Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-33871435-20190806010914/@comment-33871435-20190806015236

FearTheBelle wrote: From what I've seen on MyLionKing and in the comments of YouTube videos for TLG, it seems like the show really got off on the wrong foot with a lot of longtime Lion King fans. A lot of people really seemed to just absolutely hate Return of the Roar after it was hyped by Disney quite a bit, and just never gave the show proper another chance after that.

Like, there are people on YouTube who you can tell never really watched much of the show who complain about how childish and dumb it is, and how it doesn't fit into the canon of the franchise, etc. First impressions aren't everything, but they are important, and seemingly, TLG left a very sour taste in the mouths of the people who could have made up the bulk of the fanbase.

Some of us kept watching, or liked RotR, but many people didn't. And to be fair, the story of The Lion Guard doesn't jibe that well with what the movies showed on the surface of it; it probably would have taken something quite stunning to get some fans to stick around. And once a show or movie gets the stigma of being "bad", fairly or not, many people who otherwise may have given the show a chance and been interested will just accept that judgement without watching for themselves.

I agree. I think another factor was the lack of a regular airing schedule. I believe, if they'd aired a new episode each week, they'd still have enough of a viewership to get at least one more season out of this show. But the constant hiatuses made it virtually impossible to retain or expand its viewership.