History Main / MarathonRunning

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was famous for its [[ThanksgivingDay "Turkey Day"]] marathons during the ComedyCentral era, in celebration of the show's anniversary (which was in fact on Thanksgiving.) Made even cooler with the addition of specially-produced host segments and bumpers to tie the shows together.

** The Hub also ran two other My Little Pony marathons-the Princess Coorination marathon, one for the TV premire of Equestria Girls, and one for Season 4's premire, which Discord hosted.

* Creator/TurnerClassicMovies often airs marathons dedicated to a particular actor, director, genre, or theme. The channel's annual "31 Days of Oscar" feature each February might be regarded as a month-long supermarathon, with every movie shown being at least nominated for an Oscar of some kind. (It's 31 days long because the ceremony, and thus the marathon, used to take place in March; when it was moved back, they kept the number of days and let it bleed into the next month.)

* On the birthdays of famous actors and directors, Creator/TurnerClassicMovies plays a marathon of their films. On what would have been Creator/{{Judy Garland}}s 90th birthday, they dedicated a full 24 hours to showcasing her films with a documentary about ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (her most famous movie).

* {{Creator/Boomerang}} ran a 24-hour marathon of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' in September 2010 in honor of the show's 50th anniversary.

* {{Creator/Boomerang}}'' ran a 24-hour marathon of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' in September 2010 in honor of the show's 50th anniversary.

* Prior to the release of ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', the films of the James Bond franchise were marathoned. In fact, whichever cable channel currently has the rerun rights to the films does this on a fairly regular basis. They were marathoned on {{TBS}} and [=TNT=] in TheNineties to the point that in ''AmericanBeauty'', Lester complains about having to go to the basketball game to watch his daughter in the cheerleading squad because he's missing one of these.

** In 1997, they decided to do a 24-hour marathon of ''AChristmasStory'' on Christmas Eve as a ratings stunt. It was so phenomenally successful that either TNT or sister channel TBS has done it every single year since then.

** As a TakeThat to ''A Christmas Story'', FX now does a 24-hour marathon of ''HomeAlone'' on Christmas Eve.

*** "[=DBZX20=]" - Nothing but Manga/DragonBall Z on Toonami for an entire week.

* A&E likes to marathon ''CSIMiami'' - '''a lot'''.

* Turner Network Television (TNT) will often run the same film back-to-back with itself for people that happen upon it part way through.

** As a result of scheduling, ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' will often be played for what would qualify as marathons. Frequently, they show marathons of it for the debut of new episodes.
*** By far the biggest was the Best Day Ever marathon, which aired ''100 episodes straight (even forgoing NickAtNite)'' as voted by the viewers, leading up to the "Best Day Ever" episode and the television premiere of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.

** Note that this is only in the present. CartoonNetwork and ''ESPECIALLY'' {{Nickelodeon}} had frequent marathons, almost every night and every Saturday of shows or shows with a vague similar theme before their NetworkDecay.

* USANetwork airs periodic weekend marathons of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', combined with weekday airings that remind one of the event. Then there's its "Back-to-back-to-''back'' ''Series/{{NCIS}}''" feature every day. It will also frequently run much longer marathons of the same show.

* TurnerClassicMovies often airs marathons dedicated to a particular actor, director, genre, or theme. The channel's annual "31 Days of Oscar" feature each February might be regarded as a month-long supermarathon, with every movie shown being at least nominated for an Oscar of some kind. (It's 31 days long because the ceremony, and thus the marathon, used to take place in March; when it was moved back, they kept the number of days and let it bleed into the next month.)

* On the birthdays of famous actors and directors, TurnerClassicMovies plays a marathon of their films. On what would have been Creator/{{Judy Garland}}s 90th birthday, they dedicated a full 24 hours to showcasing her films with a documentary about ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (her most famous movie).

* Toonami's "A Month of [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki Miyazki]]" in 2006, which had a new movie every week. [[TurnerClassicMovies TCM]] did something similar a few months earlier.

* Creator/CartoonNetwork has frequently marathoned ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. One of the most notable examples was the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsfHPvh-Xak Naruto Hundo]], done to celebrate the milestone of ''Naruto'' reaching 100 aired episodes on Creator/{{Toonami}}.

** Note that this is only in the present. Cartoon Network and ''ESPECIALLY'' {{Nickelodeon}} had frequent marathons, almost every night and every Saturday of shows or shows with a vague similar theme before their NetworkDecay.
*** Cartoon Network helped turn ''TheIronGiant'', a box-office flop in theaters, into a cult favorite with its 24-hour UsefulNotes/ThanksgivingDay marathons in the early 2000s.
** The channel used to have 48 hours of nothing but Bugs Bunny cartoons in June - "June Bugs".
** Let's not forget Z Day, a 2-hour marathon of Manga/DragonBall Z.

*** Let's not forget the other April Fools day marathon, in which they showed the same episode of Harvey Birdman 24 times in a row.

* Toonami's "A Month of [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki Miyazki]]" in 2006, which had a new movie every week. [[TurnerClassicMovies TCM]] did the same thing a few months earlier.

* c often airs marathons dedicated to a particular actor, director, genre, or theme. The channel's annual "31 Days of Oscar" feature each February might be regarded as a month-long supermarathon, with every movie shown being at least nominated for an Oscar of some kind. (It's 31 days long because the ceremony, and thus the marathon, used to take place in March; when it was moved back, they kept the number of days and let it bleed into the next month.)

* Before every season premiere, AMC would run marathons of BreakingBad covering the series up to that point to get fans caught up. In the week prior to the series finale of BreakingBad, AMC ran a marathon of the entire series in order, from the first episode right up to the finale itself, over the course of 5 days.

* In the week prior to the series finale of BreakingBad, AMC ran a marathon of the entire series in order, from the first episode right up to the finale itself over the course of 5 days.

* TNT also used to run daily six-hour marathons of ''LawAndOrder''.

* USANetwork airs periodic weekend marathons of ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', combined with weekday airings that remind one of the event. Then there's its "Back-to-back-to-''back'' ''Series/{{NCIS}}''" feature every day. It will also frequently run much longer marathons of the same show.

* TurnerClassicMovies often airs marathons dedicated to a particular actor, director, genre, or theme. The channel's annual "31 Days of Oscar" feature each February might be regarded as a month-long supermarathon, with every movie shown being at least nominated for an Oscar of some kind. (It's 31 days long because the ceremony, and thus the marathon, used to take place in March; when it was moved back, they kept the number of days and let it bleed into the next month.)

* {{Logo}} plays about 10 episodes of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' back-to-back on Friday nights. Hallmark Channel gives 2-hour block (4 consecutive episodes) both early in the morning and late at night with the same 4 episodes being repeated.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was famous for its [[ThanksgivingDay "Turkey Day"]] marathons during the ComedyCentral era, in celebration of the show's anniversary (which was in fact on Thanksgiving.) Made even cooler with the addition of specially-produced host segments to tie the shows together.

* The TV Guide Channel really loved to run MichaelJackson specials a lot after his death, which turned out to be a convenient excuse to throw the network's old management out and launch all-new programming from new owner Lionsgate in the fall.

* In another pre-NetworkDecay example, Bravo used to have occasional "CirqueDuSoleil Weekends" featuring the live shows that had been filmed for TV/video.

* Several channels have shown New Years Eve marathons of TheThreeStooges, most notably AMC, although the occasional local channel may do it too depending on your area.