Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-60.240.26.67-20130311030933/@comment-1895174-20130312154024

Thailog wrote: Maybe because it could? SW got five fricking seasons, Ben 10... no comments. What would be so unprecedented about a high ratings, critical acclaimed show to get a third season? Especially since all of that improved in the second season?

And you can't count JLU separately from JL. JLU happened because CN wanted Bruce Timm to get rid of the two-parter format. Together, JL/JLU had 91 fricking episodes.

Because precedent.

For one, The Clone Wars is the outlier here, since it's CN's first show (if you count full half-hours) to reach 100 episodes. And, as Zergrinch said, George Lucas wanted the 100 episodes. And now that he's not funding it anymore, the show's been cancelled, even though there's a at least 20 episodes held over.

Secondly, the episode count is important because of syndication. There's a reason some lower-rated network shows (read: Chuck and Fringe) were pushed to 100 episodes, but syndication for shows on kids' networks is calculated differently. They like ending shows close to 52 episodes because it's (not exactly) the number of weeks in a year.

So for Cartoon Network to renew the second season for only 20 episodes, as opposed to a full 26, is the oddity. But there's no reason anyone should be surprised that the show ended with its second season.

And you mention JLU, which is an interesting subject because it was in a similar position to YJ. A show based on DC Comics just as unfairly treated by Cartoon Network, and they devised a Season 2 finale that stood as a Series finale (not only for itself but for the entire DCAU). And they weren't even close to where YJ is now when they did this.

But I'm sure you already know this because you're an admin(?) at the DCAU wiki.

Maybe it's best that it's ending now. It's a good thing that the two seasons are as different as they are, as we can easily divide it into two distinct halfs. We get our Dragon Ball (S1) and our Dragon Ball Z (S2), and, let's face it, no one likes GT.