Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20150928170914/@comment-4453062-20151110180155

Eskaver wrote: Farerb wrote: An interesting post by Jane Espenson:

https://twitter.com/JaneEspenson/status/664003084289347584 It pretty much tells us what we know. TV viewership is decreasing, show survival rate is dimishing, and a whole host of stuff.

Pretty much, Once is safe for a few more years. Exactly, and to be perfectly honest, what would ABC even replace it with? They've been struggling to launch other new shows on Sunday for a long tiime. Most of them end up cancelled after only one Season, or get a 2nd Season at the very most. I think OUAT would have to do really really bad, like 0.9-0.7 bad to get cancelled at this point. For the time being, its safer for ABC to keep a veteran with a decently sized audience on air rather than take the risk replacing it with a show that could fail immediately. I think the main possible roadblock for OUAT's future would be whether any core actors want to leave the show after their contracts expire. I think losing Lana, Bobby or Jennifer would be enough for them to end the show. So many people watch for Regina or Rumple, and you really can't convincingly have OUAT without Emma Swan.