User blog:Broodje Kroket/What if Total Drama Island premiered ten years later?

No, this is not at all like the infamous Youtube videos...

When Tom Mcgillis announced Total Drama's cancelation, one of the reasons he cited was the lack of marketability of the reality show concept. That's an understandable reason, Total Drama Island was one of a kind with its animated contest format. But, what if Total Drama Island wasn't conceived and didn't premiere until 2017 and the concept of a animated reality tv contest was a bold, exciting concept that hadn't been done before? I have a few guesses.

Do forgive me in advance, I got very little experience in writing articles like this.

The overall atmosphere would be different to suit the 2010's
Total Drama Island was a hallmark of 00's life and culture, which is most evidently displayed in the character designs and attitudes. They were stereotypes of all kinds of people you'd run into in a high school back in the day, or at the farm in Ezekiel's case. It goes without saying that if Total Drama Island had been produced ten years later, it'd reflect 2010's culture and high school stereotypes, massive smartphone usage probably included as well.

If Fresh TV remained as progressive in nature as it was with 6Teen, there very likely would've been some LGBT characters, open or otherwise
With the rise of LGBT awareness over the course of the 2010's in North America, it's reasonable to expect that Fresh TV would write characters that reflect on that. They have done so before in 6Teen with a openly lesbian (Minor) character and even some jokes regarding Jonesy and Jude being perceived as a gay couple.

However, if I may add;'I do also think that Fresh would care more to put down a good character and not cash in on any hype a LGBT character would get them, which would be a great thing.

Total Drama Island would've benefited massively from the surge of internet connectivity
These days, the world is very connected. If a new show airs somewhere, it'll only be a matter of minutes before others will know about it, many others, through the power of social media. This was not the case back in 2007, where Total Drama Island only remained known in its native Canada, in no small part because foreign network didn't want to take the risk with the premise, and it wasn't until a year later that TDI was starting to air abroad. However, if people would've shared their positive views online, would that have influenced channels to broadcast it? Either way, it would've gotten much more exposure.

The show likely would've been massively memed in one way or another
Total Drama Island aired in a time where internet memes were only in their baby shoes, and hardly anyone even knew what they were exactly. These days, anything can be made into a meme, and if a show is popular, it'll spawn memes even faster. Just look at Steven Universe. Considering there are arguably plenty of moments in Total Drama Island that'd fit the bill, the internet would have a field day with Total Drama Island.

So, are there any guesses any of you have? Share them below!