User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/Analyzing the so called "floaters" of every season./@comment-27480805-20160801011314/@comment-26910203-20160804195942

I don't know....I really don't see anything anywhere online that suggests that CN has a hand in the outcomes of any TD season besides the winner in the respective regions they distribute it in and I can't think of a good reason as to why Cake TV or Fresh Entertainment would listen to them anyways...for what, some extra ratings? In the past, CN simply edited out things they thought weren't fit but they never had any impact or say on actual character storylines and whatnot. Note that the Surfers come back to the competition in literally every version worldwide which leads me to believe CN really has nothing to do with it at all.

This theory also doesn't make sense considering the things that slip out onto the channel now practically unedited and untampered with, big examples being Steven Universe and Adventure Time, which are actually owned by CN. Because of that it would seem very...weird for a change to have taken place because CN said so.