User blog comment:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 072813/@comment-7737242-20130729143915/@comment-4091815-20130729212237

Oh, the network likes Teen Wolf.

They LOVE Teen Wolf.

But loving a show and a show becoming too expensive to keep are not mutually exclusive.

Teen Mom is WAY cheaper to produce and gets about a million more viewers per episode than Teen Wolf.

The filmaking/network/Hollywood world doesn't make a lick of sense.

My gut on this is that Viacom (MTV's owner) will meet Jeff's price because they need the network to be viewed as more than just a reality show factory. They've only got one successful drama and while they plan another new series next year - Teen Wolf is the only thing that makes MTV seem like more than a one note song.

They need the stockholders to see that they have a future and growth potential in the suddenly very lucrative business of cable originals.

They want investors to see them as an edgier ABC Family and Teen Wolf was the first successful step in that direction. They won't shoot that horse until there is another couple in the stable or unless there is a major shift in network strategy.