>>149808419
When I was a kid, my eyesight started deteriorating to the point where the doctors thought I’d be totally blind by age 10. As a result, I was pretty touchy about any eye related imagery and the reason I’m bringing this up is because I actually saw the premiere and fucking LOVED it… then next week they had episode 2 where bestest friend Keith gets his fucking eyes ripped out on screen (well in shadow but still). That shit turned me off the show until I was 14 or so my eyesight actually stabilized around 8 btw, it’s still dog shit but I can see just fine with glasses now and I caught a rerun or something (I don’t remember) and realized "Oh, wait this show actually is amazing and I was just being a pussy about the eye thing". Great show that I really wished I gave another chance before it was cancelled.
>>149812961
Actually, I remember hearing it got GREAT ratings however it was the 14-16 demographic which Nickelodeon has absolutely no fucking clue how to capitalize on. Also the previously mentioned 9/11 incident really put a damper on children’s television’s tolerance for anything slightly dark for a couple of years.