Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171008010933/@comment-25926288-20180107124211

Update/Incoming

1. Child Support premiered in Once's usual slot and has beat Once in the ratings (0.9/4.39). AoS ratings increased to 0.7/2.48 after 0.6/2.40 wich had a lead-in by SharkTank (0.7/3.72) and from a 0.5/1.84 which had Once (0.5/2.34) (all initial ratings)

a. Side by side

--Once (0.5/2.34)-->AoS (0.5/1.84)

--ShTk (0.7/3.72)-->AoS (0.6/2,40)

--ChSp (0.9/4.39)-->AoS (0.7/2.48)

b. Conclusion. Once has four (sorta) sectors. Lead-in, Demo, Streaming, Potential

I can say (even if some protest) that objectively Once fails at a lead-in, Once is borderline in the demo, Streaming is unknown, Once is borderline in potential (meaning would execs "can" it to insert new show/rerun)

Given what we have seen, Once has three options (most likely to least likely):

I. Once is canceled outright, the remaining episodes will air. Streaming isn't enough to save it.

II. Once returns with  (a) major alteration (s) (timeslot, stream only, furhter budget cuts, new showrunners, executive pressure, essentially new project by Adam and Eddy)

III. Once returns as usual with more strings attached as ABC finds a replacement.

My opinion: If I were the executive, I have only two options: pressure change in Once/new idea from Showrunners/ spin-off or cancel it. They could cancel it later after more data points (like streaming, etc), but I think nothing in Once's history has shown a reversal of trend, except Frozen, briefly.

2. TCA comes up like tomorrow or so; thus, news will flow.