The Hiatus Rant Thread
 

For people to discuss and rant about the constant hiatus. Since people are getting annoyed with the unnecessary comments on the official thread, I made this thread.

Enjoy.

It is annoying but sometimes i'm glad time goes quickly for me.

Also I expect their will be at least a 3 month hiatus between May and August during season 4 next year because of the new movie as Nick will need to promote it.

It's bull ****. Especially the way they've moved this last batch back like three times now. It's getting really hard for me to keep interest in the show, and I'm a turtle freak. I can only imagine how many viewers they've lost over this.

Now if it's simply because the episodes aren't done, then I understand. But something tells me it's the fault of some nickelodeon pencil pushers.

I think it's a combination of both honestly. I think when they first scheduled the episodes, the episodes needed tweaking and weren't completely finished. However, now I think it's because of Nick itself since there's a stupid movie on today, and they usually don't air TMNT when there's a new crappy movie they have. The breaks definitely suck and drive me mad sometimes, but I try to cope. As I've said, it would be easier if they'd air a rerun and that would make it more tolerable, but they haven't been doing that lately, and that's just not cool.

Finally a Purple Kraken thread I can sink my teeth into.

Getting pissed off now, there isn't a new episode on July 5th. :x

Lately it feels like this is a prevalent trend in a lot of TV shows. Flash and Arrow both have hiatuses, TMNT has hiatuses...

Seems like really poor planning. If your season hasn't been very good, too many hiatuses become too many jumping-off points for some viewers.

I'm wondering if somebody's trying to kill the show? This is getting truly bizarre.

Maybe they have something else in the works, and this is their way of forcing early cancellation so they don't breach contract. :ohwell:

I sure hope not! I've been wondering the same thing though, Wolf. My other half is trying to remain optimistic, saying that we'll probably get a season 5, but I'm rather doubtful at this point. At least we know that the show won't be one of those infernal series that ends on a cliffhanger. Thank God Ciro has an ending mapped out no matter when the execs decide to pull the plug. hehe I just used the word infernal and can't help but think of 80's Krang or Shredder ranting when a particular piece of tech or plan has failed. "Two plus two is four."

Do you have any idea how television works? They're not going to cancel a show when there's already 20 more episodes in production for a Season 4. Do you have any idea what a waste of money that is?

Each episode costs millions to make for god sakes. This isn't someones online fanfiction.

Hyperbole and exaggeration.

No it isn't. The production costs of each episode is high. I obviously don't have an exact number, but they don't spend nearly a million dollars on each episode to not air it

My knowledge of cgi TV is limited, but could it be the time it takes to make episodes? I don't imagine that these episodes are quick, churn-out episodes. Moreover, I bet even small issues can cause big delays.

There is no way a single episode of TMNT, CGI or not, costs anywhere close to a single million dollars.

I'll say it again: hyperbole and exaggeration. But now I feel obliged to go try and find actual numbers...

I apologize, Cubed... turns out you're actually pretty close to spot on.

http://endlessfight.net/printthread.php?tid=886

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...artoon+episode

(various articles on that Google link are applicable...)

This was what I could find after a little digging. $100k-$200k seems more reasonable, but wow, I do agree with your sentiment; that is pretty expensive. Hand-drawn animation DOES cost a million or two per episode, apparently... example being the Simpsons. But one reason some cartoons are moving to CGI is cost-savings; a computer program is cheaper.

This blows my mind. So again, let me apologize: Cubed, thou wast right.

I think the hiatus is a very good opportunity for all fans who only grew up with the new stuff of TMNT to watch the classics(87`s version). Never forget the roots :D And it makes the waiting time far less worse. I guess i will watch again if they are finally in Season 4 when they go to Dimension X. But seeing the schedule of the program its a good guess that this will take another half year if not more xDD

The same can be said of the 1990 film AND some of the original Mirage comics. Nick has clear roots in these also. And - for anyone who missed it - 4Kids.

All the old stuff yes.

I admit. I am a bit bothered by it.

Nick's just doing 'great' right now.. _-_

I don't really care. It's not that great and it's just easier to binge-watch it on DVDs. I see it on reruns when there's nothing at all on TV, but I haven't caught a "new" episode when it was fresh in ages. I don't even know what the "normal" day and time it usually airs is.

Same goes for most shows I watch. I'm busy, I don't have time to memorize the TV Guide.

Hey, that's fine, Leo. I can understand that.

I do hope we get a season five as I love this show and don't want it to end on season four. That's what was meant when Wolf said it could be cancelled. Obviously, they're still going to make season four, but no plans have been announced for a season five, and that worries me. They did mention a possible spin-off so if this series DOES end at season four, that's probably when the spin-off will air.