Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4929778-20160124050717/@comment-3560963-20160306155836

Diorite wrote: Dinoboygreen wrote:

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. That has been one of the things that always concerned me. Samurai Jack had quite a few similarities to SU and it got killed off without so much as a finale. Just because CN greenlite a third season, or any season, does not mean they cannot cancel it, which was what happened to Ed, Edd, n Eddy. It was supposed to have another season going into 2007-08 but then CN told AKA Cartoons to scrap the season and put the money into the movie finale. However, I think you are right Dinoboygreen that the show is not getting cancelled anytime soon as Season Three probably already has episodes made and CN is investing in merchandise now. But I have watch CN long enough to see them make bad choices:  "We are going to end Chowder and Flapjack so we can make way for CN Real because graphs show kids want live action shows on a channel dedicated to cartoons."

While this is egrigiously true, you will note that:

1. Samurai Jack IS coming back this year, and in fact has been confirmed by both CN and Genndy himself. Granted, I don't know WHEN precisely, but it is happening.

2. Technically speaking, Ed Edd n Eddy wasn't meant to have a fifth season in the first place, but CN insisted on it before the movie began production. Granted, it was a low blow to make Season 6 only two episodes, but that's beside the point.

3. This was the late 2000's; a time when most of the world got a full frontal lobotomy, and the Cartoon Dark Ages began. I remember this terrible time to well I can pinpoint precisely when it happened: 2006 to 2011. It started when Nickelodeon began to decline in overall quality, and ended when Adventure Time began to rise in quality.

Also, I'm glad I'm not the only one who misses Chowder. I mean, it's no masterpiece, but it was pretty good for the late 2000's. Besides, at least Chowder HAD an ending. But I digress.

Bottom line, with Stuart Snyder finally getting the boot, CN HAS shown signs of improvement. Really, their only major crime thus far is its scheduling problems.