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Over a year after The Acolyte was axed on Disney Plus after only one season, the show’s creator Leslye Headland has admitted she wasn’t surprised by the decision, but she didn’t expect how the news was delivered to the fans, and to her. “I was not surprised by it. I think I was surprised at the swiftness of it and the publicness of it. I was surprised by how it was handled,” she told The Wrap. “But once I was getting particular phone calls about the reaction and the criticism and the viewership, I felt like ‘OK, the writing’s on the wall for sure.'” The Acolyte was reportedly canceled due to poor viewership, although it was later revealed that it was the second most-viewed Disney Plus show last year. Headland explained that, with Star Wars, “you’re not just measured within the marketplace that you happen to be in at that time, you’re measured against every other Star Wars show. We hit the Nielsens a couple times,” she continued, “not every week or anything like that, but a couple times it poked through. I feel like for a launch of a first season show that was trying different things, I think it could have been worth it to allow the audience it was meant for to find it. But that wasn’t up to me. So I fully respect the decision, even if I’m sad about it.” Despite getting a good reception among critics (it stands at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes), the show became a target of racist online attacks. Lead actor Amandla Stenberg called out “a rampage of. hyper-conservative bigotry and vitriol, prejudiced hatred and hateful language” towards the cast, and admitted the cancellation was “not a huge shock.”.
https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-shows/the-acolyte-creator-says-she-was-not-surprised-her-star-wars-show-got-axed-because-it-was-always-a-major-risk-but-she-was-surprised-by-how-it-was-handled/

I have lived over half of my life in Maine, and I consider myself lucky. I have always been employed and had health insurance through my employers. Because of this, I have never had to worry about paying for the health care my family needs. We have never experienced food insecurity or had to choose which bills to pay to make our budget work.

Unfortunately, we are the exception—and it’s about to get worse.

Recently, the Maine Bureau of Insurance approved a 23.9% rate increase for 71,000 Maine residents who get their coverage through the ACA marketplace. Additionally, there is a 17.5% increase for residents covered by small employers with fewer than 50 employees. These rate hikes are driven by multiple factors, including the rising cost of drugs and medical services, as well as the potential loss of premium tax credits at the end of the year.

I can’t turn away from the fact that many families may now have to choose whether to keep their insurance or not. They may have to decide if they can make do with less coverage—or none at all—and hope they don’t experience significant health issues.

This situation makes me wonder: will mothers still get the prenatal care they need? Will children see their primary care providers regularly to avoid long-term health problems?

And those are just my concerns for the coming year. What happens if we experience more rate increases and uninsured patients begin using the emergency room as their primary care?

Who pays for that, and how?

Can we really afford to let this happen in Maine—and across the country?
https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/31/distressed-by-maine-health-insurance-rate-hike-letter/

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The Acolyte creator says she was “not surprised” her Star Wars show got axed because it “was always a major risk”, but she was “surprised by how it was handled”

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