| Sunday, January 20, 2002 |
20:26 - Has Nick the BRAINWORMS?
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So it's official: Nickelodeon is "scaling back" production of Invader Zim, citing "low ratings".
Well duh, you bunch of bean-counting morons. Zim is not a KIDS' SHOW. Nickelodeon is for KIDS. Why in the hell was Zim on Nick in the first place anyway?
It's exactly the kind of show that Cartoon Network is building itself upon lately, especially in light of Adult Swim. I think that if Zim vanishes entirely from Nick, Cartoon Network is very highly likely to snap it up, especially considering the HUGE cult fan following the show has already garnered, and the petitions and e-mail floodings that the respondents are compiling. They can't ignore such a thing. Especially considering some of the edgy things they do air, things that undoubtedly have nowhere near the same ratings or appeal.
No, I don't think Zim is dead. But I do think this means that after a little bit of waiting, we won't have to endure SpongeBob SquarePants, Fairly Oddparents, and programming that starts shows five minutes EARLY for no bloody good reason, just to get our weekly fix of Zim and GIR. It'll be on a network with a brain, a network that's just entering its Golden Age.
Begone, foul Nick.
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