[drcongo]

They somehow spent $300m on Citadel, one of the very worst shows I've ever seen, and then somehow renewed it despite it getting roundly panned. Weirdly it's got a 6.2 on Amazon owned IMDb despite the vast majority of the user reviews giving it a 1 or a 2.

[runeofdoom]

I always assume the vast majority of show-related decisions (not just at Amazon, but everywhere) are made by executives who base their decisions on C-suite politics.

[matwood]

The only metric that matters and one streamers keep tight lipped about, is how many people viewed the show. Reports are that Citadel had very strong viewership numbers.

[zuminator]

The metrics they really care about are growth and retention. Viewership is only an imperfect proxy for those. Conceivably millions of people turn on a highly hyped program but end up hating it, don't recommend it, and cancel their subs. So it really does matter if people aren't happy with the content they consume.

[mason55]

> The only metric that matters and one streamers keep tight lipped about, is how many people viewed the show.

I believe the new WGA contract is forcing them to release numbers now. NFLX just did a big dump a few weeks ago.

[hashtag-til]

Does it increase the counter when you start streaming or when you finish the episode? That's the real question.

(obviously they have more complex reporting than $viewer++)

[Something1234]

The Netflix numbers were based on hours viewed per season globally. It was not broken out per episode or anything more granular. Would be curious to know exactly how they count everything and make sure that views don't get lost.

[hashtag-til]

I had hopes it would be a good series, but (spoiler alert) it isn't.

It seems they relied too much on "data" from other series and got it all wrong. Has elements of Homeland and the most cliche conspiracy theories, but not in a good way.

[drcongo]

I'm surprised you made it far enough to see those faults. I didn't make it past the first episode thanks to the abysmal green screening into a set that could have been built for $10k.

[hashtag-til]

I don't judge you - it was a struggle to keep going a couple episodes tbh.