A part of the equation I don't see anyone else putting is that for the broadcaster in existing networks/region it is relatively very cheap to operate. IIRC the total cost for the over-the-air broadcasting would for many markets and stations would essentially be a rounding error and easily still make a profit.

On this point alone they would have to REALLY drive down the numbers hard for them to not even bother, and even then it would more likely just see channels in smaller regions merge or let the broadcast from the larger region take over for a long period.

Yeah I put this show is more of just having a VERY loud echo-chamber and well targeted "niche" group. The people who like this show heavily fall into they won't shut up about it but the reality is the show was really not all that much watched and from what I have seen had some fairly high immediate drop offs.

It is pretty much a show that corners of twitter and some forms will just be quite dedicated to and miss how truly small it is in the bigger picture.