Nick 2012s scheduling

[Tarris Vaal]

A question for those with more experience / knowledge on the matter...

Has the treatment of Nicks iteration of TMNT been particularly badly handled for purposes of its scheduling - or is this fairly normal for most long running shows?


I cant help but think a lot of the problem with TMNT has been down to a loss of interest and ratings - and thereby marketable profits caused by the hap hazard release schedule.

If the release was regular enough that we got a new episode every 2 weeks until a seasons conclusion I think interest would have been better maintained. The ratings would thereby be higher and revenue from ads would be better, as a result the need for over excessive marketing to satisfy new toys would be less pressured; that in turn would lower pressure on the writing team to push characters and concepts that dont work so well within the planned storyline thus allowing the story arcs to be better written and more consistent.


But having such long gaps every few episodes in this kind of 'burst' approach, just frustrates me - and I cant be the only one to think so. The show gets into its stride, only to suddenly stop and wait for all the hype to die away before releasing the next round.

I swear, more than any other factor with this show - what has killed it is the mishandled scheduling.

So I ask then - is this something unique to TMNT? Or does Nick do this to other series as well?