The Real Reason Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Is Ending
By Emily Bell
While shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jessica Jones, and Daredevil were all produced by Marvel Television, it looks like Marvel Studios has decided to get into the TV game. Kevin Feige recently announced that in Phase 4 of the MCU, there will be a whole new slate of TV shows released on Disney+, including Loki, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and WandaVision. And this move to Disney+ is putting Marvel Television in quite a bind.
After all, the Marvel Studios/Disney+ shows are going to be more like smaller-scale films, complete with that bottomless Disney budget and major stars like Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, and Jeremy Renner. Plus, they're based on super successful movies, so it makes sense that Disney would want to emphasize these prestige projects over shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And really, it's no coincidence that series such as Luke Cage, Legion, and S.H.I.E.L.D. have all been cancelled at around the same time.
For the moment, it's unknown if S.H.I.E.L.D. — or any other former Marvel TV shows for that matter — will be available on the Disney+ streaming service. However, Disney's ever-encroaching grasp does have significant ownership stake in Hulu, which ABC uses as a DVR streaming platform, so perhaps in the long run it doesn't matter all that much. Residuals are residuals.
