Why Teenage Robot was Cancelled Theories

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Note: This is a thread where I am posting theories on why MLaaTR wasn't picked up for another season, and if I buy into the theory or not. So let's start with what would probably be the most popular theory...

The Yellow Sponge Theory
Basically the one thing that a lot of people will do is use Spongebob for a scapegoat for MLaaTR's cancellation... words cannot describe how tasteless of a theory this is. Now, I personally don't like Spongebob after the 1st season, but I know enough to say that there's no way one show's ratings can be the death of another show's ratings on the same network. I do not buy into this theory.

The Imaginary Theory
2004 was a dryspell, we weren't going to get a new episode of MLaaTR until Christmas, and in its time, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends made its big, successful debut. When I saw it that first time, it had so much charm, and it hasn't lost that charm. Unfortunately, some people want to use the popularity of Foster's Home as a scapegoat for Teenage Robot's cancellation. MLaaTR and Foster's are completely different shows though, making this theory entirely moot. I do not buy into this theory.

The Time-shifter Theory
Like all problems with Nickelodeon, they constantly move shows without warning, and when this happens, people are usually "Huh, wut?" because they end up watching another show, new, or in an attempt to save an old one. So the show once in that spot, has to take a back seat. I do buy into this theory a bit.

The Coleman Theory
Remember Zim? Remember when Eric Coleman was the Exec in charge of Nickelodeon when that show aired? He was also the Exec in Charge when MLaaTR was in its first season, and MLaaTR was being pushed back then! Unfortunately, after that first season, Eric Coleman was shown the door, and somebody else was put in his place, Nickelodeon went through a lot of tweaking, and unfortunately, MLaaTR fell victim as they felt the ratings weren't good enough. I do buy into this theory a lot.

The Creative Theory
Let's face it, Nickelodeon makes new shows about as much as Disney releases new High School Musical merchandise! (XD) Basically because of this, the recent shows get pushed out of the way to help promote the new show. But this hasn't stopped older shows from getting good ratings. I am on the fence with this theory.

The Numbers Theory
Nickelodeon stated that the ratings were good, but they weren't stellar. Usually a network will have expectations with a new show for ratings, if it meets those expectations, it continues. Perhaps maybe with the really huge gap between seasons 1 and 2, people just stopped caring about the show, and the 2nd season had some relatively low ratings because of it. I buy into this theory quite a bit.

The Impatient Theory
Remember the whole thing with Zim? Rob Renzetti didn't kiss Nickelodeon's butt, he basically believed a quality cartoon takes A LOT of time to produce, not two weeks. That's right, Nickelodeon expected episodes storyboarded in two weeks, I'm not sure how long the MLaaTR team took, but I'm certain it was longer than 2 weeks. I do buy into this theory a bit

The Person Theory
Amongst the people I've spoken with about MLaaTR outside of the Tremorton community, it seems most of them didn't like it because it wasn't to their liking. They basically found the characters to be annoying, the animation to be poor, they had never heard of it (This was of course coming from people who watched Nickelodeon when they were kids), people basically thought they were better writers than the show's (Remember, these writers were working on cartoons professionally for more than 10 years), or that it was a comedy, and not the soap opera drama anime tear jerker people expected it to be. This is the theory I stand by

Remember, these are my opinions and I could be totally off-base.