Television shows rarely jump networks, but it does occasionally happen. Sometimes when a show gets canceled by one network, another one will decide to pick it up to see if it will fill a need they have.
ABC has often picked up shows from other networks and in these cases, it picked up shows from NBC.
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Diff'rent Strokes ran for one season on ABC after a seven season run on NBC.
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Father Dowling Mysteries ran for two seasons on ABC after just one season on NBC.
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Matlock ran for six seasons on NBC and three on ABC.
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Most recently, Scrubs ran for seven seasons on NBC and two seasons on ABC.