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* The Canadian sketch show ''{{SCTV}}'' became ''SCTV Network 90'' in 1981 when it broadens its audience to Americans.

* The Canadian sketch show ''{{SCTV}}'' became ''SCTV Network 90'' in 1981 when it broadens its audience to Americans.

* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' is a prime example of this. The series became ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai'' in the second season. Then the OVA was renamed ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei''. A bit of a mouthful, isn't it? Also, each arc has a different name, which surely doesn't help relieve the confusion of new audiences. The sequel, ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' is sometimes accompanied by the subtitle of "WhenTheyCry 3", but there's hardly any relationship between Higurashi kai and this theoretical third season.

* When ''{{Doug}}'' moved [[ChannelHop from Nickelodeon to ABC]], it was retitled ''Brand-Spanking New Doug'', then ''Disney's Doug''.

* When ''The Torkelsons'' got a ReTool in its second season, it was also renamed ''Almost Home''.

* Aftering being just known as ''RedDwarf'' for its first two seasons, the third season had an opening scrawl that dubbed the series 'Red Dwarf III', although the main title sequence and new logo did not incorporate the number (a few fans also list the third season as having a subtitle 'The Adventure Continuums', also taken from the crawl). For some reason the listings magazines picked up on this and from this point on the series was renamed each season, so 'Red Dwarf IV', 'V' etc, despite the fact the opening titles did not reflect this. However, the covers of the video releases did. In fact, the later video releases of the first two seasons retitled them 'Red Dwarf I' and 'II', respectively.
** And then for some reason, TheBBC slapped the Roman numerals on the title screens of Series VII and a tally on Series VIII.
* Each series of ''BabylonFive'' has its own subtitle: 'Signs and Portents', 'The Coming of Shadows', 'Point of No Return', 'No Surrender, No Retreat' and 'The Wheel of Fire'. However, this subtitle does not appear in the credits and was strictly informal until the DVD releases, when the subtitle was included on the front cover packaging.

* ''StarTrekEnterprise'' was actually named simply ''Enterprise'' in its first two seasons.

* Though it did involve large cast changes, ''{{Digimon}}'' was retitled ''Adventure 02'', ''Tamers'', ''Frontier'', ''Savers''[=/=]''Data Squad'' and ''Xros Wars''.

* ''BlackLagoon'' was renewed as ''Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage''. However, other than slipping the words "Second Barrage" into the title sequence rather sloppily, there's nothing indicating that the second set of 12 episodes are meant to be distinct from the first 12.

* ''SonnyWithAChance'' was changed to ''So Random!'' in its most recent season, focusing on the ShowWithinAShow also called that due to the lead actress DemiLovato going to rehab.

* After TheOriginalSeries of ''{{Nanoha}}'', the following seasons were titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's'', ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha [=StrikerS=]'', and currently manga-first fourth season ''Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force''. There is also a SpinOff, ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha [=ViVid=]''.

* ''TotalDramaIsland''→''TotalDramaAction''→''TotalDramaWorldTour''

*** Later [=DVD=] releases of the Pokémon anime gave the first two seasons new subtitles: ''Pokemon: Indigo League'' and ''Pokemon: The Adventures In/On The Orange Islands'', respectively.

* Though it did involve large cast changes, ''{{Digimon}}'' was retitled ''02'', ''Tamers'', ''Frontier'', ''Savers''[=/=]''Data Squad'' and ''Xros Wars''.

** ''Best Wishes!'' is subtitled simply as "Black and White" in the dub.

* The TV adaptation of ''{{Goosebumps}}'' was renamed ''Ultimate Goosebumps'' for seasons 3 and 4.
* ''SaturdayNightLive'' in its first season was called ''NBC's Saturday Night'' and in season two, it was shortened to ''Saturday Night'' (since the name was used for Howard Cosell's short-lived variety show). By season three, Howard Cosell's ''Saturday Night Live'' was cancelled and NBC renamed their show ''Saturday Night Live''. When Jean Doumanian took over for the show in 1980, the show was named ''Saturday Night Live '80'' (this, much like Doumanian's tenure on the show, didn't last). These days, the show is still called ''SaturdayNightLive'', though some fans (and a lot of commercial break bumpers season 22 to now) refer to the show as ''SNL''.

* ''SaturdayNightLive'' in its first season was called ''NBC's Saturday Night'' and in season two, it was shortened to ''Saturday Night'' (since the name was used for Howard Cosell's short-lived variety show). By season three, Howard Cosell's ''Saturday Night Live'' was cancelled and NBC renamed their show ''Saturday Night Live''.

** This prompted the Mad TV sketch, ''And a Pizza Place''.

** ''Best Wishes!" is subtitled simply as "Black and White" in the dub.

''CodeGeass'' became ''CodeGeass [=R2=]" in its second season.

** In Japan there's the original ''Pocket Monsters'' for the [[{{ptitleevcce3c2}} first]] [[{{Ptitleh2xwpnnp}} two]] generations of games, then the subtitle ''Advanced Generation'' for [[{{Ptitlem5qiqwn8}} Generation III]], ''Diamond & Pearl'' for [[{{Ptitle6ta6tjtj}} Generation IV]], and the upcoming ''Best Wishes!'' for [[{{Ptitle2gli7wce}} Generation V]].

* By the end of the first season of ''{{Cougartown}}'', the producers felt that the name no longer fit the show's premise, but couldn't come up with a new name. So in the first episode of the second season, the title card reads ''(Still) Cougartown''. The subtitle became a CouchGag in subsequent episodes - ''(Badly Titled) Cougartown'', ''(Titles Are Hard) Cougartown'', etc.

* ''HannahMontana'' changed to ''Hannah Montana Forever'' in season 4.