History Main / AdoredbytheNetwork

*** By contrast, the Ice Hockey World Championships (its counterpart for professional players) is generally 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. Most editions of the tournament are held in Europe (thus resulting in morning and afternoon games in the Americas), but the NHL's U.S. partners control scheduling of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and generally insist on having afternoon games on weekends.

*** Speaking of which, ESPN has a fondness for the likes of top SEC football teams such as Alabama, Florida and Georgia, and to a lesser extent, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee and Texas A&M but tends to dislike the other teams (including Kentucky and Ole Miss, who have been having better seasons in the last several years). ESPN has also historically frequently given the Mid-American Conference mid-week primetime games to the point of MemeticMutation among its fans.

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* It was impossible to watch Fox Movie Channel in 2011 without running into some combination of ''The Return of Frank James'', ''Film/TheDesertFox'' and/or ''Royal Flash''.

* Creator/{{Nintendo}} really loves all its big franchises, probably because it can make them under the company's family-friendly guidelines without complaints from the publishers -- but it really seems to love ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. ''Especially'' Mario, being that he's the mascot and all.

* A similar case to Nintendo can also be said for Creator/{{Sega}} towards its own mascot, VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, who happens to be Sega's biggest CashCowFranchise, and the only one [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff with more popularity in the West than it does back in Japan]]. This is actually enough to annoy some Sega fans of other franchises, especially since unlike Nintendo's Big 3, Sonic is the only franchise Sega has with this treatment, and this tends to come at the cost of sales for other Sega franchises due to the lack of marketing and exposure for them that was instead put into the latest Sonic game. Though Sega seems to be averting this as of late, with the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' games seeing a large rise in popularity on both sides of the Pacific.

* FX just loves showing off some Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movies every chance it gets. The first ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' movie, the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' movies, and the entire ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' trilogy are frequent favorites.

* FX just loves showing off some Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movies every chance it gets. The first ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' movie, the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' movies, and the entire ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' trilogy are frequent favorites.

** 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 three 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, Fox has the Holiday Bowl (it also had the Foster Farms Bowl before it became effectively defunct), and Barstool Sports has the Arizona Bowl. CBS lost the Cure Bowl to ESPN because ESPN Events bought the game, while CBS Sports Network previously had the Arizona Bowl. NFL Network airs some of the all-star games with potential NFL prospects, such as the Senior Bowl).
*** Speaking of which, ESPN has a fondness for the likes of top SEC football teams such as Alabama, Florida and Georgia, and to a lesser extent, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee and Texas A&M but tends to dislike the other teams (including Kentucky and Ole Miss, who have been having better seasons in the last several years).

*** On weekends, their movie selection mainly consists of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy, the '' ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' films and ''Film/KindergartenCop''.

* Sega also loves its ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' franchise, which started as a [[VideoGame/SakuraWars video game]] in 1996. It has since gone on to spawn five sequels, as well as video game spin-offs, [=OVAs=], a [[Anime/SakuraWarsTV TV series]], an [[Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie anime film]], and several stage musicals.

* Creator/EAGames publishes a lot of games, some acclaimed indies and some big blockbuster franchises, like ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/DragonAge'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' being the biggest and most enduring of their own properties, and one of the biggest of all, '''''Franchise/StarWars'''''. But it's their sports games that they care the most about -- and among them, ''VideoGame/FifaSoccer'' is the top dog. When the development of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' was going through hurdles thanks to Bioware's unfamiliarity with the Frostbite engine, they weren't given the help of DICE, the developers who made the engine... because they were helping the ''FIFA'' team. The process repeated when ''VideoGame/Anthem2019'' -- a property EA hyped up as "their next big IP" -- faced the same issues, and EA once again instead had all staff who were familiar with Frostbite -- including those who were ''already'' working at Bioware -- moved to work on ''FIFA''. This is because ''FIFA'' is '''''huge''''' around the world, and it ''always'' outsells EA's other games. Not only that, but its microtransactions rake in ''insane'' amounts of money, and because players of ''FIFA'' tend to not be as ingrained in gaming culture and discourse, they generally are not talked about or face as much scrutiny as microtransactions in other games.

-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18886_5-ways-television-went-crazy-since-i-quit-watching-in-2003_p2.html#ixzz26BuuMFyw 5 Ways Television Went Crazy Since I Quit Watching in 2003]]

** They are also well-known for constantly showing ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' and ''Film/HotFuzz'', to the point where even Creator/EdgarWright himself [[https://mobile.twitter.com/edgarwright/status/1096887981200281600 is aware of it.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' films, specifically the first two are played ''to death'' on Turner networks, particularly on Cartoon Network and Atlanta station WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV). The latter in particular airs the first two movies on what seems like almost ''every weekend''.

* Italian channel K2 airs cartoon movies every Monday night, with reruns during Saturday lunchtime and Sunday morning. With a few exceptions, most of their movie airings are either ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', any ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movie starting from ''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', any ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' movie, or a compilation of the various DVD-only shorts based on [=DreamWorks=] movies (plus the ones made for ''Film/TheSmurfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', for some reason).
* UK channel ITV and its sister channel [=ITV2=] are known for frequently showing the ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' films.

* Creator/TylerPerry's films, specifically ones featuring his signature Madea character are absolutely ''loved'' all across cable. Often it seems that if one airs, others will start to air as well (this isn't even getting into his various television shows, which ''also'' air frequently on TV). For a while, the Turner networks, namely TBS, TNT, and Peachtree TV were particularly fond of them, but as of the late 2010s, the Viacom channels (particularly BET) have taken that mantle. ''Madea's Witness Protection'', ''Madea's Big Happy Family'', and ''Diary of a Mad Black Woman'' in particular are played to death.

** Of their newer and more recent [=IPs=], ''Franchise/{{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.

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** ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is another favourite of RTE with frequent reairings. It is a guarantee that this flim will be aired on that station sometime during any Christmas or Easter.

* Nintendo really loves all its big franchises, probably because it can make them under the company's family-friendly guidelines without complaints from the publishers -- but it really seems to love ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. ''Especially'' Mario, being that he's the mascot and all.

** In a more specific example, TSN has ''always'' hyped the IIHF World Junior Championships (the top international under-20 competition, which traditionally begins on the day after Christmas), as being Canada's holiday sports tradition (much like ESPN's endless bowl games of varying signifigance). The tournament is treated with ''much'' more importance in Canada than in any other country, owing to the aforementioned hype, the fact that they've won it 16 times, and that one year where the Canadian team got into a ''twenty-minute, bench-clearing brawl'' with the Soviets that ejected them both from the tournament. It's gotten to the point that any game involving Team Canada, especially if they are [[TheRival playing Russia or the United States]], reach the final, or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs reach the final, playing Russia or the United States]], is guaranteed to have a good television audience. When the tournament is hosted by Canada (which happens quite a bit), these scenarios frequently result in sell-out crowds, especially in the three aforementioned scenarios. However, the international prominence of the tournament has grown too; Canada's six-year drought has given other countries time in the spotlight, including the Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden, and the U.S. When Finland won the tournament at home in 2016 in overtime, the atmosphere could have easily been mistaken for a game involving Canada.

** In a more specific example, TSN has ''always'' hyped the IIHF World Junior Championships (the top international under-20 competition, which traditionally begins on the day after Christmas), as being Canada's holiday sports tradition (much like ESPN's endless array of meaningless college bowl games). The tournament is treated with ''much'' more importance in Canada than in any other country, owing to the aforementioned hype, the fact that they've won it 16 times, and that one year where the Canadian team got into a ''twenty-minute, bench-clearing brawl'' with the Soviets that ejected them both from the tournament. It's gotten to the point that any game involving Team Canada, especially if they are [[TheRival playing Russia or the United States]], reach the final, or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs reach the final, playing Russia or the United States]], is guaranteed to have a good television audience. When the tournament is hosted by Canada (which happens quite a bit), these scenarios frequently result in sell-out crowds, especially in the three aforementioned scenarios. However, the international prominence of the tournament has grown too; Canada's six-year drought has given other countries time in the spotlight, including the Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden, and the U.S. When Finland won the tournament at home in 2016 in overtime, the atmosphere could have easily been mistaken for a game involving Canada.

*** By contrast, the Ice Hockey World Championships (its counterpart for professional players) is generally 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...

** To put it into perspective, when the series celebrated its 20th anniversary, the first three ''Persona'' games (1, Innocent Sin, and Eternal Punishment) were essentially footnotes. When Atlus had a panel at the 2014 anime con, it was literally ''just'' Persona 3 and Persona 4 - their other [=IPs=] didn't even get so much of a nod. This has caused somewhat of a BrokenBase - people who like the first two games, people who wish Atlus would stop treating them as some kind of an OldShame at best or the way Nintendo treats the CD-I titles at worst, and people who like them but are getting fatigued at the constant [[CashCowFranchise milking]].

** It seems as though they're doing the same with ''Film/LawrencOfArabia''. And ''Film/NowVoyager''.

* [[Creator/{{Animax}} Animax Latin America]] was criticized for its anime-only run because of this. Between 2005 to 2007, shows such as ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' and ''Manga/GetBackers'' (and to a lesser extent, ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' and ''Manga/PitaTen'', although the latter was removed from the schedule in 2007) were being overplayed. To be fair though, both of the former two series did have 52 episodes. When ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' premiered, it cluttered most of the schedule in the past few years (it had 47 episodes).