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NickandMore goes more in depth about the latest ratings decline:
>Last Friday, Nickelodeon decided (about three days earlier) to move the series to 8:30pm on Friday. Now many fans instantly tried to tell me via Twitter that it was a good move as this was a “better timeslot” they said. Well, they obviously don’t pay attention to how things work. For the three weeks Korra aired at 7pm, it had a SpongeBob lead-in. That’s important, as SpongeBob (which is down somewhat itself) is still Nick’s top draw.
>Friday’s lead-in to Korra? Sanjay and Craig. Okay, initially you’d think that should be okay. It’s a Nicktoon? Yes. It’s a newer series? Yes, just premiered in May. However, it doesn’t have a good repeat track record. Ratings are nowhere near SpongeBob-repeat level. In fact, the whole new Friday line-up from 7-9pm was weird to look at. At 7:00 replacing Korra was Sam & Cat. That’s understandable, I guess. It’s a new show with a decent viewing for both new and repeat views (though, still not SpongeBob-level). Okay. Here’s where it gets weird. 7:30pm was… Drake & Josh. Not knocking the show at all, but that series ended over six years ago. So, then you had the aforementioned Sanjay and then was Korra. So, between the 6:30 SpongeBob episode (which by the way scored 2.3 million viewers on Friday – again, not great for that series’ normal repeat levels, but decent) you had three different series that are nowhere near Korra-compatible.
http://www.nickandmore.com/2013/10/08/legend-of-korra-drops-to-1-1-million-viewers-whats-going-on-nickelodeon/
>>114852 Nick can also banish Korra to Nicktoons, like they've done with so many series like The Mighty B!, Planet Sheen, and recently, T.U.F.F. Puppy.
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