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The company launched two “primetime” series, _Alpha House_ and _Betas_, last year, but neither received the acclaim that _Orange Is the New Black_ or _House of Cards_ have earned in their two seasons. That could change later this month when Amazon Studios premieres pilots for five new shows: three half-hour comedies and two hour-long dramas. Among the most promising are Marc Foster’s _Hand of God_, which stars Ron Perlman as a powerful judge seeking vengeance against “the rapist who tore his family apart” and _Really_, which _Broken Lizard_ vet Jay Chandrasekhar writes, directs and stars in, alongside Sarah Chalke (_Scrubs_) and Selma Blair. Other offerings include _Red Oaks_, a comedy directed by David Gordon Green (_Eastbound and Down_) and produced by Steven Soderbergh, Whit Stillman’s _The Cosmopolitans_ (starring Adam Brody, of _The O.C._ fame) and _Hysteria_, with Mena Suvari. It’s too early to say with any certainty that the shows will be hits (or even picked up at all), but some of the star power — especially behind the camera — is encouraging. 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