You think Disney might be on their way to washing their hands clean of serialized cartoons? Their treatment of The Owl House and Amphibia speaks for itself, but there's also Molly McGee not being interested in a grander storyline for the moment, plus Big City Greens doesn't care for one either outside of Chip Whistler that was resolved halfway through Season 2, and then he was never spoken of again.
Not sure, they may want to play it safe for the moment. CN used to have shows with storylines as well and they still do, just.. not in the same way they used to. To be a little fair to Disney, they have had shows in the last years with good stories or shows with good concepts (Like Star vs Tfoe). I guess they think that for some reason these shows aren't popular anymore? Another factor could be the pandemic, making them choose to promote shows that are easier for the kids to follow. Comedy slice of life shows have always been a priority for animation networks since they can be replayed many times without worrying about continuity problems. The main issue is that animation networks don't seem to know what the audience wants. There is this clash between what's produced vs what people would like to see. Despite the fact we live in Era that should be easier than ever for the CN or Disney to know this, they don't. Raebits tweet this a few days back:
¨Just outta curiosity: what kind of animated tv series do you want to see? what are you interested in?¨ Source: https://twitter.com/raebits/status/1491130088787947520?s=20&t=EujLr-SWHZNnpyo1f6-kJQ
They later added that they noticed how ¨there's a disparity in what people want vs what's being made sometimes.¨ which was deleted for a some reason. (My guess due to work or something personal). This indicates that at least some people in the industry are aware of this problem. I wanted to write this answer to them: ¨I think the main issue is that some people feel like there is an oversaturation of comedy animated shows made right now. I remember discussing this with a friend of mine. That at some point teenagers (13-18) were forgotten as an audience. Maybe this is the older audience you are talking about in your thread. For some reason, western animation companies ignore this audience, not considering teenagers watch animated shows. On the other hand, streaming services appear to be more aware that this demography exists and have shows that are made for them¨ To me, it's that animation networks ignore that there is an older audience who wants to see shows with storylines, arcs and continuity. Something that's ridiculous because that's something they could take advantage of. It's a good oportunity for them. Note that this isn't me saying that Tgamm and BCG are bad. I think they are fantastic shows. What i'm trying to do is give an explanation of why Disney is going following this path of ignoring storydriven animated shows.
