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# Amazon's TV Troubles and Netflix's Continued Dominance
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/amazons-tv-troubles-and-netflixs-continued-dominance/
- Published: 2023-04-04T17:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-04T17:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Zack Zwiezen: Report: Only 37% Of Viewers Finished Amazon’s Lord Of The Rings TV Show, The Most Expensive In History](https://kotaku.com/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-of-power-series-flop-expensive-1850296353?ref=birchtree.me)

> A new report reveals that only 37 percent of viewers who watched one episode of Amazon’s *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power*—[the most expensive series ever](https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/09/02/the-lord-of-the-ring-the-rings-of-power-is-it-worth-watching-the-most-expensive-tv-series-?ref=birchtree.me#:~:text=Some%20%24465%20million%20%2D%2D%20%24250,the%20most%20expensive%20in%20history.)—stuck around to watch the rest of it. That’s bad. But even worse when you realize the minimum stat Amazon wants for a show of that size is closer to 50 percent.

This is a shame because I loved the series, and I thought it got better every episode. I was kinda bored at the start and then I was hugely invested by the end. Also [certain morons](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/elon-musk-slams-jeff-bezos-lord-of-the-rings-woke-1235361273/?ref=birchtree.me) watched 20 minutes into the first episode and complained that all the male characters sucked 🤦‍♂️

> But as Amazon productions underperform, shows like [HBO’s *The Last of Us* have seen their audiences grow](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-last-of-us-season-1-finale-ratings-1235351440/?ref=birchtree.me) with each episode. And Netflix still dominates the streaming charts, with *The Hollywood Reporter* pointing out Nielsen data from 2022 showed that all of the top 10 shows were from Netflix. *The Boys*, an adult superhero show on Amazon Prime, came in at 11th place. And the most expensive show ever made, Amazon’s answer to *Game of Thrones*? Number 15.

I continue to find the [early-2022](https://www.pajiba.com/tv%5Freviews/the-bottom-is-dropping-out-of-netflix.php?ref=birchtree.me) [storyline](https://nypost.com/2022/05/15/netflix-shows-americans-have-had-enough-woke-speech-policing/?ref=birchtree.me) of ["no one watches Netflix anymore"](https://www.pajiba.com/tv%5Freviews/the-bottom-is-dropping-out-of-netflix.php?ref=birchtree.me) absolutely hilarious. All 10 of the most streamed shows on all services were on Netflix last year.