10 TV Shows NOBODY Expected To Get Cancelled
2. The Acolyte
Even accepting the polarising audience response to the new Star Wars Disney+ series The Acolyte - some of it genuine criticism, some of it clearly made entirely in bad faith - it was a genuine shock to see the show cancelled just six weeks after its first (and now only) season wrapped up its run.
For starters it's Star Wars, and up to this point Disney hadn't cancelled any of their other live-action Star Wars shows, with even the likes of The Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi simply being considered "not in active development."
And given The Acolyte's strong early viewing figures, it was wholly plausible that Disney would give the show breathing room to further build a following throughout a second season.
Even with the show's declining viewing figures as the season progressed, it seemed probable that Disney would simply leave the show in limbo at worst in an attempt to save face.
But alas, they quite decisively announced that the show was outright cancelled in late August, leaving many nagging plot threads hanging in the air.
For her part, star Amandla Stenberg said the news "[wasn't] a huge shock" due to the "rampage of vitriol" directed towards her and her fellow cast members ever since the project was announced.