The Acolyte, Disney’s newest Star Wars TV show, may be being review-bombed - but new viewership data gives a sense of what’s really going on. The Star Wars fandom has always been prone to division, but Leslye Headland’s Star Wars Disney+ TV show seems to have become a massive flashpoint. The Acolyte has been review-bombed on Rotten Tomatoes; the audience score there now stands at an improbable 14 percent (lower than the ill-fated Star Wars Holiday Special).
New viewership data from Variety gives a sense of what’s really going on, though. Provided by Luminate, this data shows the minutes watched of every streaming original TV show over the period from June 7 to June 13. It’s largely a boost for Netflix, but The Acolyte’s performance is very interesting indeed.
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Still, Disney will be quite pleased with The Acolyte’s performance here. The Acolyte is literally the only non-Netflix show to appear in the top ten for that period, suggesting it’s a success. The scale of that success will become clear over the weeks, as we get a sense of whether viewers stuck around or dropped off.
Boys hate girls, for some stupid reason…
It’s because they smell nice and make us have feelings.
“The Acolyte is doing fine… from a certain point of view.”
“it’s important to note that Netflix TV shows are boosted by this specific metric. The streaming giant release multiple episodes at a time, whereas The Acolyte - the only entry from any other streaming service - only dropped a single episode last week.”
It will be interesting to see what happens after the show ends on July 16th.
I watched the first two episodes and went:
a) Well that’s a waste of Carrie-Anne Moss.
followed by:
b) I can wait until all the episodes are released.
