[T.B. Yoits]

These shows are not about the plots, characters, and storylines. They're about the target audience being sold to advertisers. If the target audience isn't going to cough up enough money to advertisers, the advertisers demand different programming.

The marketers are likely seeing the dismal numbers for the recent Star Trek and Star Wars shows and avoiding funding another Sci-Fi series.

[Rockingham]

Good plots, characters, and storylines are what draws an audience. In addition, Amazon’s distribution model is primarily subscription based, not advertising based. That said, I get your point, because Amazon ultimately wants audiences for their shows so as to maintain their subscriptions.