User blog comment:PlantyThePottedPlant/Random Topic Blogging III: Blog Harder/@comment-1659929-20140416092150/@comment-1518158-20140416223110

We'll probably get new P&F eps around summer time (June, maybe late May?), as I'd imagine Disney wants a steady stream of episodes out before Star Wars in August to get the show back in audiences' minds again, since most probably think it's been cancelled due to its wonky scheduling. I think the reason for the lack of anything these past few months is because of the several hour-long specials in production. One hour-long special is comprised of four regular-sized eps which could have all been their own stories. With four(?) specials in production, that's pretty much sixteen potential eps we could've had and half of which that could've aired already. But since they're using all of those for four extended stories instead, they of course have to wait for all of the parts of one story to be finished before they can air the first part (even if that first part may have been done for quite a while), and then the Disney scheduling people have to promote it as a special event (since airing an hour-long ep with little fanfare would be a dumb idea) before it finally hits the airwaves.

More likely than not, Gravity Falls and Wander Over Yonder going over to Disney XD is just a temporary move. There's even a precedent for this: the first half of P&F's season 2 aired on DXD first before moving back to DC, where its remained since. It's probably for a ratings boost, and to kick off the shows' introduction on the channel off with a bang before going back to where it started, and, of course, to actually be able to use the Disney XD logo for the series' merchandise (see how pretty much every piece of P&F merchandise has the XD logo on it instead of the DC logo even though new eps air on the latter now; the Rockin' and Rollin album artwork is an example of this.

And TV animation on Disney Channel is FAR from dying. We still have Star and the Forces of Evil, which is set to air later this year, a possible OWCA spin-off the logo of which can be seen in this photo Dan tweeted, as well as the pitches from any of the animators which can be greenlighted this year (Bob Schooley, the co-creator of Kim Possible, recently tweeted that he went back to work at Disney after Nick screwed him over with Penguins of Madagascar and Monsters vs. Aliens, so it seems a given that he and McCorkle will probably be looking to do their own project soon, and Aliki has been trying to pitch her Medusa show for forever now). What everyone also seems to be forgetting is the new series of '"Mickey Mouse'' shorts that have been airing, the Mickey featured in which has essentially become the face of DTA and the head of Disney's attempt to get Mickey back into the minds of non-preschoolers. With how cheap they are to produce to produce, theyh, at least, are definitely not going away anytime soon.