Marvel Televsion Looks To Be Shuttered

Marvel Studios has been a juggernaut at the box-office, but it has struggled with projects related to the small screen.  While Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has obviously been a success for the House of Mouse, it hasn't always felt a part of the MCU.  In fact, each season seems to separate it more and more from the MCU.  Yes, there have been some appearances from MCU actors on the show, but that just makes it more awkward.  Netflix programs like Daredevil and Punisher have done well, but their other shows, ike Luke Cage and Iron Fist, have fallen flat.  The Inhumans didn't even make it through an entire season.  So what is a studio supposed to do?

Write off their losses.  At least, that's the approach that Disney seems to be taking.  Disney created the Marvel Television Studio to settle tensions between Kevin Feige and Ike Perlmutter.  It allowed Feige more creative control with the MCU without having to work with Pertmutter.  While Feige has had essentially bottomless pockets of money to create his movies, Pertmutter has been given crumbs by comparison.

Now that Disney is getting ready to launch their Disney+ streaming service, all of that is about to change.  They are introducing new "televisions" shows, like WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,  that are going to be done on a "movie" sized budget. This will allow them to be connected to the MCU without the "B-movie" grade quality to them.

Marvel Television will now stop trying to keep up with their big brothers in the MCU and will now focus solely on animated projects, like the upcoming Offenders, which will feature Tigra, MODOK, Hit-Monkey, and Howard the Duck.  All of their live action shows on cable and network television though, seem to be about to disappear in a snap.