History ReleaseDateChange / COVID19PandemicRelatedExamples

* The 930th episode of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was delayed from its April 26th airdate as the anime went on hiatus. It is set to return on June 28.

** The annual Six Nations tournament saw one match in the penultimate round and all the matches in the final round being delayed until October. The women's tournament was similarly affected with a number of matches postponed - with some eventually cancelled[[note]]they had no affect on the championship, since England won all of their matches[[/note]] - and the Under 20's equivalent had matches postponed before they were eventually cancelled.

** On the men's side, only one of the four major championships, namely the PGA Championship, was held as originally scheduled in 2020. The Open Championship (aka British Open) was canceled entirely for the first time since WWII; the U.S. Open was delayed from its normal June slot to September; and the Masters was moved from April to November. Because the US-based PGA Tour then started its season in September,[[note]]from 2024, it will return to a calendar-year schedule[[/note]] that meant its 2020–21 season featured six majors instead of the normal four (with all 2021 majors returning to their traditional schedules).

* After fifteen uninterrupted editions between its 1995 debut and 2019, the UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo had its 2020 edition canceled due to concerns over the pandemic. The Entertainment Software Association attempted to reconfigure the conference to an exclusively online format for 2020 before announcing that they would not be doing that either; a physical event was still planned for E3 2021, until [[https://www.gamesradar.com/e3-2021-live-event-canceled/ plans fell through]] and the ESA opted to move forward with an online show in its stead [[https://www.polygon.com/22369630/e3-2021-date-announced-nintendo-xbox-capcom-ubisoft on June 12]], with the physical show being pushed back again till 2022... until rising cases again called for its cancellation as a precaution with another digital show [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/01/06/e3-2022-will-be-online-only-again-due-to-covid-19-concerns in its stead]]. Eventually, plans for the 2022 show fell through with the show being pushed again to June 2023. Then, the 2023 show was canceled in late March 2023 after presenters backed out.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' and ''Part Two'' were pushed back from July 23 to November 19, 2021 and from August 5 to November 4, 2022 respectively. They were then pushed further to May 27, 2022 and July 27, 2023, respectively to accomodate a delay for ''Film/TopGunMaverick''. The production of ''Part Two'' was then put on hold indefinitely and ''Part One'' was rescheduled for September 30, 2022 due to another ''Top Gun'' delay. Then, in early 2022, both films were pushed back yet again, with ''Part One'' set for July 14, 2023 and ''Part Two'' set for June 28, 2024.

* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', after having already been delayed twice, was initially pushed from April 8, 2020 to the traditional November Bond release date (November 12 for the U.K. and November 25 (later November 20) for the U.S.) -- making it the first "tentpole" movie of the pandemic era to change its dates -- before being pushed again to April 2, 2021 '''and then''' to October 8 as it became clear the U.K. and U.S. markets wouldn't be ready for it. (Supposedly the studio offered the film to streaming services but asked for too much money.) This led to an astonishing 20-month release gap between the film and its Music/BillieEilish theme song, which launched in February 2020 and won a UsefulNotes/{{Grammy|Award}} in the interim. And what’s more, the song was still eligible for an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] the next year when the film was actually released, based on the rules in the Best Original Song category - which Eilish won.

* ''VideoGame/IronManVR'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 was delayed from its May 15 date due to the virus making logistics difficult, preventing Sony from giving the game a proper launch release. It was later given a July 3, 2020 date.

* The official Western release of the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 Mini was delayed from its March 15th launch because the manufacturing and shipping facilities were located in China; nevertheless, Creator/{{Konami}} managed to stealth-release this ''American'' model exclusively on Amazon's ''Japanese'' storefront (which ships worldwide) and send out review units to Western critics. Its Japanese counterpart, the PC Engine Mini, was able to make its intended official release date of March 19.

** The California Disneyland Resort ended up staying closed through late April 2021 (and cancelled the 65th anniversary MilestoneCelebration of 2020). The ComicBook/{{Avengers}} Campus area at California Adventure was supposed to open in Summer 2020, but Disney announced it wouldn’t open until capacity increased, which amounted to roughly a year’s delay; a June 4th, 2021 opening date was eventually confirmed.

** Season 13 of the flagship series filmed during the pandemic, with a slightly smaller-than-usual cast (following extended quarantine) and little-to-no celebrity guest judges, but more or less filmed without disturbance and even managed to have a live finale, although without an audience and only consisting of Creator/RuPaul herself as well as the remaining queens. The cast reunion episode, however, was once again filmed remotely from their homes. A documentary special about the cast's struggles during the pandemic, ''Corona Can't Keep a Good Queen Down'', was released mid-season.

** The second spin-off series ''Series/TheWalkingDeadWorldBeyond'' was intended to debut immediately after the airing of "A Certain Doom." But with the delay of the episode, the series was pushed back to October as well, airing immediately afterwards as originally intended.