History Main / NewContentCountdownClock

** ''GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' has one for the season proper starting in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''

* ''Series/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]].

* [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbapedia]] has had one of these for the Japanese and English-language releases of every major ''{{Pokemon}}'' game.

* ''Webcomic/{{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.

** ''TheCloneWars''
** ''TheCloneWars: Secrets Revealed''

* {{Nickelodeon}} has done this about as much as CN, such as for the long-awaited final season of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' (at least in [=US=] markets ...the episodes had aired and the [=DVDs=] gone onsale elsewhere). They've also counted down to special events such as the Kids Choice Awards.

* Music/ 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 she started making or retweeting hourly updates with one day to go.

* 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 she started making or retweeting hourly updates with one day to go.

* Creator/DisneyChannel did it for, among other things, the ''HighSchoolMusical'' movies. New movies, big premieres or events or even just theme blocks can also get one. What makes it particularly annoying is that the countdown timer will be ''HUGE'' blocking out significant portions of whatever program is actually on, especially and frequently actors' faces.

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.

Particularly {{egregious}} cases (at least in the case of TV) will have the clock fixed in place so that it's even present in the corner of the screen ''during the commercial breaks''.

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** ''GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' has one for the season proper starting in an episode of ''Ben10UltimateAlien''

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

* ''Creator/{{ABC}} News'' had one counting down to the Royal Wedding of William and Kate.

* Creator/{{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}} did this with ''Series/{{Leverage}}''.
* [=USA=] had one for ''Series/BurnNotice''. And every new show that's premiered since.
* DisneyChannel did it for, among other things, the ''HighSchoolMusical'' movies. New movies, big premieres or events or even just theme blocks can also get one. What makes it particularly annoying is that the countdown timer will be ''HUGE'' blocking out significant portions of whatever program is actually on, especially and frequently actors' faces.
* 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]].

* NBC did it for the ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' Season 3 premiere during a live hour-long preview of the new season.
* AMC Runs one every Sunday to the latest episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
* BBC America has done countdown clocks for:
** ''TopGear'''s new season.

* CNN and MSNBC always do a countdown for a big presidential speech; every news channel will also count down to a "polls close" time (or in other terms, for CurbstompBattle votes, the time they declare a winner) for an election.
* ABC NEWS had one counting down to the Royal Wedding of William and Kate.
* At the end of the preceding episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', 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.
* As part of the hype surrounding the 2003 invasion of Iraq, MSNBC put up a clock counting down to the deadline for Saddam Hussein's surrender. ''TheDailyShow'' added sound effects from ''TwentyFour'' and a graphic of Jon Stewart's dismayed reaction to the timer.

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

** The premiere of ''TheLooneyTunesShow''

* In anticipation of the 2015 TV series ''Series/TheMuppets'', reknowned fansite [=ToughPigs=] put up a Kermit clock counting down to the show's premiere on September 22.

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

* {{Nickelodeon}} has done this about as much as CN, such as for the long-awaited final season of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' (at least in [=US=] markets ...the episodes had aired and the [=DVDs=] gone onsale elsewhere).

* 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 she started making or retweeting hourly updates with one day to go.

* There is/was a website counting down to the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Not What He Seems".

* Scified's Film/{{Godilla 2014}} website had a countdown which ended in the phrase "The King Has Returned".

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

* Scified's Film/Godilla2014 website had a countdown which ended in the phrase "The King Has Returned".

* DisneyChannel did it for the ''HighSchoolMusical'' movies.
** And for a lot of other things too: new movies, big premieres or events or even just for theme blocks. What makes it particularly annoying is that the countdown timer will be ''HUGE'' blocking out significant portions of whatever program is actually on, especially and frequently actors' faces.

* Creator/CartoonNetwork has done it for

** the premiere of ''TheLooneyTunesShow'' on screen for the season premiere of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc''.
** the premiere of ''Firebreather''.

* {{Nickelodeon}} has done it for
** The long-awaited final season of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' (at least in [=US=] markets ...the episodes had aired and the [=DVDs=] gone onsale elsewhere).

* TheHub
** every new episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

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

* TheHub counts down the premiere of every new episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

* ''GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' has one for the season proper starting in an episode of ''Ben10UltimateAlien''.

** The midseason finale of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Mirror Gem" and "Ocean Gem".