Amazon released pilot episodes for its 14 new shows last Friday, and asked for feedback from viewers to determine which Originals to pick up for full-season runs. Then earlier this week, the company announced that together the pilots were Amazon's most-watched shows over the weekend, and touted the fact that 80 percent of reviewers gave the shows 4- or 5-star ratings. Excited about the possibility of more high quality, made-for-streaming series like Netflix’s House of Cards, I sat down to watch all of Amazon’s new shows to see if the company’s first original content is worthy of an audience.
With two possible exceptions, it’s not.
Of the 14 pilots, six are made for children — I’m not exactly the target audience, so I...
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