Since the news broke that Academy was cancelled, I've seen a number of comments implying that people who posted negatively about it on Lemmy are in some way responsible for its cancellation. That's a ridiculous notion. Nobody with the power to make that decision gives a single shit about what goes on here, nor are they even aware of our existence. I get that you're frustrated, but your ire is misdirected.

Funny how we can influence a TV show into being canceled because it deals with "icky wokeness" but can't do anything about the actual icky child fucker.

Its been standard practice to blame online communities for bad numbers or office politics for most of the last decade.

The fact that this is happening now and not at the end of season 2 implies studio shenaniganary and not listening to some dumb chuds.

Why would they sabotage viewership for season 2 instead of canceling it outright? Or at a minimum just dump the rest of it now?

My gut says it’s virtue signaling by management to the Ellison who’s gonna run the place in the not too distant future. Canceling the “woke” trek sounds like something sufficiently sycophantic for a Hollywood exec.

The worst part is now the chuds are taking a victory lap.

I hope those individuals whom latch onto what Shatner says, change their attitude.