“However, I think that sometimes when shows do, you know, have a good season or a bad season, it comes down to something as simple as the crop of contestants that year, and do they break through in a way that makes the audience excited. Those are the kinds of things that tend to make a difference, more so than tweaks to the format and that sort of stuff, as much as we, obviously, would all like to try to assume that it's in our power.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingYearsKindSometimesShowsStuffDifferencesSimpleBreakAudienceSeasonsAssumingExcitedMaking A DifferenceDo You KnowCropsFormatBreak ThroughTweakContestants Author:Dan Cutforth