Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6175354-20140319185751/@comment-5655661-20140325224434

Dan Fox wrote: If Grey's anatomy and ER can go on for 11 and 15 seasons, than this show certainly make 5. If I'm not mistaken, shows you are talking about are procedural shows while OUaT is highly serialized drama. Missing episode or two of Grey's Anatomy or CSI (which is also long series with couple of spin offs) won't hurt you, but missing few episodes of OUaT will make it too hard for you to come back. That's why procedural shows usually have better ratings and thus last longer that serialized shows. Had OUaT maintained its fairytale of the week format from season one maybe it would have better ratings, but personally, I like this serialized format more.