Network reluctance to strong story continuity/ongoing arcs.

Youngsters don't normally turn on the television set to 'think',they turn it on to be entertained or occupy themselves from their studies.For those who do want storylines to follow in animation,we're probably in the minority.The most who want plots out of animation are very likely anime enthusiats,to them any Western animation (except maybe Avatar and a few others) pale in comparison.Not to say everyone thinks that,it's just what your looking for.
 
Comedy shows don't really need continuity, while action shows are (IMO) better if they do. Most action shows today try to have small continuing story lines or even larger ones, it seems almost necessary for an action show or action comedy today.

Even something like Yin Yang Yo which often does not know if it's action or a comedy has a continuity driven story mixed in with the rest of the stories.

But really for action shows most recent ones have some continuity in one form or another, The batman is the only recent Action show that was not really all that continuity heavy that I can think of.
 
I disagree with that. I've seen plenty of people who loved JLU and Avatar, but don't care one way or another for Japanese animation.
 
Granted, not every show needs continuity, but on the grounds that children are too dumb to grasp it?

The Harry Potter series certainly wouldn't win awards in simplicity, yet the kiddies have no qualms about enjoying it. So I think it proves that the young ones can handle more than the suits credit them for.
 
But continuity is also a good way to earn ratings. The whole aspect of continuity existed as far back as the days of Jay Ward studios and Rocky & Bullwinkle. If you can give kids a reason to tune in every day or every week to watch your show, you can build a strong viewer base. If some kids are just "late to the game", why would it matter as long as there is already a strong base from the beginning?
 
Most shows that have two 11 minute segments rarely have continuity, and if they do it's done as an inside joke. Semi-on topic I do appluad Xiaolin Showdown for being one of those rare gems that seems to be a goofy cartoon on the surface but ended up having quite a bit of depth and continuity in later seasons. The fact that they literally kept tabs on who had what shen gong wu was impressive.
 
Exactly, if we're going to say that continuity is to inconvinient why not extend the logic to live action as well. One could make the argument that shows like Lost, Grey's Anatomy, and Battlestar Galactica should not be as succesful as they are.
 
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