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* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'': Became a bit of a double edged double-edged sword for this show. It was such a success Creator/CartoonNetwork / Creator/AdultSwim ordered season three before season two was even halfway done. Then the executives actually SAW season three and were so disturbed by it that they cut the order in half and canceled the show afterward.
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But sometimes, a show is renewed before it officially premieres, which shows how much the network and/or studio believes in it.
It is the opposite of OnlyBarelyRenewed, in which the show's fate is uncertain for an amount of time before it is finally renewed.
See also: AdoredByTheNetwork.
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!!Examples:
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* The early buzz of ''Film/TheGodfather'' was so positive that a sequel was planned before filming was even finished.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'': Both a third movie and a SpinOff TV series were confirmed a few months before the movie was released.
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* ''Series/CobraKai'' was renewed for a fifth season ahead of the fourth season premiere.
* ''Series/{{Diavoli}}'': It was renewed two days before it officially premiered.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': While it had already been renewed for a second season halfway through the first, the trope comes into effect when a third season was also commissioned before the first ended. It was also renewed for a fifth and sixth season before the end of the fourth.
* ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'': Was renewed before the first season premiered, though it was delayed for a year due to UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.
* The Creator/{{Hulu}} adaptation of ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' [[https://thedisinsider.com/2020/08/03/hulu-gives-their-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-an-early-season-two-renewal was renewed for a second season]] before the first one began filming.
* ''Series/LevelUp'': It was renewed before the first 10 episodes even aired.
* ''Series/MrsBrownsBoys'' was renewed in 2020 so as to keep running until 2026.
* ''Series/ThePolitician'': It was renewed a full year before the show even premiered.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'', upon moving to Creator/HBOMax, was instantly renewed for seasons 51?55.
* ''Series/SuperPumped'': 12 days before the premiere of the first season, it was renewed for a second season that will focus on Facebook.
* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'': The show was renewed for a second season in May 2021, six months before its premiere in November, while the show was presumably in editing phase. It was also renewed for a third season shortly after the first season had aired.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Was renewed months before the official airing of the first season.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' was renewed for a second season before it premiered, as well as a third season prior to the Season 2 premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' was renewed for a second season before it even premiered.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': The show was renewed before the first season started airing.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines'' was renewed for a fourth season ahead of the third season premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/BoyGirlDogCatMouseCheese'': The series was renewed for a second season in June 2019 before its premiere in October that year.
* ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'' was renewed before the first season even premiered and was renewed for a third before the second season even aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' was renewed for another season before it's premiere. Given the show tends to be savaged as little more than a reskin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', this decision is now a source of much laughter at Fox's expense.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The show was renewed for a second season before the first premiered, with the third season also being confirmed before season two aired.
* One of Creator/TaraStrong's vines made a joke somewhat like this, where she says, "I wish for ten more seasons!" in her [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]] voice. The show itself ended after only ten seasons.
* ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'': Renewed before the first season premiered and was also renewed before the second season aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Renewed for a second season ahead of its first season premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' was renewed for its third and fourth seasons at the same time. However, those were also its final seasons.
* Creator/ComedyCentral renewed ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChamberlainHeights'' ahead of its premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'': Became a bit of a double edged sword for this show. It was such a success Creator/CartoonNetwork / Creator/AdultSwim ordered season three before season two was even halfway done. Then the executives actually SAW season three and were so disturbed by it that they cut the order in half and canceled the show afterward.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective'': Renewed for Season 2 before airing.
* Cartoon Network renewed both ''My Adventures With Superman'' and ''Batman: Caped Crusader'' for two seasons long before the first season of either show had aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Renewed for Season 2 before airing, and renewed for Season 3 before the Season 2 premiere.
* Entertainment One renewed ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' into 2027, ensuring that it stays on the air for over 20 years.
* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals'' was renewed for a fifth season before the fourth could air. It helped break the "four-season curse" trend for shows on Disney-branded networks.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' was renewed for an additional 70 episodes between Season 3 and 4, which was more episodes than the show had at the time.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' was renewed through Season 26 before Season 24 could air (the pandemic and vaccination specials don't count).
* Sort of with ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends''. It was renewed for Season 2 after three episodes of Season 1 aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' was renewed for a second season six weeks ahead of its premiere. Its third and fourth seasons were also ordered ahead of the preceding season's premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Series voice actor Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr explained it was essentially a blank check at the time to make as many seasons as they wanted without being cancelled, though the fact that some of the other shows on that list were cancelled anyways may mean he was wrong or Disney changed how it worked.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': Its entire run was greenlit before airing.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' had its first two seasons greenlit at the same time.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' was renewed for a second season prior to the series premiere, and for a third prior to the second season premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBotsAcademy'': In addition to being renewed before it even officially aired, it was given a special preview a month before the official premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' was renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere.
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But sometimes, a show is renewed before it officially premieres, which shows how much the network and/or studio believes in it.
It is the opposite of OnlyBarelyRenewed, in which the show's fate is uncertain for an amount of time before it is finally renewed.
See also: AdoredByTheNetwork.
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!!Examples:
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* The early buzz of ''Film/TheGodfather'' was so positive that a sequel was planned before filming was even finished.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'': Both a third movie and a SpinOff TV series were confirmed a few months before the movie was released.
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* ''Series/CobraKai'' was renewed for a fifth season ahead of the fourth season premiere.
* ''Series/{{Diavoli}}'': It was renewed two days before it officially premiered.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': While it had already been renewed for a second season halfway through the first, the trope comes into effect when a third season was also commissioned before the first ended. It was also renewed for a fifth and sixth season before the end of the fourth.
* ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'': Was renewed before the first season premiered, though it was delayed for a year due to UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.
* The Creator/{{Hulu}} adaptation of ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' [[https://thedisinsider.com/2020/08/03/hulu-gives-their-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-an-early-season-two-renewal was renewed for a second season]] before the first one began filming.
* ''Series/LevelUp'': It was renewed before the first 10 episodes even aired.
* ''Series/MrsBrownsBoys'' was renewed in 2020 so as to keep running until 2026.
* ''Series/ThePolitician'': It was renewed a full year before the show even premiered.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'', upon moving to Creator/HBOMax, was instantly renewed for seasons 51?55.
* ''Series/SuperPumped'': 12 days before the premiere of the first season, it was renewed for a second season that will focus on Facebook.
* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'': The show was renewed for a second season in May 2021, six months before its premiere in November, while the show was presumably in editing phase. It was also renewed for a third season shortly after the first season had aired.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Was renewed months before the official airing of the first season.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' was renewed for a second season before it premiered, as well as a third season prior to the Season 2 premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' was renewed for a second season before it even premiered.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': The show was renewed before the first season started airing.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines'' was renewed for a fourth season ahead of the third season premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/BoyGirlDogCatMouseCheese'': The series was renewed for a second season in June 2019 before its premiere in October that year.
* ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'' was renewed before the first season even premiered and was renewed for a third before the second season even aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' was renewed for another season before it's premiere. Given the show tends to be savaged as little more than a reskin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', this decision is now a source of much laughter at Fox's expense.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The show was renewed for a second season before the first premiered, with the third season also being confirmed before season two aired.
* One of Creator/TaraStrong's vines made a joke somewhat like this, where she says, "I wish for ten more seasons!" in her [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]] voice. The show itself ended after only ten seasons.
* ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'': Renewed before the first season premiered and was also renewed before the second season aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Renewed for a second season ahead of its first season premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' was renewed for its third and fourth seasons at the same time. However, those were also its final seasons.
* Creator/ComedyCentral renewed ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChamberlainHeights'' ahead of its premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'': Became a bit of a double edged sword for this show. It was such a success Creator/CartoonNetwork / Creator/AdultSwim ordered season three before season two was even halfway done. Then the executives actually SAW season three and were so disturbed by it that they cut the order in half and canceled the show afterward.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective'': Renewed for Season 2 before airing.
* Cartoon Network renewed both ''My Adventures With Superman'' and ''Batman: Caped Crusader'' for two seasons long before the first season of either show had aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Renewed for Season 2 before airing, and renewed for Season 3 before the Season 2 premiere.
* Entertainment One renewed ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' into 2027, ensuring that it stays on the air for over 20 years.
* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals'' was renewed for a fifth season before the fourth could air. It helped break the "four-season curse" trend for shows on Disney-branded networks.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' was renewed for an additional 70 episodes between Season 3 and 4, which was more episodes than the show had at the time.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' was renewed through Season 26 before Season 24 could air (the pandemic and vaccination specials don't count).
* Sort of with ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends''. It was renewed for Season 2 after three episodes of Season 1 aired.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' was renewed for a second season six weeks ahead of its premiere. Its third and fourth seasons were also ordered ahead of the preceding season's premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Series voice actor Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr explained it was essentially a blank check at the time to make as many seasons as they wanted without being cancelled, though the fact that some of the other shows on that list were cancelled anyways may mean he was wrong or Disney changed how it worked.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': Its entire run was greenlit before airing.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' had its first two seasons greenlit at the same time.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' was renewed for a second season prior to the series premiere, and for a third prior to the second season premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBotsAcademy'': In addition to being renewed before it even officially aired, it was given a special preview a month before the official premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' was renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere.
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