ah i dunno, i think there have always been stuff shows. go down the
list of shows on CN alone and you'll be reminded of plenty of mediocre ideas that came and went. shows like SU, adventure time, gravity falls, star vs. butterfly, etc. are gonna be the shows that people remember from this era, just like how shows like courage, edd edd n eddy, the original teen titans, etc. are the shows we remember from the last
networks these days are actually, in some ways, even more eager to try new things. they're competing with services like netflix and youtube now for attention and they're shifting their strategies accordingly. there's no more pilot season now, networks nowadays are constantly looking for new shows and ideas to try out year-round
