User blog comment:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 090514/@comment-67.244.76.103-20140908002943

I don't really get the original question, because the idea that not watching one show necessarily means there is another that has taken it's place does not compute for me. I've dropped away from shows for any number of reasons and exactly none of them were because I started watching a different show in lieu of the one I dropped.

Disinterest is the main reason I stop watching shows, usually because I think that show has started declining in quality, but sometimes because it was only background noise to begin with and I was never very interested. Lack of time because of life getting busy is another main reason I stop watching shows. I'm also a very character-centered viewer so when large swaths of characters, particularly characters I love, start dropping like flies, I tend to drop too. This is a huge part of why neither Teen Wolf nor Game of Thrones have worked for me; the introduction of new characters every ten minutes makes me weary and makes it harder to get swept away by any of the characters' stories, which is almost always my entry into shows.

I also like the social element of watching shows and movies -- talking about them with friends and coworkers and as easy fodder for small talk with new aquaintances. Teen Wolf just isn't a show that tends to be water cooler or happy hour discussion (at least amongst the people I know) and when it is it's usually the one lone person I know who still watches it going "I still hate watch it, but seriously, don't do that to yourself it's a weird show". (That said I won't necessarily start watching something just for water cooler discussion: I am the only one in my office who isn't into Game of Thrones and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon.)

Personally, I also tend to watch shows after they've already aired, particularly shows that I hear mixed reviews of. Part of it is that I don't like the serial nature of shows, part is that I've had one too many beloved shows get cancelled on me, but part of it is also that if there is a drop in quality I like to be forwarned. Teen Wolf gets red flags from me on that issue.