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Originally Posted by CyberCubed
The ratings of the show have nothing to do with it's quality, what on earth are you talking about? The vast majority of kids these days watch the show online. The long breaks are also what killed interest, not anything to do with the series itself. Any TV show in existence also has declining ratings as it goes on for multiple seasons, what kind of logic is this? The kids who started watching the show in 2012 were teenagers by the time it ended, they likely also outgrew the series like most teens go through a, "cartoons are for kids" phase.
Do you think we're in the year 2002 or something? Episodes are uploaded to places like youtube (even if illegally), or other sites or to tumblr constantly. Or officially by Nick on their site. Ratings of shows on TV do not mean much these days when people watch series online. The first season of almost any series generally has higher ratings because casuals check it out, out of curiosity and then drop it as it goes on.
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That wouldn't happen if the show remained, y'know, good and still resonated with them.
That's why S1 had consistently good ratings and why Avatar: The Last Airbender rose in ratings as it went along and got better and better. (Korra's quality is universally debatable so that's why that show's rating went down after S1 as well even though I personally loved all of it.)
Shows like SpongeBob innately attract toddlers with its amateurish visuals so that's irrelevant.