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* {{TNT}} does this with ''Series/{{Leverage}}''.

** The 2014 ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]] special.

** The [[WesternAnimation/''TotalDrama'']] ''World Your'' premiere and finale. The final five seconds of the countdown even continued after the show.
** The premiere of [[WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa.]]

* TheHub counts down the premiere of every new episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', which has the Autobot logo stare daggers at a viewer while they're just trying to enjoy ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** ''Friendship Is Magic'' itself has [[http://www.ponycountdown.com/ this webpage]].

* The Mantis-Eye Experiment, a noted fansite of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', featured a countdown clock to the first episode of Season 3 once the schedule was announced. I didn't exactly check or anything, but I imagine they did similar for seasons 2 and 4.

* At the end of the preceding episode of ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'', SkyOne did this for the premiere of ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. Since they forewent an ad break between the two, and the countdown only occurred over the end credits, nobody minded too much.

* Mugglenet has done one for each of the ''HarryPotter'' books after the fourth, and all of the movies.

* A station in Milwaukee counted down the minutes to the SuperBowl during their newscasts when the Packers were in Super Bowl XLV...from the moment they won the NFC Championship. [[LogicalExtreme That's 336 hours of countdown time]].

* At the end of the preceeding episode of ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'', SkyOne did this for the premiere of ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. Since they forewent an ad break between the two, and the countdown only occurred over the end credits, nobody minded too much.

* ComedyCentral had one when WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} was {{Uncancelled}}.

** the premiere of Firebreather.

* ''TheColbertReport'' website used to do this, with the implication that viewers [[LampshadeHanging should be literally counting down the seconds until their next chance to see wonderful, wonderful Stephen Colbert]].

* The Mantis-Eye Experiment, a noted fansite of ''TheVentureBrothers'', featured a countdown clock to the first episode of Season 3 once the schedule was announced. I didn't exactly check or anything, but I imagine they did similar for seasons 2 and 4.

* TaylorSwift ''tweeted'' one in the runup to her album ''Red''. First it was daily tweets at the 10-day mark (with an Instagram of the relevant number of something or other- six flowers, perhaps, or seven band members' feet), and then started making or retweeting hourly updates with one day to go.

* TheHub counts down the premiere of every new episode of ''TransformersPrime'', which has the Autobot logo stare daggers at a viewer while they're just trying to enjoy ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.

* CartoonNetwork has done it for

* {{ABC}} did it for ''[[{{V-2009}} V]]'' when it returned from its hiatus, and also pissed off ''Series/{{Lost}}'' fans by showing the clock during their show.
* {{TNT}} does this with ''{{Leverage}}''.
* [=USA=] had one for ''BurnNotice''. And every new show that's premiered since.

* Nicktoons has done it for the anticipated first episode of ''DragonballZ Kai''.

Now that the age of internet is upon us, and cable and satellite have made TV a 24 hour active paradigm, viewers, readers and surfers don't necessarily sit around stuck to one location once they've finished consuming their medium of choice.

Television shows have a finite number of episodes, and when they're out, many channels either fill up the slot with new content, filler, or just play the same episodes over and over again until the new season is ready. When a book is done, there's usually a year or more until the next installment. Web content updates depending on the style of the page.

To drum up excitement and anticipation for the release of new material, popular media will have a NewContentCountdownClock which sits (not at all unobtrusively) in the corner of the screen counting down the hours and minutes until the most anticipated new material.

May often appear -- on [=TV=] at least -- at the end of a Theme Week or Marathon.

SisterTrope to the blurb in the corner that proclaims "new episode!"

!!Examples:

* Mugglenet has done one for each of the ''HarryPotter'' books after the fourth, and all of the movies.

* {{ABC}} did it for ''[[{{V-2009}} V]]'' when it returned from its hiatus, and also pissed off ''{{Lost}}'' fans by showing the clock during their show.

* [=USA=] had one for ''BurnNotice''. And every new show that's premiered since.
* DisneyChannel did it for the ''HighSchoolMusical'' movies.

* ''TheColbertReport'' website used to do this, with the implication that viewers [[LampshadeHanging should be literally counting down the seconds until their next chance to see wonderful, wonderful Stephen Colbert]].

* AMC Runs one every Sunday to the latest episode of ''Series/{{TheWalkingDead}}''.

** ''{{TopGear}}'''s new season.

* At the end of the preceeding episode of ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'', SkyOne did this for the premiere of ''StargateAtlantis''. Since they forewent an ad break between the two, and the countdown only occurred over the end credits, nobody minded too much.

* ComedyCentral had one when {{Futurama}} was {{Uncancelled}}.

* CartoonNetwork has done it for
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''

* Nicktoons has done it for the anticipated first episode of ''DragonballZ Kai''.
** Nicktoons flashed an occasional one to remind viewers of the new MerchandiseDriven ''Zevo-3'' series in the days leading up to its October 2010 premiere.

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* ''{{Homestuck}}'' had a quasi-example with its End of Act 5 AnimationBump - AndrewHussie added a progress bar measured in percentage which he continually updated over the months spent working on it, and partway through issued a target release date of [[ArcNumber October 25 2011]]. Plenty of countdown clocks ensued on fansites.

* ''LifeInADay'' did this on their YouTube channel.

* [=ZeldaWiki=] is currently doing this for ''TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', with separate countdowns for Europe, America, and Australia.

* The now-defunct [=WBKids=] did the website variation for the premiere of ''[[LoonaticsUnleashed Loonatics]]''.

* CNN and MSNBC always do a countdown for a big presidential speech.

* A station in Milwaukee counted down the minutes to the SuperBowl during their newscasts when the Packers were in Super Bowl XLV...from the moment they won the NFC Championship. That's 336 hours of countdown time.