Amazon Crowdsourcing TV Pilot Selection

14 pilots premiering today, Amazon looking for feedback to decide which shows get developed

Amazon is turning to its consumers to help decide which of the new television shows premiering Friday to add to its programming lineup, democratizing a process that was once reserved for a rarefied group of network executives.

The online retailer will post 14 TV pilots—including a musical office comedy set in Manhattan, a live-action comedy about four U.S. senators who live together in Washington, D.C., and a show based on the cult film "Zombieland" — ask viewers to critique them.