'The Activist' Shifting From Competitive Series to Documentary Special

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas is addressing backlash.Last week, Chopra, Julianne Hough and Usher were announced as judges of the upcoming show. However, the competition series' format came under fire for having activists compete against one another.

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CBS has made the decision to reformat its upcoming series "The Activist" after it received immense criticism for promoting performative activism and being tone-deaf.  When it was announced roughly a week ago at CBS’ Television Critics Association summer press tour, the format of "The Activist" would see celebrity judges Usher, Julianne Hough and Priyanka Chopra Jonas preside over a competition in which six activists representing three causes — health, education and the environment, would try to

“The Activist” is making a last-minute format change, retooling from a competition series to a one-off documentary special in response to widespread criticism over a show that pits aspiring activists against each other in a reality-show format.

CBS’ previously announced competition series The Activist—to be hosted by Usher, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, and Julianne Hough— is shifting its format to docuseries amid criticism, producers Global Citizen and Live Nation revealed on Wednesday.

Chris Willman Music Writer“The Activist,” a CBS series that had itself become the target of online activism in recent days, is being reconfigured in response to the firestorm of criticism, and will now become a one-time documentary special instead of a five-episode competition series, Variety has learned.Although footage for the original incarnation of the series had already been shot, this version of “The Activist” will be entirely new, with filming expected to begin from scratch.The show,

amid criticism for her new CBS show, “The Activist.”The 33-year-old is set to be a co-host on the competition series, alongside Usher and Priyanka Chopra, all of whom will judge activists competing to promote their various causes.In a very lengthy Instagram post she shared on Tuesday, the “Footloose” actress apologized for the show, as well as for the time she dressed up as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren, played by Uzo Aduba, from “Orange Is the New Black.”“The last few days have been a powerful

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