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Amazon's new pilots star Matt Bomer on "The Last Tycoon," left, and Lauren Ambrose on "The Interestings."
The company this week kicked off its newest pilot season with two one-hour drama pilots and six children's show pilots. Instead of a bunch of suits debating what to greenlight, viewers can watch the pilot episodes and review them in order to help Amazon choose which ones it will order to series.
One interesting note: Stories dealing with shifting time were a major trend in this year's new fall broadcast shows, and the same goes for Amazon's drama pilot offerings.
We watched Amazon's two new drama pilots. Here's our take:
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