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Waiting for some new Amazon shows? They’re set to debut on Twitch for 24 hours

By Lulu Chang Published August 8, 2016

It’s been nearly two years since Amazon bought live video-game-streaming site Twitch for almost $1 billion. Now, the online retail giant is making moves with its acquisition, using the platform to premiere its new pilot shows, including I Love Dick and a remake of The Tick. While all of Amazon’s new lineup will be launched on August 19, these shows will make their debut on August 31 for 24 hours on Twitch.

The entire series won’t be shown on the livestreaming site — rather, it’ll just be the first episode of these shows. So no, Amazon won’t be cannibalizing its own business by pushing traffic to Twitch. Rather, pilots will only be viewable online in the platform for a day’s time — basically just enough of a teaser for viewers to decide if it’s worth actually watching the entire show back on Amazon.

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It’s a bit unclear as to what the final goal of this new premiere strategy really is — maybe Twitch audiences will be the test case for how good a show is, or maybe Amazon is trying to prove that the platform can be used for more than just gaming. In any case, three pilots will begin streaming at the end of the month, so if you’ve been getting bored with your Hulu or Netflix queues, this may just be the time to tune into Twitch instead.

I Love Dick, a comedy series from Jill Soloway, is to set to star Kevin Bacon opposite Kathryn Hahn. Also slated for debut is action spoof “Jean-Claude Van Johnson,” which unsurprisingly (but maybe ironically?) stars Jean-Claude Van Damme. “We’re just trying to get more stuff to Prime members,”Joe Lewis, Amazon’s head of half-hour programming, told Variety about the new shows. “We’ve been pretty transparent that we’re trying to make great TV to get people to sign up for Prime. We’re never going to not make something that customers love.”

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When you look through our current list of the best TVs, there are exactly two TVs that should stand out to you, even if you're a casual skimmer. The first is the Sony A95L QD-OLED, simply because it is at the top of the list. The second is the Panasonic Z95A, not because it's the runner-up (which it is) but because it's... Panasonic. It's just not a brand we see making winning TVs, but wow, what a winner the Z95A is. We immediately called it one of the best TVs ever made, something that will be apparent to your eyes if you get it. Now, what's exciting about this TV right now is that it has a low price. You can get the 65-inch version of the TV for $1,998 right now, a savings of over $1,200 off its usual $3,200 price point. You can even get a deluxe delivery and unpack for free if you select the right option on the sales page (accessible by tapping the button below). But, this deal has been around for some time now, since around the start of summer. With Prime Day here and ending soon, it's very likely the time for this deal to end as well. If you want one of the best TVs ever for under $2,000, be sure to tap the button below now.

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We're now in the final moments of Amazon's summer Prime Day 2025 event, and finding critical last-minute deals. Here's one that almost fundamentally changes how you'll likely think about a product. See, we have a whole list of the best TVs under $1,000, a price point that a ton of people that love TVs just don't feel comfortable crossing. Then, we have a separate list for budget TVs, the best TVs under $500. Even though prices (which move up and down!) are quantitative data points, the differences between a sub $1,000 and a sub $500 TV feel almost categorical in nature, like the difference between water and steam. This deal take the $600 55-inch TCL QM6K (one of the TVs in our 'under $1,000' list) and pushes its price down by $152. This puts it at a price of $448, which is an all time low for it on Amazon, transforms it into an 'under $500' TV. Tap the button below to get the transformative deal while Prime Day is still here or continue reading to see why we liked it so much even when it was over $500.

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