11-26-2016, 06:47 PM
(11-26-2016, 06:40 PM)CTR69 Wrote: Wow, they literally pushed Sheldon and Penny off the cliff in S4.
S4 was also a real ratings bomb compared to the other seasons. Leonard was dating Priya who no one liked. Penny was hardly featured as a primary character. They stopped doing Shenny scenes and introduced the 'girl scenes' which were initally excuriating poor.
My main discovery is that the canons do have a point. Leonard is nothing more than supporting cast now, he has been since S5 and they were not using Penny in S9 much at all. She's dropped to the lowest story rate ever.
Sheldon was carrying S9 with them trying to balance this off by bring up Amy. Howard was getting more story focus through his work and marriage but even that dropped in 9 although Howard is still doinh rarely well. Raj with his various dates stayed the same but he didn't have an A plot.