User blog comment:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 090514/@comment-24.48.53.48-20140907225012

Full disclosure: I'm not a shipper. But I watch a lot of TV shows. You're very careful not to place any blame on the show and place the blame on disgruntled fans. But I'll say something very obvious, some fans, casual and online have dropped the show because it changed in a way they didn't like. They liked the original main characters and starting S3, the show started to shift its focus away from the main and onto other characters. You'll tell me the viewership didn't drop until this season, and you'll notice that there's a huge amount of new characters with lots of screentime while some of the mains are barely there and/or recognizable. Obviously, the content of a show has an impact. Example: Person of Interest; a hugely popular show, lost 30% of their 14 million viewers in one season, because they shifted from their original premise. I was one of those viewers who dropped the show. Another example: Revenge. I absolutely loved S1. In the first ep of S2, there was a new character I didn't like with the protagonist. I dropped the show in the middle of the episode. They went in a totally different direction that season and lost viewers. They changed the showrunner and came back to their S1 premise for S3. If I was a casual viewer of Teen Wolf, I would have dropped the show during the Japanese camp episode. Online fans are more attached and they're a good indication of the overall viewership. In S4, it's more then obvious to me that the show is trying to stay in High School by renewing the cast. They tried, that didn't work. What they're going to do next depends on their bottom line. Do they get to make more money with a reduced budget, a cheaper cast that compensate for the loss of revenue? If so, they'll continue with the newbies. That's not what I want.