Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171008010933/@comment-1916997-20180109154029

Eskaver wrote:

Chameleon-Guy wrote: Grim Reaper says don't believe the words, only facts. I think... the ABC boss cares about these 2 shows, she doesn't want to let go. Maybe I'm naive. I’d take the person making the decision over an analyst.

Basically, it’s a mix of generic corporate talk and looking at Once in the areas of undelayed ratings and as a lead-in. Seeing that Dungey says she is planning to see the plans for season 8, if Adam and Eddy have one. I think it’s pretty much a “If Once remains stable and if A & E have a good plan, it’ll continue.”

It’s likely that streaming and things we aren’t privy to playing a role. (Like perhaps ABC doesn’t have a replacement as of yet, thus she can’t say as these decisions weren’t finalized.) Also (and I know I've said this a bunch of times, but I'm going to say it again), both Once and AoS serve the larger Disney agenda (which ABC is an arm of). Once supports more traditional Disney things (usually with a twist, with the exception of Frozen and Brave, which took place after their movies), while AoS supports the MCU. So I think that plays in a bit as well. Any of the other shows on ABC can be aired on any network and don't really support the larger Disney agenda, but these two shows do.