Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4929778-20160124050717/@comment-3560963-20160306035417

Diorite wrote: Out of curiosity I looked over TTG's numbers and it seems to preform much better than SU viewer wise. SU at best may hit between 1.3 to 1.7 million viewers in a row but TTG hits 1.8 to 2.3 million weeks in a row which makes the love it gets from CN not surprising. I think part of that is SU requires more investment from the viewer than TTG does; imagine you are a new viewer to either show:

Viewer:  (Puts on any episode of TTG) I recognize these DC characters (or watched TT previously)!

Viewer:  (After episode) Well that was some silly fun maybe I will keep this on in the background and watch.

Viewer:  (Puts on "Rose's Scabbord)  Who are these people?  Why is this pink lion important, what is up with the sword, is the mom gone, why is the thin character so upset, etc. etc. etc?

Viewer:  I just watched 11 minutes of people crying, being angry, music, and explaining stuff and I have no idea what is going on or how this fits in with the show. I do not really have time to look all this up and the TV guides say the next episode is two days from today.

That is a problem for the future of the show before you even take into account inconsistent scheduling, huge hiatuses, and subject material that certain segments of population would love to ban or make criminal. Diorite, much as I hate to admit it, does bring up a good point. While I along with most of the people here adore Steven Universe, it does one major flaw: It caters a bit too much to its own audience and its overall story arc. Now that's not inheirently a bad thing, obviously, as this is as much its greatest strength as well as weakness. But with that said, it IS still a weakness nontheless. Most of the drive to see it go on comes from those who were already hooked from day one; so if you're a late bloomer and don't care for the characters before or since, chances are you're not going to view it in its entirety or otherwise. It's the same reason Adventure Time and Regular Show were a bit polarizing when it came out.

Now obviously, ratings aren't everything; after all, Samurai Jack, from what I remember, didn't have that high of ratings, yet it's regarded as one of the greatest things Genndy Tartakofski ever produced. But it does sadly end up as a deciding factor of which series' gets the most love. Now make no mistake, this doesn't mean that it'll be canceled anytime soon. Please, if they were willing to give it a third season before the second even finished (not too far off from when the second season was announced long before the first was done), chances are that they don't wanna lose this gravy train. Especially since we're finally getting some proper merchandise for the franchise that probably wouldn't have happened otherwise.

I admit, this might be treading old territory, but necessary to get my points across.