User blog comment:GFobsesser123/The Hiatus/@comment-4784313-20130518144534/@comment-2156322-20130519052448

Then again, I should note it's not only for Gravity Falls that almost always get leaked. The Season 4 premiere of Phineas and Ferb still got 3.7 million viewers, which was in the top 5 of 2012, even though it was leaked a week early. In fact, it's been that way for that series for over 2 years, as the Rollercoaster Musical ep was leaked on January 21, 2011, yes it didn't get a lot of viewers, but that was due to a last minute change from a highly- promoed Spongebob being on the exact same time - not exactly from the ep being leaked early. And then, the series goes for 28 months in a row with at least 1 new episode per month - with over half of the episodes being leaked early.

Long story short, leaks don't always cause bad ratings and times with no new eps for months. Plus, with only 21 episodes for this season, and season 2 just announced 2 months ago, it's not likely until August-September for Season 2 to come.

Whew!