Nickelodeon and the treatment their shows get
TMC
I have been thinking about this lately, especially the weekend before
this past weekend, the channel aired I believe the last episode of
"True Jackson, VP" and I had no idea of the episode until that night.
I have noticed that Nick plays favorites with some of their shows like
iCarly, Victorious, Spongebob, or even Big Time Rush, while other
shows like The Troop or True Jackson get shafted and the newest
episode for either gets no promotion. Hell, it's bad enough that they
air iCarly like 50 times in one day. I do like iCarly and Victorious,
but I think that it's a little unfair how they don't care about some
of their other shows. I did like True Jackson as well, but I can say
that didn't get that much promotion and Nick didn't announce a new
episode until right before the episode started.
Those who watch Nickelodeon, does anybody notice this?
This is how they've worked for a while now.
If you're not Spongebob or iCarly, they really don't care.
They do play more of what works well with the ratings, especially if
they have a good backlog of episodes. iCarly has been going for a good
chunk of time now, and Spongebob I believe has more episodes than any
Nicktoon ever made, the backlog on that is INSANE.
Of course, sometimes they go without announcing finales at all. The
Rugrats had the "All Grown Up" special, which ended up being the final
episode. They NEVER acknowledged it as the final episode, with the
only hint being the montage near the end. And that was pretty much THE
nicktoon, still has more episodes than any other (though last I
checked Spongebob was literally only 10 or so episodes behind it). And
of course there was The Angry Beavers episode that was never aired
just because they acknowledged the show was ending. Nickelodeon had a
HUGE policy back in the day of never having or acknowledging a
"finale" and not having so many "new characters" or story-changing
moments, so then they could put more value into the reruns. Danny
Phantom and Avatar were the first ones they ran where there was an
actual "end" (though I think in Danny Phantom's case, it started
without there being a legit finale in mind).
Obveeus
"TMC" <tmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have noticed that Nick plays favorites with some of their shows like
> iCarly, Victorious, Spongebob, or even Big Time Rush, while other
> shows like The Troop or True Jackson get shafted and the newest
> episode for either gets no promotion.
> Those who watch Nickelodeon, does anybody notice this?
They promote their top shows more than their filler programming; the same is
true of every network. You might as well complain about FOX Network
advertising American Idol more than Bob's Burgers.
Don Del Grande
>Of course, sometimes they go without announcing finales at all. The
>Rugrats had the "All Grown Up" special, which ended up being the final
>episode.
How should I put this?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The second Christmas episode was two years after "All Growed Up"
(which wasn't the final episode, but made for the 10th anniversary of
the show, which is why the characters are 10 years older - note that
in "All Grown Up" the series, they're a year younger (at least until
Angelica's 13th birthday episode)).
There's a reason they don't "announce finales"; it gives them the
option to make more episodes (or, in Rocket Power's case, "episode";
there is only one episode after Ray's wedding).
(Rocket Power trivia: Tony Hawk's appearance on U-Pick Live to promote
his RP episode was less than 24 hours before the WTC attack - and less
than 3 miles away from the site. Speaking of which, there are now
Klasky-Csupo, Simpsons, and Seth MacFarlane "versions" of Tony Hawk,
all of which he voiced.)
-- Don
Antonio E. Gonzalez
wrote:
No mention of The Mighty Bee? It didn't even get it's ending on
Nickelodeon, it's last episodes were premiered on NickToons.
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- ReFlex76