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Tom Power

Citadel wasn't the massive Prime Video hit TV show that Amazon made it out to be

Mason Kane stares directly into the camera in Citadel episode 6

Despite Amazon's bold claims about its extraordinary popularity, its expensive Citadel TV series wasn't as successful as we all thought.

At first glance, the Prime Video spy thriller, whose first season began airing on April 28 and ended on May 26, was thought to be a major hit for Amazon's streaming service. On the day of the TV show's season one finale (May 26), we reported that Citadel had the green-light for a second season, with the series owing its renewal to its immense popularity among viewers worldwide. That's according to Amazon anyway, who said Citadel was the second most-watched Prime Video Original series ever globally, and the fourth most-streamed Original TV show in the US alone.

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