Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-7928254-20190908060205

'''So I've been watching TLG ever since it first debuted and I finished watching Season 3 which is probably the best season of the show. Like a lot of people, I'd like to see Season 4 (but I would accept Season 3 as the conclusion). However, I don't think people here know the best ways to influence TV executives when it comes to renewing a show. While people making petitions have the best of intentions, petitions aren’t that effective. I’ve seen a lot of my favorite shows get cancelled with some of them lucky enough to be brought back in the end. The two main things executives look at when they’re about to renew a show are these:'''


 * 1) Does it have a high enough viewership?
 * 2) How much money is it making?

'''For #1, live ratings do tend to matter, but fans don’t have much of a clue over what is considered acceptable. Some fans point out that the premiere of TLG had 5 million viewers before dropping off to 1 million for the next episode and think that’s a huge problem. The actual truth is that the drop was likely going to happen regardless. The premiere was on Disney Channel, but the other episode premieres were mostly on Disney Junior and happened early in the morning when a lot of people tend to miss them. Fortunately, having 1 million viewers isn’t considered to be the norm for Cable TV any longer. Nickelodeon’s average daily ratings for this past August were 504,000. https://www.statista.com/statistics/347040/cable-networks-viewers-usa/'''

'''The key is that Disney knows that people are watching TLG legally. While live TV ratings only really count if you’re a Nielsen family, there are other ways to make your views count. If you’re going to watch the show online, watch it on a platform like Disney Now, or watch it on Hulu (cheapest plan is $6 a month and it has ads) The other method would be trying to buy the episodes on youtube, itunes, Amazon, Google Play, etc. DO NOT USE UNOFFICIAL PIRATED STREAMS LIKE THE NETLIFY WEBSITE!!!'''

'''For #2, the show obviously needs to be profitable for Disney. Disney Channel and Disney Jr. don’t care really about ads in their shows since their ads are just promos for other Disney related shows or movies. So the main thing that will show Disney that the Lion Guard is profitable is if people buy the licensed merchandise for the Lion Guard. Shows like My Little Pony: FiM don’t get many initial viewers, but the fans keep buying the merchandise and it proves to be a powerhouse for Hasbro and that show is ending after it’s 9th season. Whether it’s DVDs, T-Shirts, toys, books, or party supplies, anything will do as long as people buy it.'''

So if you really want TLG to have a 4th season, people will have to do these 2 things.


 * 1) Watch the show online legally
 * 2) Buy some of the merchandise.   