Amazon CEO Begins Asking Tough Questions after $250M+ Citadel Streaming Series Fails to Impress

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has begun asking his Hollywood studio executives as to why they're spending so much money after a series of pricey projects have failed to connect with domestic audiences. Chief among those is Citadel, a new global spy thriller starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jones that, while costing more than $250 million for just one season, failed to enter the top 10 most-watched streaming programs in the US, per a Bloomberg report that cites Nielsen data. What this seems to mean is that Amazon Studios may have less employees in the near future.

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Should have just purchased Messiah from Netflix, or reboot SGU or a few more in need of love.