Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26261400-20170512124543/@comment-25536775-20170513035628

Lady Junky wrote: DracoWombat wrote: 1) Don't act like you have inside knowledge because you don't. people love to overstate their understanding of internal ABC policy but everyone was and is left pretty much in the dark. Might've been money, but we can't affirm that with certainty. Given that JMo and Gosh left, it's actually more likely not a financial decision.

2) Fandom doesn't really matter to ABC because their tracking data is collected mostly through the GA (aka General Audience). It's impossible to know for a fact but I estimate fandom only amounts to  approx. 1 million viewers.

3) While it is true that Alison Fernandez is cheaper than Mader (Because child labour laws), the same can't be said for Andrew West. He's never been in a Once call sheet so we have no idea how much he'll be paid per episode. I clearly have more "inside knowledge" than you if you think it is anything else than money x)

It is money, ABC does not give a single sh*t about the stories on their shows. They are a compagny, trying to make money. If JMO left, it is only her choice. Her personnal decision. Gosh was not even asked to stay.

Fandom matters because they are a representation of the audience. If Lana AND Colin were asked to stay, it is because they fan favorites. Don't get you wrong on this point x)

And no, whatever you seem to think, Andrew J West is cheaper than Mader. Unless the guy is a well known big name, and he is not in our case, a new series regular is less paid than an older one. It is like that.

So sure, keep thinking what you want. But you're in the wrong, so if you could keep them because it would just add some unfair hate against A&E.

1) Did I say ABC cared about storyline development? No, I didn't. ABC doesn't and that's fact, but OUaT has gotten rid of regulars for pure narrative reason before. There's nothing indicating that Bex is out because of financial reasons and saying that is speculation. Speculation's not fact. JMo's departure was known since at least early April, probably longer than that. It factored in everything.

2) You're being naive if you think ABC pays attention to fandom; they have tracking data that they care about. Keeping fandom in isn't priority; the priority is drawing in more viewers, that's why they're doing the reset.

3) Again, until we see the call sheets, it's speculation. Don't talk about speculation as fact.