Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171008010933/@comment-25926288-20171206005956

But there are many factors to consider, so I don't know how they weighed it. To me, if they "cancel" Once, it hasn't been yet and I feel that the trajectory ratings-wise they would have been done. Perhaps they are waiting until the midseason, but I feel Once has a small, solid chance of renewal. I think it will be decided next half, if any, since there has been no word.

After all, Once went from Sunday to Friday, so ABC execs aren't going to be shocked that Once had plummeted in some areas. Part of which they have access to and we do not is the financial side, which will make or break Once. Once has Netflix/Streaming, merch, and is something to exist as they find replacement shows. I think a huge part that Once sticks around for (besides financially, which we did see budget cuts visually from CGI) is that it's a decent show to air when they literally have nothing solid to replace it with. Unless it's a Marvel TV show which has the 9pm slot, they'd risk a new pilot which has a likelihood of crashing and burning over Once.

(Personally, I think as a narrative Once is a "weird show" where it seems it just seems increasily vacuous .) If A & E know, they haven't shown it. (Plus with AoS potentially being on the edge, I don't know if they'd literally trash their whole Friday night.)