Cancelled TV Shows

A quick catch-up on some TV I've watched recently...

• Star Wars: The Acolyte: There are few TV shows I've looked forward to as much as this one. "Secret Invasion" probably comes closest. Unfortunately, like "Secret Invasion", it was a bitter, bitter disappointment. That said, "The Acolyte" wasn't the horror show that certain elements of the internet made it out to be, it just wasn't much of anything really. Other than two really good lightsaber duels, I find it hard to think of anything much in the show that is at all worth recommending. Which is a real shame.
• My Lady Jane: From Amazon Prime, this is a fake-historical show about Lady Jane Grey, the short-lived sucessor to King Edward VI. This is another one that the trailers made look really quite interesting, and it was diverting enough... but I was neither surprised nor particularly disappointed to hear of the cancellation. Basically, after a pretty good first, each subsequent episode was weaker than the one before it, until it was mostly just a case of getting to the end. A shame.
• Renegade Nell: Again in the fake-historical genre, this one came from Disney+ and followed the exploits of a superpowered highwaywoman. This one was better than "My Lady Jane"... but not enough to save it from the axe. Of the three, this is the show I would most liked to have seen more of, but I was still not surprised that it wasn't renewed.
• The Penguin: This one hasn't been cancelled, and that's a good thing. Large parts of "The Penguin" were extremely uncomfortable to watch, so much so that I rationed myself to no more than one episode a day, but it was extremely well made, with a commanding central performance by an unrecognisable Colin Farrell.

My upcoming watch list is fairly extensive - I took a long time getting through "Succession", so several things have backed up:

1. I'm currently nearing the end of the third season of "Vox Machina", which remains excellent.
2. The second part of the final season of "Cobra Kai" is next.
3. The second season of "Rings of Power".
4. "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew"

and then I'm not sure.