AMAZON STUDIOS OUSTS SECOND EXECUTIVE

Joe Lewis, the executive in charge of comedy and drama at Amazon Studios, is leaving the company just days after programming chief Roy Price stepped down after being suspended over allegations of sexual harassment. The accusations against Price came from Isa Hackett, the producer of the Amazon hit series “The Man in the High Castle.” Lewis, whose departure was first reported by the “Hollywood Reporter,” will be replaced by former Fox International executive Sharon Tal Yguado. Lewis had faced allegations over conflict of interest. Earlier this month, the “Wall Street Journal,” citing people close to the program, wrote that Lewis pressured people working on the show “The Tick” to cast his girlfriend, actress Yara Martinez, in the pilot and then to expand her role.