Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The True Doctor Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho,uk.media.tv.sf.drwho Subject: Re: Doctor Who: RTD in the Radio Times. Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 03:27:44 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 04:27:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="779bb655cdd1ad1aba93cb1723cf50a6"; logging-data="4060864"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18aCSY0cC+Kquy2OKETs9pWGmbzF7Me15o=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:9SL5Wf+m1ltqTMWZ3bx6KxZQV78= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2977 On 15/06/2024 22:02, Hornplayer9599 wrote: > On 6/15/2024 13:16, Blueshirt wrote: >> The Doctor wrote: >> >>> In article , >>> Blueshirt wrote: >>>> The True Doctor wrote: >>>>> On 14/06/2024 19:54, Blueshirt wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> However, I strongly suspect Doctor Who gets more than 200 >>>>>> viewers on Disney+! >>>>> >>>>> Nope. Barely 200 people watched each episode from start to >>>>> finish on Disney+. >>>> >>>> Unless backed up by evidence*, and bearing in mind Disney+ is >>>> available in over a hundred countries around the world, I >>>> find the figure of 200 hard to believe. >>>> >>>> [* 'Evidence' is not comments made by some dude in a mask on >>>> YouTube.] >>> >>> Are Disney releasing stats? > > Are you really THAT stupid, Dave, or did you have to practice? > >> >> No, not so far... but if/when they do I can assure you that they >> will be higher than the 200 that Agamemnon is claiming!!! > > And if the viewership was indeed that low...Disney would cut their > losses, and cancel the show right now; that would actually save them > money as opposed to letting the contract run out after 2 years if things > were that bad. > The cash has already left Disney's bank account and there is nothing it can do the get it back. It has to wait 2 years for the contract to expire and then it can decide to cut its losses by not renewing it just like Netflix, Prime Video, and HBO Max did before it. -- The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." -William Shatner