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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.
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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
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'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."
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'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…
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'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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