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	sheep 2008-04-20 03:50 am UTC (link)
	It was moe to do with all the posts to the Avatar comms going "OMG!!! NEW AVATAR EPI TONITE!!!111" ETA: WTF SPONGEBOB!!!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sheep 2008-04-20 03:51 am UTC (link)
	*more (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nekoneko 2008-04-20 03:52 am UTC (link)
	So... they've been replacing Avatar with Spongebob? When is Spongebob not on, anyway? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sheep 2008-04-20 04:00 am UTC (link)
	As far as I can tell, Nick have been showing Spongebob at the time they usually show Avatar. This was particularly grating when it first started happening, and no-one knew what the schedule for AVatar was. I don't actually have Nick, so I'm just interpreting other posts. (Reply to this)(Parent)

hallidae
2008-04-20 04:47 am UTC (link)

Not only that, but because Nick had already issued copies to their foreign affiliates, other countries showed two new episodes while Nick continued to drag its feet and put off airing for months, often having Avatar scheduled in its usual slot on their website, only to pull a switcharoo and air ICarly or Spongebob instead. Currently, the new episodes won't be airing until July (after we'd previously been told December, February, and April), while the DVD they're on comes out in May.

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	dark_puck 2008-04-20 05:06 am UTC (link)
	WHAT. THE. SHIT. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2008-04-20 05:20 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. There's a reason the TVTropes Wiki now considers Avatar an honorary member of Screwed By The Network. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dark_puck 2008-04-20 05:22 am UTC (link)
	I think Avatar is well and screwed by now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2008-04-20 05:26 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I just noticed they'd made edits to upgrade it from honorary to full member. At least the fanbase is still going strong, if the shipping flamewars are any indication. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dark_puck 2008-04-20 05:32 am UTC (link)
	I just don't get WHY they're doing this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

kosaginolegion
2008-04-20 06:40 am UTC (link)

My Partner In Crime and I decided that we had a very good use for all that slime they were collecting at the awards show.

It had to do with a very public shower poured on the programmers at Nick. With every disgruntled fan lined up and given the opportunity to throw a bucket on.

I'd so be there, too. And showing my two sons exactly how to aim their buckets for the most damage to dignity.

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	iwanttobeasleep 2008-04-20 05:17 am UTC (link)
	So. . .Fox now owns Nick, huh? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	senor_pinata 2008-04-20 05:55 am UTC (link)
	I got the impression that the series would end in July, which meant new episodes sooner. (Reply to this)(Parent)

harrylovesron
2008-04-20 06:00 am UTC (link)

NICKELODEON SUCKS ASS. I was angry when they made such a deal out of the Day of Black Sun when, not only had it been leaked online weeks ahead of time, but it had even been dubbed into Dutch and aired in the Netherlands a few days before the Nickelodeon airing. They fuck over the fans that made the show popular in the first place, then wonder why people download it illegally and don't buy the merchandise...

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	sheep 2008-04-20 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	I have to admit I felt kinda smug when Avatar won the Nick Awards over spongebob >:) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rosehiptea 2008-04-20 04:04 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that's pretty much been the entire content of the comms I'm on. The only time I saw Spongebob I thought it was kind of cute but I'm starting to hate it just on principle. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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