Amazon Prime adds Alpha House to its streaming offerings

Amazon continues to enhance its Prime video service in an ongoing effort to take on Netflix and the up-and-coming Redbox Instant video streaming services. One area of focus has become original content, with Netflix taking home awards for its House of Cards series.

Now the first of these original shows has hit the retail giant's video arm -- Alpha House, which stars John Goodman, brings comedic light to the US Senate, as if it weren't already there. "The first three episodes of Alpha House debut today for all customers to enjoy. Remaining episodes will become available weekly, every Friday, exclusively on Prime Instant Video", states Amazon.

To kick things off, the company is releasing three episodes, but puts a bit of a wrench into your binge-watching plans, because here-on, each new episode will be rolling out on a very TV-like one-per-week basis.

"We are incredibly excited to make our very first original series available to Amazon customers. Our goal has always been to create shows that customers will love and we can’t wait to see Alpha House come to life", says Roy Price, Director of Amazon Studios.

The show was created by Gary Trudeau (yes the Doonesbury guy) and will begin appearing each Friday, with episode number four hitting the airwaves on November 22nd.