The show debuted as a mid-season replacement in June 1969 and because of this its first season is considered to be those first few months on the summer schedule.

The series began as a mid-season replacement in spring of 1987, and did well enough to be renewed for the fall television season, but the viewer ratings could not be sustained, due perhaps to direct competition with CBS's Top 20 hit Dallas ( also produced by Lorimar ) and NBC's Top 30 hit Miami Vice.

Due to plummeting ratings, the network cancelled the show mid-season, its time slot taken by a mid-season replacement, the long-running Happy Days.

The show also ran at night, first on NBC from January 12 to September 13, 1968 as a mid-season replacement for the short-lived sitcom Accidental Family.

In January 1966, an unheralded mid-season replacement show became a national pop culture phenomenon.

In 1981, SCTV was picked up as a 90-minute show by NBC as a mid-season replacement ( for The Midnight Special ).

Fox premiered Malcolm in the Middle on January 9, 2000, as a mid-season replacement, and the show was quickly overcome with accolades.

The WB Television Network first began to experience success with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which became a hit with critics when it appeared as a mid-season replacement in March 1997.

In 2000, Kaczmarek was cast to play Lois Wilkerson in the FOX mid-season replacement Malcolm in the Middle.

The original 16 episodes of the series were rebroadcast as a mid-season replacement, running from February 7, 1976 to September 3, 1977.

In 2008, Margulies starred in the legal series, Canterbury's Law, a Fox mid-season replacement show.

The show returned to the ABC lineup as a mid-season replacement on January 1, 2008.

Grounded for Life is an American television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001, as a mid-season replacement on the Fox Network.

In the late 2000s, the terms " mid-season finale ", " fall finale " began being used by some cable and broadcast networks in the United States, to denote a series whose current season has been split into two halves in order to make room for a mid-season replacement series ; generally when this occurs, the next first-run episode of the current season picks up a few months after the previous first-run episode aired.

She will star in the mid-season replacement, The Firm, on NBC as Tammy, assistant to lead character Mitch McDeere ( Josh Lucas ).

It was a difficult year for Surtees, as Pace left the team in mid-season, and replacement Derek Bell struggled to qualify for races, capped by Austrian driver Helmut Koinigg's fatal crash at the 1974 U. S. Grand Prix.

It was a mid-season replacement for NBC again in spring 1988, with 12 episodes ( a season-ending 13th episode was produced but not aired ).

One year later in March 2010, Parenthood premiered as a mid-season replacement.

Marie Greyhounds in 1988, as a mid-season replacement and coached there until the end of the 1994 season.

Notable performances during the campaign came from the men between the posts: The previous seasons keeper David Hills ceased playing early in the season ; for several games a temporary replacement, former 1950's Chelsea goalie, Bob Robertson appeared ; new custodian Brian Gambrill signed-on for £ 300 from Canterbury City and conceded seven goals on his home debut ( in a 7 – 1 loss to Worcester City-David Gillingwater hitting the ' Town's ' lone marker ); mid-season he became injured and for several matches local amateur ' keeper Reg Gorham stepped in ( echoing the make-up of the original Ashford United club he worked for the local free-sheet newspaper ).

After moving to Los Angeles, Walsh got a starring role in the ABC mid-season replacement Sons and Daughters, which premiered March 7, 2006 on ABC .< ref >

It was then passed to UPN, who aired it as a mid-season replacement.

The series premiered on ABC in January 1976, as a mid-season replacement.

Lane also engineered a unique trade of managers in mid-season 1960, sending Joe Gordon to the Tigers in exchange for Jimmy Dykes.

In 1956, Cotten left film for years for a string of successful television ventures, such as the NBC series On Trial ( renamed at mid-season The Joseph Cotten Show ).

began promisingly when Hulme led the opening round in South Africa before retiring with broken suspension, but ultimately Hulme, Gethin ( who left for BRM mid-season ) and Jackie Oliver again failed to score a win.

Not only was the mid-season switch unusual, but Durocher had been accused of gambling in 1947 and subsequently suspended for the entire 1947 season by Baseball Commissioner Albert " Happy " Chandler.

NBC did air the show individually in mid-season ( post 1986 ) after it was not initially announced for their fall schedule.

Following a mid-season trade to Oakland in 1989, Henderson reasserted himself as one of the game's greatest players, with a memorable half-season in which his 52 steals and 72 runs scored led the A's into the postseason ; his 126 walks for the year were the most for any AL hitter since 1970.

At mid-season, the Bulls traded their top three scorers — Mercer, Artest, and Miller along with Kevin Ollie — to the Indiana Pacers for veteran guard Jalen Rose, Travis Best and Norman Richardson.

In 1966, McLain had a 13-4 record by mid-season to earn the role of starting pitcher for the American League in the 1966 All-Star Game, where he retired all nine batters that he faced with just 28 pitches.

Although he was hitting for only a. 236 average at mid-season in 1989, his defensive reputation earned him the starting catcher's role in the 1989 All-Star Game.

He served as pitching coach for the Reds from 1993 until mid-season of 2005.

Following Bent's departure Sunderland suffered a mid-season slump and finished 10th — their highest top-flight finish for 10 years.

In one game in mid-season when things were not going so well, Speaker signaled for a certain pitcher to be brought in from the bullpen.

First baseman Terry Lee, who led the Sounds in hits, RBI, runs, and home runs, was selected for the mid-season Triple-A All-Star Game and the league's post-season All-Star Team.

In addition to being selected for both the mid-season and post-season All-Star teams, outfielder Magglio Ordóñez garnered the league's Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards.

A sponsor first appeared on a Cambridge United shirt for the 1985 – 86 season when the shirt was changed mid-season from plain amber to amber and black stripes.

Congdon played well but was traded in mid-season to the Denver Rockets for Willis Thomas.

However, an inconsistent mid-season stretch where, for 13 games, the Rapids could not win 2 games in a row or lose 2 in a row, saw Clavijo resign from the Head Coach position for personal reasons, and saw Gary Smith, an assistant coach who came from the Arsenal F. C.

After the mid-season switch, Davids proved his value for the Ajax team again.

The mid-season timeslot change didn't decline the show's success ; WKRP finished at # 22 in the ratings for its second year.