Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26443838-20150603124705/@comment-1916997-20150926070148

Farerb wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Farerb wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Eskaver wrote: NickyHelp wrote: Eskaver wrote: Yes, because clearly Adam and Eddy can thrive on another channel and have coporate sway.

Once is like a slowly sinking ship that depends on the Dsiney connection to thrive.

Shondaland has more sway then Once will have. I meamn, Grey's Anantomy is still on for it's 100th season. That is their cash cow.

Once is more of a fickle balance. If an actor leaves or changes on Once (One of the main ones) then it would all fall apart. Like on Grey, if Hook randomly fell down a well and drowned, I don't see Once staying afloat after that major disturbance.

Once is a low class cash cow compared to Grey.

If ABC wants to cancel Once (which probably won't happen since they don't have anything to replace it with), then that would likely be it for the show. What do you mean by saying " if Hook randomly fell down a well and drowned, I don't see Once staying afloat after that major disturbance"? I mean that Once has a delicate balance (and for some reason you are really hoping Hook dies or something). Nothing more. If there is a major character writeoff, like what happened on Grey's Anatomy, Once wouldn't be able to handle that as werll as Grey's Anatomy. GA is still going strong with a slight decrease, while Once is like maybe half causal, half fandom and then a big chunk of fandom is attached to each character. Once is like a little kid to Grey (11 seasons) and which has more sway.....obviously it would be GA and not Once. Grey's Anatomy has been losing viewers for a long time now. And many people who still watch it were not happy to see their Mer-Der ship go down in (gasoline fueled) flames. I have a feeling this season of Grey's many be its last. GA has been losing viewers and still they have more than Once. The last season had more or less ratings that are similar to season 1 of Once. GA has a more mature viewers that really don't care about "Ships", I hardly see how it's going to affect the show. Are you kidding me? All dramas live by the ships and die by the ships. If they didn't need ships, they wouldn't constantly be pairing people up. And of course Grey's Anatomy has more viewers. 1. It's a hospital/doctor show, which is a lot less niche than a fantasy show; and 2. You can't really compare a Sunday night show's ratings to a Thursday night show's ratings. Besides, Once is the current longest running show on Sunday night on ABC (not counting AFV because that's been on for 25 years already, and is really a viewer submitted clip show). I'm not kidding you. If GA was able to survive after George, Izzy, Lexie, Mark, Christina left, it will survive Derek's departure.

Stop making OUAT as something that abc can't survive without. That's really not true. Moreover, if OUAT gets below 1.0 (even below 1.3), abc will lose money if they keep the show, and televison is still business. Part of the reason Grey's is losing as many viewers as it is, is because it keeps killing off/getting rid of characters that people like, and are invested in. Of course, a lot of that has to do with the actors get tired and/or frustrated with the show and/or Shonda. Notice how the actors on Once are still mangaing to enjoy themselves and have fun, and have a good relationship with Adam and Eddy. Notice how many people come back when Adam and Eddy ask them to. Of the recuring characters Shonda doesn't kill off (which isn't many), we never see any of them again (I think Dr. Burke is the sole exception, and that was for like an episode or two, after like 8 years, where his exit also had controversy surrounding it). I think ABC should do a reality show with Shonda and the actors, because that's where the real money making drama is at. XD