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At launch, Amazon boasted about record-breaking viewership, but that narrative quickly faded as the backlash began to surface. Attempting damage control, the company went silent, avoiding further big statements about the show's performance. Meanwhile, data from sources like Samba TV indicate that viewer engagement did not meet expectations for such a high-profile project. Critical aggregation sites like Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, and Metacritic reflected a starkly different audience sentiment, with overwhelmingly negative reviews and scores.