The D.C.-set, Garry Trudeau-created comedy Alpha House starring John Goodman is “not a current show,” Amazon studio chief Roy Price said this afternoon, closing out the streaming service’s day at TCA. Not maybe such a surprise, given that Tucker Carlon’s political website reported same in May. On the other hand, Price…

Just in time for the midterm elections, Season 2 of Amazon Studios' political comedy Alpha House has arrived, and it gets my vote. The Garry Trudeau-created series debuts all 10 episodes of its second season Friday on Amazon Prime Instant Video. Watch my video review of the p, Alpha House has gotten sharper and more…

Amazon Studios will be dropping all 10 episodes of the second season of Garry Trudeau’s political comedy Alpha House on Friday, Oct. 24 on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the U.S., UK and Germany.  The series which follows a group of Republican senators who live under one roof, and stars John Goodman, Mark Consuelos…

Alpha House creator Garry Trudeau has no idea how many people are watching the Amazon streamed program. “We don’t know,” he told TV critics at Summer TV Press Tour 2014.  “One of the interesting things about working for Amazon is it’s kind of a black box. We don’t know what the metrics are. We’re  just thrilled when…

Amazon Studios today confirmed a second-season pickup of Garry Trudeau’s Washington, D.C. comedy series Alpha House starring John Goodman, Mark Consuelos, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy as Republican senators living under one roof. Additionally, the service has officially picked up four of its five primetime pilots as…

TV cameos are one of the traditional stations of the cross on the road to career redemption. Remember Paula Deen’s taped cameo on Fox’s MasterChef in the fall?  Now it’s Anthony Weiner‘s turn, in Friday’s season finale of Amazon's Alpha House. Weiner will appear as himself in the episode, which also features cameos…

Amazon Studios tonight introduced its first two original series, comedies Alpha House and Betas, during a TV Academy event at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre. And the recurring theme was creating quality TV. Alpha House, about four Republican U.S. senators who share a residence in D.C., is created, written and exec…

Comedies Alpha House and Betas, coincidentally named after the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, will debut on Amazon on November 15 and November 22, respectively. The first three of each series’ 11 episodes will be available to all Amazon customers for free. After that, one episode of each show will become…

Amazon Studios this morning officially ordered its first original series, giving series pickups to comedy pilots Alpha House starring John Goodman and Betas, which received the call 10 days ago, and kids pilots Annebots, Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf. The five series will air exclusively on Prime Instant Video later…

2ND UPDATE, 11:45 AM: I hear Alpha House has gotten an official pickup, joining Betas. Alpha House follows four senators (John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy, Mark Consuelos) who live together in a rented house in Washington, DC. Zombieland and Browsers did not make the cut. Related: Full Amazon Pilot Listings …

Christine Lahti will co-star opposite Brandon T. Jackson in the CBS drama pilot Beverly Hills Cop. The project, written by Shawn Ryan and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, is a continuation of the movie franchise and centers on Axel Foley's police officer son Aaron (Jackson), who takes down the criminal elements of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Consuelos has been tapped as a lead opposite John Goodman in Amazon Studios‘ comedy pilot  Alpha House. Yara Martinez and Kobi Libii also have been cast in the pilot written by Garry Trudeau.  Alpha House follows four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington DC. Consuelos will play…