Why Amazon Studios suffered rare drought at the Emmys
LA TimesAmazon Studios has typically hauled in the hardware on Hollywood awards nights, but not at the 73rd Emmy Awards. We remain focused on bringing quality, award-worthy film and television content to our diverse global audience.” The decade-old studio, which spends $8 billion a year on programming, has been under pressure to build a library of shows — such as “Jack Ryan,” based on the Tom Clancy character — that please mainstream Amazon Prime retail customers and international audiences as much as the art-house crowd. This awards season wasn’t a complete washout for Amazon Studios, which received 12 nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards; its film “Sound of Metal” won two Oscars — for sound and film editing. Many of Amazon’s popular shows, including comedies “Fleabag,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and the ground-breaking “Transparent,” were greenlighted by Roy Price, who ran the studio before its current head, Jennifer Salke. Netflix did with two series — ’80s drama “Stranger Things” and “Cobra Kai” — a show based off the “Karate Kid” franchise, according to Parrot Analytics.
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