History Main / AdoredbytheNetwork

** For Lawlor, he's the co-leader with Ritchie for the most representation in ''The Pinball Arcade'' with nine games total. For starters, he has one game in the core pack download from his days at Creator/{{Stern}} (''Pinball/RipleysBelieveItOrNot''), then three games from his time at Williams in Season 1 (''Pinball/FunHouse1990'', ''Pinball/TheTwilightZone'', and ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers''). Season 2 adds another Williams game from him (''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}}'') and Season 3 is Lawlor free, but Season 4 more than makes up for it with ''four'' games from him (They are, in release order, ''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}'', ''Pinball/TheAddamsFamily'', ''Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow'', and ''Pinball/SafeCracker''). As of July 2015, the only game Lawlor made at Williams that isn't in ''The Pinball Arcade'' is ''Pinball/BanzaiRun'', and WordOfGod indicates that we may see it in the future.

* The Wikimedia Foundation seems to put most of its fundraising money towards Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} and Wikimedia Commons, but that's justified, as hardly anyone knows of, say, Wikibooks.

* JustForFun/TropeOverdosed and JustForFun/TropeOverdosedFranchises both exist to determine which works are adored by Wiki/TVTropes.

*** By contrast, the Ice Hockey World Championships (its counterpart for professional players) is not considered to be as important in North America as it is elsewhere because it [[DuelingShows falls during the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs]]. Top American and Canadian players typically remain committed to their NHL teams if they make the playoffs, and a chance to make the men's national team tends to be a consolation prize for losing in the first round or not making the playoffs at all. This worked to Canada's advantage in 2015, as star player Sidney Crosby was able to join the national team when Pittsburgh got eliminated in round 1. They [[CurbStompBattle promptly crushed every opponent they met]], including Russia in the final: critics were quick to point out that Canada's dream team would be impossible to form in the NHL because it was ''way'' over the salary cap. At the same time, Canadian viewership of the NHL playoffs are relative to how many Canadian teams remain...

* The Carol Danvers incarnation of ComicBook/CaptainMarvel. Because Marvel have historically lacked prominent superheroines whose film rights they owned, the 2010s saw Carol Danvers adopt the Captain Marvel moniker and receive a ''huge'' push as their flagship female character. She has since never been ''without'' a solo series, was put on more than a few teams, and usually was an important figure in their events. This is probably due in part to the massive appeal Carol (and her merch) have outside of traditional monthly comics sales, with many people owning t-shirts, jackets, water bottles, and other official paraphenalia bearing her logo. The company loves her and continue to market her as their main female character at the expense of most other, more well-established characters like [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] and [[Comicbook/XMen Storm]] (although these are usually chalked up to Marvel giving [[WolverinePublicity more and more exposure]] to the Comicbook/{{Avengers}} at the expense of the FF and the X-Men as the decade went on, due to the aforementioned lack of movie rights).

** As of 2017, the cable rights to ''The Lego Movie'' belong to Time Warner's networks. Nowadays, you can expect one of the older [=DreamWorks=] films that aren't on the FX channels anymore, to be shown on here. Other popular choices right now include [[Film/AlvinandtheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip]], and ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie''

* UK channel ITV and its sister channel [=ITV2=] are known for frequently showing the WesternAnimation/DespicableMe films.

* At the TurnOfTheMillennium after Creator/{{AMC}} stopped emphasizing classic movies but before they had original series such as ''Series/MadMen'', ''Series/BreakingBad'', and ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', the network went through different phases where they played the same movie practically every day for months until they found a new movie to obsess over and the cycle began anew. Examples included (but were not limited to):

** In TheNewTens, AMC created a tradition similar to the 24-hour ''Christmas Story'' marathons by playing ''[[Film/GonewiththeWind Gone with the Wind]]'' on a loop starting the day before Thanksgiving and leading up to the next morning.

** It seems as though they're doing the same with ''[[Film/LawrenceofArabia Lawrence of Arabia]]''. And ''[[Film/NowVoyager Now Voyager]]''.

* Creator/VH1 showed ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' and ''Film/GhostbustersII'' on a frequent basis for years after they started broadcasting more programs not dedicated to music. They usually showed the movies in cropped formats, meaning their pictures were not shown in their entirety (the second movie was usually shown in the 16:9 aspect ratio unlike the first movie, which was usually shown in the 4:3 aspect ratio, even after VH-1 started showing the second movie on a frequent basis).

* The Canadian Bravo channel has a fixation with the [[Film/TheBourneseries Bourne movies]].

* Australian TV network "ten" developed a great fondness for ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Terminator 2]]''. Before that, it was ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and it used to play ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'' once a month at least.

* As of June 2015, the LAFF network has been devoted to airing ''[[Film/{{TheLoveBug}} The Love Bug]]'' and its sequels on a frequent basis.

** ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'', originally released on PC and UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}}, then ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, iOS and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. And that's without counting the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor game as well as the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of ''Rayman 3'' (which is [[DolledUpInstallment in fact]] a 2D ''Rayman 2'' game with Dark Lums and other ''Rayman 3'' elements hastily slapped in.)

** ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' is especially notable. After performing below expectations in its original 1995 release (due in large part to a... misguided marketing campaign), Nintendo's international branches had treated it like the company's red-headed stepchild for many years. While the series has always had representation in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', neither ''Mother 1+2'' nor ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' got an English release as of yet, the second game's (the only one with an official English release for almost ''twenty years'') Virtual Console demo was removed from ''Brawl'' (though, to be fair, it never got a UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release until the Wii U, even in Japan), and even its spot in a trailer for the Wii U Virtual Console was replaced by ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' outside of Japan. This lasted until it was announced to be officially re-released in English, even in countries that never got it for its original system. From then on, it's been treated very respectably, all things considered.

** Nintendo's "second party" developers aren't immune to this either - Creator/IntelligentSystems seems to absolutely adore ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', much to the chagrin of those waiting for a ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' sequel. Nintendo is more than happy to encourage this, placing a number of ''Fire Emblem'' characters in the roster for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.

* Atlus and their ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series, but especially ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''. ''Persona 4'' was a BreakthroughHit (so much that Atlus USA finally stopped [[DolledUpInstallment dolling it up]] with the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' brand after ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''). ''Persona 5'' was an even bigger BreakthroughHit, becoming Atlus' highest-selling title ever. All three got [[TheAnimeOfTheGame anime adaptations]], and more merchandise than the rest of the franchise combined.

** Of their newer and more recent [=IPs=], ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' has easily gotten a large amount of love from Nintendo, with holographic concerts featuring the IdolSinger duos from each game being held in Europe and Japan, regularly holding invitationals at E3 and livestreaming tournaments, and copious amounts of post-release support.

** When it comes to [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball college football]], ESPN practically ''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/sports/ncaafootball/college-footballs-most-dominant-player-its-espn.html?ref=media&_r=1& runs the show]]''; they have lucrative broadcast deals with all of the major conferences (particularly the SEC, Big Ten, and ACC, among the most powerful conferences in Division I FBS), which is a practically a license to print money (and give it to their schools) by default. ESPN chooses the kickoff times for its games, and they even coded software used by the majority of the teams to help build their game schedules, meaning nearly all of the college schedules at the start of the season have the time ''TBA'' everywhere. In 2011, ESPN started an entire cable network devoted to the Texas Longhorns, then created the SEC Network in 2014, ACC Network in 2019, and also acquired the third-tier rights for almost all other Big 12 teams to form a "Big 12 Now" channel on its subscription ESPN+ service). During the post-season, they have broadcast rights to all but five bowl games (including the all-important College Football Playoff that also stole Fox's sole bowl game, the Cotton Bowl Classic, away from them, as if losing the BCS to them was bad enough) and even run ''fourteen of their own.'' (Of the non-ESPN bowls, CBS has been long-time broadcaster of the Sun Bowl, CBS Sports Network has the Arizona Bowl -- it lost the Cure Bowl to ESPN because ESPN Events bought the game, and Fox has recently swiped up the Foster Farms Bowl and Holiday Bowl. NFL Network airs some of the all-star games with potential NFL prospects, such as the Senior Bowl).

* ComicBook/TheInhumans were heavily pushed by Marvel in the 2010s, receiving big promotional pushes and involvement in crossover events. This stems from Marvel not owning the film rights to the X-Men, thus Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter wanting to use the Inhumans in their place as the naturally superpowered minority allegory. Although their film was scheduled to be developed, increased awareness of the brand and more stories to draw on for adaptations and merchandise was required, as well as more popularity in general given how obscure they are, and so they were given more shots than would normally be warranted given just how poorly they sold (their sales were usually always under the usual Marvel/DC cancellation threshold). This subsided when the Inhumans' TV adaptation bombed, the film rights to the X-Men were reacquired and Marvel was eventually restructured to minimise Perlmutter's influence, which saw an almost instantaneous decrease in the Inhumans' promotion. Media outside of comics that began production after the return of the X-Men film rights noticeably lacks prominent Inhumans elements, with even their BreakoutCharacter [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]], being introduced into the MCU with the Inhumans elements removed. The last episode even ''[[spoiler: reveals that she's a mutant]]''.

* ComicBook/TheInhumans were heavily pushed by Marvel in the 2010s, receiving big promotional pushes and involvement in crossover events. This stems from Marvel not owning the film rights to the X-Men, thus Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter wanting to use the Inhumans in their place as the naturally superpowered minority allegory. Although their film was scheduled to be developed, increased awareness of the brand and more stories to draw on for adaptations and merchandise was required, as well as more popularity in general given how obscure they are, and so they were given more shots than would normally be warranted given just how poorly they sold (their sales were usually always under the usual Marvel/DC cancellation threshold). This subsided when the Inhumans' TV adaptation bombed, the film rights to the X-Men were reacquired and Marvel was eventually restructured to minimise Perlmutter's influence, which saw an almost instantaneous decrease in the Inhumans' promotion. Media outside of comics that began production after the return of the X-Men film rights noticeably lacks prominent Inhumans elements, with even their BreakoutCharacter [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]], being introeuced into the MCU with the Inhumans elements removed. The last episode even ''[[spoiler: reveals that she's a mutant]]''.

* ComicBook/TheInhumans were heavily pushed by Marvel in the 2010s, receiving big promotional pushes and involvement in crossover events. This stems from Marvel not owning the film rights to the X-Men, thus Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter wanting to use the Inhumans in their place as the naturally superpowered minority allegory. Although their film was scheduled to be developed, increased awareness of the brand and more stories to draw on for adaptations and merchandise was required, as well as more popularity in general given how obscure they are, and so they were given more shots than would normally be warranted given just how poorly they sold (their sales were usually always under the usual Marvel/DC cancellation threshold). This subsided when the Inhumans' TV adaptation bombed, the film rights to the X-Men were reacquired and Marvel was eventually restructured to minimise Perlmutter's influence, which saw an almost instantaneous decrease in the Inhumans' promotion.

** For Lawlor, he's the co-leader with Ritchie for the most representation in ''The Pinball Arcade'' with nine games total. For starters, he has one game in the core pack download from his days at Creator/{{Stern}} (''Pinball/RipleysBelieveItOrNot''), then three games from his time at Williams in Season 1 (''Pinball/FunHouse'', ''Pinball/TheTwilightZone'', and ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers''). Season 2 adds another Williams game from him (''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}}'') and Season 3 is Lawlor free, but Season 4 more than makes up for it with ''four'' games from him (They are, in release order, ''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}'', ''Pinball/TheAddamsFamily'', ''Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow'', and ''Pinball/SafeCracker''). As of July 2015, the only game Lawlor made at Williams that isn't in ''The Pinball Arcade'' is ''Pinball/BanzaiRun'', and WordOfGod indicates that we may see it in the future.

** Of their newer and more recent [=IPs=], ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' and [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 its sequel]] have easily gotten a large amount of love from Nintendo, with holographic concerts featuring the IdolSinger duos from each game being held in Europe and Japan, holding invitationals at E3, having Nintendo Directs focusing directly on the game itself, and copious amounts of post-release support.

* Blizzard Entertainment was seen to suffer from this as well, as they worked on various ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' games and expansions for almost a decade straight before ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' and ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' were announced. (The one ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' product in the making, ''Ghost'', became VaporWare.) Lately, they've completely flipped this trope on the head, and seem to be just gushing new games - ''Reaper of Souls'', ''Hearthstone'', and ''Heroes of the Storm'' all within a year of each other.
** In the late '90s, this seemed to be the reverse case for Blizzard, with all their efforts directed towards Starcraft + Expansions, and Diablo 2 + Expansions. Other than an upgraded re-release of ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' that allowed you to play on Battle.net, ''Warcraft'' wasn't getting much love until ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' was finally released.

* TBS and TNT were notorious up until the late-2000s for overplaying ''Film/RoadHouse''.
* It was almost impossible to turn on HBO in the early 1980s and not see ''[[Film/ScavengerHunt1979 Scavenger Hunt]]'' or ''Film/TheBlackHole''.

* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Football]] in the United States. If it's autumn and your network carries the NFL, expect a pop-up ad or commercial every five minutes reminding you when the next game is and who's playing. Those above problems with preemption? Baseball fans have the same problem when they're waiting for the World Series to start and Creator/{{Fox}} won't cut away from Curt Menefee and Terry Bradshaw yukking it up. Even on a general sports station like Creator/{{ESPN}}, the NFL will usually be promoted far more than anything else it carries.
** When it comes to college football, ESPN practically ''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/sports/ncaafootball/college-footballs-most-dominant-player-its-espn.html?ref=media&_r=1& runs the show]]''; they have lucrative broadcast deals with all of the major conferences (particularly the SEC, Big Ten, and ACC, among the most powerful conferences in Division I FBS), which is a practically a license to print money (and give it to their schools) by default. ESPN chooses the kickoff times for its games, and they even coded software used by the majority of the teams to help build their game schedules, meaning nearly all of the college schedules at the start of the season have the time ''TBA'' everywhere. In 2011, ESPN started an entire cable network devoted to the Texas Longhorns, then created the SEC Network in 2014, ACC Network in 2019, and also acquired the third-tier rights for almost all other Big 12 teams to form a "Big 12 Now" channel on its subscription ESPN+ service). During the post-season, they have broadcast rights to all but five bowl games (including the all-important College Football Playoff that also stole Fox's sole bowl game, the Cotton Bowl Classic, away from them, as if losing the BCS to them was bad enough) and even run ''fourteen of their own.'' (Of the non-ESPN bowls, CBS has been long-time broadcaster of the Sun Bowl, CBS Sports Network has the Arizona Bowl -- it lost the Cure Bowl to ESPN because ESPN Events bought the game, and Fox has recently swiped up the Foster Farms Bowl and Holiday Bowl. NFL Network airs some of the all-star games with potential NFL prospects, such as the Senior Bowl).
*** The same can also be said for ESPN's coverage of men's college basketball games with Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, and to a lesser extent, Indiana and Ohio State who are being featured more often than other teams. For example, just about every ESPN Super Tuesday game features Kentucky versus whichever team Kentucky is facing that day.
* Since (re-)acquiring the rights to NBA coverage in 2002,[[note]]ESPN also aired NBA games in 1982–84[[/note]] ESPN has [[https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/espn-nba-finals-coverage-contract-tv-shows-deal/10x2uz354ndr41pnyg8sqadm5l devoted a very large amount of its programming to the league]]; not just actual game coverage, but extensive NBA discussions on its studio shows, plenty of in-game promos on other events, etc. As you might expect, this tends to draw considerable criticism from viewers who aren't NBA fans. UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} fans, in particular, haven't been able to help noticing the degree to which ESPN's increased focus on the NBA has [[https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/latest-moves-suggest-espn-prioritizing-nba-coverage-de-emphasizing-mlb.html come at the expense of the network's once-extensive MLB coverage]].

* Due to its then-extensive coverage of Major League Baseball's entire October postseason, there was a stretch of time starting around the turn of the millennium when Fox had to delay the season premiere of many of its shows until after the World Series to accommodate its coverage. This meant that fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'', for example, had to wait until ''November'' to see new episodes. Starting in 2005, the network returned to launching its major shows in September -- but the Series still kept ''The Simpsons''[='=] annual [[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Halloween Episode]] from airing until after the holiday came and went. Since 2006, almost the entire postseason is now cable-only: as of 2014, when MLB's current TV contract was signed, the Fox Sports 1 channel splits the Division Series and League Championship Series with Creator/{{TBS}}, alternating between American League and National League games each year, with the only postseason games still airing on "Big Fox" being the World Series and the first game of whichever LCS Fox Sports 1 is covering.
* Tennis on Eurosport. Go to any forum of a particular sport that isn't Association Football (or Tennis obviously) and you are guaranteed to find that most European fans there absolutely despise Tennis for the sole reason that they've spent large chunks of the last 20 years wanting to watch their favorite sport but not able to, as Eurosport was preempting it with an overtimed Tennis match, usually from the lower rounds of some unimportant tournament. Cycling and Basketball fans are especially prone to fly into a rage from this.

* Cricket in Australia, especially Test cricket. For those who don't know, Test cricket matches can last for ''five days straight''. They'll always be there on Seven and Fox, every summer, and the breaks will usually be filled with highlights/recaps/analyses.

* Since (re-)acquiring the rights to NBA coverage in 2002,[[note]]ESPN also aired NBA games in 1982–84[[/note]] ESPN has [[https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/espn-nba-finals-coverage-contract-tv-shows-deal/10x2uz354ndr41pnyg8sqadm5l devoted a very large amount of its programming to the league]]; not just actual game coverage, but extensive NBA discussions on its studio shows, plenty of in-game promos on other events, etc. As you might expect, this tends to draw considerable criticism from viewers who aren't NBA fans.

* [[CanadaEh For Canadian sport networks]], [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]] is the most aired sport on Sportsnet, TSN. [[SeriousBusiness This really shouldn't be much surprise in Canada]]. What's more, there are network favourites among the teams. Before ''Series/HockeyNightInCanada'' switched to an early/late game doubleheader broadcast in 1995, if you wanted to see any Canadian team aside from the Maple Leafs or the Canadiens, you either had to hope they were playing in Toronto or Montreal, or that they made the playoffs and Toronto or Montreal weren't playing that night. The absurdity of this is indicated by the fact that in the mid-1980s, when Usefulnotes/WayneGretzky and the Edmonton Oilers were the best team in the league, it was almost impossible for someone in Eastern Canada to ever see them on TV.

** When it comes to college football, ESPN practically ''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/sports/ncaafootball/college-footballs-most-dominant-player-its-espn.html?ref=media&_r=1& runs the show]]''; they have lucrative broadcast deals with all of the major conferences (particularly the SEC, Big Ten, and ACC, among the most powerful conferences in Division I FBS) which is a practically a license to print and give their schools money by default, ESPN chooses start times for its games, and they even coded software used by the majority of the teams to help build their game schedules, meaning nearly all of the college schedules at the start of the season have the time ''TBA'' everywhere. In 2011, ESPN started an entire cable network devoted to the Texas Longhorns, then created the SEC Network in 2014, ACC Network in 2019, and also acquired the third-tier rights for almost all other Big 12 teams to form a "Big 12 Now" channel on its subscription ESPN+ service). During the post-season, they have broadcast rights to all but five bowl games (including the all-important College Football Playoff that also stole Fox's sole bowl game, the Cotton Bowl Classic, away from them, as if losing the BCS to them was bad enough) and even run ''fourteen of their own.'' (Of the non-ESPN bowls, CBS has been long-time broadcaster of the Sun Bowl, CBS Sports Network has the Arizona Bowl -- it lost the Cure Bowl to ESPN because ESPN Events bought the game, and Fox has recently swiped up the Foster Farms Bowl and Holiday Bowl. NFL Network airs some of the all-star games with potential NFL prospects, such as the Senior Bowl).

** When it comes to college football, ESPN practically ''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/sports/ncaafootball/college-footballs-most-dominant-player-its-espn.html?ref=media&_r=1& runs the show]]''; they have lucrative broadcast deals with all the major conferences (particularly the SEC, Big Ten, and ACC, among the most powerful conferences in Division I FBS) which is a practically a license to print and give their schools money by default, ESPN chooses start times for its games, and they even coded software used by the majority of the teams to help build their game schedules, meaning nearly all of the college schedules at the start of the season have the time ''TBA'' everywhere. In 2011, ESPN started an entire cable network devoted to the Texas Longhorns, then created the SEC Network in 2014, ACC Network in 2019, and also acquired the third-tier rights for almost all other Big 12 teams to form a "Big 12 Now" channel on its subscription ESPN+ service). During the post-season, they have broadcast rights to all but five bowl games (including the all-important College Football Playoff that also stole Fox's sole bowl game, the Cotton Bowl Classic, away from them, as if losing the BCS to them was bad enough) and even run ''fourteen of their own.'' (Of the non-ESPN bowls, CBS has been long-time broadcaster of the Sun Bowl, CBS Sports Network has the Arizona Bowl -- it lost the Cure Bowl to ESPN because ESPN Events bought the game, and Fox has recently swiped up the Foster Farms Bowl and Holiday Bowl. NFL Network airs some of the all-star games with potential NFL prospects, such as the Senior Bowl).

* [[CanadaEh For Canadian sport networks]], [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]] is the most aired sport on Sportsnet, TSN (The {{Expy}} of Creator/{{ESPN}}) and Creator/{{CBC}}. [[SeriousBusiness This really shouldn't be much surprise in Canada]]. What's more, there are network favourites among the teams. Before ''Series/HockeyNightInCanada'' switched to an early/late game doubleheader broadcast in 1995, if you wanted to see any Canadian team aside from the Maple Leafs or the Canadiens, you either had to hope they were playing in Toronto or Montreal, or that they made the playoffs and Toronto or Montreal weren't playing that night. The absurdity of this is indicated by the fact that in the mid-1980s, when Usefulnotes/WayneGretzky and the Edmonton Oilers were the best team in the league, it was almost impossible for someone in Eastern Canada to ever see them on TV.

** Nintendo's "second party" developers aren't immune to this either - Creator/IntelligentSystems seems to absolutely adore ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', much to the chagrin of those waiting for a ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' sequel. Nintendo is more than happy to encourage this, placing a number of ''Fire Emblem'' characters in the roster for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' (which in turn has led to ''Smash'' fans becoming sick of them).

** Kids Station also has a fondness for ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'', airing at least three episodes a day and holding special events based on the show at least once a month.

* The Japanese children's channel Creator/KidsStation loves ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'' so much that it airs five and a half hours of the show every day. Justified, though, as it's one of the biggest [[CashCowFranchise Cash Cow Franchises]] in the demographic.

* Due to its then-extensive coverage of Major League Baseball's entire October postseason, there was a stretch of time starting around the turn of the millennium when Fox had to delay the season premiere of many of its shows until after the World Series to accommodate its coverage. This meant that fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'', for example, had to wait until ''November'' to see new episodes. Starting in 2005, the network returned to launching major shows in September -- but the Series still kept ''The Simpsons''[='=] annual [[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Halloween Episode]] from airing until after the holiday came and went. Since 2006, almost the entire postseason is now cable-only: as of 2014, when the current contract was signed, the Fox Sports 1 channel splits the Division Series and League Championship Series with Creator/{{TBS}}, alternating between American League and National League games yearly, with the only postseason games still shown on "Big Fox" being the World Series and the first game of whichever LCS Fox Sports 1 is covering.

* Due to its then-extensive coverage of Major League Baseball's entire October postseason, there was a stretch of time starting around the turn of the millennium when Fox had to delay the season premiere of many of its shows until after the World Series to accommodate its coverage. This meant that fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'', for example, had to wait until ''November'' to see new episodes. Starting in 2005, the network returned to launching major shows in September -- but the Series still kept ''The Simpsons''[='=] annual [[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Halloween Episode]] from airing until after the holiday came and went. Since 2006, almost the entire postseason is now cable-only: as of 2014, when their current contract was signed, the Fox Sports 1 channel splits the Division Series and League Championship Series with Creator/{{TBS}}, alternating between American League and National League games yearly, with the only postseason games still shown on "Big Fox" being the World Series and the first game of whichever LCS Fox Sports 1 is covering.

* Due to its then-exclusive coverage of Major League Baseball's entire October postseason, there was a stretch of time starting around the turn of the millennium when Fox had to delay the season premiere of many of its shows until after the World Series to accommodate its coverage. This meant that fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'', for example, had to wait until ''November'' to see new episodes. Starting in 2005, the network returned to launching major shows in September -- but the Series still kept ''The Simpsons''[='=] annual [[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Halloween Episode]] from airing until after the holiday came and went. Since 2006, almost the entire postseason is now cable-only: as of 2014, when their current contract was signed, the Fox Sports 1 channel splits the Division Series and League Championship Series with Creator/{{TBS}}, alternating between American League and National League games yearly, with the only postseason games still shown on "Big Fox" being the World Series and the first game of whichever LCS Fox Sports 1 is covering.

* Due to its then-exclusive coverage of Major League Baseball's postseason, there was a stretch of time starting around the turn of the millennium when Fox had to delay the season premiere of many of its shows until after the World Series to accommodate its coverage. This meant that fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'' had to wait until ''November'' to see new episodes. Starting in 2005, the network returned to launching major shows in September -- but the Series still kept ''The Simpsons''[='=] annual [[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Halloween Episode]] from airing until after the holiday came and went. Since 2006, almost the entire postseason is now cable-only: as of 2014, when their current contract was signed, the Fox Sports 1 channel splits the Division Series and League Championship Series with Creator/{{TBS}}, alternating between American League and National League games yearly, with the only postseason games still shown on "Big Fox" being the World Series and the first game of whichever LCS Fox Sports 1 is covering.