History Main / SyndicationTitle

This usually involved taking some of the words away from the title (or adding some, particularly "The Adventures Of" or "The Best Of"). Occasionally the syndication title will end up being something really bizarre (as in the case of ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', whose first four episodes, for legal reasons, air under the title ''Tales from a Parallel Universe'').

Shows whose initial run was retitled for other reasons (such as ''These Friends of Mine''/''Ellen'', ''Enterprise''/''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', ''Series/MrsColumbo''/''Kate Columbo''/''Kate Loves a Mystery'') are outside the scope of this entry unless they were subsequently aired under a single title. Also outside the scope of this entry is the practice, common in the early days of videotape, of having two episodes of a TV series [[CompilationMovie hastily edited together and presented under a new title as if it were an original movie]].

* ''Film/{{Satisfaction}}'' (1988) was originally released theatrically under this title as a collaboration with Creator/{{NBC}} and Creator/AaronSpelling as a starring vehicle for [[Series/FamilyTies Justine Bateman]]. When the movie made its network television debut in 1991, the movie was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r3Do_FuS5c renamed ''Girls of Summer'']] [[OutOfFocus with the emphasis on]] Creator/JuliaRoberts (who had a relatively minor role in this movie) due to her success with Film/PrettyWoman.

* Some reference sources errantly say that WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch went into syndication after its CBS run under the name "The Yo-Yo Bears," which was its name in development. The show was shelved for ten years, when USA cable picked it up for its Cartoon Express show.

* ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' airs on Creator/AntennaTV as ''Johnny Carson'', as it is scheduled against the current incarnation of ''Series/TheTonightShow'' on Creator/{{NBC}} in much of the country.

* The early ''Film/OurGang'' shorts were sold into syndication as ''The Little Rascals''.

* ''Franchise/{{Emergency}}!'' as ''Emergency One''

* ''Film/{{Babes in Toyland|1934}}'' (1934) was retitled ''March of the Wooden Soldiers'' when the movie began airing on television, many years before the 1961 Disney remake was produced.

* ''Film/BabesInToyland'' (1934) was retitled ''March of the Wooden Soldiers'' when the movie began airing on television, many years before the 1961 Disney remake was produced.

* ''Series/{{Quincy}}'' as ''Quincy, M.E.''

** Also ''Three's a Crowd'' as ''ThreesCompany, Too''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkleAndFriends as well.

* Some reference sources errantly say that TheHairBearBunch went into syndication after its CBS run under the name "The Yo-Yo Bears," which was its name in development. The show was shelved for ten years, when USA cable picked it up for its Cartoon Express show.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts were repackaged in the 1960s-1970s as ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' and ''[[TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour]]''. Another inversion, since it aired variably on two networks (ABC and CBS), rather than in syndication.

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* ''TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'' as ''Dobie Gillis''.
* ''MisterRogersNeighborhood'' as ''Mister Rogers''.
** The show's title was originally written as "Misteroger's Neighborhood" until it was realized that it might confuse kids learning to spell.

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* In the mid-'90s ComedyCentral split some ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episodes into two hour-long parts, added new introductory segments with Michael J. Nelson as "Jack Perkins" (longtime host of A&E's ''Biography'' series), and syndicated them as ''The Mystery Science Theater Hour''. These versions also appeared in broadcast syndication for a brief period.

* The ''Series/GetSmart'' feature film ''The Nude Bomb'' aired on TV as ''The Return of Maxwell Smart''.

* ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow'' as ''Sergeant Bilko'' or ''You'll Never Get Rich''

* ''Film/BabesInToyland'' (1934) was retitled ''March of the Wooden Soldiers'' for television distribution. This happened many years before the 1961 Disney remake.