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In too deep and Summer of Steven has me worried.

posted 9 years ago by HankFinley
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They burned through season 3(second half of season 2) in just a couple of months. Makes my paranoia act up that they are rushing through episodes before cancelling it.

[–] Jangobadass 9 years ago

^ Not to mention now they're starting Season 4 after SoS (and making a couple of S3 episodes into S4 ones thanks to a counting snafu).

Though I imagine we'll get another long break or two before they're done. Though it does kinda feel like they're doing to SU what they did to the DC cartoons... 

[–] HankFinley 9 years ago

I love this show, one of my favs and I just have the same feeling I get with scifi shows on Fox.

[–] scockery 9 years ago

Any time a Cartoon Network show has a significant adult fanbase, yeah, there's cause to be worried.

The cute way they divided up latter half of season 2 into another season isn't endearing. "We renewed Steven Universe for 2 more seasons!" the p.r. spin again.

Though, it's funny we were worried when they weren't showing new episodes and now we are worried that they are showing too many. If they'd just schedule it like a regular show (Not necessarily The Regular Show), it wouldn't be so worrisome.

[–] TeenHunkSL1 9 years ago

If they'd just schedule it like a regular show (Not necessarily The Regular Show), it wouldn't be so worrisome.

What? And cut in on some valuable Teen Titans Go time? ARE YOU CRAZY?? </endsarcasm>

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[–] Ray_BLOODY_Purchase 9 years ago

I think the problem is the twofold issue of two big problems that affect American television.

1. too many episodes: obviously, due to the 11 minute runtime, it's not really a "time" issue, but the point is that they're dealing with quite a sizeable clunker of quantity, even moreso since they release them one 11 minute segment at a time (as opposed to some shows where two 11 minute episodes get released a week as a 30 minute show.) The main reason this is a problem directly ties into the next problem.

2. Preventing the ratings slump (due to advertiser pressures) It's an observed fact that long-run shows (8 episodes+) get a ratings slump in the middle. Since CN is advertiser funded, ratings are a big thing for them, so preventing ratings slumps is a vital issue; which probably is why they started breaking shows into "week bombs".

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