There's no saying how much Julianne Hough's concerns and decision to depart did or didn't affect the decision to retool The Activist competition series into a one-off documentary, but the latter happened just a day after the former. Interestingly, this isn't the first time that Hough unintentionally ended up involved in a controversial TV decision. The Activist was originally scheduled to premiere on October 22. Since the project is starting over with an entirely different format, it's likely that the documentary won't release on that date, but only time will tell. The fall TV schedule is packed with other projects, however, none of which generated the unique kind of controversy that The Activist did before the changes were announced.
