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Season Two of Consuelos’ “Alpha House” Debuting on Amazon in Late October

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Mark Consuelos is an Alpha male once again…

Amazon Studios will be releasing all 10 episodes of the second season of the 43-year-old half-Mexican actor’s political comedy Alpha House on Friday, October 24 on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the U.S., UK and Germany.

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From Garry Trudeau, the series follows a group of Republican senators who live under one roof. Along with Consuelos, who stars as Andy Guzman, Marco Rubio-like U.S. Senator from Florida, Alpha House also stars John Goodman, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy.

The second season finds the show’s protaganists at the precipice of a midterm election with one of them, Senator Guzman (Consuelos) prepping a 2016 bid for the presidency — a choice that puts Guzman in competition with one of his roommates.

Season two boasts a number of prolific guest stars including Bill Murray, Penn Jillette, Matt Lauer, Rachel Maddow, Jane Pauley, George Stephanopoulos as well as a number of returning guests including Wanda Sykes, Amy Sedaris and Haley Joel Osmet.

Amazon Renews Consuelos’ “Alpha House” for Second Season

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The votes are in.. And, Mark Consuelos’ latest television project has been re-elected…

Amazon has renewed the 42-year-old half-Mexican actor’s politically themed comedy series Alpha House for a second season.

Alpha House

Written by Garry Trudeau, the Amazon Studios-produced series, which premiered on November 15, revolves around four misfit senators (Consuelos, John Goodman, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy) who rent a house together in Washington D.C.

The star-studded cast is rounded out by Cynthia Nixon, Amy Sedaris, Wanda Sykes and Julie White.

No word yet on the number of episodes that have been ordered for the second season.

Consuelos’ New Comedy “Alpha House” to Hit Amazon on November 15

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Mark Consuelos is Amazon-bound this month… The online retail website, that is.

The 42-year-old half-Mexican actor’s new Amazon comedy series Alpha House will debut on the website on November 15.

Alpha House

The first three of the series’ 11 episodes will be available to all Amazon customers for free. After that, one episode of each show will become available weekly on Amazon’s subscription service Prime Instant Video.

“We’re constantly experimenting and trying new things—and we’re eager to hear customers’ feedback on this model,” said Roy Price, Director of Amazon Studios.

Alpha House, written by Garry Trudeau, revolves around four misfit senators (Consuelos, John Goodman, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy) who rent a house together in Washington D.C.

The four are joined by Cynthia Nixon, Amy Sedaris, Wanda Sykes and Julie White.

Consuelos’ “Alpha House” Gets the Official Green Light from Amazon

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It’s official… Mark Consuelos will be starring in a new sitcom…

Amazon Studios has announced that the 42-year-old Mexican American actor’s pilot Alpha House has received a full season order.

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After screening 14 original pilots to viewers, the online giant eventually gave the green light to Consuelos’ sitcom, which hails from Academy Award nominee Garry Trudeau.

It stars Consuelos, John Goodman, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy as four “misfit senators” who share a rented house in Washington.

“We are thrilled at the enthusiastic customer response to our first original pilots,” says Roy Price, director of Amazon Studios. “We built Amazon Studios so that customers could help decide which stories would make the very best movies and TV shows. It’s exciting to see the process in motion, doing exactly what we set out to do. The success of this first set of pilots has given us the push to try this approach with even more shows — this is just the beginning.”

Alpha House will be available on Amazon‘s Prime Instant Video either later this year or in early 2014.

Consuelos’ “Alpha House” Pilot Streaming Online

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The fate of Mark Consuelos’ political-themed comedy pilot lies in your hands…

Amazon Studios has unveiled its slate of 14 pilots, including the 41-year-old half-Mexican American actor’s Alpha House project.

Mark Consuelos

The pilots have been made available for free viewing on Amazon Instant Video, LoveFilm UK and LoveFilm Germany. Viewers are invited to watch and review them on the site.

There will be “a lot of data points” in Amazon’s decision-making process as to which pilots will be picked up to series,” said Amazon Studios director Roy Price. Amazon will count how many people watched each pilot, how many watched each pilot from start to finish and how many shared it on social media. Additionally, the company will evaluate feedback from an online panel recruited on Amazon preview as well as traditional offline focus groups.

Here’s a look at the description for Amazon’s Consuelos-starrer, as well as Zombieland, starring Maiara Walsh.

Alpha House

Alpha House:

Alpha House was written by Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Trudeau. It follows four senators, including Consuelos, who live together in a rented house in Washington D.C.

Zombieland:

Based on the hit Columbia Pictures film of the same name, Zombieland finds four survivors outwitting zombies and searching for a place to call home. The pilot comes from the feature film’s original creative team, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The part of Tallahassee is played by Kirk Ward, Walsh as Wichita, Tyler Ross will play Columbus, and Izabela Vidovic has the role of Little Rock.

Click here to watch and review the pilots.