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** MeTV and other digital networks still run Gunsmoke as "Marshall Dillon".

* FOX sought to test the waters in the late 90s with a thirty minute re-edit of Ally McBeal for a quick cash-in for syndication at the height of the show's popularity. Effectively they purged the first two seasons of all courtroom related scenes/drama material in order to present it as a comedy show, which created episodes that had huge plot holes, such as the elimination of Lucy Lui's character's entire introduction episode and having her just randomly showing up in the cast without an introduction.

* In the syndicated runs of ''LibertysKids'', the "Liberty News Network" (LNN) breaks were cut.

** The most jarring of opening/ending shortenings would be {{Durarara}}; its ending is a major MemeticMutation, to the point that many people found out about the series through that ending. The opening meanwhile, is important due to the fact that it lists the main characters, and while it lists important characters like [[HeadlessHorseman Celty]], [[WorldsStrongestMan Shizuo]], [[BigBad Izaya]], [[HuskyRusskie Simon]] and [[MadScientist Shinra]], the [[FanNickname Raira Trio]] ([[NiceGuy Mikado]], [[CasanovaWannabe Kida]] and [[TheHeart Anri]]) are sadly left out.

* The TechTv broadcast of ''Anime/{{Betterman}}'' has the ending credits used for the Opening. [[TropesAreTools A positive example]] of the trope, the Ending was well animated, with haunting imagery and a memorable song. Contrast with the Opening, which is just live-action footage of a tidal pool.

** '''The NBC Rerun''': This is the version that airs during the weeks when ''SNL'' doesn't have any new episodes (and doesn't air a "Best Of" clip show special). It's 90 minutes long (just like a typical first-run episode), has the phrase, "Previously Recorded From An Earlier Broadcast" during the opening credits, and has dress rehearsal scenes (and, in some cases, sketches) to replace the live show footage (either for content reasons, to fix a technical error or missed cue, or to make a sketch/segment funnier after flopping badly on its first-run. This cut is the same one they air on the West Coast.
** '''The 60-Minute Rerun''': This is the version of ''SNL'' that aired on the cable channels ComedyCentral and E! Entertainment (and, as of 2013, on NBC at 10:00pm Eastern Time). It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a rerun of an ''SNL'' episode cut down to roughly an hour (minus commercial breaks). This version includes [[note]](what most fans consider to be)[[/note]] the best and funniest sketches from a given episode while weeding out the sketches that weren't as good and the second song by the musical guest is cut for time. Originally, Comedy Central aired ''Saturday Night Live'' episodes from the 1970s to the 1980s (barring the Jean Doumanian episodes, except for the BillMurray/Delbert [=McClinton=] episode, and the last episode of season six, which had no host, but included guest appearances by Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, and Christopher Reeve, with a musical performance by Jr. Walker and the All-Stars), but after a while, those got phased out for the episodes from the mid-to-late 1980s to the 1990s (seasons 12 to 25), then those got phased out for episodes from the 1990s to the early 2000s (seasons 21 to 27). After Comedy Central picked up ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' in place of ''SNL'', E! aired the 1990s to the early 2000s episodes, but also added episodes from seasons 28, 29, and 30. The one-hour cuts of ''SNL'' that air on NBC are reruns from the current season (season 38; 2012-2013).
** '''The VH-1 and VH-1 Classic Rerun''': Similar to the Comedy Central and E! reruns (in which the show is condensed to one-hour, leaving in only the best sketches, Weekend Update jokes, and one musical performance), only the episodes that air on VH-1 and VH-1 Classic are from seasons 28 to 37 (and some occasional episodes from seasons 24 to 27), with some "Best of" clip show episodes and the occasional behind-the-scenes special about the show's history in the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s. The "Best of" clip shows and the "behind-the-scenes" documentaries are the only 90-minute reruns of ''SNL'' ever aired on cable TV.

** '''The Comedy Network Rerun''': The Comedy Network is essentially Comedy Central in Canada (meaning whatever Comedy Central airs, Comedy Network airs). The only difference is Canada has much looser standards about profanity (sister network {{CTV}}, for instance was able to air ''Series/TheSopranos'' in primetime on broadcast television without any editing or bleeping to speak of). Comedy Network doesn't use bleeps to censor out bad language (the comedy special "RussellBrand Live in New York" aired with all bleeps removed and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has its language uncensored as well). This edited version of ''SNL'' is similar to the NBC rerun (airs for 90 minutes with little or no edits), only Comedy Network airs all of [[OldShame the season six episodes produced by Jean Doumanian]] in addition to airing the good (or SoOkayItsAverage) episodes from both Lorne Michaels eras (fall 1975-spring 1980 and fall 1985-present) and Dick Ebersol's era (spring 1981-spring 1985).
** '''The Xfinity On-Demand/Hulu version''' cuts the musical guests, as well as any skits that include copyrighted music. Usually this cuts the 66-minute (without commercials) show down to about 55 minutes (sometimes lower than that, like somewhere between 30 minutes to around 50, depending on how much musical content is cut). The 2012 MickJagger episode was just over a half-hour long after cutting the musical numbers, a skit involving people singing Rolling Stone songs at a karaoke bar and one of the office workers (played by Mick Jagger) complaining about it, and the heartwarming end sketch with Kristen Wiig "graduating" from ''SNL''.
** '''The Netflix Version''': A mix between the Comedy Central/E!/VH-1 version and the Xfinity On-Demand/Hulu version, in that only the best material is shown and everything else is edited for copyright reasons or time. Because of this, a lot of episodes of ''SNL'' (particularly the ones in the collections for episodes from the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, and the 2010s. The 1970s episodes only have the musical performances edited) on the Netflix version can range from lasting 15 minutes to 58 minutes, depending on how much has been edited.

For a similar phenomenon that removes chunks of screen time for other reasons, see {{Bowdlerise}}, though some "edited for syndication" scenes (read: the ones that aren't cut because of length or copyright/licensing issues) are because of a scene that was considered so violent, vulgar, blasphemous, or sexually charged that it has to be cut or toned down in reruns on television.

For a similar phenomenon that removes chunks of screen time for other reasons, see {{Bowdlerise}}.

* ''LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': the dialog is sometimes censored in syndicated airings. Also, certain shots have been blurred.

* As a gimmick, NBC sometimes has its shows do special episodes which are slightly longer than the standard half-hour/twenty-two minutes formula. When they reach syndication, or even reruns, they're trimmed down to the usual length or, if there's enough extra footage, stretched out into a two-parter.

* Reruns of the ScreenGems series ''{{Bewitched}}'' and ''IDreamOfJeannie'' had opening-titles audio that varied for different seasons "standarized" to audio from one particular season: in ''Jeannie's'' case, all color seasons had third-season audio (with its visuals that included SidneySheldon's creator-credit, which had been absent from the second season); both monochrome seasons of ''{{Bewitched}}'' had the audio of the first season. At times, both series have also had the monochrome version of their opening animation replaced with the color version shown monochrome; for ''Jeannie'', this happened in early years of reruns (also using the color-episodes theme ''music''); for ''{{Bewitched}}'', this has been done for reruns in the recent years. The DVDs for ''Jeannie's'' second season even have the original opening-title visuals for the "Girl Who Never Had a Birthday" episodes (lacking SidneySheldon's creator credit) dubbed with third-season audio.

* ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' first aired in syndication on local TV stations, under the title, "The Best of ''Series/{{MADtv}}''." Only the first two seasons aired. The show then got picked up by SpikeTV (back when it was TNN -- The Nashville Network, a channel dedicated to everything that most people would consider "redneck" or "trailer trash") and aired the first two seasons, followed by seasons 3-5. The local station and TNN cuts of ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' were 30 minutes long (''Series/{{MADtv}}'' runs their show for an hour while ''SNL'' runs for 90 minutes [an hour and a half], and, much like the reruns from ''Saturday Night Live'', the ones for ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' only had the best material from a given episode while leaving the weaker, less funny stuff on the cutting room floor). The TNN reruns were off before anyone noticed and eventually the show found its way to Comedy Central after E! acquired the rights to air ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (''Series/{{MADtv}}'''s long-standing rival). ComedyCentral aired seasons 1-7 of ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' in their full, hour-long version [with some [[ThisTropeIsBleep bleeping]] and/or muting for obscene language], and as the years went by, seasons 8, 9, 10, and 11 were added as well (seasons 12 and 13 were only shown on Comedy Central's Canadian sister channel, Comedy Network, and the final season [season 14] has yet to be aired on either channel). In 2008, ComedyCentral phased out the first seven seasons of ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' in favor of the episodes from seasons 8-11, and those episodes have been running until 2010, when ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' was dropped from the syndication schedule in favor of reruns of reruns of canceled ComedyCentral original programming, exports of canceled animated comedies (i.e. ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''TheGoodeFamily'', and ''SitDownShutUp''), more movies, and more stand-up specials.

** In addition, when the ''Scooby-Doo/Dynumutt Hour'' entered syndication, they were split into separate shows, and each got their own set of openings/closings instead of a single opening/closing for both shows in a package. Unlike with ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', these edits still remain in cable airings, and even on the Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour DVD boxset. It's likely that the footage for the original openings/closings that were originally shown with the series as a package aren't in usable condition.

* Hanna-Barbera shows from 1971 and 1972 had a portion of episodes made but not screened during their first season runs (i.e.: in the ''Hair Bear Bunch'' episode "Closed Circuit TV," the Go Fish card game with the bears and Bananas the Gorilla being broken up by Peevly). They were added in during their second-season airings, but the scenes have not been shown in subsequent syndication and cable/satellite airings. Some scattered episodes have had scenes removed because, according to Warner Home Video, the scenes either no longer exist or their physical status is in question.

* Played with on ''ItsGarryShandlingsShow''. The show started (commercial free) on cable but was later picked up by the Fox Network and shown both with and without commercials. At one point Gary [[NoFourthWall announced]] to the audience that they had gone to commercial but that the cable viewers shouldn't worry and proceeded to put on a Carmen miranda outfit and did a short dance
* Although ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' was originally on ITV, which when it was filmed showed adverts in all its programmes, a few re-runs on other networks seem to be pretty abruptly cut and pasted - for example, much of the banter between the host and contestant is removed, as are the sections between one contestant leaving and the Fastest Finger First round. One episode skips the last question of the show entirely but strangely doesn't skip the pre-question status mention.
* ''McCloud'' is surely one of the worst victims. The first season, before the show was expanded to either 90 or 120 minutes as part of ''Series/TheNBCMysteryMovie'' franchise, consisted of six one-hour episodes. For syndication, these were chopped up and combined into 3 90-minute episodes, each of which haphazardly combined the plots of two separate episodes with hasty re-dubbing and re-editing. On DVD, these cuts are not restored.

* When WesternAnimation/VeggieTales aired on {{qubo}}, a lot of stuff got cut. Besides the new format of the series (it being set at Bob's house instead of in a kitchen), most if not all references to God in the first season were cut (And sometimes, the sentences with the religious references were shortened, like in "Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Slide", when Scooter says "You're special just the way God made ya!", it was just shortened to "You're special!") and some scenes, most of which weren't important, got cut in order to make room for commercials. One time, a whole major plot point got cut out of "Larry-Boy! And The Fib From Outer Space" got cut for this reason. The scene in question was when Larry-Boy is trying to look for the Fib, but he can't find it and tells Alfred he's coming home. A few minutes after the ad break this cut led into, we see Larry-Boy at his house playing Candy Land with Alfred. Viewers who saw this particular episode on qubo [[PlotHole might have wondered how he got there in the first place]], but they wouldn't know unless they brought the DVD. The animated LarryBoy series qubo aired for a while also had references to God cut as well (most notably "God wants us to be nice to people!" in the first episode). Despite this, 321Penguins remained mostly uncut, with the grandma's speeches about "the good book" and the ending scene where Jason and Michelle pray '''kept intact'''.

* We could make a whole page of Qubo examples. Their version of the ''MarvinTheTapDancingHorse'' episode "Mr. P-Nutty" cuts out the last few seconds of it, making the ending EXTREMELY abrupt, even to viewers who didn't catch the show's original run on PBS!

* The Qubo version of the ''MarvinTheTapDancingHorse'' episode "Mr. P-Nutty" cuts out the last few seconds of it, making the ending EXTREMELY abrupt. It's even noticeable to viewers who didn't catch the show's original run on PBS!

* You might think TheBBC would be immune to this, being commercial-free. However, when they screened CarlSagan's documentary ''{{Cosmos}}'' in 1980 every eppisode was cut from just under 60 minutes to just under 50, for no better reason than that 50 minutes was a standard BBC time slot for dramas and documentaries, and 60 minutes wasn't. Ironically, some years later TheBBC switched from 50 minutes to 60, though it never repeated ''Cosmos'' in either format.

** To add insult to injury, the episodes from Seasons 5-8, which were rendered in widescreen and broadcast as such during prime time on Comedy Central [[HighDefinition HD]], are restricted to PanAndScan versions regardless of the channel format. The original title sequences are also replaced with a single [[TitleSequenceReplacement catch-all version]] that uses the Season 7 intro music.

* ''GarfieldAndFriends'' suffered quite a bit in most of its syndicated rerun history: The episodes were edited to have only one Garfield Quickie (although one episode got to keep its "Screaming With [[MonsterClown Binky]]" segment instead [[note]] the one with Wade Duck filling in for Binky when he's on vacation in Mexico.[[/note]], and the fake U.S. Acres one in Moo Cow Mutt was kept as well), some of the title cards for the ''U.S. Acres'' segments were cut out, and they only used the theme song from seasons 3-5 (and an end credits sequence taken from season 5). To further add insult to injury, only 73 episodes from the first five seasons were included in the syndication package. However, Boomerang, the most recent channel to run ''GarfieldAndFriends'', presents the episodes as they are presented on the [=DVD=] sets.

** And up until recently for "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" the ending where Snoopy and Woodstock pull out and eat their own Thanksgiving feast was removed.
* Another Disney example, this time ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'''s pilot, "Plunder and Lightning", which was re-edited so (as standard Disney Afternoon block practice) it could be run as four half-hour episodes. In doing so, a significant amount of dialogue is lopped off. The most controversial cut (and considering [[DisneyAnimatedCanon their films reputation for heartwarming moments]], most bizarre) is the excising of a scene where Rebecca sings a lullaby to Molly as Kit Cloudkicker watches.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" in some airings sometimes an entire song is cut (Mr. Ratburn's song "Just a Little Homework").

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' faced several scene cuts when dubbed into Japanese, mostly towards the beginning and end, to make room for [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong the new opening and closing themes]]. Most weren't too essential, but one wonders if any kids noticed how Spike mysteriously knew which book Twilight was looking for without her telling him first.

* ABC Family aired ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie The Pooh and Christmas Too]]'' as part of their 25 Days of Christmas for 2008, which was the first time both specials had come on TV in years. And what did Disney, the very company that made those specials and owns that channel, do: [[{{Macekre}} They cut out several bits of dialogue (and in the latter's case,]] ''[[{{Macekre}} two whole scenes]]'').]] And for what? To make room for more commercials that no one even pays attention to!? It's even worse when you consider that the latter special doesn't even ''have'' an official [=DVD=] release (unless you count its inclusion as a flashback sequence in ''A Very Merry Pooh Year'') to drive sales for!
** ABC Family did this to Christmas specials long before 2008. For example, several scenes were cut from ''Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'' and ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'' when they aired in the early 2000s.
** For some reason until it was restored in 1997 a scene from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" had a scene removed from TV broadcasts where Linus flings a snowball with his blanket at a can.
* ''RockosModernLife'' had a lot of scenes cut when Nickelodeon began airing reruns on their main channel due to content. Nicktoons TV aired some of the episodes uncut, but most of them were edited. The ShoutFactory DVD is a mixed bag of cut and uncut episodes. Joe Murray is now working on creating a DVD release of ''Rocko's Modern Life'' with all the cut scenes reinstated.
* When Nickelodeon aired ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', the title sequence was hacked up and had "Nickelaney" dubbed in. Also, one part of the tune was even pitched up a little to mask the key change. Fortunately, the CartoonNetwork reruns and the reruns on The Hub have the opening the way it was when it was on FOX and the WB.
** One episode, "Broadcast Nusiance", was edited. One scene showed the Warners trying to blow up Slam Anderson (known as Dan Anchorman in U.S. airings). [[TooSoon Unfortunately, due to a 5-year-old blowing up his home and being inspired by]] WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead, the scene was cut from U.S. airings, because censors feared a similar incident would happen if they left the scene in.
** Also, "Potty Emergency" had a scene cut out from the broadcast and DVD versions-the man watering the flowers in that episode was supposed to turn his hose towards the camera, but due to this being possible GettingCrapPastTheRadar material, it was cut. This version was only shown at an animation convention in 1993, and nowhere else, so it's pretty hard to find.
* ''SpecialAgentOso'' has recently been edited for syndication when airing in the United Kingdom. ''Why'' this is so is not known.
* On its 2009 annual re-airing, Creator/{{ABC}} made the decision to cut scenes from ''ACharlieBrownChristmas'' to make room for commercials advertising ''PrepAndLanding'', the "new holiday classic" airing afterwards. This did not go over well, but fortunately, the full version was shown the following week.
** It should be noted that, for most of its run on Creator/{{CBS}}, the special had to cut out the scene of the kids throwing snowballs at the can on the fence. It was eventually restored on a 1991 video release and on CBS's broadcasts in 1997, but one shot that never did get restored was Snoopy tossing Linus at a Coca-Cola billboard immediately following the title card.
* The older episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' have fallen victim to this on ComedyCentral, often editing episodes for time restraints.
* Disney Junior's reruns of ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians: The Series'' cut out certain lines of dialogue from the episodes, such as Cruella saying "[[Film/{{Airplane}} I picked the wrong week to quit smoking]]" in "Home is Where the Bark Is".
* In the Peanuts special ''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown'', Charlie Brown misses the field goal kick twice due to Lucy's usual antics with pulling the ball away. In the original airing, Peppermint Patty blames Charlie Brown for messing up the plays; however, viewers protested her doing so because Lucy was to blame (obviously they didn't get the point of the Charlie Brown character). So, every subsequent airing and home entertainment release masks the "offending" lines by lowering the volume and scrambling them.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode ''Chuckie Loses His Glasses'' was about Angelica taking Chuckie's glasses, and in one scene, she got so nauseous from wearing them that she [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomited]]. The vomiting scene was cut from most airings, either for time restraints, or because Nickelodeon doesn't like to show vomiting. However, it's preserved on The90sAreAllThat airings.

** Some more examples: ''Jim Rockford: Private Investigator'' (''TheRockfordFiles''), ''The Raymond Burr Show'' (''Series/{{Ironside}}''), ''Ponderosa'' (''{{Bonanza}}''). Also reruns of ''The Ropers'' and ''Three's a Crowd'' are sometimes aired as part of the ''Series/ThreesCompany'' syndication package under the name ''Three's Company's friends - The Ropers'' and ''Three's Company Too'' respecitvely.

* ''PoliceCameraAction'', a police documentary on ITV4 (a digital-only channel in the United Kingdom) has often cut episodes in syndication. However, [[UnpleasableFanbase it irks the fans, no end]]. Also, CompletelyMissingThePoint to fans - why edit a documentary in such a way?

* Over on another Discovery network, ''NoReservations'' also gets a few extra minutes per show in Europe; {{Lampshaded}} when they do ClipShows, during which some of the cut bits are aired for American audiences. Others show up as web extras (as is common for Mythbusters now).

** '''The 60-Minute Rerun''': This is the version of ''SNL'' that aired on the cable channels ComedyCentral and E! Entertainment (and, as of 2013, on NBC at 10:00pm Eastern Time). It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a rerun of an ''SNL'' episode cut down to roughly an hour (minus commercial breaks). This version includes [[note]](what most fans consider to be)[[/note]] the best and funniest sketches from a given episode while weeding out the sketches that weren't as good and the second song by the musical guest is cut for time. Originally, Comedy Central aired ''Saturday Night Live'' episodes from the 1970s to the 1980s (barring the Jean Doumanian episodes, except for the BillMurray/Delbert [=McClinton=] episode, and the last episode of season six, which had no host, but included guest appearances by Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, and Christopher Reeve, with a musical performance by Jr. Walker and the All-Stars), but after a while, those got phased out for the episodes from the mid-to-late 1980s to the 1990s (seasons 12 to 25), then those got phased out for episodes from the 1990s to the early 2000s (seasons 21 to 27). After Comedy Central picked up ''MADtv'' in place of ''SNL'', E! aired the 1990s to the early 2000s episodes, but also added episodes from seasons 28, 29, and 30. The one-hour cuts of ''SNL'' that air on NBC are reruns from the current season (season 38; 2012-2013).

* ''Series/MADtv'' first aired in syndication on local TV stations, under the title, "The Best of ''MADtv''." Only the first two seasons aired. The show then got picked up by SpikeTV (back when it was TNN -- The Nashville Network, a channel dedicated to everything that most people would consider "redneck" or "trailer trash") and aired the first two seasons, followed by seasons 3-5. The local station and TNN cuts of ''MADtv'' were 30 minutes long (''MADtv'' runs their show for an hour while ''SNL'' runs for 90 minutes [an hour and a half], and, much like the reruns from ''Saturday Night Live'', the ones for ''MADtv'' only had the best material from a given episode while leaving the weaker, less funny stuff on the cutting room floor). The TNN reruns were off before anyone noticed and eventually the show found its way to Comedy Central after E! acquired the rights to air ''SaturdayNightLive'' (''MADtv'''s long-standing rival). ComedyCentral aired seasons 1-7 of ''MADtv'' in their full, hour-long version [with some [[ThisTropeIsBleep bleeping]] and/or muting for obscene language], and as the years went by, seasons 8, 9, 10, and 11 were added as well (seasons 12 and 13 were only shown on Comedy Central's Canadian sister channel, Comedy Network, and the final season [season 14] has yet to be aired on either channel). In 2008, ComedyCentral phased out the first seven seasons of ''MADtv'' in favor of the episodes from seasons 8-11, and those episodes have been running until 2010, when ''MADtv'' was dropped from the syndication schedule in favor of reruns of reruns of canceled ComedyCentral original programming, exports of canceled animated comedies (i.e. ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''TheGoodeFamily'', and ''SitDownShutUp''), more movies, and more stand-up specials.
** ''MADtv'' even parodied the practice to hell and back, with a PAX[[note]]PAX was a channel featuring religious and family friendly programming, hence the joke. As of the late 2000s, PAX is now IonTelevision and very rarely edits programs.[[/note]] version of an episode of ''TheSopranos'' that removed all the swearing, sex, and violence, bringing its 40+ minute run time to just under three minutes. Once upon a time, it was merely a commentary on how the frank, HBO-style depictions of sex, violence, and foul language would be edited on any channel that wasn't a premium cable channel. Now, the idea of an EditedForSyndication ''Sopranos'' is a reality, only it's syndicated on A&E and a bit more well-done than what ''MADtv'' showed.

** '''The Netflix Version''': A mix between the Comedy Central/E!/VH-1 version and the Xfinity On-Demand/Hulu version, in that only the best material is shown and everything else is edited for copyright reasons or time. Because of this, a lot of episodes of ''SNL'' on the Netflix version can range from lasting 15 minutes to 58 minutes, depending on how much has been edited.

* Creator/{{GSN}}'s airings of classic game shows usually have ticket fee plugs removed and prize plugs [[CreditsPushback crunched to small size]] to accomodate promos for upcoming shows. Many shows are also time-compressed, which would normally not be an issue — but they tend to do it really poorly, resulting in parts of the show sounding like the Micro Machines man. Their replays of classic black-and-white shows (Bill Cullen's version of ThePriceIsRight among others) usually have ticket plugs and sweepstakes mailing information excised, as well as having shows with cigarettes as sponsors for those particular shows excluded from replays.

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* Australia is odd about this: if a show is ''slightly'' censor-worthy (e.g. parts of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'') then it is edited (for instance, removing Leela hitting Zap or Bender stomping on a baby basket), but if it's particularly rude/violent (''Film/DieHard''), the networks just start it at about 10:00PM and leave it unedited.
* For a while, Italian network Italia 1 spliced episodes of various cartoons in two to make them last longer. It happened with seasons 5-10 of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' and Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', for example.
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*** A recent Creator/BenStiller episode had a cameo by HughJackman in a sketch that was edited on Hulu for those reasons. When Jackman appeared with the rest of the cast during the end credits, one who never saw the episode before would most likely be confused.

* When ''TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' was still being aired as shorts, several half-hour long specials aired during that time. when the series became Half-hour fulltime, those specials were re-edited to appear as standard episodes, adding the title sequence and song "Hey Sandy" and re-scoring the episodes with the standard cues. This is most jarring with "how we spent our Summer Vacation".

*** A recent BenStiller episode had a cameo by HughJackman in a sketch that was edited on Hulu for those reasons. When Jackman appeared with the rest of the cast during the end credits, one who never saw the episode before would most likely be confused.
* ''MADtv'' first aired in syndication on local TV stations, under the title, "The Best of ''MADtv''." Only the first two seasons aired. The show then got picked up by SpikeTV (back when it was TNN -- The Nashville Network, a channel dedicated to everything that most people would consider "redneck" or "trailer trash") and aired the first two seasons, followed by seasons 3-5. The local station and TNN cuts of ''MADtv'' were 30 minutes long (''MADtv'' runs their show for an hour while ''SNL'' runs for 90 minutes [an hour and a half], and, much like the reruns from ''Saturday Night Live'', the ones for ''MADtv'' only had the best material from a given episode while leaving the weaker, less funny stuff on the cutting room floor). The TNN reruns were off before anyone noticed and eventually the show found its way to Comedy Central after E! acquired the rights to air ''SaturdayNightLive'' (''MADtv'''s long-standing rival). ComedyCentral aired seasons 1-7 of ''MADtv'' in their full, hour-long version [with some [[ThisTropeIsBleep bleeping]] and/or muting for obscene language], and as the years went by, seasons 8, 9, 10, and 11 were added as well (seasons 12 and 13 were only shown on Comedy Central's Canadian sister channel, Comedy Network, and the final season [season 14] has yet to be aired on either channel). In 2008, ComedyCentral phased out the first seven seasons of ''MADtv'' in favor of the episodes from seasons 8-11, and those episodes have been running until 2010, when ''MADtv'' was dropped from the syndication schedule in favor of reruns of reruns of canceled ComedyCentral original programming, exports of canceled animated comedies (i.e. ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''TheGoodeFamily'', and ''SitDownShutUp''), more movies, and more stand-up specials.

* When ''SexAndTheCity'' started airing on TBS, many people complained that it became ''TheView II'' due to its removal/redubbing of sexually explicit content and lines. The E! version is edited the same way.

* FOX decided that having an hour long comedy ''AllyMcBeal'' wasn't enough, so for about half a season they also ran the half-hour ''Ally,'', which was early episodes with half of the content removed.

* When WesternAnimation/VeggieTales aired on {{qubo}}, a lot of stuff got cut. Besides the new format of the series (it being set at Bob's house instead of in a kitchen), most if not all references to God in the first season were cut and some scenes, most of which weren't important, got cut in order to make room for commercials. One time, a whole major plot point got cut out of "Larry-Boy! And The Fib From Outer Space" got cut for this reason. The scene in question was when Larry-Boy is trying to look for the Fib, but he can't find it and tells Alfred he's coming home. A few minutes after the ad break this cut led into, we see Larry-Boy at his house playing Candy Land with Alfred. Viewers who saw this particular episode on qubo [[PlotHole might have wondered how he got there in the first place]], but they wouldn't know unless they brought the DVD. The animated LarryBoy series qubo aired for a while also had references to God cut as well (most notably "God wants us to be nice to people!" in the first episode). Despite this, 321Penguins remained mostly uncut, with the grandma's speeches about "the good book" and the ending scene where Jason and Michelle pray '''kept intact'''.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode ''Chuckie Loses His Glasses'' was about Angelica taking Chuckie's glasses, and in one scene, she got so nauseous from wearing them that she [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomited]]. The vomiting scene was cut from most airings, either for time restraints, or because Nickelodeon doesn't like to show vomiting.