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5	[[caption-width-right:300:Original September 27, 2019 release date crossed out.[[note]]This was due to the mass shootings that took place in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting El Paso]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Dayton_shooting Dayton.]][[/note]]\
6	[[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Good luck seeing it in theaters, though.]]]]
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8	->''"...but if you remember that time Creator/LoganPaul filmed a vlog with a real corpse in the Japanese suicide forest, then it quickly becomes clear that the film was held back until he was a slightly less controversial figure."''
9	-->-- '''WebVideo/IHateEverything''', on ''Airplane Mode''
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11	A trailer or poster announces a work's release date, but before its release, the date is pushed either back or forward due to unforeseen circumstances. This can be either to a) avoid competition, b) a change in the production schedule, c) [[TroubledProduction major issues during production]] or d) for [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents being in bad taste in light of tragic events]]. Since the ongoing {{UsefulNotes/COVID}} outbreak has been tied to so many examples across multiple mediums, it has received its own page for works affected (see below).
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13	Not to be confused with TrailerDelay, where DevelopmentHell causes a big gap in the original and final release dates. Anything on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment is a victim of this. See DelayedReleaseTieIn for when this trope affects TheMerch.
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15	!!Example subpages:
16	[[index]]
17	* ReleaseDateChange/COVID19PandemicRelatedExamples
18	* ReleaseDateChange/{{Film}}
19	[[/index]]
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21	!!Other examples
22	[[foldercontrol]]
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24	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
25	* The premiere of the fourth season of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' was delayed from its initial October 12, 2019 airdate in some regions due to coverage of Typhoon Hagibis in Japan.
26	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
27	** The American release of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' was scheduled for November 12, 1999, but ended up getting bumped two days ahead.
28	** [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/kanto/ep052_out_of_order.html This page]] shows what the Japanese schedule of the show would have been like if the incident involving "Electric Soldier Porygon" had not happened.
29	* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': The 39th film, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration'' is having a tough time getting into South Korea due to rising historical anti-Japanese sentiment (for [[UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan some reasons]]) as well as the anti-Japanese protest that occurred there in July of 2019. After the movie was postponed from August to October, it was withheld indefinitely and later put on South Korean streaming services and then received a television airing on Champ TV in 2020.
30	* The Korean premiere of the 127th episode of ''Anime/{{PriPara}}'' was pre-empted the day before it was supposed to air for coverage of the September 2018 inter-Korean summit.
31	* The sixth episode of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' was originally going to air on March 13th, 2011, but due to non-stop coverage of the Tohoku Earthquake on all Japanese TV channels except for TV Tokyo, it was moved to March 20th, 2011.
32	* The American premiere of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' on Kids WB was originally scheduled to air on September 15, 2001, but was pushed back two weeks after broadcasts pertaining to the September 11 attacks pre-empted most programming on the block.
33	* ''Anime/TheAdventuresOfPeterPan'' was going to premiere on January 8, 1989, but due to TV stations pre-empting programming for coverage of Emperor Showa's death, it premiered a week later.
34	* The North American release of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' was originally going to be released in 1999--according to the trailer on the 1998 VHS tapes of ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' and Canadian copies of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''--but ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''[='=]s failure in American theaters against ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' cancelled the plans. It would be released on home video in April 2003.
35	* ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' was originally given a generic "2024" release year when first announced, but was moved up to November 17th, 2023.
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38	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
39	* The ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' season ''Mighty Little Defenders'' was originally slated to premiere in the summer of 2018, but the production team was forced to change the episodes so that they were less violent. This caused the season to be delayed to January 2019.
40	* ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'': According to series creator Sanjiv Waeerkar's [=LinkedIn page=], Season 2 was originally going to be released during the Diwali holiday in 2019. It was moved to January 20, 2020 for unknown reasons.
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43	[[folder:Comic Books]]
44	* Creator/JohnRidley's ''ComicBook/TheOtherHistoryOfTheDCUniverse'', a miniseries where key moments in the Franchise/DCUniverse are [[PerspectiveFlip shown through the point of view]] of minority characters such as ComicBook/BlackLightning, was originally slated to be released in December of 2018. However, it got delayed twice, first to January 30, 2019, then the date became indefinite. The new date was eventually to be November 24, 2020.
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47
48	[[folder:Literature]]
49	* The second ''Literature/{{Kire}}'' book was set to be released 20th of August 2015 but came out 6 days earlier.
50	* ''Literature/StarWarsQueensPeril'' was originally scheduled for release on May 5, 2020, but was pushed back to June 2.
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
54	!!!'''By Network:'''
55	* This happened with three Creator/PBSKids shows in the 1998-99 fall season: ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' was supposed to premiere in June 1998 and ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'' was supposed to premiere in September of 1998, but when ''Teletubbies'' became a SleeperHit in the United Kingdom, PBS moved the premiere to April 1998, and ''The Noddy Shop'' moved into the September 1998 slot that ''Teletubbies'' originally occupied. ''Series/{{Zoboomafoo}}'' was also slated for a September 1998 premiere, but the show instead premiered in January 1999.
56	* Following the death of UsefulNotes/ElizabethII, the BBC suspended most of its comedy programs across all platforms. This meant that the new series of Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou and the final series of Series/MockTheWeek were moved to the Friday following the period of official mourning.
57	!!!'''By Series:'''
58	* The premiere of ''Series/TwentyFour'' was originally going to be on October 30, 2001, but was put back a week as a result of the 9/11 attacks.
59	* ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Disney Sunday Movie]]'': The series was to have presented ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' on March 16, 1986, but was postponed to April 27 to make way for a scheduled speech by UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan about the situation in UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}}. Instead, the show aired in a 1-hour format and presented ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'' along with a couple of classic cartoons.
60	* An episode of ''Series/{{Haven}}'' was originally going to air in December 2012, but it was pulled in in light of the Sandy Hook shooting due to the episode featuring high school violence and later aired the following month.
61	* ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' episodes #2-6 each saw their Creator/DisneyPlus release dates bumped up one week earlier after Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} announced that ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' would premiere on Disney+ on December 29, 2021, the same day that Creator/MarvelStudios planned to drop the ''Hawkeye'' finale. Under the new schedule, the streamer would post the second ''Hawkeye'' episode at the same as the first on November 24, 2021, and would finish the series on December 22.
62	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' Season 3 had a premiere timeframe of ""Late 2022 or Early 2023" listed in the May 2022 issue of ''Vanity Fair''. A few weeks later, Star Wars Celebration narrowed the date down to February 2023. Then, on December 1, Disney+ pushed the premiere to March 1.
63	* ''Series/MarvinMarvin'' was originally supposed to premiere in 2013, but it was pushed ahead to November 24, 2012.
64	* The final two episodes of ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' were originally slated to air on August 4th, 2018, but were moved to the day before so that ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Be Stella My Heart" served as the LeadIn.
65	* ''Series/NovolandEagleFlag'' was meant to premiere on 4 June 2019. It was abruptly pulled from the schedule less than twenty minutes before the first episode was supposed to air. It aired on 16 July 2019 instead, with no explanation of why the date was changed so suddenly.
66	* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' was first scheduled for a January 2017 debut, pushed back to May, then indefinitely, then to September the same year.
67	* ''Series/{{Star Trek\|The Original Series}}'' was originally supposed to premiere on September 15, 1966, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_E3A3Eu0pk as shown in this surviving NBC promo]]. The week of September 12-18 was planned to be the premiere week of the 1966-67 season across all three networks, but Creator/{{NBC}} (in an effort to get a leg up on the competition) pushed several shows, including ''Star Trek'', to air a week in advance (as can be seen in [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C7J1XzvpFko/U7iTU6DvbcI/AAAAAAAABGw/1HIOzlsuHWI/s1600/Advance+Premiere.png this surviving advertisement]] from ''TV Guide''). As a result, ''Star Trek'' premiered on September 8 - or, in Canada, on September 6. (Creator/{{CTV}} had been planning to air ''Star Trek'' on the 13th and simply pushed it up a week when NBC did.)
68	** The final episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]" was originally scheduled to air on March 29, 1969, however newscasts of the death of former President UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower changed this. The episode was not broadcast until June 3, 1969.
69	* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' was originally advertised to start on 15 February 2015, but ended up premiering on 22 February because the penultimate episode of its predecessor, ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' was pre-empted for news coverage about Islamic State militants murdering a Japanese journalist.
70	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E19NightCall Night Call]]" and ''[[Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' episode "Body in the Barn" were originally scheduled to air on November 22, 1963 but, like all other American network programming, were rescheduled due to the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy earlier that day. They eventually aired on February 7, 1964 and July 3, 1964 respectively. Similarly, ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E10Nightmare Nightmare]]" was supposed to air on November 25, 1963 but it was delayed for a week due to the coverage of President Kennedy's state funeral.
71	* The second ''[[Series/SesameStreet The ABC's of COVID-19: A Sesame Street Town Hall]]'' special was planned for May 30, 2020, [[WeInterruptThisProgram but was pre-empted by coverage of protests over George Floyd's death]] and was rescheduled to June 6, 2020. When that incident became more prominent in the media, another ''Sesame Street'' town hall called ''Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism'' pre-empted the special's slot. The second special would eventually air on June 13th, 2020.
72	* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' had this happen twice with its' book adaptations:
73	** The book adaptation of "Good Dog School" was originally supposed to be released on June 28th, 2022, but was moved to July 12, 2022.
74	** "The Golden Rainbow Day!", a book adapting "The Golden Crunchdoodles", was originally supposed to release August 30, 2022, the same day as "Donkey's Awesome, Extra Fun, Very Good Day!", but was moved to September 13, 2022.
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77	[[folder:Networks]]
78	* The Creator/DisneyChannel was originally to launch on April 11, 1983, but it was moved to a week later so it wouldn't provide competition for that year's UsefulNotes/{{Academy Awards\|Ceremonies}} ceremony.
79	* Creator/G4TV was going to become the Esquire Network on April 22, 2013, but the rebranding was moved to later that summer so the network can have more original series upon its launch. However, plans were changed so that G4 got removed on January 2014 and the Esquire Network took over the Style Network on September 23, 2013.
80	* XM Satellite Radio (now [=SiriusXM=]) was going to launch on September 12, 2001, but due to [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the attacks]] the previous day, it was delayed to September 25.
81	[[/folder]]
82
83	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
84	* The Wrestling/RingOfHonor-Wrestling/{{CZW}} feud had roots in the very founding of the former company but was kicked off by a venue favoring ROH during a double booking and moving CZW's show from the evening to the afternoon, making this an example of release ''hour'' change.
85	* Wrestling/{{CMLL}} infamously pushed forward the date of its 82nd Aniversario only to quickly have to then move it back to the original date due to backlash from fans on their premises and online.
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87
88	[[folder:Toys]]
89	* In February of 2017, toys for ''WesternAnimation/NellaThePrincessKnight'' were showcased at Toy Fair in New York, with a fall 2017 release date. The toys in question wouldn't show up until the summer of 2018, although they did appear in the United Kingdom when they were intended to be released.
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91
92	[[folder:Video Games]]
93	* The remake of the first two ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'' on the Nintendo Switch was originally planned for release on April 8, 2022. The then recently started war between Russia and Ukraine caused Nintendo to indefinitely delay the release since releasing a game about wars while a real one had just begun would have been in pretty poor taste. The game also has an early enemy CO whose background has Russian influences, which would have also been in poor taste in lieu of the then current events. The game would eventually be released a year later.
94	* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'' was originally announced to be released in 2020 until the developers decided to [[WritingAroundTrademarks rework]] the original layout of it being a ''Website/SCPFoundation'' game to avoid issues with the original IP and underwent further development before being released in March 2022.
95	* Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' were set to release in November and December 2013, respectively. Later, the release months were swapped, with ''3D World'' releasing in November and ''Tropical Freeze'' in December. A few months later, ''Tropical Freeze'' was announced to be delayed until February 2014, to reduce the chance of the games cannibalizing each other's sales.
96	* ''VideoGame/DOOMEternal'' was originally planned to release on November 22, 2019 but the Xbox One, [=PS4=], and PC versions were delayed to March 20, 2020 with the main reason being that development team needed more time to polish the game, with Pete Hines also revealing in an interview post-launch that the reception of ''Fallout 76'' played a major factor as well. Meanwhile, the Switch release never even received a date until a few weeks prior to releasing on December 8, 2020.
97	* ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfAether'' was delayed from October 25th 2022 to February 28th 2023, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmc-LIRw_no the related trailer]] giving "we need a little more time" as a reason.
98	* Scott Cawthon is infamous for doing this with the ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' sequels:
99	** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' was first hinted at with a teaser image saying "Grand Re-Opening!" with 2015 beneath it. However, then Scott decided to move the release to December 25th, 2014. ''Then'' he decided he was going to drop a demo on November 10th, but due to complications on getting it out, opted to just release the full game right then and there.
100	** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' was originally going to be released on Halloween 2015. Then Scott pushed it ahead to August 8th before ultimately releasing it on July 23rd, almost ''three months'' before its supposed release. He did ultimately decide to keep the original date special by releasing a [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween Edition]] of the game on that date.
101	* ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy'' was originally supposed to release at an unspecified date in Q4 of 2021. However it was announced in January of that year that it had been pushed back to an unspecified date in 2022. No specific reason for the delay was given, but it was assumed to be COVID-19 related production issues, though ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore'' own COVID-19 related delay from late 2021 release to July 2022 was also thought to play a factor. The game would eventually get a February 2023 release date for the [=PS5=], [=XBXS=], and PC, with other versions releasing throughout the rest of the year.
102	* ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'' was originally supposed to be released in Winter 2022, but in the same announcement where the exact intended date was revealed, it also announced a delay to February 2023. Whereas the post makes it clear that, because it was their very first game that was ported to the app stores as well instead of just a Steam release, more time was deemed to be necessary to prevent a PortingDisaster. The post doesn't state it anywhere, but it is commonly believed that this delay was also due to ''VideoGame/GoddessOfVictoryNIKKE'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/ywpo4v/nikke_a_collateral_of_game_bugs_game_issues_that/ having an extremely buggy release just two weeks earlier]] (November 4 vs the announcement at November 18) that caused the developers to steer away from a hasty ChristmasRushed release. It ended up being for the better, because, after a few startup issues were patched quickly after, the finished product doesn't show any signs of bugs.
103	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' was originally scheduled to release in the Americas on December 3, 2007, [[ShortRunInPeru ahead of the Japanese release]]. It was first delayed until February 10, 2008, and then later delayed again to March 9. The Japanese release date was also changed from January 24, 2008 to January 31.
104	* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' was scheduled to release on February 21, 2020, but it later got moved to May 29, 2020, with director Neil Druckmann [[https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/10/24/the-last-of-us-part-ii-comes-to-ps4-in-may/ saying]] that the development team chose to have more time to complete the game. Then the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic hit and it was announced the game was indefinitely delayed. However, it ended up being released in June for damage control after a huge ContentLeak.
105	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
106	** The North American release for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' was moved from late 2004 to early 2005, as a way of preventing it from interfering with the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS's launch. This also allowed a few bugs from the European release to be fixed.
107	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' was originally slated for a 2022 release in the E3 2021 teaser trailer, before it was announced in March 2022 that the game would be delayed to Spring of 2023, which would later be solidified as May 12, 2023.
108	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' was originally set for a late 2012 release, but was pushed back to February 2013.
109	* ''VideoGame/{{Parkasaurus}}: Sea Monsters'' was originally slated for spring 2022, but ended up being released on August 11th.
110	* ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends'' was originally going to come out in February 2013 exclusively on UsefulNotes/WiiU, but thanks to the console's low sales and ''VideoGame/{{ZombiU}}'' underperforming, Creator/{{Ubisoft}} made the decision to port the game to other platforms. Despite the Wii U version already being complete, the company's desire to have a simultaneous release on all platforms pushed the game's release into September, much to the distaste of fans and the game's developers. Fans lamented the poor choice of new release date, which put it against larger franchise releases like ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', as well as wondered why it wasn't further delayed into February 2014, when additional [=PS4=] and Xbox One versions released.
111	* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' was scheduled for April 2013, but after Creator/{{THQ}} went bankrupt, Creator/{{Ubisoft}} took over production. Then it was set for a Fall/Winter release, until being delayed to March 4, 2014. The delays inspired a gag on [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark the show]]'s three-episode tie-in arc where the game gets plugged at the very end, only for Butters to show up snarking at it supposedly coming soon.
112	-->'''Butters:''' Yeah. And if you believe that, I've got a big floppy wiener to dangle in your face!
113	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' is a rare example of a work getting an ''earlier'' release date than originally slated. It was originally announced for September 2022 when revealed in that year's February WebVideo/NintendoDirect, before a new trailer in April gave it a new release date that pushed it forward to July 27th (though [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Special Edition]] copies still wouldn't ship until September). This was presumably done not to overlap with the release of ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'', with it being widely theorized that the two games may have outright swapped release dates so the latter could get more development time, but this has never been confirmed.
114	* ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG'' was at first set for release near the end of 2015. The developers then decided they wanted to make additional improvements and pushed it for a release in Summer 2016. When that didn't happen, the makers went silent on any further announcements until the game was fully completed, with it eventually releasing on January 17, 2019.
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117	[[folder:Web Animation]]
118	* The Kickstarter campaign for ''WebAnimation/TheRhinoAndTheRedbill'' stated that the pilot would premiere in February 2021. Because of the pandemic, it was delayed to the year after.
119	* The 15th episode of ''WebAnimation/SubloAndTangyMustard'' was originally planned for release on the first week of June 2020, but due to the ongoing George Floyd protests making the episode [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents too close to current events]], it was delayed for two weeks, finally coming out on June 18.
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122	[[folder:Web Original]]
123	* The ''Franchise/StarWars''-based game show ''Jedi Temple Challenge'' was supposed to premiere on [=YouTube=]'s Star Wars Kids channel June 3, 2020, but presenter/producer Ahmed Best [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/ahmed-best-talks-the-importance-of-the-first-star-wars-1843887993 pushed it back a week to June 10]] out of respect for the worldwide protests against police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, which were dominating the media at the time.
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126	[[folder:Web Video]]
127	* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': Season 2 was scheduled to end on December 23, 2022, but was delayed by 2 days. This is also an example of {{Schedule Slip}}.
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130	[[folder:Western Animation]]
131	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPaddington'' was supposed to premiere in April 2020 in the United Kingdom, but got bumped up a month earlier to March 2020.
132	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'''s season two finale, "True Colors", was pulled from its original airdate of May 1, 2021 less than eighteen hours before its planned airing due to a "scheduling shift". In actuality, according to [[https://archive.ph/jemLc creator Matt Braly]] and other showrunners at [[Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation Disney TVA]], this was purely because Disney had reneged on its approval of the episode's final scene (wherein the BigBad stabs a main character through the chest). When the episode received its new airdate of May 22nd, it ultimately wasn't edited, but instead came with a ContentWarning and a shift to primetime from the show's usual morning slot with the addition of the show's Season 3 intro after the end credits (as said opening shows that the villain [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou put the character in question under life support]]).
133	* The [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 reboot]] of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' had had its American premiere changed three times: from February 2017 to April, then from April to March, and finally from March back to April, finally premiering on April 10, 2017.
134	* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' was originally going to premiere in September/October 2000 after the first episode premiered on December 31, 1999 as part of Nick New Year's, but for unknown reasons was delayed until March 2002. To fill in the gap, Nickelodeon began airing reruns of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' in place of ''[=ChalkZone's=]'' Fall 2000 premiere.
135	* The ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode "Terms of Endearment" was going to air in November 2004, but it was pulled due to a scene satirizing the horse-riding accident that paralyzed Creator/ChristopherReeve, whose death was announced shortly before the show premiered. The show was rescheduled for January 2006, but was almost pulled ''again'' when Reeve's widow announced she had a terminal illness, though ended up airing as planned. Strangely, Comedy Central reran the episode the week it was revealed she died.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' was originally slated to premiere on November 7, 1998. However, production issues led to its premiere being delayed until January 4, 1999.
137	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
138	** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS11E8JesusMaryAndJoseph Jesus, Mary & Joseph!]]" and the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Minstrel Krampus" were supposed to air December 16, 2012, but both were delayed in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The former was bumped ahead a week while the latter was delayed until December 2013 (due to it actually featuring gun violence). To compensate, the ''American Dad!'' episode "National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story" was bumped ahead.
139	** The ''Night of the Hurricane'' three-part special was scheduled for May 2011 was delayed due to the southern U.S. being ravaged by a tornado outbreak that killed over 300 people. The saga eventually aired in October. Ironically, this was when the effects of an ACTUAL hurricane, Irene, which hit that August, were still fresh in the mind of the people living in the general area the three shows take place.
140	** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS14E9AShotInTheDark A Shot in the Dark]]" was originally to air on November 15, 2015, but was replaced by "Peter's Sister" (which was originally to air the following week) following the ISIS attacks in Paris two days prior (due to the plot of Peter shooting somebody and being charged with a hate crime), and then it got bumped again due to the San Bernadino shooting, making the final air date December 13, 2015.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/JorelsBrother'': The series was originally slated to premiere in the second semester of 2013 with a 13-episode first season. Some Cartoon Network commercials even announced the show's premiere during that year, though using only clips of the pilot, as the actual episodes hadn't been animated yet. Later, the first season was doubled to 26 episodes, and the show was postponed to 2014, airing its first episode in September.
142	* The ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' special ''Life With Loopy Birthday Gala-Bration'' (which was produced as a stand-alone special and is not in the official episode count) was originally announced for an October 23, 1998 premiere date. For unknown reasons, Nickelodeon decided to move it up to August 7, 1998.
143	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' was originally supposed to premiere in 2010, but for unknown reasons, it was pushed back to November 2011.
144	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': The special was intended to debut in Fall 2020 as stated in the original Kickstarter. Extending the project into a full series put this in jeopardy, and production delays caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic meant the series was delayed by over a year to February 2022. In December 2021, the date was moved up a week to January 28th, 2022.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
146	** The special "Tripped!" had a bad case of this. At first it was going to air on May 4th, 2018, but Nickelodeon delayed it for unknown reasons. It was then moved to May 25, 2018, and was delayed again because of Nickelodeon wanting to air the last 5 episodes of ''Series/TheThundermans'' all in the same day. It was then shuffled three days later to May 28, 2018 before being pulled again to show re-runs of the same episodes of ''The Thundermans''. It finally aired on June 25th, 2018.
147	** This trope also happened with The ValentinesDayEpisodes "Singled Out; Brave The Last Dance". This pair was supposed to air on February 8, 2020, but got moved to a week later to compete with ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2'', which was airing that same weekend. The February 8, 2020 slot instead went to a new episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}''[[note]]Which was "Who R Zoo; Biddy Sitting"[[/note]].
148	** Some TV listings had the ExtraLongEpisode "Schooled!" scheduled for September 7, 2020 (Labor Day). It was then moved to September 11, 2020.
149	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' was scheduled to premiere on Creator/DiscoveryFamily on June 13, 2020, with barely any advertising at that, as the only way people knew this was going to happen were TV guides. Come a few days later, and it became clear that they had pushed the air date to a more suitable air date. This didn't stop Creator/TreehouseTV in Canada from [[ShortRunInPeru airing the show early]], though before the show eventually came out in America on November 7.
150	* ''Disney's Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' was originally going to premiere on September 6, 1997, but due to ABC covering Princess Diana's funeral, the premiere date was moved to the following week.
151	* The [[https://mentrum.hu/2020/12/a-disney-csatorna-januari-ujdonsagai Hungarian]] and Czech dubs of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' were going to premiere on January 2, 2021, as Creator/DisneyChannel Eastern Europe runs the same feed in both countries. However, the show was removed from the schedule before it could even air, allegedly due to concerns over LGBTQ+ content in a children's show, which is illegal in Hungary. These "banned" dubs were made available internationally in January, 2022 on Creator/DisneyPlus, and they came out in their respective countries in June when Disney+ launched in those areas.
152	* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''[='s=] "Dino Rescue" arc, which introduced [[SixthRanger new team member]] Rex, was supposed to air on July 10th, 2020. But following [[ShortRunInPeru the episode's first airing being in Canada rather than the US]], it aired on June 26th.
153	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The episode "Rollercoaster: The Musical!", along with the ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' episode "Fishing for Compliments: The Albert Glass Story", were originally scheduled for January 28, 2011, but were pushed forward to January 29 a few days before airing to avoid competing against the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' event, "Legends of Bikini Bottom".
154	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' ChristmasEpisode "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave" was set to premiere on December 19, 1998. Due to ABC pre-empting ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' for news coverage of UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment trial, the episode had to be moved to December 26, making it a rare post-Christmas ChristmasEpisode.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRocketeer'' was slated to premiere in January 2020, but it got bumped two months ahead to November 2019.
156	* The premiere of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' on [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nick on]] Creator/{{CBS}}, which was originally February 1, 2003, was delayed until February 8th, 2003 on affiliates that aired the show after 9:00AM EST due to coverage of the Columbia Space Shuttle explosion pre-empting most of the block that day. Those that aired the show that day either aired it without incident, or if it aired at 9AM EST, had it interrupted partway through for the aforementioned news coverage. However, one station which aired it at the time of the explosion, WDJT, aired it, as well as [[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys the program that followed]], without interruptions.
157	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
158	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E20StopOrMyDogWillShoot Stop or My Dog Will Shoot]]" was supposed to air on April 29, 2007, but due to the Virginia Tech Massacre that occurred recently, it was pushed back by two weeks. "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E18TheBoysOfBummer The Boys of Bummer]]" was pushed ahead to air in its place.
159	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E21TheFatherTheSonAndTheHolyGuestStar The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star]]" was intended to air on April 10, 2005, but it was bumped back to May 15 due to the death of Pope John Paul II. As a result, it was bumped ahead and become the season finale, while a repeat of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E11OnAClearDayICantSeeMySister On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]" aired in its place (it was going to air later that night anyway). "The Girl Who Slept Too Little", originally scheduled for that date, was delayed until the next season.
160	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E13HomerAndApu Homer and Apu]]" was originally going to air on January 27, 1994, but the effects of the Northridge Earthquake caused production to be delayed and it was moved to February 10 (a repeat of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E6DeadPuttingSociety Dead Putting Society]]" aired instead).
161	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E17MyBigFatGeekWedding My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]" was scheduled for April 4, 2004, but it was delayed by two weeks because the voice actors went on strike over pay cuts.
162	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E18TheIncredibleLightnessOfBeingABaby The Incredible Lightness Of Being A Baby]]" was scheduled for April 7, 2019, but it was delayed for over a whole year to April 19, 2020. While the official reason has never been disclosed, a likely reason is because that episode is a direct continuation of the theatrical short "WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonInPlaydateWithDestiny", which was added to Creator/DisneyPlus nine days before the episode aired.
163	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS32E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXXI Treehouse of Horror XXXI]]" was scheduled to air on October 18, 2020, but was rescheduled at the last minute to November 1, due to playoff baseball. This will be the first time in 10 years that it will air after Halloween. [[ShortRunInPeru It still aired as scheduled in Canada.]]
164	** The series premiere went through this. "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]" was meant to air in Autumn 1989 as the first episode, but there were so many problems with the animation that it was pushed back to May 13, 1990 so that David Silverman's team could re-animate an estimated 70% of the episode. The show's premiere was pushed back to December 17, 1989 with "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E1SimpsonsRoastingOnAnOpenFire Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]".
165	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
166	** "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E2CartmansMomIsStillADirtySlut Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut]]" was originally scheduled for May 20, 1998, but it was moved to April 22 following the negative reaction toward "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E1TerranceAndPhilipInNotWithoutMyAnus Terrance and Phillip in: 'Not Without My Anus]]'". The May 20 date became reserved for "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E4IkesWeeWee Ike's Wee Wee]]".
167	** "[[Recap/SouthParkS17E4GothKids3DawnOfThePosers Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers]]" was supposed to be shown on October 16, 2013, but production was delayed by a week after a blackout at South Park Studios. A repeat of "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E4ScottTenormanMustDie Scott Tenorman Must Die]]" was shown in its place.
168	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episodes "Grandmum's The Word" and "Old Man Patrick" were both originally given a premiere date of March 27, 2018, but they were moved ahead to February 16th, 2018 so Nick could use it to counter-program the premiere of the Disney Channel's original movie ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S'' on the same day. Coincidentally, another unaired episode, "Bunny Hunt", was shown on the date of the original premiere.
169	* A whole season of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsDetours'' has already been made and it was supposed to premiere some time in 2013, but it has been delayed indefinitely. The Creator/{{Disney}} acquisition of Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} may have been a factor of the indefinite delay of ''Detours''.
170	* If the copyright date in the credits is anything to go by, ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'' was meant to premiere in 1998. It ultimately premiered in January 1999 instead.
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