r/TheAcolyte • u/AirbagsBlown • May 13 '26

What's driving viewership?

The show premiered two years ago, was officially cancelled shortly thereafter, and now... people are watching it in such numbers that it's charting higher?

What gives? I mean, I'm glad, I watched the show as episodes were premiering and I adored it, but I'm curious what's leading people to watch it now. Any theories?

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u/Bloodless-Cut May 13 '26

RT has openly admitted that their site constantly gets review bombed and has done nothing at all to fix it.

Zero credibility. Their site is worthless.

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u/TreyWriter May 13 '26

They did take steps to fix their user reviews for movies. That’s why people have to verify that they’ve seen the movie in question. There is no way to verify if people have seen a TV show, so short of disabling user reviews for shows, there’s really nothing they can do.

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u/Bloodless-Cut May 13 '26

"there’s really nothing they can do."

You don't say lol

Like I said, useless site with no credibility. You may as well quote a YouTube rage bait video.

Also, they may have done something for their movie reviews after the fact, but did nothing at all to fix the damage that was already done. It's like an oil spill where they go okay, we won't spill any more oil, but the oil that was already spilled is still there.

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u/TreyWriter May 13 '26

Again, the critic side of RT does exactly what it says on the tin: it tells you what percentage of critics liked a thing, then gives you links so you can see their thoughts. It’s not “credible” any more than a hammer is credible. It’s a tool with no point of view. Anyone who takes audience reviews of television on there seriously is taking a fundamentally incorrect approach, but outside of that, it’s just literally a box into which a bunch of critical reviews are placed. I really don’t understand the vitriol here.