User blog comment:TDfan2007/How Total Drama went into a wreck/@comment-1037137-20140811144912

Probably has a lot to do with the people who took over after Action, and interferences from their partner studios. From what I heard, production of the series has been a nightmare in terms of how they actually work together to get this thing made.

Things like completely rewriting and deconstructing the cast, playing favorites to no practical outcome, keeping up unwelcome routines, and the 13-episode structure all play a part in it.

Though the 13-episode length is forgivable with the right effort. The other elements though are less so.

And yeah, I have no idea why they decided to split it, that was clearly a bad move. If TDPI is that much better, then it should've been just TDPI, no TDAS at all.