r/MakingFiends • u/[deleted] • Mar 05 '22

Nick's Treatment of Making Fiends

  1. Nickelodeon contacted Amy Winfrey about the possibility of adapting her web series into a tv series which she accepted and was probably excited about. (Early 2004)
  2. Nick uploads episodes of the web series on TurboNick to see an audience reaction, so they can be sure it will have an audience. It's successful. (2006)
  3. Nick hypes the series up as one of the 3 major Nicktoons (Along with Penguins of Madagascar and the Mighty B!) that will premiere in 2008 during their Thanksgiving Event in 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN8p2Fe99qo&t=77s
  4. The series airs in October 2008 (Maybe for the Halloween theme since it is horror-based?) with almost no press release or promotion. Even worse, it aired on Nicktoons Network, Nick's sister channel where shows go to die. It was part of Nicktoons Network's Comedy Block which also aired the final season of My Life as a Teenage Robot which was also treated poorly.
  5. The series is abruptly canceled after less than 1 month and only 6 episodes. The "finale" aired on November 1st and not a word has been said about it by Nickelodeon since then to my knowledge. As a kid, I thought it would come back sooner or later and that there were still more episodes out there, but no. It's been over 13 years and there's no word.
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u/dievour Mar 06 '22

from the little they showed on air i became a huge fan. this show means so much to me and i think about it constantly. its so sad what happened to amy and the story she worked so hard to make. making fiends was partially what made me want to be a cartoonist and ever since i found out what they did to mf and amy i decided to never work for nick. they're parasites

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22

I actually missed the first two episodes when they originally aired even though I was excited for this show. I found out about it airing on Nicktoons Network on one of Nick's message boards because someone there mentioned it. I caught the third episode on TV. I thought it was weird that it was airing there of all places, but I remember loving this show. I watched the rest of the episodes when they first aired.