Tropes/No-Hoper Repeat

Examples

 * During the late-2000s/early-2010s, every ViD network (excluding the kids’ channels) switched to a black screen directing viewers to ViD during the Hot Summer Nights Concert Series. The same networks used to air their lousiest programming during the concerts, like old Soviet propaganda films and failed game show pilots.
 * Nowadays, they have their sister networks carry the concerts in a simulcast, to make sure that an old game show rerun doesn't cost them a thousandth of a ratings point.