(NASDAQ: AMZN)—After generating more than 6,000 five-star reviews,
customers’ beloved Senators-turned-roomies will once again be shaking
hands, kissing babies and bunking up. Amazon Studios today announced
that the critically-acclaimed and customer-favorite Garry Trudeau
political series Alpha House will return for a second season. John
Goodman, Mark
Consuelos, Clark
Johnson and Matt
Malloy will reprise their roles as Republican Senators living under
one roof in Washington, D.C. Since its launch, Alpha House has
become the most popular TV season on Amazon Instant Video and has
collected over 6,000 5-star reviews. Production on season two is
scheduled to begin this summer.
“We are delighted that Alpha House is a winner among Prime
members,” said Roy Price, Director of Amazon Studios. “More than 6,000
customers gave the show a perfect five-star rating and have posted
glowing, witty and compelling reviews asking for a second season. We’re
excited to begin production and keep the story about these senators
alive.”
Written by Academy Award-nominee and Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry
Trudeau and produced by Trudeau, Elliot
Webb and Jonathan
Alter, Alpha House is a comedy about four misfit senators who
rent a house together in Washington, D.C. and deal with the
outrageous—and sometimes all-too-real—foibles of Beltway life.
“Alpha House is a joy to work on, and we’re thrilled that the
show’s been renewed by Amazon,” said Garry Trudeau. “It’s fun to dance
on the leading edge of streaming video, where audiences converge on
server farms at all hours, besotted by John Goodman and free two-day
shipping.”
Customers can binge watch season one of Alpha House now,
exclusively on Prime Instant Video, using their Kindle Fire, iPad,
iPhone, Roku, Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, and hundreds of other connected
devices, or they can watch online at Amazon.com. For those who are not
already Amazon Prime members, the first three episodes of Alpha House
are available to all Amazon customers through Amazon Instant Video.
Customers can sign up for a free trial of Amazon Prime at www.amazon.com/primevideos.
Thousands of customers have posted their reviews of Alpha House. Here’s
what they’re saying:
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“One of the funniest shows I’ve seen for awhile. Watched the first
episode and I’m hooked for the duration. Sometimes ‘fiction’ takes on
a reality of its own!”
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“Awesome show! I hope this is a sign of things to come from Amazon.
Very funny, great casting, and wonderful writing. Hope there is
another season soon!”
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“Love the juxtaposition of fiction with nonfiction, actors and
mainstream newsmen. Looking forward to the next season coming out.”
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“Watch it now. I personally cannot wait for season two. Great cast and
darn good political comedy writing. See it.”
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“A show that no one should miss. This is a wonderful show, especially
for anyone who follows politics. The acting and actors are a joy to
watch and the dialogue is snappy and very funny.”
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“Love it. Can’t say enough about this series. Look forward to the next
season. John Goodman is excellent and the writers are truly gifted.
Casting is spot on!”
About Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios launched in 2010 as a new way to develop feature films
and episodic series—one that’s open to great ideas from creators and
audiences around the world. Anyone can upload a script and will then be
notified within 45 days if that script is optioned. Amazon Studios will
read and review all submissions and those who choose to make their
projects public will also receive feedback from the Amazon Studios
community.
More than 8,000 movie and approximately 2,000 series projects have been
submitted to Amazon Studios. Amazon Studios continues to invite series
creators to upload their proposals for comedy and children’s programming
at http://studios.amazon.com/getting-started/series
or submit them privately via Amazon Studios.
Comprehensive cast and crew information, including bios and
filmographies, is available on Amazon's IMDb (www.imdb.com),
the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and
celebrity content.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the world’s best-selling and most
advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher
contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the
latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the
ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle,
features improved fonts and faster page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX
features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9” HDX display, a quad-core 2.2
GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of battery life, as well as
exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray for Music, Second
Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday
button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display,
high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price.
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of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
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