| Alpha House | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Garry Trudeau |
| Written by | Garry Trudeau |
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| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Anton Sanko |
| Composer | Anton Sanko |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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| Producer | Antoine L. Douaihy |
| Cinematography | Patrick Capone |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Production company | Amazon Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | April 19, 2013 – October 24, 2014 |
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Alpha House is an American political satire television series[1] produced by Amazon Studios.[2] The show starred John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy, and Mark Consuelos as four Republican U.S. Senators who share a house in Washington, D.C. It was created by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau. The show premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 19, 2013.
The series is inspired by several real Democratic Senators who share a row house in Washington D.C.[3] The series has a number of cameos from celebrities such as Bill Murray (as Senator Vernon Smits) and politicians such as Chuck Schumer as himself. Amazon Studios offered the first three episodes of Alpha House for free, with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter for Amazon Prime members on Amazon Prime Video.[4]
On February 11, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season[4] and the production for the second season began filming in July 2014.[5] The entire second season became available on Amazon.com on October 24, 2014.[6] The series was canceled after the second season.[7]
- ^ "Alpha House: TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. November 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ Lazarus, Susanna (May 29, 2013). "John Goodman's Alpha House given full series by Amazon's new pilot scheme". Radio Times. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ^ Bash, Dana (December 4, 2013). "The real 'Alpha House': Yes, this is where some Senators actually live - CNNPolitics". CNN. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ a b Cavna, Michael (February 11, 2014). "Trudeau puts daily 'Doonesbury' on long-term hiatus to work on renewed 'Alpha House'". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ^ Dionne, Zach (March 12, 2014). "Amazon Ordered Four of Its Pilots — Including 'Transparent' — to Series". Grantland. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ^ "Alpha House on Amazon.com". Alpha House on Amazon.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ Heil, Emily (August 8, 2016). "Amazon's 'Alpha House' gets the ax". Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2020.