History Main / ChannelHop

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', goes to TBS starting in the fall of 2014

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* In the late 1940s, Creator/{{CBS}} head William S. Paley conducted a famous "talent raid" of rival Creator/{{NBC}}, snatching away such popular shows as ''TheJackBennyProgram'', ''Amos 'n' Andy'', ''The Burns and Allen Show'', ''The Edgar Bergen and Charlie [=McCarthy=] Show'', and ''The Red Skelton Show''. The move led to CBS becoming the ratings leader in 1949, establishing a position of dominance that the network would enjoy into the television era and wouldn't relinquish until the late '70s.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' began as a Creator/{{Sega}} franchise, but as of the upcoming sequel, Nintendo now owns the publishing rights. Sega still owns the IP, but Nintendo is publishing all further games in the series.

* Dreamworks went from Universal to Paramount, and are now going to 20th Century Fox starting with ''The Croods''.
** The animation division went to Fox. Live-action titles are distributed by Disney.

* The musical projects of TrentReznor are an interesting case. After he left major label Interscope in 2007, he set up his own independent label, The Null Corporation, to release new material (such as ''Ghosts I-IV'', ''The Slip'' and his and Atticus Ross' Oscar-winning soundtrack to ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''). This label goes through RED Distribution, a distribution channel owned by Sony Music. After the success of Null's releases, Reznor's musical project Music/HowToDestroyAngels would end up signing with Sony subsidiary Columbia, and he would do the same with Music/NineInchNails for its comeback album.
* DepecheMode signed to Mute Records in 1980, and had a US deal with Sire Records shortly after. When Mute was bought by EMI in 2002, the band's US deal remained in place until 2009, when they moved to Virgin and Capitol (two other EMI subsidiaries) to release ''Sounds of the Universe.'' In 2012, however, they left EMI altogether for Columbia, but the logo for Mute still appears on their debut Columbia album ''Delta Machine''.

* ''HomeAndAway'' in New Zealand has channel-hopped ''four times''. It first premiered on [=TV3=] when the channel launched in November 1989. It moved to TVNZ in 1993, initially on TV One then on [=TV2=]. In 2002, it moved back to TV3, and then in 2013, it moved back to TVNZ's [=TV2=]!

* The ''VideoGame/WWW'' game franchise went from [=THQ=] to 2K Sports following [=THQ=]'s bankruptcy.

* ''SisterSister'' from Creator/{{ABC}} to TheWB.

* ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'' from RevolutionStudios to [[{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]]/RelativityMedia.

* [[DevelopmentHell Chronic]] with ''TheTerminator'' films. Every. single. movie. Actual distribution is even worse (first one: Orion theatrically, currently MGM; second: TriStarPictures theatrically and some video releases - others involved with home distribution include Lionsgate, Artisan and Universal; third/fourth: Warner domestically, Sony overseas).

* ''Series/COPS'', from Fox to SpikeTV, starting in the fall of 2013.

* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' will move from The CW to {{Syfy}} starting in January 2014.

* Speaking of ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'', that film's home video rights, along with the distribution rights to the untitled fourth ''Transformers'' film have recently jumped from {{Paramount}} to WarnerBros due an ongoing legal dispute between Paramount and Warner Bros' sister company Hasbro.

* ''AufWiedersehenPet'' went from ITV (in the 1980s) to the BBC (the 2000s revival).
* Not a true Channel Hop, but ''Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased''. an 1960s ITV show, was remade in 2000 as ''Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'' by the BBC.
* The Broadcast Rights of ''Batfink'', ''Dangermouse'', ,''Looney Tunes'', ''Pinky and the Brain'', ''Scooby-Doo''', ''Taz Mania'', ''Tom and Jerry Kids'', ''Tots TV'', ''Uncle Max'' and ''Yoko! Tokamoto! Toto'' since 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 have moved from ITV ot the BBC

* MenBehavingBadly first appeared on ITV, but was dropped by them after two series due to disappointing ratings and Harry Enfield having left after the first series. It wasn't until the BBC got it and transmitted it in a later slot that it became a massive hit.

* UpstairsDownstairs was originally an ITV show that is now receiving a modern BBC remake.

** And now there is a legal dispute over the animated movie rights between Pacificor (the current rights holders) and Hannover House (a company formed by a former Hemdale employee).
*** And apparently the rights were [[http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/terminator-5-rights-fall-megan-ellison/ purchased again by Annapurna Pictures]] (led by Megan Ellison, daughter of the Oracle founder).
**** Lionsgate will distribute the fifth one if it is made.

* ''GilmoreGirls'' made its British debut on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, but only the first three seasons were shown (and were prone to being censored); it later moved to the Hallmark Channel (where seasons four and five premiered) and ultimately to E4 (which has shown all seven seasons).
* Unlike many imported series dropped by Channel 5 - and there are ''many'': ''That70sShow'', ''Series/ThirtyRock'', ''{{JAG}}'', ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' and so on (basically any American series that doesn't have ''Series/{{CSI}}'' in the title) - ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' found another terrestrial home for its final season, moving to Channel 4.
* Both ''HannahMontana'' and ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' moved in the UK from Channel 5 to ITV.

* The first two seasons of ''VeronicaMars'' were on Living, but the third and final season was on Trouble.
* Although DavidLetterman has a cult following in Britain, ''LateShowWithDavidLetterman'' has run on four different channels - Creator/{{Sky}} One, [[ComedyCentral Paramount Comedy Channel]], [[Creator/{{ITV}} ITV4]] and Diva TV - and never lasted longer than a year on any of them. (If you count [[Creator/TheBBC BBC2]] running the episodes for the week the show was in London - his only appearance on British terrestrial television to date - he's been on five.)

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' from Creator/{{Paramount}} to New Line after the first 8 films. (allowing them to CrossOver [[Film/FreddyVsJason with]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet their franchise]])

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' from Creator/{{Paramount}} to New Line after the first 8 films. (allowing them to CrossOver [[Film/FreddyVsJason with]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet their franchise]]])

* Two victims of TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment after MGM's bankrupcy: ''TheCabinInTheWoods'' (rescued by Lionsgate) and ''Film/RedDawn2012'' (minor studio Film District).
** The bankrupcy lead to a variant: Spyglass Entertainment, who purchased MGM, had co-produced ''GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', but decided to plaster Leo the Lion in ''GIJoeRetaliation'' instead of their own logo.
* Speaking of ''GIJoeRetaliation'', that film's home video rights, along with the distribution rights to the untitled fourth ''Transformers'' film have recently jumped from {{Paramount}} to WarnerBros due an ongoing legal dispute between Paramount and Warner Bros' sister company Hasbro.

** Furthermore, starting with ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', the rights will change hands once again, this time to Disney's now-former sister studio TouchstonePictures due to the Disney-ABC split (which placed both Marvel Comics and Touchstone into the new ABC Corporation)

* The original ''Manga/DragonBall'' series was in syndication for only 13 episodes in 1995 before it was canceled. It was eventually picked up by ''{{Toonami}}'' in 2001 (with an all new English dub), due to the success of Dragon Ball Z, where it ended up finishing it's 153 episode run.

* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' ended the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise's longtime home at FujiTelevision, moving over to TVAsahi. This may have been justified in how ''DragonBallKai'' was occupying its traditional timeslot on Fuji.

* As Creator/MarvelComics opened a studio, they are starting to get back the rights to their characters (leading Fox and Columbia to try to keep the ones they own - X-Men/Fantastic Four for the former[[note]]they tried the same with Daredevil, but eventually the rights lapsed[[/note]], Spider-Man/Ghost Rider for the latter). So far they got Punisher (got a new movie in 2008), Hulk (included in ''Film/TheAvengers'') and Blade.
** As Marvel Studios' deal with Paramount ended and Disney bought Marvel Comics, the MarvelCinematicUniverse (of which only ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' was shipped by another studio, Universal) is now distributed by Walt Disney Pictures (though ExecutiveMeddling pasted Paramount's logo into the first Disney-handled pic, ''Film/TheAvengers'', even on the home video release).

* ''TheATeam'' was produced by Universal and [[StephenJCannell Stephen J. Cannell Productions]] (Universal owns the series now), but the film was released by Fox due to Universal putting the film in turnaround several years before it finally got produced.