User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: (Feat. Mattalamode) Season 1 Debate/@comment-28485972-20170804125538/@comment-30307603-20170804160216

@Valer I believe there are a multitude of reasons as to why this show never reached the pop cultural status of Steven Universe or Adventure Time that could warrant a short blog post on its own, but you've definitely covered a major reason with it being for "casual viewers". Even I must admit that Season 1 was safe and didn't do much to appeal to a broader demographic. By the time the later seasons rectificad this issue, it was too little too late, sadly.

@Katapultman Regular Show had that adult humor niche going for it that allowed it to overshadow Gumball. Adventure Time was the first show to be perceived as "good" by the masses after Cartoon Network reached a rough patch in its life (We don't speak of those days); even though I don't think to highly of Adventure Time these days, such a milestone in the network's history was going to get attention.