Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6252544-20141216060941/@comment-25125349-20141216192752

It's also always important to remember that lots of people like things able to be ranked and fit into nice little boxes. For TV, ratings are one of the first things you hear about whenever anyone wants to attack or defend a show. But you have to remember that as some would put it there are exceptions. While YES, it is possible the channel may make lots of their choices via the ratings. But there are countless factors that could be involved on how they view the ratings.

We as fans sometimes just aren't privy to what each network is looking for on any individual show at any individua timespot. Some might have very big expectations and fall short. Others might have low expectations and go big. If you are a show that goes against live sporting events the other networks may honestly expect them to not be #1 most of the time. Also how much money advertizers will pay for a certain type of show, how much merchandise they drive, and if they fill a niche, all these can work out in a show's favor even if it's ratings aren't all that good to show off.

Putting all my fan thinking aside, Once is a show with decent enough ratings, filling a niche Disney would be a fool not to make a good effort of taking as far as it can go and has a very noticable fanbase online. I say it's not in that much danger.