--- description: Amazon launched 13 new television pilots via the company's website Thursday, and which ones will get full runs may be partially up to you. title: Amazon Pilots Streaming: Here's How You Can Help Choose the Shows image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte937f72c9e7be60c/69877a03e53aba35614d70bf/amazonfiretvhomescreenangle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How You Can Help Choose Amazon's Next Shows  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 15, 2015 2:12 PM CUT  Amazon Fire TV Home Screen Amazon Fire TV Home ScreenAmazon  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 15, 2015 2:12 PM CUT Amazon launched 13 new television pilots via the company’s website Thursday, and which ones will get full runs may be partially up to you. The company offers free viewing of the programs and encouraging customers to tell the company which shows they think should receive a full season run. “We are working with great storytellers on some fascinating ideas for the year’s first pilot season,” said Amazon Studios vice-president Roy Price in a press release. “We look forward to seeing our customers’ response to these new projects.” This year’s set of pilots includes a diverse group of comedies, dramas, shows for children and a documentary series. The talent for the shows includes marquee names such as Academy Award nominee Ridley Scott, _The X-Files_ producer Frank Spotnitz and _The Shield_ creator Shawn Ryan. A full season of Woody Allen’s [_Untitled Woody Allen Project_](http://time.com/3665353/woody-allen-amazon-tv-series/ "undefined") received the green light without a pilot. Amazon made its first foray into original content in 2013 with shows like [_Alpha House_](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/15/tv-or-steaming-video-tonight-alpha-house-on-amazon/ "undefined")_._ Just days ago, the studio won a best television series Golden Globe for the show _Transparent_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3668907/amazon-series-pilots/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3668907/amazon-series-pilots/"},"headline":"Here's How You Can Help Choose Amazon's Next Shows","datePublished":"2015-01-15T14:12:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:36:11.863Z","description":"Amazon launched 13 new television pilots","url":"https://time.com/3668907/amazon-series-pilots/","keywords":["Television","Amazon","woody allen","entertainment","Amazon Prime","streaming","transparent"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte937f72c9e7be60c/69877a03e53aba35614d70bf/amazonfiretvhomescreenangle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte937f72c9e7be60c/69877a03e53aba35614d70bf/amazonfiretvhomescreenangle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amazon Fire TV","caption":"Amazon Fire TV","creditText":"Amazon","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3668907/amazon-series-pilots/","name":"Here's How You Can Help Choose Amazon's Next Shows"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Netflix, Amazon Golden Globe Wins Prove Shift In Power?","description":"Amazon’s “Transparent” won two Golden Globes and Netflix’s “House of Cards” netted one.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/WQUMDL5x/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-12T19:14:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WQUMDL5x.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3668907/amazon-series-pilots/","duration":"PT2M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3668907/amazon-series-pilots/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```