Disney+ Series 'The Right Stuff' Canceled After One Season

Streaming service Disney+ has opted to cancel The Right Stuff after the first season of the series.

The Right Stuff ©Disney

As reported by Deadline, Disney chose not to order a second season of the series set during the space race. This marks Disney+’s first scripted series cancellation.

Based on Tom Wolfe’s best-selling book of the same name, the eight-episode series, The Right Stuff, followed NASA’s Mercury Seven team in 1959 as they raced to ensure America made it to space within an ambitious two-year timespan. The show was reportedly a modest performer for Disney+, and it did not make it into Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming ratings.

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Warner Bros. Television, the studio behind The Right Stuff, is currently shopping the series to other media outlets, with TNT and HBO Max considered as potential targets. There is a major financial incentive for the studio to try to keep the show going — in November 2020, the series was given $13.7 million to move from Florida to California for Season 2, the fourth-highest relocating incentive ever awarded under the CFC program.

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