Markup View

Author: justanotherrandomlurker

Apr 27th 2014 at 11:50:53 AM

This could apply to almost every show that's ever been broadcasted in the history of television, as networks have a tendency to air a show OutOfOrder during its inaugural run, for whatever reasons (usually because they feel some episodes may be better suited for {{Sweeps Week}}s or something), and in a lot of cases, many fans and fandoms will go by original broadcast order as the final say, even though the episodes were never intended to be aired in that order... and in a ''lot'' of cases, when the shows go into reruns and/or syndication, one of two things will happen: depending on the market, the episodes will either be aired in their correct, chronological order (as is usually the case when they're shown on cable channels), or in order according to production codes/numbers (usually the case with more individual, local markets). And of course, field days are to be had when the shows are released on DVD, and you're not sure what order the episodes are in, because it depends on the distributor and the information they go by. ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' is a particular headache, as it was initially aired OutOfOrder during its first run on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, but then it was reordered during reruns, and now, Nick has put all of the episodes on DVD in their original broadcast order. Cable listings and guides can be confusing too, they appear to identify episodes of shows based on their original broadcast orders too; for example: the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode, "Male Unbonding," is the second episode of the series, but was the fourth to air, and cable guides list it as [=S1E04=].