Regardless of its aggressive introduction of original programming (and apparently package-delivering drones), Amazon Prime is still best regarded as the way to get two-day, free shipping on your online blender purchase.

Amazon's second original series, "Betas," isn't any better or worse than the average television comedy out there. It has sporadic moments of amusement, and it's something to watch while you're waiting those two days for your 230-count box of diapers to arrive.

The series follows a ragtag group of Silicon Valley computer programmers who are on the verge of launching an exciting phone application. It has the potential to make them millions, even as its detractors regard the program as the "Facebook for stalkers."

Social networking jokes aplenty, "Betas" could be described as an R-rated, single-camera version of "The Big Bang Theory," in that the characters may be geniuses, but the humor isn't particularly highbrow.

The cast of relative unknowns manage decent work out of thin character material, and the always-welcome Ed Begley Jr. steals scenes in a recurring role. The sooner the show can steer away from stereotypical "geek culture" humor, the better. Making quips about Instagram and Reddit is the lazy way of telling me these guys spend a lot of time on the Internet.

"Betas," like Amazon's other original comedy series, "Alpha House," is available only to Amazon Prime subscribers. Membership includes free two-day shipping, free Kindle content and thousands of movies and television episodes available for instant streaming. The first three episodes of "Betas" are available for all users, while Prime users will get a new episode every week.

• Bad Christmas Movie Marathon - Week 1

Plenty of holiday classics are available on Netflix, including "White Christmas" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."

To that I say, who cares? Give me something new. Give me something terrible.

In an effort to find that lost holiday classic, I'm committed to digging through the dungeons of Netflix Instant for anything with the words "Christmas," Holiday," or "Santa" in the title.

ABC Family and the Ion Channel have generously provided Netflix with numerous Christmas-themed titles, and some misbegotten theatrical releases are here too.

I'm going to watch them all, because somebody's got to do it.

I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)

"Home Improvement" superstar Jonathan Taylor Thomas (JTT to his fans) made this Disney-produced family comedy about a spoiled college kid who is ditched in the desert wearing a Santa costume and must travel across the country with no money and a mandatory wiseguy-sitcom-expression.

A young Jessica Biel is on hand, reminding us that she's always been a terrible actor.

Should you watch it? Nope. Not enough goofy hijinks on the road and not a single cameo from a "Home Improvement" co-star. Not even Al Borland.

The Mistle-Tones! (2012)

Not the worst ABC Family entry out there - basically a holiday-themed episode of "Glee" without the wicked Jane Lynch insults. Tia Mowry (one half of "Sister, Sister") stars as Holly, an angel-voiced good girl who wants very badly to sing with the mean girls at the mall Christmas show. Let the over-produced karaoke renditions of classic holiday favorites begin!

Should you watch it? It's honestly not that bad. Plus it has Tori Spelling and Reginald Veljohnson ("Family Matters" patriarch Carl Winslow!). We're just a "Boy Meets World" away from reliving my youth watching TGIF.

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

This notorious dud featuring Dudley Moore as a bumbling elf and John Lithgow as a super-evil toy executive goes from being a dull Santa origin story to a bizarre tale of corporate greed and shoddy manufacturing.

Should you watch it? Skip ahead to all the Lithgow scenes, especially the one where he sips Pabst Blue Ribbon like a glass of wine. And definitely hang around for his character's hilariously disturbing send-off.

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