Amazon Studios has just announced a new round of original kids pilots, set to debut early next year. Like with previous pilot batches from Amazon, viewer feedback will help determine which series get picked up for full season runs. The…
Amazon’s Five New Pilots Land Aug 28
Amazon’s next batch of original shows, five new comedy and drama pilots dubbed the ‘third pilot season’, will debut on August 28th. This batch of potential series is arguably the most promising yet, pulling in some heavy hitters both in…
Amazon’s First Live-Action Kids Show Now Available
Amazon has just released the first seven episodes of their first ever live-action show for kids. It’s called Annedroids, and it’s aimed at introducing scientific concepts to kids aged four through seven. According to Amazon: Annedroids is a live-action adventure…
Sam Waterston Joins Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie’
Netflix’s new original series Grace and Frankie has reportedly added another big name. The Hollywood Reporter says that the comedy has signed Law & Order and The Newsroom‘s Sam Waterston for a starring role. Waterston will play the gay husband…
Amazon Rounds Out New Pilot Season with Soderbergh-produced ‘Red Oaks’
Amazon’s third round of pilots, inarguably its most promising set of original content yet, has just been finalized with the addition of a new comedy, Red Oaks. Amazon describes it as “a coming-of-age comedy set in the “go-go” 80s that…
Amazon’s New Pilot Is About an Epidemic Spreading via Social Media
Amazon Studios has just added another drama to its third round of original pilots. This one’s called Hysteria, and it’s an “hour-long character-driven thriller.” From Amazon’s short description, Hysteria appears to center on some sort of disease or mass panic…
Amazon Kids Original ‘Creative Galaxy’ Now Available
Amazon’s second original kids series is now up on Prime Instant Video and available to stream. Creative Galaxy, from the creator of Blue’s Clues, was one of three original kids series greenlit during Amazon’s first round of original pilots. The…
Netflix Sci-Fi Series Sense8 Comes Into Focus
Until now, the only clue we’d received about the upcoming Netflix original series Sense8 is that it is “a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted.” Intriguing, but far from a clear picture of what we can expect…
Chelsea Handler’s Netflix Talk Show Is Going to Suck or Not Suck
As you probably heard, Chelsea Handler’s next talk show-hosting gig after E!’s Chelsea Lately will take place in the world of on-demand streaming – Netflix. Her new show will debut some time in 2016, and according to Netflix will “feature…
Martin Sheen Joins Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie’
Grace and Frankie, the upcoming Netflix comedy series starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, has cast its first male lead – Martin Sheen. Sheen will play a man who plans to leave his wife for another man, who is married…