Mozart in the Jungle

The metrics of streaming success are as opaque as ever, but new insight into Amazon’s spending habits may reveal its top-rated shows. New reports identify how Amazon rates original programming as a hit, and may reveal a huge price tag for some of its shows.

It’s a brave new world for the 2017 Emmy awards with Game of Thrones and others sitting this year out. The big announcement is finally here, as presented by Veep star Anna Chlumsky and Criminal Minds veteran Shemar Moore, so let’s find out what we’re all angry about/celebrating this year at the Emmys!

We were all in need of additional laughs over the course of 2016, even as comedy seemed to turn more poignant (and occasionally darker) than ever. That contradiction is no more apparent than with the 2017 Golden Globes’ choice for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy, as Atlanta takes home the gold.

We could all use a few distractions this holiday season, even if a few TV series seem oddly reminiscent of reality these days. Either way, Amazon is welcoming newcomers through New Years with free streaming seasons of The Man in the High Castle, Mozart in the Jungle and more.

Multiple outlets have launched individual standalone options to match that of industry leader Netflix, though Amazon has consistently lagged behind for its streaming service’s tether to an overall Prime rate of $99 per year. No longer, as Amazon Prime launches a far more competitive monthly streaming subscription on par with Netflix, as well as a new Prime rate for shopping.

The most unpredictable awards show of them all turned even weirder than usual on Sunday night. While the Golden Globes are known for favoring the unexpected, they’ve hardly been a reliable bellwether for the Oscars, nor for the Emmys. Sometimes they honor the dark horses and underdogs that other award shows fail to recognize, but when it came to television the 2016 Globes winners favored the newest series on the block.