Thread:3cooldog92/@comment-3180503-20120618155642/@comment-3247345-20120812040254

Ugh, I know. The last time we had such a major shift in Nick's programing was back in 2006-2007. They canceled alot of really good shows in 2004 but they kept showing reruns until 2006. My guess is Victorious would no longer be in its prime once new shows came along. Look what happened to iCarly when Victorious came along. A major shift seems to be coming in late 2012 and 2013. Sadly I don't see it being for the better. Nick has been going downhill since 2004 and there's no reason to expect it to stop. I'm just hoping the new shows will match Victorious in quality. I know that matching iCarly at its best is unrealistic. It seems the best that we can realistically expect is for Nick not to do any worse.

I'm really starting to wonder how complicit Dan was in the end of Victorious. He says that he wanted to continue the show but quite frankly I suspect he's blowing smoke up our asses, at least to some extent. Last night I theorized that Gibby was the reason for the end. I still think that, but for slightly different reasons. It seems to me that for whatever reason (this has to do with Nick, not Dan) Victorious and Gibby couldn't coexist since S&C was already green lit. My guess is that this is because Nick didn't want to pay for all the shows, they're idiotic schedule didn't allow for an extra show, or maybe Dan couldn't handle 3 shows at once. The best thing that could have happened is that Dan wanted to do 3 but Nick didn't want that for one of the reasons I mentioned. Any other possibility has Dan actively trying to ditch Victorious, or at least pushing Gibby at all costs, including the end of Victorious if need be. It had to have something to do with Gibby because even though Nick has a rule that they decide to renew a show or cancel it after 60 episodes, they had no good reason to cancel it. The actors wanted to continue and the show was getting good ratings. Dan had something to do with Victorious getting canceled.. That's clear. What isn't clear is how much he had to do with it. He's damn sure not the helpless victim of the network's decision.