Two channels, same night
Most format changes touch what happens on screen. This one only touches the delivery pipe — the same premiere landing on a linear channel and a streaming platform in the same hour instead of months apart. A few shows built that split-screen release on purpose, and at least one walked it back.
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The 12, in order.
- #01
A brand-new spinoff launches already wired for two networks at once
Below Deck Adventure's first season lands on Bravo and Peacock in the same hour from episode one — no streaming-only trial run first, no gradual rollout. The dual release is built into the format before a single charter guest boards. - #02
A ballroom mainstay returns to broadcast without giving up its streaming home
Season thirty-two brings the show back to ABC's linear schedule while keeping its Disney+ run intact, airing both at once instead of picking one. A new co-host joins the desk the same year the format commits to two screens. - #03
A revived cast returns to linear TV without losing the audience it built on streaming
After two seasons exclusive to Peacock, the Miami franchise moves back to Bravo's linear schedule and keeps Peacock running the same day — a hybrid built to hold both audiences instead of choosing between them. - #04
A sister franchise catches up to the dual-network release
Season two folds the Australian charter format into the same Bravo/Peacock day-and-date pattern its sibling shows already run, after a debut season that streamed on just one platform. - #05
A young experiment earns a second channel before it earns a second season of confidence
Season two proves the format can survive a sequel, and the network answers by simulcasting on A&E alongside FYI — a vote of confidence delivered as a second, simultaneous home rather than a bigger ad push. - #06
A staggered streaming-then-broadcast release becomes the format's settled rhythm
By series seven, the show's iPlayer-first, BBC-Three-an-hour-later pattern isn't a novelty — it's just how a series lands weekly, streaming first and reaching linear television a beat behind it. - #07
A cable simulcast widens the course's audience without touching a single obstacle
Season eight trims its qualifying map to five cities and adds a simulcast on Esquire Network alongside NBC, reaching a wider audience the same year the course itself gets harder. - #08
A second full season proves the dual-platform release wasn't a one-off launch move
Season thirty-three keeps the Disney+/ABC simulcast running through a second year, with the Hough/Ribeiro hosting team settling into a steadier rhythm — the delivery model holding without any of the fanfare its debut got. - #09
The dual-platform release outlasts three seasons before the show pauses
Season thirty-four closes the ballroom format's most recent run with its Disney+/ABC simulcast still fully intact — the delivery model holding steady even as the show heads into hiatus. - #10
A same-day release quietly becomes a next-day one instead
A year after Peacock started carrying the Miami franchise same-day alongside Bravo, the gap widens by a day — a small adjustment to a dual-platform model that's otherwise settled into routine. - #11
An Australian launch runs on one platform only, for exactly one season
Before Bravo and Peacock synced schedules for this franchise, the debut Whitsundays season streamed on Peacock alone — a model every later season in the franchise would leave behind. - #12
The format gives up its second channel and settles onto one home
Four seasons into simulcasting across FYI and A&E, season five lands solely on Lifetime — the dual-platform run quietly retired in favor of a longer episode order and one settled address.
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