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RANKED: All of Amazon's original shows

from best to worst
NATHAN MCALONE
DEC. 16, 2015, 4:34 PM

Over the last two years, Amazon has tried to

challenge Netflix in creating original shows.

While Amazon's first few attempts didn't make

much of an impact, it scored its first blockbuster hit
with 2014's "Transparent," a comedy-drama about a
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family trying to make sense of a father's transition
from man to woman. The show won two Golden

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Globes last year, for best actor and best TV series in
the musical or comedy category.

This year another Amazon show, "Mozart in the

Jungle," which chronicles the scandalous lives of
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reliable indicator of quality.

To understand how Amazon's eight shows ranked against each other, we turned to reviews aggregator Metacritic,
which pulls in critic (and audience) reviews from all over the world. As we did with our recent look at Netflix's
original shows, we excluded shows acquired from other networks and shows made for kids. We just looked at
how the dramas and comedies compared to each other.

The data certainly seems to indicate that Amazon is getting better at making shows as time passes although it
has had one epic flop this season. Here are Amazon's original shows, ranked based on their critical reception:

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8. "Hand of God" 44/100

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Average critic score (19 critics): 44/100

Audience score: 6.8/10

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Amazondescription: "A psychological drama about a morally-corrupt
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judge who suers a
breakdown and believes God is compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice."

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7. "Alpha House" 68/100

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Average critic score (18 critics): 68/100

Audience score: 6.8/10

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6. "Betas" 69/100

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Average critic score (8 critics):69/100

Audience score: 7.5/10

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5. "Red Oaks" 70/100

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Audience score: 7.0/10

Amazondescription: "A coming-of-age comedy set in the 'go-go' 80s about a college student
enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end and the future begins."

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4. "Bosch" 71/100

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Audience score: 7.8/10

Amazondescription: "Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, Harry Bosch (Titus

Welliver), an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder
suspect just as a cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his
past. As daring recruit, Julia Brasher (Annie Wersching), catches his eye, and departmental
politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs."

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3. "Mozart in the Jungle" 73/100

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Audience score: 7.9/10

Amazondescription:"What happens behind the curtains at the symphony is just as captivating

as what happens on stage. Brash new maestro Rodrigo (Gael Garcia Bernal) is stirring things up,
and young oboist Hailey (Lola Kirke) hopes for her big chance."

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2. "The Man in the High Castle" 77/100

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Audience score: 6.5/10

Amazondescription: "Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, and executive produced

by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), and Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), The Man in the High Castle
explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled
the United States."

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1. "Transparent" 91/100

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Amazondescription: "When the Pfeerman family patriarch makes a dramatic admission, the
entire family's secrets start to spill out, and each of them spin in a dierent direction as they
begin to gure out who they are going to become."

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