Um, we were going to write about this. Honest! We swear! But Gizmodo beat us to it. So we bow to the amazingly perceptive Big Dogs:
by Adam Clark Estes
This year’s batch of brand new pilots from Amazon Studios just went live, and there are surprising number of stars in the mix. From a drug-laced drama about classical music with Gael Garcia-Bernal to a dysfunctional family comedy with Jeffrey Tambor (wait that sounds familiar), there’s something for everybody.
Oh, and they’re all free to watch, whether you’re a Prime subscriber or not. Amazon is looking for feedback (read: customer reviews) so that they can decide which pilots to launch into full-blown series, as they did with last year’s Alpha House and Betas. Out of the five shows for kids and five for grown ups, there’s got to be a hit.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the shows for grown-ups. All that’s left for you to do is stock up on snacks; a weekend of TV-binging awaits.