MAGA America blamed after Disney cancels Doctor Who deal

[22lcidw]

It’s always interesting to read woke shows being cancelled due to low ratings and yet the left never seem to put two and two together and realize that the majority of people don’t want to see woke shows.

They have resources to do this. It is just too much of the woke agenda and it needs to be streamlined. A lot of woke commercials and advertisements for programs are shown also.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Not a big fan of the series and I doubt it was MAGA who was responsible for the cancellation.

But I'll accept responsibility for Disney's withdrawal of production funding. Like they say, "Go woke, go broke."

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal​

MAGA America and so-called “woke” casting have been blamed for Disney’s decision to end its financial backing of cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.

Production and streaming giant Disney, which signed on as the co-producer and exclusive home of Doctor Who outside the UK in 2022, ended the deal this week.

While lower than expected viewing figures were a major factor for the decision, industry publication Deadline quoted sources at the show as saying a “woke” backlash may have been awakened as Doctor Who has embraced diverse storytelling under writer and producer Russell T Davies.

Doctor Who’s viewing figures have experienced a severe drop off in recent years according to Barb, the UK’s official ratings agency.

Season 15 averaged 3.8 million viewers, a decline of 1 million on season 14.

Both seasons with actor Ncuti Gatwa as the titular Doctor were down on Jodie Whittaker’s concluding season in 2021 – which was watched by an average of 5.2 million people.

Under writer Davies, the series has cast transgender actress Yasmin Finney as drag-queen villain Jinkx Monsoon.

It also featured an historic gay kiss between Gatwa – who publicly came out as gay in 2023 – and American performer Jonathan Groff, which attracted complaints from some BBC viewers

The BBC rejected the complaints in June 2024, saying Doctor Who “will always continue to proudly celebrate diversity and reflect the world we live in”.

But Deadline cited a “well-placed industry source” as saying Doctor Who became “too woke for Trump’s USA”, and this was a factor in Disney minds when it came to renewing its production deal.

MAGA America blamed after Disney pulls out of Doctor Who deal

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I like the series, but for me, I started to turn a side eye when they cast a woman as the doctor. Growing up as a child, the doctor was a man and has always been a man. He was a man when they rebooted the series 10 or so years ago, then out of the blue, they cast a woman. It wasn’t horrible, but it was just out of place.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Doctor Who because of their casting bullshit was dying long before this....after David Tennant and Matt Smith the show went down hill fast...

Those two were the best doctors! Although I did also like Eccelston and Capaldi

 

[Harry Dresden]

Those two were the best doctors! Although I did also like Eccelston and Capaldi

yea i liked the 9th doctor too...

 

[Captain Caveman]

Doctor Who because of their casting bullshit was dying long before this....after David Tennant and Matt Smith the show went down hill fast...

I've never watched it since Tennant left.

 

[ThisIsMe]

yea i liked the 9th doctor too...

Yep, Eccleston, he was good and Billie Piper turned out to be a great companion

 

[Harry Dresden]

I've never watched it since Tennant left.

matt smith was pretty good too....