Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150901033946/@comment-1916997-20150919190511

EndoraK wrote: I always thought this show's target demographic was women, which is why I always thought was the reason the writers try to present a lot of characters as women and in a more complex/sympathetic tone. Also, in my area this show became the replacement show when Desperate Housewives was cancelled and its reruns went off the air. I thought it made sense they replaced Deesperate Housewives with another women's show. This show doesn't target a specific gender, it is made for both genders to enjoy. The women focus is simply a consequence of this being the sister show to Lost, which had a major theme of fatherhood, while Once is doing the parallel theme of motherhood. Lost similarly was not made to target a specific gender.