAnimation/{{Castle}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/CathedralDocumentary'' were WTVS in Detroit and WGBH in Boston, respectively. WHYY in Philadelphia picked them both up for a marathon rebroadcast of programs based on David Macaulay's books which followed the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/RomanCity''.

* The original presenting stations for ''WesternAnimation/{{Castle}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cathedral}}'' were WTVS in Detroit and WGBH in Boston, respectively. WHYY in Philadelphia picked them both up for a marathon rebroadcast of programs based on David Macaulay's books which followed the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/RomanCity''.

* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' began on CHCH, who cancelled it two seasons in, though the show was quickly picked up by CFPL (London) and Creator/{{YTV}} (for national distribution) for a third season. The show then moved to Creator/{{Global}} in the fourth season and eventually to Creator/{{CBC}} starting in the seventh season.
* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' moved from Creator/{{Global}} to Creator/{{CTV}}, where it has remained ever since.

* ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'' (based on the Creator/RobertAHeinlein novel ''Literature/SpaceCadet'') has had multiple hops, having started on CBS, moved to ABC, then to NBC, then to Creator/DuMont, then ''back'' to NBC all from 1950-1955.

* ''Series/MutualOfOmahasWildKingdom'' started on NBC in 1963 before moving to first-run syndication in 1971.

* ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' ran its first two seasons on Fox, then went into syndication for Seasons 3 and 4 before being cancelled. Season 5 aired on Fox in 2015, after which the show was quietly cancelled again. In 2019, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} brought it back for a 6th Season, with Wrestling/JohnCena replacing Creator/JeffFoxworthy as the host. Nickelodeon quietly cancelled the show after just one season (likely due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, but their reasoning has never been made public). That being said, a new video game version of the show for the 8th and 9th-gen consoles was released by Creator/THQNordic in August of 2022, but neither Foxworthy nor Cena was not brought back as the host.

* ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' ran its first two seasons on Fox, then went into syndication for Seasons 3 and 4 before being cancelled. Season 5 aired on Fox in 2015, after which the show was quietly cancelled again. In 2019, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} brought it back for a 6th Season, with Wrestling/JohnCena replacing Creator/JeffFoxworthy as the host. Nickelodeon quietly cancelled the show after just one season (likely due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, but their reasoning has never been made public). That being said, a video game version of the show for the 8th and 9th-gen consoles was released by Creator/THQNordic in August of 2022, but Cena was not brought back as the host.

* ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' ran its first two seasons on Fox, then went into syndication for Seasons 3 and 4 before being cancelled. Season 5 aired on Fox in 2015, after which the show was quietly cancelled again. In 2019, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} brought it back for a 6th Season, with Wrestling/JohnCena replacing Creator/JeffFoxworthy as the host. Nickelodeon quietly cancelled the show after just one season (likely due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic, but their reasoning has never been made public). That being said, a video game version of the show for the 8th and 9th-gen consoles was released in August of 2022, which kept the Nickelodeon branding, but Cena was not brought back as the host.