New Pilots Proposed on Amazon

Last year Amazon reached out to the public and asked us to comment on a number of new pilots to determine which ones the company would develop into full-blown series. It worked well, and Alpha House and Betas were the resulting new shows.  I like both of these new series and look forward to another chance to be part of the selection process.  

Well, we now have another chance with a new batch of dramas and comedies.  You can check them out yourself and provide your input.  The five new adult shows are as follows:

-- The After (one-hour Sci-fi drama):  Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world.

-- Bosch (one-hour police drama):  A homicide detective works to solve the murder of a boy while standing trial for the murder of a serial killer. 

-- Mozart in the Jungle (half-hour comedy):  Sex, drugs — and classical music — see what happens behind the curtains at the symphony.

-- The Rebels (half-hour comedy):  Julie is in over her head when her husband suddenly dies, leaving her the owner of a pro football team. 

-- Transparent (half-hour drama):  A family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel after a dramatic admission. 

I plan to watch all of them this week and provide feedback.  Compared to the networks, this seems to be a better way to go rather than killing new shows mid-season, which has to be expensive.  And here it is the public deciding rather than advertisers reacting to some social pressure group (of six paying members).  Give it a try.