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Apple brought out the big guns to hype up their new streaming subscription service AppleTV+ , even if they didn’t give us too much to work with. Apple CEO Tim Cook (aka Tim Apple to President Trump ) paraded out an Avengers -like roll call of Hollywood stars at this week’s annual spring event , which shed light on the shows that we only knew as loglines up until now.
The tech house that Steve Jobs built is getting in a bit late in the streaming game but they’re betting big on shows from the likes of Steven Spielberg , Oprah Winfrey, and Big Bird . Here’s a rundown of AppleTV+ shows that will make you want to add yet another streaming cost to your monthly bill.
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Apple Shows
'Amazing Stories'
Spielberg might not care for Netflix, but he's all-in with AppleTV+ where he will revive a former television passion project which originally ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987. According to the GOAT himself, the all-new Amazing Stories will offer "multi-generational audiences a whole new batch of amazing stories."
'Helpsters'
Who knew that in the year 2019, Big Bird would be teaching pre-schoolers how to code? That’s exactly what this new Sesame Street show will be doing as it will help kids learn the basics of coding...for a future job at Apple? Hmm…
'See'
We will watch anything Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises, Peaky Blinders) writes and Jason Momoa kicks ass in. Gladly, this sci-fi action-drama has both, along with Alfre Woodard. See takes place in "a future when the human race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find a new way to reconstruct society. Things are thrown for a loop when a set of twins with sight is born. In other words, get ready for the #SeeChallenge."
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'Little America'
A half-hour anthology series that producer Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) describes as “other” stories told from writers and directors who are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
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'Little Voice'
This isn’t your average half-hour rom-com. Director J.J. Abrams and musician Sara Bareilles are behind this “universal journey of finding your authentic voice in your early 20s.” The Star Wars: Episode IX director said, “Anyone who's ever given everything they have to go after a dream will feel like this series was written for them.”
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'Toxic Labor'
Oprah joining forces with Apple is big news. Both are one-word brands who have the Midas touch. They will launch two docuseries, the first, Toxic Labor , will address sexual assault in the workplace. The second is an untitled project exploring mental health.
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'The Morning Show'
Steve Carell , Reese Witherspoon, and Jennifer Aniston will star in The Morning Show. The workplace comedy pulls back the curtain on "the power dynamics between men and women in the high-stakes world of morning news shows,” according to Witherspoon, who also starred and produced HBO’s breakout hit Big Little Lies .
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