Wednesday, March 27, 2013

'Betas,' a comedy show based on Silicon Valley, is Amazon Studios' latest pilot

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Amazon Studios has greenlit yet another comedy pilot. Betas, a show that Amazon says is about four Silicon Valley "computer geeks" attempting to create the code and product that will make them their fortune, is the eight comedy show that has come out of Amazon Studios. Amazon greenlit six comedies back in December and gave the nod to Zombieland just a few days ago. The show sounds rather similar to one pilot from that first slate of shows — Browsers is another comedy pilot about young people in the tech world.


It's just the latest bit of evidence that Amazon is going to push hard on more affordable comedies and family shows as it tries to break into the world of original content and gain a loyal stable of viewers. By comparison, the...


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