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Hollywood Hype Machine for major advertising blitzes of this sort
Keep Circulating the Tapes for the poorly-performing special being exiled to the realm of bootlegs
Thanks for the help. I went ahead and wrote the examples for Keep Circulating the Tapes; however, I’m not sure exactly how I would write an example for Hollywood Hype Machine (especially on the trope's page), given that this particular instance is dealing with whole works that have diverse casts, rather than specific people/ensembles. I could put it on Adored by the Network, but I don’t know if that’s the best idea. Any feedback?
Vrei să pleci dar nu mă, nu mă iei / Nu mă, nu mă iei, nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei / Chipul tău și dragostea din tei / Mi-amintesc deIn this case the hype would fall into the "ensembles and other groups" category which handles more complicated situations- the "On the fence" examples for instance have a discussion of Disney's Kid Coms in the 00s and 10s. Here, this is just one example of many in Nickelodeon's long history of hyping up shows with specials and big premiers in a "throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks" sort of way.
Adored by the Network might be a better fit if this is part of a larger pattern of heavy promotion for this specific show.
This Is Going to Be Huge if there is direct confirmation the network tried to really push it and it still got low viewership
Edited by MsOranjeDiscoDancer i may be dead inside but at least i have Mystery :,)

What would be a good trope to describe when a network holds a large premiere date for one of its most popular IPs, but it ultimately ends up not being a success, no matter what they put into it?
Example: December 11, 2021 marked a hefty premiere date for The Loud House franchise. It started off with Nickelodeon airing a rerun of A Loud House Christmas at 7:00 PM EST, which was accompanied by the premiere of a tie-in standalone TV special called A Loud House Christmas Holiday Party. After that came the premiere of another stand-alone TV special, Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide, at 8:38 PM EST, and the premiere event ended with a new episode of the main series, "How the Best Was Won", at 8:53 PM EST. Despite the heavy back-to-back premieres, the event was ultimately a flop. The event had been advertised
, but the main focus was put on A Loud House Christmas Holiday Party, with only a vague mention of "a brand-new Loud House episode" (referring to the new episode of the main series) and no mention of Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide. "How the Best Was Won" ended up accumulating the lowest view count of the entire event, at 0.25 million viewers; this view count would also consequently become the lowest view count in the entire season, remaining unbroken by the time of the season's end (for reference of how hard it flopped, the next-lowest-viewed episode of the season attained 0.33 million viewers, a total difference of .08 million viewers). It did not help that the episode had already been accidentally leaked by Sky Go, a VOD service, about two and a half months prior, and this factor also potentially misled viewers into thinking the "brand-new Loud House episode" advertised in the promo was Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide, despite its content making it clear that it's actually another stand-alone special. This effectively gave the stand-alone special a slightly higher view count of 0.27 million viewers. Many fans who already knew about "How the Best Was Won" before the event likewise skipped out on it, which caused Lincoln Loud's Holly Jolly Gift Guide to slip into obscurity among the fandom, although Nick still recognizes it and treats it like all the show's other stand-alone specials. To top it all off, A Loud House Christmas Holiday Party got the worst treatment out of the bunch, despite being the main focus of the promos; it was never broadcast again, and likewise neither released on Paramount+ nor even aired in foreign countries. (It also doesn't help that the film currently has no releases on physical media, which would present an opportunity to include the special on a DVD or Blu-Ray release.) No viewership information is available for this special, as it was directly attached to a film that was rerunning on the network, which has caused it to slip the farthest into obscurity among the fandom.
I’ve been thinking about Screwed by the Network, but I doubt that would fit this case very well because of a few factors like the advertising.
Edited by BlankBlankness