Amazon’s big content shift includes more kids’ shows about science — and science fiction
Early in September, Amazon canceled two pricey original dramas: Z: The Beginning of Everything (about Zelda Fitzgerald) and The Last Tycoon (based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unfinished novel). The cancellations are part of a new programming shift at Amazon Studios, bent on emphasizing television series with “global appeal” — that is, finding the next Game of Thrones hit. But while Amazon Studios seems to be almost flailing with finding a cohesive programming slate, one aspect of the service is plugging along nicely: Amazon Studios’ children’s programming.
The majority of Amazon’s children’s series have been effortlessly progressive, with female leads and characters of color abounding. Some of them even feel revolutionary, like Danger &…
