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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' aired only ten episodes in its first season in a replacement slot after ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but then managed to have a total of eight seasons.

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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' aired only ten episodes in its first season in a replacement slot after ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', but then managed to have a total of eight seasons.
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* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' started in March '78 as a mid-season replacement, so it only had 10 episodes in it's first season. Season's 2-4 had between 18 and 23 episodes each; then the show was mid-season replaced itself, so it's final season only had 7 episodes.

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* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' started in March '78 as a mid-season replacement, so it only had 10 episodes in it's its first season. Season's 2-4 had between 18 and 23 episodes each; then the show was mid-season replaced itself, so it's its final season only had 7 episodes.
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* ''Series/Emergency!'' started in January 1972 with a 2-hour pilot, and from there, ran for the rest of the 1971-72 season, and then five more full seasons from 1972-1977.

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* ''Series/Emergency!'' ''Series/{{Emergency}}'' started in January 1972 with a 2-hour pilot, and from there, ran for the rest of the 1971-72 season, and then five more full seasons from 1972-1977.

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->'''Announcer:''' The start of television's second most exciting season - midseason - is just two hundred exciting seconds away!
->'''Lisa:''' Isn't midseason just a dumping ground for second-rate shows that weren't good enough for the fall schedule?
->'''Homer:''' You're thinking of all the other years.
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Homer to the Max"

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->'''Announcer:''' The start of television's second most exciting season - -- midseason - -- is just two hundred exciting seconds away!
->'''Lisa:'''
away!\\
'''Lisa:'''
Isn't midseason just a dumping ground for second-rate shows that weren't good enough for the fall schedule?
->'''Homer:'''
schedule?\\
'''Homer:'''
You're thinking of all the other years.
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Homer "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E13HomerToTheMax Homer to the Max"
Max]]"



* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' started in March '78 as a mid-season replacement, so it only had 10 episodes in it's first season. Season's 2-4 had between 18 and 23 episodes each; then the show was mid-season replaced itself, so it's final season only had 7 episodes.

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* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' started in March '78 as a mid-season replacement, so it only had 10 episodes in it's first season. Season's 2-4 had between 18 and 23 episodes each; then the show was mid-season replaced itself, so it's final season only had 7 episodes.



* ''[[Franchise/LawAndOrder Law & Order]]''

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* ''[[Franchise/LawAndOrder Law & Order]]''''Franchise/LawAndOrder''



* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' was not only a midseason premiere, it almost didn't last to a second season.

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* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' was not only a midseason premiere, it almost didn't last to a second season.



* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Its first season was only twelve episodes. Sarah Michelle Gellar even commented that when she told people what she was working on, they said she would get something better next season.
** It was also originally passed over, in the 1996-97 season line-up, in favour of ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' (which, to the network's credit, ''was'' ultimately a solid choice as its original run went [[LongRunners over a decade]]).

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Its ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s first season was only twelve episodes. Sarah Michelle Gellar even commented that when she told people what she was working on, they said she would get something better next season.
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season. It was also originally passed over, in the 1996-97 season line-up, in favour of ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' (which, to the network's credit, ''was'' ultimately a solid choice as its original run went [[LongRunners over a decade]]).



* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' began its run in January. Like ''Voyager'', it had a shortened first season and ran for seven seasons.

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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' began its run in January. Like ''Voyager'', ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', it had a shortened first season and ran for seven seasons.
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* ''Series/Numb3rs''

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* ''Series/Numb3rs''''Series/Numb3rs'' replaced ''Series/DrVegas'' and ran for six seasons.

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