Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130126152018/@comment-24.0.17.131-20130130163951

Thailog wrote: And the writers of today, were the kids of then, so they often strive to make cartoons more "mature" than the ones they used to watch. And the audiences are savvier than years ago, so they just don't gobble down any crap that the network try to shove down their throats. Why don't executives see this, is beyond me.

Its because the shows have too make money by selling merchandise, also, the networks sponsors are all candy and toy companies....which doesn't work out if the majoity  of their viewers is all late teenagers and twenty year olds

If you get some free time, Kevin Smith does podcasts with Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (pioneers of the DCAU) where they discuss certain aspects and problems of having a cartoon aimed at more mature viewers