Hate watching didn't cause Velma to get a season 2

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Velma has been greenlit for season 2 despite all the backlash and multiple other projects being cancelled likely for tax write offs. It's very disappointing. HBO Max is trying to pretend that the show was successful but that claim doesn't hold up to scrutiny and many are claiming this was the result of hate watching. I respectfully disagree.

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Seeing Velma get a second season isn't too surprising, but hate watching isn't the reason. A lot of times if a company is so confident in their material it'll get greenlit for a second season ahead of release.

[peppyrobo]

I think the funniest thing is it took the writers a whole season to tell what all scooby doo shows can do in one episode.

[michaelfireheart]

This isn't surprising as companies like Warner Brothers often have a second season already planned, but choose to not reveal them until after the first season is released. They either cancel the next season or release it to gather steam as well as controversy.

[y_s]

Great idea:
when someone says "any publicity is good publicity", just respond: "Morbius".

[marshbowicorn]

The idea hate watching is THAT powerful has always been kinda a ridiculous concept to me- like yes a lot of people hate watch teen dramas, but these shows also usually have teens watching unironically. Yes a lot of political shows have people bashing on it, but usually there’s people on the other side of the political spectrum who love it. To have something so universally hated get a million views is a ridiculous idea to me- hate watching has never been THAT big that it could make up an entire audience, even when it is a “main demographic” they have other demographics seeing it. Velma has no side demographic- it’s hate watchers and the rare breed that like Mindy Kaling’s humor. I very much doubt hate watching could save a show that much.

[EquesTron]

I wouldn't have minded an adult oriented Scooby Doo animated series. The way they went about it though was amazingly disrespectful. I'm surprised WB's only demand was to take Scooby out of it. My demand would have been to not maliciously make fun of the source material and the audience.

Not surprised that this has a season two. Like you said, these were likely ordered way before production was underway. It's like Netflix She-Ra. Despite criticism, it was always going to continue, because Netflix did a full series order before Season 1 premiered.

[cheshire]

High Guardian Spice & Santa Inc: Teases for a Season 2 after damages are already done

HBOMax Velma: Sorry ladies, but I'll take those cause I'm rhe only one who approved then the rest of you

[KiallVunMyeret]

Atleast hearing people take it apart and making fun of it is pretty entertaining so that's a silver lining

[brendanboomhour]

If there's no competition, I guess it's easy to be the best (and the worst)

[GAMMAGOMA]

Oddly enough, Fred ends up being the more likable character by the end of the season. Hell, him having a kind of hostile initial relationship with Norvell could make for an interesting dynamic considering the fact that they are the only good characters moving into season two. Granted, that isn't saying much, but it's something 🤷‍♂️

[aethertoast]

The true horror of this whole thing is that Mindy Kaling is still being given projects to work on despite everything she makes always being hated. She is the personification of the phrase "Failing Upwards" and she will continue to do so.

[fatemakhan]

Mindy grew up with rich parents, never worked a day job & was handed a Hollywood job through her parents contracts & influences. So when she wrote Fred as a spoiled rich kid with no soul. Yeah i can definitely see she's really writing herself. This is what we in the business call "The Projection" & a classic Freudian Slip.

[gojira]

Venkman: "Did you watch anything?"
Egon: "No."
Venkman: "You?"
Winston: "My history is totally blank."
Venkman: "I didn't watch a single episode!"
All of them turn to Ray.
Ray: "I couldn't help it... it just popped on my feed...."

[dragonhitman]

Bruh I fell in love with the hex girls as a kid. That song rocked. Them losing to velma made me run outside and scream LOL

[randomness]

A perfect example of how *not* to handle intellectual properties. Seriously, how did any of this crap get passed the board? Was HBO Max that desperate after purging almost all of its animated shows that they just said to heck with it? I can't even... 😿

[dancampbell]

I honestly don't care if a giant company wastes millions of dollars on garbage shows like this. I have enjoyed all of the reactionary content and hope to get a lot of analytical viewpoints when season 2 comes out.

[jturner]

1 Batch of episodes split into 2. A common tactic in Animation.

[mp_yt]

the fact that you sat through all this garbage, youve earned my respect. i salute you 🫡

[yeeyeeyeeye]

Season "renewals" like Velma's is pretty common for a lot of streaming exclusive shows. This is the same practice that Netflix used for Inside Job and The Cuphead Show! (two shows that are vastly superior to Velma, btw); order season one, arbitrarily cut it up, and market them as "seasons" to avoid paying animators living wages. By this point, I think the best approach is to pretend that Velma never released and stop giving it attention altogether, even when "season 2" comes out, and it becomes trendy to discuss it again. Warner Bros Discovery only cares about what shows and properties will give them the most profits in the short term. They're not gonna care about why a popular show is hated universially, just that a lot of people are talking about it, and that must mean that they want more like it.

[genebaker]

TV shows are like restaurants, people go there and expect what they get serve. Velma is like when people wanted steak but instead they get a road-killed skunk.