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Oh deary me, Nick & More on Twitter has just announced that "Disney XD apparently no longer cares about a shows "premiere time". They've removed all mentions from promos over the last couple weeks. They now say "premieres (date), anywhere you can watch Disney XD" - because the time on TV no longer matters. Its anywhere/anytime.It airs on TV multiple times that day (+ many days after), but is release On Demand, iTunes, Amazon that "premiere day". That's the focus."
So that means Sun & Moon is fucked then and we'll gonna do the CN song and dance routine all over again.
Welp, goodnight Pokémon dub, it was nice knowing ya.
Not necessarily. I think that he also tweeted that they're giving Pokemon XY a 4PM weekday rerun slot, which is already worlds better than what Cartoon Network has been doing with the series. And focusing on when the series will be available on their website, On Demand and such isn't really a bad thing either. In this day and age, it's extremely easy for people to watch stuff outside of when it airs on TV. I wouldn't say that the time on TV no longer matters exactly, as people still watch stuff live, but it is important to focus on where people can watch their shows elsewhere too. Even if they are just focusing on when people can watch it anywhere on the Disney XD app, website, On Demand, or whatever, that's still way better than what Cartoon Network has been doing. We were lucky to get one promo for the new season a year and they haven't bothered to promote the series on their website either.
I can understand being worried about that, but I seriously doubt that it's going to be the same song and dance from Cartoon Network. I still have hope given the repeat slot for XY and how they handled the sneak peek. There was a promo for that, they put both the movie and the SM sneak peak on their On Demand page shortly afterwards and they had a week of repeats for that sneak peak as well. That does not give the impression that they're going to do the same thing that Cartoon Network did. I'd prefer to save the panicking if they give me more of a reason to do so than just focusing on when people can watch the show anytime on their app and website.
EDIT: I just check his twitter account and he already explained what this means, as well as how Pokemon is not in any danger:
View: https://twitter.com/nickandmore/status/818855598485831680
So false alarm. There's no need to panic right now.
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