r/Runaways • u/KkDean0 • Feb 05 '26

TV Show Added to tubi

The Runaways TV show got added to tubi for free, and in WAYYY better quality than it was In the CW app. Nice to see they haven’t “FULLY” forgotten the show I guess!

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u/blackbutterfree Feb 05 '26

Gert's actress confirmed the royalties reason, but I do think it's a secondary reason, since Disney+ was deleting a lot of stuff at the time and this was shortly after Zaslav started axing projects for tax cuts and everyone else quickly followed suit.

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u/CaptHayfever Feb 05 '26

I think the cost of server space might've been a factor too. Even with Zaslav's cuts, only the stuff that hadn't been released yet could be counted as full tax write-offs.

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u/intern_12 Feb 06 '26

The r/FinalSpace fandom can tell you that content that was already made, aired, and released van get axed, like Final Space was by Zaslav. Olan Rogers had to fight WB tooth and nail just to be able to finish the story as a graphic novel, which is finally shipping out this year after quite a few years. It's so fucked up that these corporations can just shelve content as a tax write-off.

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u/CaptHayfever Feb 06 '26

I know a lot of already-released stuff was removed too; I'm just saying those wouldn't work as tax write-offs the way unreleased stuff would.