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From: The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM>
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Subject: Re: Doctor Who: RTD in the Radio Times.
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 03:27:44 +0100
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On 15/06/2024 22:02, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
> On 6/15/2024 13:16, Blueshirt wrote:
>> The Doctor wrote:
>>
>>> In article <xn0on3kobh3r1i4001@post.eweka.nl>,
>>> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> 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.

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