Disney/Fox Merger: 8 Disastrous Implications It Has For The MCU

2. How It Would Affect TV

By far one of the most surprising - and indeed worrying - things about 2017 has been regarding the future of Disney's Marvel TV shows.

What at first looked like a fairly safe and secure environment in Netflix now looks set to be raised to the ground altogether, with Bob Iger et al. moving their Marvel properties to a streaming service of their own make, along with Pixar, Star Wars and the rest.

Apart from the sheer fact that, y'know, audiences are sick of subscribing to more streaming services as it is, Disney's designs on TV would further place Fox's own series in jeopardy. That means Gotham, a DC work, could get scrapped - as could Lucifer - but also that The Gifted and Legion could leave as well. We still don't know what'll be permitted on this new streaming service, or even if any new Marvel characters are in line for a series either, and while it's likely to provoke a massive restructuring of Disney's small-screen projects regardless, the departure of Fox's shows would be a massive shame for all concerned.

The rise of the studio's X-Men TV series have largely paralleled that of their big-screen counterparts, and while Legion or The Gifted are yet to pick up an audience as big as S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil or the rest, they exemplify the talent currently residing at the network. To lose them would be a real tragedy.