Weird Take: I think AEG would have worked better if the CGI series continued concurrently with AEG.

I feel like AEG could have worked had it not been the \*only\* show for 5 years. AEG's target demographic was clearly skewed quite a bit younger than the OG show, and if they ran simultaneously, nobody would have batted an eye. It could have also grown the fanbase down the line, when the babies and young toddlers who like AEG now discover the original show, they might eventually join the fanbase and find who they really are. AEG could have worked as like an "introduction" of sorts for babies and young toddlers who may be too young to handle some of the plots of the Brenner era and such.