Asking for 200 episodes is a
huge request there CyberCubed.
I think the Nick company may be a little wary about how far this Nick story will go (EDIT: in terms of sustainable viewership, thanks Kendamu) because some discouraging signs are that the second season has on average about 0.5 million less viewers for an episode compared to the first season
after comparing the viewership numbers between seasons on Wikipedia, and TMNT seems to be around 3rd or 4th place in terms of viewership in Nick's roster with SpongeBob taking the top spot. In addition, the
negatively received Out of the Shadows video game didn't help the franchise either.
It indicates that the road to Turtlemania success
isn't going to be as easy and as quick as the OT's reception after 18 episodes (in its first two seasons) in creating Turtlemania in 1989, that some Nick executives may have hoped for.
...But there's still hope since a television series typically suffers a sophomoric slump in its second year and there's still a chance to improve the ratings and writing, plus the
very crucial 2014 movie as it will be a chance to display TMNT to the adult mainstream which could indirectly bring attention to the Nick series. I can't stress enough the importance of this movie since it's going to help shape the franchise to reveal if TMNT has adult demographic longevity, or if it was momentary fad of the times that will cause TMNT to remain further in the underground comic book world and children's entertainment.
As for the action figures, I'm not too sure about that aspect, so one would have to comment about that.
So before we get
too discouraged, we probably might get a better assessment of the direction of the franchise and the Nick show, by the end of this year.
06-18-2014, 11:25 AM
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