Get this, season 2 of this turd was switched from MTV to Spike TV where it is now enjoying a quick ratings death. The show is so bad that Spike is now running two back-to-back episodes each week in order to get it off their schedule faster. Yes, this show is that bad, lol.
What's also telling is how the Shannara Reddit forum has really changed between seasons. In season 1 there were shills and fanbois galore in that forum. But now for season 2 there are far, far less people commenting about this show, let alone commenting favorably. And Terry Brooks official apologist butt boy, who was all over the forum in season 1, is now missing in action. The shills are all gone, no doubt because they aren't getting paid to pump this turd the way they were for season 1. And there are virtually no blog posts and/or articles promoting season 2.
At any rate, season 1 came in at about 1 million for ratings whereas season 2 is averaging .3 for viewership so far. How season 1 got that many viewers I'll never know, but I suspect promotional shenanigans were involved with tabulating those numbers. Yes the writing for season 2 is atrocious, but it was just as bad, if not worse, in season 1, so that can't be the only reason for the change in numbers. No matter though as this show is about to become Cancellation Bear feces in short order.
I suspect something similar will happen with STD. They've pumped the hell out of that show but to no avail. Sure it's getting a second season but unless they promote it heavily it will go the way of The Shitnara Chronicles.