Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4929778-20160124050717/@comment-24940363-20160311094001

An earlier comment about how the longer the hiatus is, the more content there will be for bombs further on made me think ... if it's actually a buffering issue (which, given that Message Received was finished more than 6 months before it aired, is probably a bogus claim anyway), why don't they just do the same thing as all cartoons used to at one time and release one (or, given its length, two) new episodes per week, at a regular time, with maybe a couple repeats here and there? It shouldn't be too difficult to find a 22 minute slot (or three) within the overall schedule, and with the rate at which things can be animated in this day and age, it should only eat into the buffer quite slowly, if at all.

And everyone would be happy. The ultrafans would get their regular fix with plenty of time for the internet to light up with discussion then die back a little, those who can't catch it straight away would have chance to do so without suddenly being five episodes in the hole if they missed five straight days (for example, they have to work, or their school is far enough from home that they don't get back in time) and needing to avoid a lot more internet buzz than they otherwise would have to, the network doesn't have to faff about trying to cram in the event and publicise it asa special thing, and it would keep a wider range of people tuning into their station and maybe hanging around a bit longer, as well as introducing more people to more of their shows whether they tuned in for SU, or just caught it by accident. And the creators would also be rather happier as their work would be getting out into the world, but not at a rate that makes production stressy.

I really don't get why they don't do that, seeing as it used to be the norm...