As someone who works at a competitor of Apple TV, I truly don't understand the product. They don't go out of their way to make it clear you can watch Apple TV on most major devices,and they support fewer set top boxes/devices than their competitors. Part of the reason Netflix and Hulu have such good market penetration is because they make it clear you can use their product on your TV. Netflix (disclaimer: my employer, my views not company's, etc. etc. etc.) is particularly notorious for running on almost literally everything, including cable boxes and the like. Apple TV may or may not do this, but it is marketed as and feels like a much more exclusive service, hence the (erroneous, but totally understandable given Apple's hostility to other platforms) notion that Apple TV is only available on their devices.
I dunno, maybe it's a loss leader/retention play, but it's a deeply strange product to me. Right up there with HBO Max dropping the only part of their brand that anyone recognized.
> They don't go out of their way to make it clear you can watch Apple TV on most major devices
Interestingly, the headline doesn't even refer to the service (Apple TV), but it refers to just "on Apple" -- which further reinforces that consumer thinking that it's an Apple-device-specific offering.
The Afterparty is an incredible murder mystery series that is on the more comedic side and has the fun and silly premise that the main detective trying to solve the mysteries (played by Tiffany Hadish in the peak of having fun) is a big fan of getting suspects to explore their "mind movies" so the main internals of every episode so far has been in a different genre of films/TV/storytelling. It's fun.
Shrinking is the "sophomore" Apple TV+ show from many of the creators of Ted Lasso. It's far less "twee" and covers a lot more dark topics more regularly, but still tries to be rooted in "punch up" comedy when it is trying to be a comedy and still manages some incredible "feel good" moments from out of the darkness. (It's also the wildest reunion of Bill Lawrence show regulars of the past: you'll spot many character actors from Spin City, Scrubs, Cougartown, and others. It's also especially fun because many of those cameos are incredibly dark in contrast to their past roles, but the actors seem to presumably be having a grand reunion just off screen.)
Schmigadoon is an amazing comedy if you either really love Musicals and/or really hate them. (If you are somewhere in the middle of the spectrum it can be a fun dumb thing with the right libations.) If find out that you do love musicals and enjoy the "Bento Box" animation format (Bob's Burgers, etc) you will want to watch Central Park while you are at it.
For All Mankind is neat, if campy. Alternative take on the space race and attempts to make at least some decent logical extrapolations had we continued to invest heavily in space exploration, maybe
nameless912|2 years ago
I dunno, maybe it's a loss leader/retention play, but it's a deeply strange product to me. Right up there with HBO Max dropping the only part of their brand that anyone recognized.
interestica|2 years ago
Interestingly, the headline doesn't even refer to the service (Apple TV), but it refers to just "on Apple" -- which further reinforces that consumer thinking that it's an Apple-device-specific offering.
savanaly|2 years ago
* Was a streaming service with a library that could stream on any smartTV, like Netflix
* Only cost $5/month (I assumed since it was Apple it would cost double what other services cost, as opposed to half)
That said, it doesn't have much I want to watch. Severance and Ted Lasso season 1 are good and what else?
WorldMaker|2 years ago
Shrinking is the "sophomore" Apple TV+ show from many of the creators of Ted Lasso. It's far less "twee" and covers a lot more dark topics more regularly, but still tries to be rooted in "punch up" comedy when it is trying to be a comedy and still manages some incredible "feel good" moments from out of the darkness. (It's also the wildest reunion of Bill Lawrence show regulars of the past: you'll spot many character actors from Spin City, Scrubs, Cougartown, and others. It's also especially fun because many of those cameos are incredibly dark in contrast to their past roles, but the actors seem to presumably be having a grand reunion just off screen.)
Schmigadoon is an amazing comedy if you either really love Musicals and/or really hate them. (If you are somewhere in the middle of the spectrum it can be a fun dumb thing with the right libations.) If find out that you do love musicals and enjoy the "Bento Box" animation format (Bob's Burgers, etc) you will want to watch Central Park while you are at it.
no_wizard|2 years ago
dbtc|2 years ago