Disney undergoes huge shakeup amid Hulu merge as multiple shows are scrapped leaving fans furious
Disney recently announced that streaming service Hulu + Live TV would be integrated into Disney+ following the news of the merge made in a bid to give subscribers more content in one place.
Instead, the changes - among others - seem to have more implications for people's favorite shows.
As Disney restructures its streaming strategy, many fans have been left wondering if their shows will be renewed for another season.
So far in 2025, Disney+ has only renewed four shows: The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (season 4), Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (season 2), Percy Jackson and the Olympians (season 2), and Daredevil: Born Again (season 2).
Everything else seems to be walking a fine line.
And it's not necessarily just unpopular shows that have been scrapped - there have been a few high-profile picks that haven't survived another season.
Extraordinary, the critically-praised supernatural comedy, has been axed before a third season.
The historical mystery Shardlake, starring Sean Bean, also got the boot.
But perhaps the most gutting blow for many came when Goosebumps was canceled after just two seasons.
While based on R.L. Stine's beloved books, Disney pulled the plug - though Sony Pictures Television is reportedly shopping it to other platforms.
And fans were not pleased at the slew of changes.
'I hope Extraordinary gets picked up by another streaming service because holy shit I'm so upset they cancelled the renewal. Disney made a big mistake,' one fan shared.
'Why cancel a show with nostalgia value when half the platform is filled with forgettable reboots?' one X (formerly Twitter) user asked.
'Disney is where properties go to die,' another said.
The patterns around the cancellations aren't random.
While these shows may have been popular and growing fan bases, it seems as though Disney is axing anything that doesn't deliver immediate, metric-based success.
So if a show has slower audience growth - even if it has a strong fan base - it could be vulnerable.
It was reported that between 2020 and 2023, Disney canceled a larger percentage of its series than competitors like Netflix or Max.
Usually these kinds of cuts happen after just one or two seasons, before a story has a chance to gain momentum.
Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. and The Mysterious Benedict Society were all canceled after just one of two seasons in 2023, despite growing interest in the shows.
It seems as though Disney is 'tightening its belt' after costly acquisitions like 20th Century Fox.
This includes not only canceling shows, but getting rid of some titles from the platform completely.
But all hope is not lost for Disney fans.
Some of the shows that were canceled - like Goosebumps - are being pitched to other streamers and networks that could potentially give them a second life.
And Disney's platform itself hasn't stopped rolling out new content despite the cancellations.
Disney is still rolling out new titles like Eyes of Wakanda and Raising Asia.
Though, it's unclear yet whether these shows will survive the platform's seemingly strict decision-making.
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