It is now a right of passage in Hollywood to work on a show that has a fan campaign to save it from cancellation. In the case of Cartoon Network, it happens about once a year. The recently deceased Young Justice and Green Lantern have a small but vocal group of fans voicing their displeasure at the shows' demise, but unfortunately, they're also taking their anger out on the wrong guys. Batman: The Brave and the Bold veteran Michael Jelenic is no stranger to seeing a beloved show get cancelled, as he was also a captain on the USS Thundercats. He's back tomorrow night with the latest iteration of Teen Titans and has caught more than his share of the fallout from YJ and GL going bye-bye.
"In this instance it's kind of tough, because people are seeing our show show up and shows that they love go away. Which is a bummer." Teen Titans Go! producer Aaron Horvath lamented. "In a perfect world they could share the same space but... I lost my train of thought." Luckily, Michael was able to catch the train. "It's awesome for people to care about anything you've worked on. Caring is awesome, but what I don't like to see is a lot of the anger that comes from it. What people need to understand is, it's not the people working on the show. No one cancelled these shows just to upset some people." Michael also has some advice for how to keep your shows on the air, "Show support at the beginning of the show instead of the end. So we're like, let's just cancel it now then the petitions will start. Save Teen Titans Go!"
While we had Michael we got an update on the possibility of the return of Thundercats in a straight-to-video release. "I would never say never. Look at Teen Titans. It was off the air in 2006 and now in 2013 it's coming back. Albeit, it's a form you may not expect it to be in. Even if it doesn't come back in our mythology, it will come back and someone will have a chance to play with those characters." Whether the call is "Titans Go!" or "Thundercats Ho!" hope is always alive. Who knows? Maybe we'll get a Young Justice follow-up yet.
Teen Titans Go! premieres on Cartoon Network Tuesday at 7:30/8:30 Central.
