This topic might be a bit dated at this point, but it’s not our fault that Amazon can’t not bring ridicule on themselves. This time, as reported on That Park Place, Amazon MGM Studio Boss is committed to propagating the propaganda that The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power is doing well, which doesn’t ring true. Pardon the alliteration and puns.
Jennifer Salke, whom I will refer to from now as as Ms. Sulk, made a claim to Variety that “over 55 million people…have engaged since Season 2 launched.” That’s a very interesting turn of phrase. The word she used…engaged…isn’t the typical verbiage when discussing how well a show is doing. What one typically looks at is how many people watched.
Here’s an example. Samba TV reported that 1.8 Million US households watched the premiere of Season 1. 902 Thousand watched the premiere of Season 2. See how that works? (Wow, 47% drop?)
Ms. Sulk’s failure to define how or where the engagement takes place leaves us doubting her credibility. The double speak she used next didn’t help either, “And if you look at the long-term trajectory, which is how this company looks at an asset like that, this is a long-term investment in that franchise.” LOL…WHAT?!
And it gets worse. Ms. Sulk followed up with a claim that “well over 150 million viewers” are “watching and engaging with the show.”
But…um…wait…
It’s not just me, right? Did she multiply her initial number by 3? Or is she referring to another 95 million people who watched Rings of Power Season 2, but somehow didn’t engage with it?
We could play with this all day; using Ms. Sulk’s math skills to pick apart Amazon’s lack of realism with their viewership and ‘engagement’ with respect to Rings of Power. However, we’re not going to do that. Instead, check out the full break down of actual viewership numbers presented at That Park Place to see just out of touch the Amazon MGM execs really are.
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To see the Live stream, check out the following link. The Amazon MGM topic begins around the 1 hour 47 minute mark.
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