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Ducktales 2017 is done and cancelled
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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it's trafon so no
he's just some guy on twitter who comes off as more important than he actually is. he doesn't know anymore than anyone else and like most of his posts are shitposts. the two sites he cites dont even have articles up yet. he knows jack shit, especially on citing his sources.
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Also ironically enough they have a separate app for the Disney TV Channel.
Who is that guy and why should I believe him?
The 65 episode limit was never a hard rule not even in the 90s. The original Duck Tales had 100 episodes, Darkwing Duck 91, Goof Troop 78, Aladdin 86, Timon & Pumbaa 85, Gargoyles 78, Kim Possible 87, Phineas & Ferb 133.
Duck Tales could easily continue for an additional season or two.
You can't tell me this shit wouldn't do great on Disney+. Surely someone at Disney sees that.
Would be very sad if this is the end.
Would be very sad if this is the end.
Seasons 2 and 3 were announced prior to seasons 1 and 2, respectively, so I've felt like the writing was on the wall with this for a while now. I can easily believe the ratings weren't great either, with how it's been getting jerked around from the beginning. Started on Disney XD, hopped to the Disney Channel proper partway through season 1, and hopped back to XD after season 2. It aired inconsistently the whole time, with months and months inbetween batches that sometimes burned through new episodes daily, sometimes weekly, and only ever hit Disney+ after a season finished airing in full, on top of one of them being left in scrambled order for months.
The creative team is brilliant, but Disney did them dirty with the scheduling.
The creative team is brilliant, but Disney did them dirty with the scheduling.
Well they moved it to DisneyXD... what did they expect would happen?
I can't even watch Disney XD on my basic cable, should have kept it on Disney Channel instead of "Tron Uprising" it.
I can't even watch Disney XD on my basic cable, should have kept it on Disney Channel instead of "Tron Uprising" it.
At least you now know how many episodes they have left no matter how popular they get.
As for Seth Rogen's Darkwing Duck, I have zero interest in whatever that turns out to be.
Are people suggesting that the last ever episode is the Christmas one? Because that episode is number 65.
There's far too many loose ends to tie up. Wait for an official announcement.
There's far too many loose ends to tie up. Wait for an official announcement.
Man this sucks. I've been worried about this for a while considering it's been filling that Venture Bros-shaped hole in my heart lately. Just when I was starting to get a little hopeful that there could somehow still be a fourth season. I like where things are at now but it sucks that they just started bringing in characters like Goofy and co and will probably only get to use him like once (or twice assuming he shows up in the finale). Very slim chance we'll see anyone like Lena in anything outside of this specific show too, which means we'll be probably permanently saying goodbye to a lot of great new characters, and additionally saying goodbye to all the revamped obscure comic characters Disney won't care about building more modern traction with. Ugggh.
Nah there's at least 4-5 more episodes ordered which... isn't really enough to tie things up either.
Nah there's at least 4-5 more episodes ordered which... isn't really enough to tie things up either.
That sucks. 2020 has not been good to cartoons that me and my kids enjoy, with Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Thundercats Roar also getting cancelled.
Yeah, I'd imagine that it's doing great on D+, internationally too. But then again, I suppose this might be the sort of show a lot of people watch for a few episodes to get their nostalgia fix and afterwards just move on, so that new episodes don't really attract a lot of new viewers.
What? The show is fantastic!
Hopefully they'll manage to launch Darkwing and maybe even Balu successfully off of it though.
This show made me realize that I miss Disney cartoons and that they could be brought into today without relying too much on nostalgia.
Hopefully they'll manage to launch Darkwing and maybe even Balu successfully off of it though.
This show made me realize that I miss Disney cartoons and that they could be brought into today without relying too much on nostalgia.
Wait, I thought they were supposed to be doing Darkwing Duck, I was under the impression Ducktales was doing good.
I would wait until we get offical confirmation but yeah i do agree that writing on the wall has been S3 would be its last
I strongly think it should be rebranded as a D+ exclusive, and marketed as such ala the Phineas and Ferb movie. Would do a lot for the viewership #'s.
If this were true, I'd not be surprised at all, and it was something I was kinda wary of a while. Season 1's ratings were at least okay, but season 3 absolutely sunk in terms of viewership. Even season 2 did not look stable at all, and this felt like a show that very much would rely on audiences actually watching it more than say, merch sales.
So, alas
I think US have the first two, they don´t have the third one that is airing because Diseny will only put it on D+ after the season is done
New Ducktales, and the older cartoon library, is why I have a Disney+ subscription at all. I haven't had cable in over a decade and never had access to a Disney channel at any point in my life. Making decisions based on cable channel viewership now makes no sense.
Did they fix episode order on D+?
This is classic digital transformation in a big company. They still have tons of culture based on their previous business models.
It's why you rarely see these companies have first mover advantage in digital. Netflix beat them to the punch by a decade now.
This is classic digital transformation in a big company. They still have tons of culture based on their previous business models.
It's why you rarely see these companies have first mover advantage in digital. Netflix beat them to the punch by a decade now.
I think it's finally time I pick up watching the show again. The last episode I remember watching was about Donald and his misfortune in a casino. I actually liked the show but I always forget bothering to check for new episodes. Most of the time I watch completed shows start to finish.
Anyone that's seen Season 3 has known the series was putting nicely wrapped bows on everything
-Lena and Magica got an ending chapter
-GoldiexScrooge got an ending chapter
-Penumbra got an ending chapter
-Gyro and Fenton's boss/employee relationship got an ending chapter
-Owlson and Glomgold have winded down
-Donald met Daisy, and Della's back home (as per the original two season outline)
-All the Darkwing and Launchpad build-up had its ending chapter
-The Greek Gods, BOYD and Doofus, Gladstone, Caballeros, Castle McDuck family all have had serviceable ending cameos too
There are only THREE unresolved plotlines heading into the final 6 episodes in early 2021(75 half hours so stop spreading the 65 episode hysteria):
-The final confrontation and disbanding of FOWL that will get to be Huey's big moment
-Revealing the secret Beakley has kept from Webby
-Gizmoduck and Gandra Dee's romance (and maybe paying off some of that depth they were giving Mark Beaks, but not a necessity)
I don't doubt that 25 more adventures could be pulled from the comic for a Season 4, but you have to remember from Disney's perspective this already was the bonus season that many fans are going to petition for
-Lena and Magica got an ending chapter
-GoldiexScrooge got an ending chapter
-Penumbra got an ending chapter
-Gyro and Fenton's boss/employee relationship got an ending chapter
-Owlson and Glomgold have winded down
-Donald met Daisy, and Della's back home (as per the original two season outline)
-All the Darkwing and Launchpad build-up had its ending chapter
-The Greek Gods, BOYD and Doofus, Gladstone, Caballeros, Castle McDuck family all have had serviceable ending cameos too
There are only THREE unresolved plotlines heading into the final 6 episodes in early 2021(75 half hours so stop spreading the 65 episode hysteria):
-The final confrontation and disbanding of FOWL that will get to be Huey's big moment
-Revealing the secret Beakley has kept from Webby
-Gizmoduck and Gandra Dee's romance (and maybe paying off some of that depth they were giving Mark Beaks, but not a necessity)
I don't doubt that 25 more adventures could be pulled from the comic for a Season 4, but you have to remember from Disney's perspective this already was the bonus season that many fans are going to petition for
So what exactly is the business logic behind putting an arbitrary hard limit on an animated show, if it's still successful? Even if we're not talking about how badly D+ needs new content.
Edit: oh I see, ratings did decline. Weird they wouldn't put new episodes on D+ every week tho.
Edit: oh I see, ratings did decline. Weird they wouldn't put new episodes on D+ every week tho.
65 in this case is more of a 'baseline we otherwise make exceptions for' kind of deal, though in this case a bit coincidental because that's merely the current episode count, not what the final will be (there's like, half a dozen episodes to go). It's the number of episodes a show needs to not only run in syndication, but to do so at one episode a weekday for 13 weeks, or about three months. So it's where a show would, in more traditional TV models, get comfortable to just rerun ad-infinitum each season to make continuing returns without the cost of any new material.