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* ''Series/{{Beastmaster}}: The Series''

* ''The D.J. Kat Show'' (adapted from a popular European series; aired mainly on Fox affiliates)

** ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs''
** ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'' (Created by Robert Mandell of ''Galaxy Rangers'' fame; aired outside North America as "Starla and the Jewel Riders")

** ''Saban's Around the World in 80 Dreams'' (a celebrity toon starring French singer Carlos[[note]]Hence, the name of the French version: "Les Aventures de Carlos" (The Adventures of Carlos).[[/note]])
** ''Saban's Gulliver's Travels''

* ''Tama and Friends'' (the last [[{{Macekre}} "production"]] from Creator/FourKidsEntertainment to air in FRS)

* ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'' (CGI animated series created just for North America)

* ''Series/AceLightning'' (first season only)

* ''Series/{{Maude}}'': In Canada, the show moved to syndication after the first few seasons aired on Creator/{{CBC}}. In Ontario, the series was seen on the Creator/{{Global}} network (then an Ontario-only network).

* ''The Hallo Spencer Show'' (A few episodes of this long running German puppet series were given an English dub in the early 1990s[[note]]The show is actually called simply "Hallo Spencer" (lit., "Hello Spencer"). However, the English version makes "Hallo Spencer" the character's name, even though "Spencer" is actually his first name.[[/note]])

* ''Series/MisterEd'': One of the few network shows to start out in FRS before being picked up by CBS for its second season on.

** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': The original Creator//[=FUNimation=]/Ocean co-production was also created for syndication. Considering the early time slots it got in many markets, the show did quite well (good enough to warrant a full hour-long block during season 2). Despite this, distributor Saban eventually backed out of the syndication business , leading to [=FUNimation=] to make a deal with Cartoon Network to air the show there, which turned out to be a huge success, and this was enough to warrant a continuation of the English dub exclusively for Toonami.

* ''WesternAnimation/WidgetTheWorldWatcher''[[note]]Has nothing to with the WidgetSeries trope.[[/note]]

* ''Sectaurs'' (five part miniseries made by Creator/RubySpears based on a toyline by Coleco)

* ''Mizlou Television'' (A network that distributed live sporting events from 1963-91, which thrived in the days before Creator/{{ESPN}}).[[labelnote:More background]] It picked up broadcasts for events that the major networks didn't carry, then syndicated them mostly to independent stations. They specialized in UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball bowl games, which they could obtain rights to because they didn't fall under the NCAA's restrictive TV policies at the time--the NCAA had an exclusive contract with Creator/{{ABC}} for regular season games with strict quotas and limitations, but the bowls were out of the NCAA's jurisdiction. They also aired college basketball, including the first-ever national broadcast of a women's college game, the 1975 Maryland-Immaculata contest. ESPN actually simulcast several Mizlou bowl broadcasts in the first part of TheEighties, but a 1984 Supreme Court ruling that the NCAA's TV policies broke antitrust laws opened the door for ESPN and other networks to negotiate directly with conferences and colleges for broadcast rights, which increasingly reduced Mizlou's lineup to lower-tier bowl games. Mizlou declared bankruptcy after an ill-fated attempt to launch a competitor to ESPN (the Sports News Network).[[/labelnote]]

* ''The Video Game'' (Game show from the makers of ''Series/{{Starcade}}''[[note]]Unlike their previous show, which originated on [[Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation WTBS]], this one was only seen in FRS.[[/note]])

* ''WesternAnimation/StarcomTheUSSpaceForce'' (based on a toyline whose action figures had magnets in their feet, and could attach themselves to the playsets)

** ''WesternAnimation/PaddingtonBear'' (Hanna-Barbera series from 1989)

* ''Series/MrEd'': One of the few shows to start out in FRS before being picked up by CBS for its second season on.

* ''Series/{{SCTV}}'': Was FRS for its first three seasons before being aired on NBC as ''SCTV [=Network90=]'', then moved to Creator/{{Cinemax}}.

* ''The New WKRP in Cincinnati''

* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock and the [[Anime/QueenMillennia Queen of a Thousand Years]]'' (Tries to combine two related,[[note]]they were both created by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto,[[/note]] but completely different series into one story[[note]]It's a {{Macekre}} that was produced by the TropeNamer (Carl Macek) for Harmony Gold.[[/note]])

* ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheSeries'': Aired 52 episodes on what used to be ''The Disney Afternoon'' concurrently with 13 episodes running on ABC as part of ''[[Creator/OneSaturdayMorningAndABCKids Disney's One Saturday Morning]]''

* ''The Mr. Men Show'' (1990s series)

* ''Anime/MonkeyMagic'' (English dubbed anime that adapts the Literature/JourneyToTheWest story[[note]]It also [[NamesTheSame shares its name]] with an unrelated early ball-and-paddle arcade game made by Creator/{{Nintendo}}.[[/note]])