Having Fun/Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon

Here are the different ways to play with why shows broadcast on different networks sometimes.

*Note*: *My Roommate Joe* is not a real show, Tropes Fanon is just using it to play with this trope.

* Basic definition: A show airs on a different network from the counterpart outside of its country of origin.
* Straight: *My Roommate Joe*, a Canadian cartoon, airs on a network completely different from the commissioning network's counterpart in that country with little reason besides they bought the broadcast rights over there.
* Exaggerated: *My Roommate Joe* is not run on TV in the target country at all, and if streamed there are little similarities in shows to the commissioning network's counterpart over there.
* Downplayed: *My Roommate Joe* airs on a network different from the commissioning network's counterpart that happens to be a sister network of said counterpart... under different editorial control.
* Justified: The different network in question co-produces the show.
	+ The show makes references to shows airing on said different network.
	+ The show is an anime series; there are no equivalents for Japanese networks outside of Japan.
* Inverted: *My Roommate Joe* was created for American TV, and airs on a *different* network in its country of origin than it does in the country it was made for.
	+ Alternatively, *My Roommate Joe* airs everywhere *except* its country of origin.
* Subverted: *My Roommate Joe* takes a while to air on the network's counterpart in that country.
* Double Subverted: The next season, *My Roommate Joe* is bought *back* by the different network, where they want it to stay this time.
* Zig-Zagged: *My Roommate Joe* switches between networks between seasons.
* Averted: *My Roommate Joe* airs on similar networks throughout its whole run.
	+ Alternatively, *My Roommate Joe* either airs on a network that is tied to the commissioning network's counterpart by virtue of being a sister network under the same editorial control as said counterpart, or streamed on a service that also carries shows by said counterpart (bonus points if the streaming service is also owned by the parent company of said counterpart).
* Parodied: Satire of *My Roommate Joe* *does* air on the counterpart... because said satire is part of a show created for said network. The real show airs elsewhere.
* Discussed: "Why did this network pick it up?"
* Exploited: A bidding war over the show results in a completely-different network winning the perpetual airing rights.
* Exploitation Denied: Or so they thought, as the rights were yanked away by the original licensee two weeks later over content considered illegal in the country it was sold to.
	+ Alternatively, the people involved sue said network and make it relinquish the rights.
* Enforced: The FCC (or the country's equivalent) does not allow the show to air on the originating network's counterpart in the country due to its content despite airing over-the-air in its country of origin; the show must instead be aired on a cable network if it isn't banned outright.
* Defied: The counterpart swoops in and co-funds the show.
	+ "This is unworthy of broadcast outside of its country of origin. DVDs are fine, but don't sell *My Roommate Joe* to any other network."
	+ The distributor enforces another trope, not wanting to release *My Roommate Joe* outside its country of origin. Not even on physical media.