Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-65.93.137.166-20140901003021/@comment-19765459-20140903064609

The lack of direction is problematic. Even if MTV proceeds with S5, whether in one or two parts, if ratings stay down, then advertising revenue stays down, which means the show budget gets cut. This can lead to several things:

1) One or more main characters have to leave, because the ones that have been around the longest pull the biggest salaries. This is why some people feel Derek is being gently written off...

2) The secondary cast needs to be cut. They're cheaper than the mains, so it's likely there would be several cuts there.

3) Effects would be cut. They're still not cheap, although the good news is that it could force things back to a werewolf focus if they cannot afford to provide FX for a whole supernatural freak show.

Regardless, it's not as if the fan complaints have been secret! With all the web sites where people are posting their displeasure, Jeff and the crew have nobody to blame but themselves if their "artistic vision" is not appealing to their target audience. Actually, it's not clear who their target audience is anymore!

They have openly spat in contempt on LGBT fans and on Yaoi fangirls. And I'm sorry but the audience of American Horror Story is not going to come rushing over to watch Teen Wolf even if Jeff keps dialing up the gore and dialing down the sex appeal! I suspect that Jeff is now picking the meat off the bones of the fan base and soon there will be just the bones.