I don't know who's running the CW these days, but I remember Dawn Ostroff put a crapload of energy into Gossip Girl and 90210, even with their low ratings, trying to brand it as a teen network and kind of willfully ignored SV and SPN with promotion (I remember badly photoshopped promo images. LOL).
They kept renewing them and they interfered where they could, but I really think they wanted a teen-friendly network of non-scifi/fantasy shows and wished they'd go away, not realizing that teens are as discerning as adults and just want shows aimed at them to be well-done,genre or not.
I suppose, after Vampire Diaries took off, they realized sci-fi and supernatural drama is where they get the fanbase that sticks and put all their eggs in that basket. How times have changed.
I don't know if this new direction happening sooner would have saved SV in the final seasons, but I think the paltry effects budget would have been better, at the very least.
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Date: 2015-02-02 02:23 am (UTC)They kept renewing them and they interfered where they could, but I really think they wanted a teen-friendly network of non-scifi/fantasy shows and wished they'd go away, not realizing that teens are as discerning as adults and just want shows aimed at them to be well-done,genre or not.
I suppose, after Vampire Diaries took off, they realized sci-fi and supernatural drama is where they get the fanbase that sticks and put all their eggs in that basket. How times have changed.
I don't know if this new direction happening sooner would have saved SV in the final seasons, but I think the paltry effects budget would have been better, at the very least.