Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26385535-20160127061149/@comment-24674051-20160201192506

Farerb wrote: It does seem like a backdoor pilot, however it would be a bad decision for abc and I doubt they'll do another spinoff. Wonderland didn't have good ratings while OUAT's ratings were decent at that time. So now that OUAT's rating are really close to be like Wonderland's, who will be watching the new spinoff? Take into account that if it is going to happen it will probably air next midseason when OUAT's rating will be pretty much low by then. I disagree about the bad decision. Wonderland did not do that great, but it did not do terrible either. It just basically did not do well in the time slot that it was given (and that is a really tough timeslot that they shoved it into). ABC has admitted that they made a mistake in that placement.

I think if they do another spinoff (a big if, and maybe just a bit of hopeful thinking), it will be a hiatus filler (something that Galavant is doing currently). It could be either a Summer series, or maybe something for next Winter. And it would still air in the 8:00 pm EST Sunday timeslot currently filled by Once. I think that type of setup would work much better, depending on the quality of the spinoff.

Continuation of this topic should be done on another thread, though, as the pros and cons of a spinoff are not related to 5x18. I only made my initial comment along this line since I felt that unless this is a "back door Pilot", this could end up being a less than useful filler episode.