Welcome to Questions of the Week, where we recap three TV-related topics and ask you what you think. Leave your thoughts by voting in the polls and explaining in the comments!
1. Disney+ canceled their latest Star Wars IP original series, The Acolyte, after a single eight-episode season. The highly-anticipated show cost $180 million to make, making it one of the most expensive series of all-time on a per-episode basis. It cracked the Nielsen streaming charts for a few weeks but was reportedly one of the least-watched shows in the IP overall, as well as subject to mixed reviews. In our Streaming Status column, The TV Ratings Guide’s final prediction for The Acolyte’s renewal chances was Leans Cancel — but did Disney+ make the right decision?
2. The 2024 Democratic National Convention recently concluded with Vice President Kamala Harris giving her nomination acceptance speech. It peaked at 28.9 million viewers, which is 500,000 viewers ahead of former President Donald Trump’s peak of 28.4 million viewers at July’s Republican National Convention. Both speeches are up from their 2020 counterparts; Trump lagged behind Biden by 800,000 with the speeches averaging 23.8 and 24.6 million viewers, respectively. Are the viewership levels for Harris’ speech better or worse than you expected?
3. The Librarians: The Next Chapter won’t air on The CW after all. As part of a new push to re-enter scripted programming, TNT has stuck a deal with The CW to become the home of the upcoming Librarians’ spinoff. TNT has also renewed The Librarians: The Next Chapter for a second season, and will keep The CW on as a producer — as The CW Studios. Reportedly, Warner Bros. Discovery is eyeing TNT as their new linear home for scripted programming now that The CW has moved toward unscripted and international series. Do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea?