Just over a month after Amazon launched its pricey Citadel spy thriller series, the show has STILL failed to crack the Nielsen top 10.
The new series – which cost $185 million and stars Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden – has already been renewed for a second season by Amazon.
Still, the seven-episode series received lackluster reviews with a 54% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 for the week of May 8-14 was released on Thursday (via Variety), marking the third week in a row that the show failed to crack the top 10.
May 8-14 is the second full week the show is available, despite debuting on April 28, with the first three days of availability included in the April 24-30 charts.
No top 10: Just over a month after Amazon launched its pricey Citadel spy thriller series, the show has STILL failed to crack Nielsen’s top 10
Top 10: Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 for the week of May 8-14 was released Thursday (via Variety), marking the third week in a row the show has failed to crack the top 10
Nielsen noted when releasing the April 24-30 chart that Citadel barely missed the top 10 streaming originals, with 306 million minutes watched.
The 10th show in the April 24-30 streaming originals ranking was Netflix comedy special John Mulaney: Baby J, which garnered 379 million viewing minutes.
The series failed to crack the Top 10 Streaming Originals charts for May 1-7 and May 8-14.
That being said, the show should take a bit longer to break into the Top 10, as Amazon reportedly prioritizes marketing the show in international markets.
Amazon announced at the end of May that the show is having “resounding success in countries around the world, including India, Italy, Brazil, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States”.
The streaming service also announced, “This is Prime Video’s second most-watched new original series outside of the United States and fourth worldwide.”
Amazon has already set up several spin-offs of the show for the Indian and Italian markets, although it is noted that Nielsen only counts viewing minutes in the United States.
Still, the fact that Citadel failed to reach the Top 10 likely indicates that the show has largely failed to connect with American audiences.
Missed: Nielsen noted when releasing the April 24-30 chart that Citadel barely missed the top 10 streaming originals, with 306 million minutes watched
Failure: The series failed to crack the Top 10 Streaming Originals for the May 1-7 chart and the May 8-14 charts
Success: Amazon announced at the end of May that the show was “a resounding success in countries around the world, including India, Italy, Brazil, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States “.
American: Still, the fact that Citadel didn’t make the Top 10 likely indicates the show essentially failed to connect with American audiences
Citadel follows an independent global spy agency that was taken down eight years ago, by agents of Manticore.
With the fall of Citadel, elite operatives Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) had their memories erased as they narrowly escaped.
They have remained in hiding ever since, building new lives under new identities, unaware of their past. Until one night, when Mason is found by his former Citadel colleague, Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci), who desperately needs his help to stop Manticore from establishing a new world order.
Mason searches for his former partner, Nadia, and the two spies embark on a mission that takes them across the world to stop Manticore, while dealing with a relationship built on secrets, lies, and dangerous love. but eternal. .
