History PanderingToTheBase / LiveActionTV

** The death of Simone in Season One. Originally set up as the LoveInterest for main character Peter Petrelli, she quickly fell prey to DieForOurShip ravings from fans who wanted to see the FanPreferredCouple of Peter and Claire take precedence. The revelation soon after that Peter and Claire were ''cousins'' proved how pointless Simone's death was. Unfortunately, it would prove only to be the start of a trend...

''Series/GameOfThrones'' has its own [[PanderingToTheBase/GameOfThrones page]].

** The final season of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' fully embraced its status as a prequel, with particular focus on showing how the Federation society from ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' would come to be. Its most significant developments included CharacterRerailment for the Vulcans, having the races that would found the Federation all forge alliances, and the rise of the Romulans as antagonists (as a prelude to the war that would precede the Federation's founding). This is a case of TropesAreNotBad, as the final season is generally considered the show's best.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' descended into this territory during the final season of ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'', though this is considered to be a good thing given that that show's final season is generally considered its best.

** For better or worse ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' attempted to avoid doing this too much in the first two season's, attempting to tell original stories with mostly new characters which was somewhat [[BrokenBase polarizing]]. In season three a new showrunner came onboard and tried to win back fans of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''; removing most of the cast of the previous seasons and actively tried to ignore any implications it had on the show, while also attempting to bring back as many original cast members it could shoe-horn into the plot.

** For better or worse ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' attempted to avoid doing this two much in the first two season's, attempting to tell original stories with mostly new characters which was somewhat [[BrokenBase polarizing]]. In season three a new showrunner came onboard and tried to win back fans of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''; removing most of the cast of the previous seasons and actively tried to ignore any implications it had on the show, while also attempting to bring back as many original cast members it could shoe-horn into the plot.

** For better or worse ''/Series/StarTrekPicard'' attempted to avoid doing this two much in the first two season's, attempting to tell original stories with mostly new characters which was somewhat [[BrokenBase polarizing]]. In season three a new showrunner came onboard and tried to win back fans of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''; removing most of the cast of the previous seasons and actively tried to ignore any implications it had on the show, while also attempting to bring back as many original cast members it could shoe-horn into the plot.

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': Chapter 5, "Return of The Mandalorian", and Chapter 6, "From the Desert Comes a Stranger", features numerous appearances from other ''Star Wars'' characters--the former has Din Djarin, Paz Viszla, the Armorer, and Pelli Motto, while the latter has [[spoiler:Cobb Vanth, ''Luke Skywalker'', Ahsoka Tano, and even Cad Bane]]--to the point that Boba made little to no appearances ''in his own show''. While these proved to be the highest rated episodes of the series, fans felt that the writers were trying a bit too hard to appease them after the show got off to a slow-paced start.

** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Ask and ye shall receive...]] immediately following ''Ninja Storm'', ''Dino Thunder'' has Mesogog. Two seasons later, ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' has the Master/Octomus, complete with the scene from its source ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' in which he emerges from Matoombo. Finally, ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' has Venjix, who wiped out most of humanity, [[spoiler: got a OneHitKill attack later on, pulled off an EvilPlan that was even better than Lothor's, and may still be alive as of the series finale.]]

** As a part of Jeremy Carver's general attempt to WinBackTheCrowd lost during season 6 and especially season 7 he turned up the HoYay between Dean and Castiel UptoEleven, at one point even scripting an 'I love you', which made it as far as being acted out before Jensen Ackles (the actor who plays Dean) decided it was out of character. This worked a bit too well; it drew back a lot of old viewers upset at Castiel's absence from season 7 and drew in a lot of new viewers interested in the possibility of a HoYay ship going canon, but then a script supervisor tweeted that there wasn't and never was any intention to actually go through with it, followed by a guest director insulting the shippers by tweeting that they were getting upset over a storyline that didn't exist and calling them 'weirdos'. This led to a MASSIVE backlash, and accusations of queerbaiting so strong that Misha Collins (the actor who plays Castiel, as well as the most interactive and PR conscious person on the show) had to step in to do damage control. [[http://www.policymic.com/articles/69757/supernatural-needs-to-admit-dean-is-bisexual This article partially explains what happened.]]

** Later seasons had the [[FanPreferredCouple the popular Olicity ship]]. The popularity of the pairing and Felicity's popularity in general led to Felicity eventually becoming Oliver's official love interest in place of Laurel. This caused problems though, as the show runners continued to pander to the Olicity shippers to the point of allowing Olicity and Felicity to overtake the plot with [[RomanticPlotTumor soap opera-like relationship drama]], causing both the popularity of the ship and [[CreatorsPet Felicity herself]] [[TheScrappy to fall dramatically]] (it should be noted the main reason why the Olicity ship was so popular was because it ''lacked'' drama and the relationship was much healthier than the Lauriver ship, at least at first.). Nevertheless, the writers toiled with this pairing until the end. To their credit, the writers eventually ''did'' acknowledge the issue, and their relationship after Season 6 notably lacked much of the drama in previous seasons that led to its scorn. Felicity herself became less-hated in Season 7 as her story got more interesting, so while the pairing remained divisive, it worked out fine in the end.

*** Graham Williams, the producer preceding John Nathan-Turner, actually advised JN-T not to do this, on the grounds that fans were with you anyway and it was casual viewers who had to be convinced. (For example, he'd made "The Invasion of Time", a direct sequel to "The Deadly Assassin", a story fans at the time hated for {{Fan Disliked Explanation}}s [[CriticalDissonance but that got excellent ratings, AI scores and critical appraisal]].)

** This might not necessarily be a bad thing here, since the female viewership were not only trying to ship clearly straight (frequently related) heterosexual men together, they were picking up on and complaining about the stereotypical way the show portrayed female leads. In Jo's case, the writers began to see the fan's point; according to her actress, they told her she came off more as a 14-year-old sister than a love interest. The female fanbase warmed to Jo after she stood up to Dean when he tried to pick her up, and positively started liking her and Ellen after their AlasPoorScrappy moment. Later seasons seem to have picked up on how much the fangirls hate the stereotypical GirlOfTheWeek. Meg (as played by Rachel Miner) and Pam (the blind seer) both played against the female stereotypes and were both reasonably well received.

** [[Creator/FeliciaDay Charlie Bradbury]] was accused of this too. The writers attempted to sidestep the DieForOurShip issues that plagued other female characters by making her a lesbian. When she proved to be a BaseBreakingCharacter, the writers went out of their way to give her more focus and repeatedly (offscreen) take levels in badass in a very jarring manner, leading to her being called a CreatorsPet by detractors. Even those who liked her often thought that she came across as the creators trying too hard to make an EnsembleDarkhorse. [[spoiler:Then they killed her off, which effectively pissed off the fans who ''did'' like the way she had been written.]]

** A rare positive example: after the writers controversially [[BuryYourGays killed off Sara Lance]] in the first episode of Season 3, the fan backlash was ''so'' strong that, to appease the fans, the creators not only brought her back in the next season, she eventually got to headline [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow her own show]]. HistoryRepeats in the following season, when Sara's sister, Laurel, was abruptly killed off midseason. This time, the backlash came not only from the fanbase, but also from the stars of the show (and not only from ''Arrow'', but also from sister series ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''). Once again, the writers were cornered to bring Laurel back in the next season ([[{{Doppelganger}} sort of]]) and had the plot rewritten to incorporate her without jeopardizing the rest of the existing story.[[note]]Apparently, Laurel was killed off to make way for Dinah Drake to assume the mantle of Black Canary. However, Dinah debuted to mixed-to-negative reception from the fans.[[/note]]

** Some fans argue that the Buffy/Angel elements in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E21EndOfDays}} End Of Days]]"/"[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen}} Chosen]]" were a RomanticPlotTumor shoe-horned in to pander to fans of the pairing, as they’d spent ''years'' apart changing and developing drastically different lives from the one they’d had together and no longer had all that much the work through that needed screentime.

** A lot of people think RTD bringing Rose Tyler back in Series 4 and giving her a conveniently human clone of the Doctor through a massive AssPull was pandering, many feeling her departure in Series 2 was one of the best companion departures. That said, Rose is already one of the most divisive characters in New Who", mostly due to conflict between her fandom and her hatedom.

* Following the cancellation of the UK children's game show ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'', a petition was set up in an attempt to revive the show. In 2002 a 13 minute pilot for a new updated series was produced called ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare#Knightmare_VR Knightmare VR]]'' using funds granted by the National Lottery. The producer, Tim Child, stated that he mainly chose to make the pilot due to the pressure and interest from the Knightmare fan base years after the original series ended. Unfortunately the new update deviated too much from the formula established in the original series and fan reaction to the pilot was generally negative. The proposed series never came to fruition.

** This might not necessarily be a bad thing here, since the female viewership were not only trying to ship clearly straight (frequently related) heterosexual men together, they were picking up on and complaining about the stereotypical way the show portrayed female leads. In Jo's case, the writers began to see the fan's point; according to her actress, they told her she came off more as a 14-year old sister than a love interest. The female fanbase warmed to Jo after she stood up to Dean when he tried to pick her up, and positively started liking her and Ellen after their AlasPoorScrappy moment. Later seasons seem to have picked up on how much the fangirls hate the stereotypical GirlOfTheWeek. Meg (as played by Rachel Miner) and Pam (the blind seer) both played against the female stereotypes and were both reasonably well received.

* The Twelfth Doctor's era (Series 8-10) was accused of pandering to the feminist side of the fanbase. Showrunner Creator/StevenMoffat was attacked in the press and the media for his supposedly sexist writing during the 11th Doctors era. (To the point where he was even driven off of social media.) Many fans and critics feel that he attempted to win favour with his 'progressive' critics throughout the 12th Doctors era as a result. First Moffat brought back the Master (a character he was known to dislike and hadn't used throughout 11's era) as a woman. He also retconned the Master/Doctor relationship to be romantic. Whilst some fans appreciated Michelle Gomez' performance, many argued that she ruined the Master/Doctor dynamic by changing it from a Holmes/Moriaty relationship to a case of DatingCatwoman. Many also felt that the character of Clara (already a very unpopular companion) was given too much focus, at the expense of new Doctor Peter Capaldi. Finally many also pointed to various misandristic remarks made by Clara and Missy and other female characters throughout the shows run as examples of feminist pandering. (Such as Clara repeatedly threatening to and hitting the Doctor.) During 12's era the shows viewers crashed to the absolute lowest they had ever been in the shows 50 year history, whilst the reception from fans and critics alike was mixed at best. (It should be noted that most fans and critics praised Capaldi's performance, but even then many feel that he was sidelined and even emasculated by Moffat's pandering.)
** The Twelfth Doctors final story was also accused of pandering to the more extreme feminist audience when it rewrote the First Doctor into being a straw misogynist, which was not well recieved. (Though many did praise David Bradley's performance nonetheless.)
*** The Thirteenth Doctors era has been accused of pandering to the same audience too. It should be noted however that its viewers have been higher than Capaldi's last few seasons. However some have claimed this was more due to a change of timeslot, better advertising and the novelty of a female Doctor. It should be noted that Jodie's first series' viewers did drop dramitically (until they reached record lows for a festive special.) Jodie's performance as the Doctor has also been polarising (to put it mildly.)

** The Twelfth Doctor's era (Series 8-10) was accused of pandering to the feminist side of the fanbase. Showrunner Creator/StevenMoffat was attacked in the press and the media for his supposedly sexist writing during the 11th Doctors era. (To the point where he was even driven off of social media.) Many fans and critics feel that he attempted to win favour with his 'progressive' critics throughout the 12th Doctors era as a result. First Moffat brought back the Master (a character he was known to dislike and hadn't used throughout 11's era) as a woman. He also retconned the Master/Doctor relationship to be romantic. Whilst some fans appreciated Michelle Gomez' performance, many argued that she ruined the Master/Doctor dynamic by changing it from a Holmes/Moriaty relationship to a case of DatingCatwoman. Many also felt that the character of Clara (already a very unpopular companion) was given too much focus, at the expense of new Doctor Peter Capaldi. Finally many also pointed to various misandristic remarks made by Clara and Missy and other female characters throughout the shows run as examples of feminist pandering. (Such as Clara repeatedly threatening to and hitting the Doctor.) During 12's era the shows viewers crashed to the absolute lowest they had ever been in the shows 50 year history, whilst the reception from fans and critics alike was mixed at best. (It should be noted that most fans and critics praised Capaldi's performance, but even then many feel that he was sidelined and even emasculated by Moffat's pandering.)
** The Twelfth Doctors final story was also accused of pandering to the more extreme feminist audience when it rewrote the First Doctor into being a straw misogynist, which was not well recieved. (Though many did praise David Bradley's performance nonetheless.)
*** The Thirteenth Doctors era has been accused of pandering to the same audience too. It should be noted however that its viewers have been higher than Capaldi's last few seasons. However some have claimed this was more due to a change of timeslot, better advertising and the novelty of a female Doctor. It should be noted that Jodie's first series' viewers did drop dramitically (until they reached record lows for a festive special.) Jodie's performance as the Doctor has also been polarising (to put it mildly.)

** More creepily, the writers throw in a buttload of ho-yay moments and the characters spend a lot of time tied up and broken. Episodes written by Sera Gamble in particular tend to throw in a lot of female-directed fan service. It's probably one of the main reason the show has run for eight seasons, despite the writing quality not being consistently good and the [[BrokenBase base being irreparably broken]]. They've figured out what sells.