To add to this, WB did have successes that year, Wonka and Barbie. Which makes the Flash's failure noticeable cause it was their most hyped picture,...
Well, at least Ultimate barely focused on the school and it was mostly a (badly executed) team show while the 2017 one made everything about SCIENCE...
I liked the latter and for the same reason I liked the other two: taking a marquee character and pairing him/her up with a less popular name as a way...