Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25123326-20140708033021/@comment-4091815-20140711235247

Nope - my explanation for when a show's ratings take a nosedive is that there is a disconnect between the creator's vision and the audience.

The way to fix that is not to pander to the audience - it is to let the show run its course lower ratings and all.

Tinkering with a show based on audience reaction usually leads to over-correcting and ultimately turning off everyone including the remaining audience.

Another great creator driven show is American Horror Story which has been a great big FU to everything network executives and audiences THINK they want.

The other side of that coin is GLEE - which lost its way a while back and was forced to remain on the air all the while pandering to an audience that didn't want to let the kids graduate and go away.

Same creator - one the vision remains in tact - the other it is perverted by audience influence. One is great - the other was once great.