History Main / MarathonRunning

** A rather infamous example of this is the network's annual "Red, White and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}''" marathon, which airs nothing but episodes of ''Bluey'' on Independence Day [[MisaimedMarketing despite the holiday in question being about America's independence from Britain, and the show in question being Australian]].

* German-Austrian-Swiss channel [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations ''3Sat'']] runs a 24-hour pop-music concert marathon every December 31st and every May 1st.

* [[UsefulNotes/FlemishTVStations Belgian network 2BE]] airs a marathon block called ''Fleebitten'' on Saturdays and Sundays from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. The one that currently is shown on the marathon is WesternAnimation/MaxSteel2013.

** Let's not forget Z Day, a 2-hour marathon of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.

!!Examples:

* LiveActionTV:[[index]]
** ''[[MarathonRunning/TheChaseGameShow The Chase]]''
* [[/index]]WesternAnimation:[[index]]

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*** No movies premiered in 2019, but a ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie marathon was held on the weekend after Christmas following that year's animated movie marathon.

* On July 14th, 2018, FX ran nothing but the first two ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' movies to promote the release of ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation''. They would later do the same thing on December 23, 2018 with all 7 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movies to promote ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', right before their annual Creator/DreamWorksAnimation marathon.

* To celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration the fifth anniversary]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'', on November 19, 2022, Creator/TheABC ran a marathon called "Blueyfest", showcasing the top 100 episodes as voted by fans.

Since the mid-2010s, this practice has become a ''lot'' more common as cable networks try to cater to the concept "binge viewing"; the idea of being able to have your own marathon using video-on-demand services such as Hulu and Netflix.

* LiveActionTV:
** [[index]]''[[MarathonRunning/TheChaseGameShow The Chase]]''

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* Main/LiveActionTV:
** ''[[MarathonRunning/TheChaseGameShow The Chase]]''
* Main/WesternAnimation:

* Main/LiveActionTV

* Main/WesternAnimation

** Following Matthew Perry's fatal drowning in October 2023, several networks ran marathons of ''Series/{{Friends}} in memory of him, including Nick At Nite, TBS, French channel TFX and a channel in Italy.

* When CFDV-FM in Red Deer, Alberta, was called 106.7 The Drive, they aired "Nothing but 90's" long weekends. In 2020, this was replaced with the airing of a few live music tracks every hour on long weekends before the station rebranded as 106.7 Rewind Radio on December 4 of that year.

** For about 20 years, the New Year's Eve prime time lineup was always the three ''That's Entertainment!'' ClipShow films followed by the spinoff ''That's Dancing!'' in the wee hours of the morning. For December 31st, 2021, they tried something different -- running those movies in the afternoon, then featuring the run of ''Film/TheThinMan'' series in prime time/late night. The latter, at least, returned to see out 2022. (Back in TheNineties, the original run of ''Film/ThePinkPanther'' movies with Creator/PeterSellers held this slot.)

** CN was also fond of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' marathons, the most notable consisting of select episodes of the entire series up to that point as a way to usher in the "Diamond & Pearl" season, with {{trivia}} bumpers in between (such as why Meowth [[TalkingAnimal learned to talk]]).

** A rather infamous example of this is the network's annual "Red, White and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' marathon, which airs nothing but episodes of ''Bluey'' on Independence Day [[MisaimedMarketing despite the holiday in question being about America's independence from Britain, and the show in question being Australian]].