“You weren’t born to be king, Loki. You were born to cause pain and suffering and death. That’s how it is, that’s how it was, that’s how it will be. All so that others can achieve their best versions of themselves.”
Clarifying: Miraculous IS Not cancelled, but it won’t be airing for the time being due to “scheduling experimentation”. I was really hoping that Nickelodeon wouldn’t pull a Winx Club (hyperlinked for example) with Miraculous Ladybug, but it seems like the trend is already starting. This time slots have been so unorganized, there are no commercials running on TV, and it seems like there may be more problems ahead. The show itself is amazing <3, but the airings of the show need to be handled a lot better.
It’s bad enough that magical girls can’t seem to hold footing in the US, and some don’t even get a fighting chance in the states [Such as the French magical girl show LoliRock :( ]
Nickelodeon premiered Miraculous during the“Busy/Church Timeslot” (Sunday’s at 12, when many families are not at home!)
1.404 million people tuned in to the 12:00 P.M Noon premiere of Miraculous. Similarly in genre: When Winx Club premiered on Nickelodeon, 2.7 million people tuned in to the 7:30 P.M slot. It was later bumped to Sunday’s at Noon, where it received very low ratings.
First of all, Nick shouldn’t have started MLB off with such a bad slot, and changing it constantly is only going to hurt the ratings even more if they don’t find a consistent time slot soon. What’s even worse is that 1.5 Million Viewers was LOW for Winx Club in the 12 PM slot, and Miraculous is getting ratings way lower than that. (Same target audience, ratings, acquired programming, and time slots which is why I’m using Winx as the prime comparison example)
The Miraculous ratings have gone like this:
12/6/2015 - 1.404 Million Viewers (The Bubbler)
12/13/2015 - 1.091 Million Viewers (Mr. Pigeon)
12/20/2015 - 1.465 Million Viewers (Stormy Weather)
12/27/2015 - 1.170 Million Viewers (Timebreaker)
1/3/2016 - 1.294 Million Viewers (Copycat)
1/10/2016 - 1.115 Million Viewers (The Pharaoh)
1/17/2016 - 1.437 Million Viewers (Lady Wifi)
1/24/2016 - 1.186 Million Viewers (The Evillustrator)
1/31/2016 - 1.184 Million Viewers (Rogercop)
2/7/2016 - 1.272 Million Viewers (Dark Cupid)
2/21/2016 - 1.138 Million Viewers (Horrificator)
2/28/2016 - 1.064 Million Viewers (Darkblade) [THE LOWEST SO FAR]
EDIT: Jeremy Zag confirmed that “The programming plans require continuous adjustments that will support Miraculous throughout all of 2016. Some weeks there will be new episode premieres, some weeks there will be reruns, and some weeks, Miraculous will be on rest.”. SOURCE: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sodimv Nick could still do a much better job with promoting the show! More commercials, more reruns, more announcements.
Honestly, I can already see similarities with how the scheduling for Nick’s girl power shows have been treated. A lack of advertising for the show, constant time changes, and bad timing is not going to help Miraculous when toys roll around in the fall. Time changes are necessary to find the best time slot, but the way Nick has executed this in the past (whether the reasoning was the same or not) hasn’t been successful. Nick needs to be strong for Bandai when toys roll around, which is why they may be saving newer episodes for later in the year.
I hate to feel like I’m on some offensive towards Nickelodeon because I love them for what they have given me over the past few years, but the fact that whomever has been running the scheduling for their network seems to not know how to do their jobs correctly is very annoying. Girl-oriented brands always get the short end of the stick.
No show deserves to be constantly bumped out of time slots like these two shows have experienced, Tikki FORBID that the show gets bumped to another network (Winx Club was off the air in the US for over a year before being moved to Nick Jr, where they now run the series [Which is unfitting since it’s TV-Y7 LIKE MIRACULOUS, and I think they may drop it again) (It has also aired on TeenNick AND Nicktoons, LIKE MIRACULOUS).
I called this back on LoliWinx (see hyperlink) right before the premiere of Ladybug (that this could happen to Miraculous) yet I honestly didn’t think it would. I’m pointing the finger at Nickelodeon, not because it’s easiest but because it’s the truth. We’ve seen it before, scheduling “experimentation” turns into “online releases only”.
I still love them for bringing the show to the states, but honestly my worst fears for the US broadcaster of the show are starting to come true… We should all be worried at this point, I’m speaking out, because I refuse sit by and let Miraculous go through what Korra and Winx Club went through with constant time changes.
No matter what Nick says, their advertising and scheduling departments are responsible for the destruction of US presence of Winx Club (Which still has a strong footing in 80+ other countries) and while I thought I had forgiven them, it seems like they honestly didn’t learn their lesson. They could just easily air repeats in the time slot, instead of new episodes. Episodes 13-26 will air later, which makes sense for a midseason break but that doesn’t change the fact that the show is still being put on a back burner. If they keep this up, they’re going to hurt Miraculous. Something NEEDS to change.
If the worst case scenario happens where Nick continues the same treatment no matter what we say, and the show gets axed from the network. At least we know that we tried to make ourselves heard and hopefully another broadcaster will pick it up.
Stay strong Miraculers! Hopefully things change. But remember, Miraculous is still very successful worldwide and it has made a splash here in the states. Ratings aren’t everything, but they’re something to consider!
The Big Three.
Wait if their is a stage two of Addams family class 1A is there a stage three and if not I propose scp foundation ua or class 1A
SCP CHILDREN YES
Izuku is just as strong as canon, but ambiently lets off an anomalous form of radiation releasing enough energy to power a country nine fold. The sparks that skitter off his skin vaporise any matter they touch. He’s also just a very sweet kid.
Uraraka can alter matter density, creating black holes and the only previously theoretical white holes with just a touch. Time, according to Einstein’s theory of relativity, warps around her due to the gravitational anomalies like honey.
Todoroki can literally create and destroy energy.
Iida is part machine, part human, but which parts are mechanical and which are flesh alternate over time, his bones are striped with titanium, his neurons laced with gold and copper.
Was bored and just so happened to finish rereading one of my fav fics so I did this little edit/book cover type thing... idk
Anyway, if you haven’t read Complicated Creation by @elementalsight , I highly recommend
With and without the text
Can't always be at 100%.
When ilda is lecturing his classmates about breaking the rules, Midoriya and todoroki definitely silently tease him by saying says the murder and ilda is definitely thinking shut up we’re not supposed say that
"Please - everyone just sit down! We are students of UA and it does not do our school many favours to be so rowdy in such a public place!" Tenya knew he was fighting a losing battle, but seeing his classmates nearly running around the food court wasn't doing wonders for his blood pressure. A dry cough from his left caught his attention.
"Neither does murder, but go off king." Coughed out a grinning Uraraka, muffled voice quickly swallowed by the hubbub around them. Tenya could feel his face flush as he spluttered, his other friends at the table either trying to hold back giggles (Midoriya) or looking at him with barely repressed smugness (Todoroki, from behind his milkshake).
"UraRaKA!"
tony: *wants to do something*
rhodey, pepper, and bruce: NO!
tony: (◕‸ ◕✿)
rhodey, pepper, and bruce: *does the thing*
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