Television shows that changed networks…

*would change

Buffy went from the WB to the UPN which didn't seem like much of a change. The WB kept Angel though.

Was there ever a reason why r2?

Were both networks owned by the same company? Why keep one and not the other?

Taxi was canceled by ABC and NBC picked it up. I think NBC thought it could be another Cheers, but it only ran for one more season.

The Golden Palace was initially going to get a 13 episode order from NBC, until CBS offered a full 24 episodes, so the Golden Girls sequel ran on CBS while the GG spinoff Empty Nest ran on NBC.

Family Matters moved from ABC to CBS late in it's run. I think they'd recast Harriet Winslow by this point, even though the show had initially been her spin-off.

I think Disney started on ABC and ended up on NBC.

I don’t think so r5.

“The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd,” was one of those rare instances of a network show being canceled then picked up by cable channel. It was a case of drawing an audience that was too small for a Big Three network, but devoted enough to cross over to a fledgling cable channel where its numbers were considered huge. I believe Lifetime Network went on to produce more episodes than NBC.

Didn't Disney change stations at some point? ABC wanted Disney initially and helped fund Disneyland. But Disney stayed with ABC? I thought The Wonderful World of Color was on NBC.

The Hogan Family moved from NBC to CBS for its last season.

I think r 5 has it slightly off because Disney now owns ABC. so maybe it started on NBC

The Grammys leaving CBS got me thinking.

Project Runway and Drag Race. Both seemed to have done well with the change.

Damages went from FX to some obscure cable channel called The Audience Network for seasons 4 & 5. You can definitely feel a tone shift. John Goodman as the sleazy, murderous war profiteer and Dylan Baker as a rogue CIA creep are both more evil than the villains from the previous three seasons. These are also the seasons where we get to hear Patty Hewes say "fuck" since it's no longer basic cable.

I wonder if the series ending would have been different if the show stayed on FX. I liked that long shot of Patty's face when she's all alone in her limo.

Hazel was on NBC from 1961-65, then on CBS for it's last year 1965-66.

The original The Goldbergs that aired from 1949 to 1955.

They went from CBS to NBC to the DuMont Network in those six years.

Step by Step was another ABC TGIF show that got moved to CBS like Family Matters did.

The most recent version of Magnum PI went from CBS to NBC.

Futurama owns this thread.

Diff'rent Strokes went from NBC to ABC for it's final season. It was a last minute rescue as NBC had cancelled it and all the sets had already been taken down. Dixie Carter was cast on Designing Women in the meantime so they recast her role with Mary Ann Mobley. Because ABC picked up the show, the Three's Company spinoff Three's A Crowd was only offered a half season renewal and John Ritter got pissed and said no thanks.

Community - from NBC to Yahoo (that was a thing?!)

I think The Bionic Woman changed networks, from ABC to NBC maybe?

Southland -- if you haven't seen it, you should! -- went from a first season on NBC to the TNT network.

Great LA cop show with a gay cop played by Michael Cudlitz. Also starring Regina King.

My Three Sons - Seasons 1-5 on ABC; Seasons 6-12 on CBS

Leave to Beaver - Season 1 on CBS; Seasons 2-6 on ABC

Unsolved Mysteries was on NBC from 1987-1997. It aired on CBS from 1997-1999. Lifetime revived the series in 2001 and did a combination of new cases and cases previously featured during the NBC and CBS years. They cancelled the series in 2002 when Robert Stack's health was declining. In 2008, Spike TV did an awful repackaged type version of Unsolved Mysteries with the previous segments edited down quite a bit. Dennis Farina was the host. Spike aired the show from 2008-2010. Then ten years later Netflix reboot started to air.

This is the DL and it took 24 posts to mention The Edge of Night?

CBS to ABC

"Father Knows Best" was on all three networks, although the ABC seasons were all reruns.

Paper Chase went from CBS to PBS, although it was all reruns on PBS and later Showtime picked it up with new episodes.

r25, wasn't there another old half-hour soap that went from CBS to either ABC or NBC?

R27 I had to look it up.

Search for Tomorrow

CBS to NBC

For some more recent examples:

Scrubs 911 Brooklyn 99

In the sixties, ABC grabbed The Price is Right, Queen for a Day, and Let’s Make A Deal from NBC, with LMAD having quite a long run on its new network

I HATED “The Golden Palace”.

Southland and The Shield are the only decent cop shows I've seen

r31=Dorothy Zbornak

SouthLAnd was an awesome show!

I was going to add Edge of Night and Search For Tomorrow, but others beat me to it.

Bionic Woman did change networks. Did Wonder Woman?