User blog comment:Duncan 99 New/Ends the real TOTAL DRAMA with TDWT?/@comment-1037137-20150824203411

Things definitely changed after TDWT. No point in denying it. But I'd say change was taking place even before that point. I.E., the negative trends we find ourselves still addressing into the newer seasons that have added to the glaring differences of TDI from most of its followups. Priorities and focus began to shift dramatically, and then after TDWT the tone shifted dramatically. A lot of them in both cases, not for the better either. But yes, there is a distinct difference between the seasons that ended with TDWT and the ones that began with TDROTI. The latter being arguably even more outlandish and over-the-top, and definitely taking itself even less seriously with its antics and favor of certain characters.

If you're by chance talking about what you do or do not consider canon......And if I'm wrong, my bad, then I say just exclude TDAS, as the other two TDROTI and TDPI are lesser offenders, but all of them do play in some way to what I think you don't seem to like about how the show has changed.