Apple TV+ announces biographical docuseries 'Dear...' featuring Oprah, Stevie Wonder, more...
Apple on Friday announced "Dear," a new documentary series produced by R.J. Cutler that takes a deeper look into the lives of iconic figures like Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder, journalist Gloria Steinem, gymnast Aly Raisman and more.
According to a brief overview of the series, "Dear" draws inspiration from the company's "Dear Apple" advertisements that feature customers reading written testimonials about Apple products.
Like "Dear Apple" letters, which typically focus on life-changing events like Apple Watch discovering a heart condition or iPhone automatically calling emergency services after a car crash, the upcoming show uses letters to paint a picture of "internationally recognized leaders." Along with Winfrey, Wonder, Steinem and Raisman, the 10-episode series will profiles Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, model and activist Yara Shahidi, ballet dancer Misty Copeland and Big Bird.
Cutler, an Emmy and Peabody Award winner, will executive produce the project for Apple. The documentarian gained notoriety for Anna Wintour profile "The September Issue" and most recently worked on the "Untitled Billie Eilish Documentary," which is expected to debut as an Apple TV+ exclusive later this year.
Todd Lubin, Jay Peterson, Jane Cha and Lyle Gamm are also listed as executive producers, with Matador Content and Cutler Productions producing.
According to a brief overview of the series, "Dear" draws inspiration from the company's "Dear Apple" advertisements that feature customers reading written testimonials about Apple products.
Like "Dear Apple" letters, which typically focus on life-changing events like Apple Watch discovering a heart condition or iPhone automatically calling emergency services after a car crash, the upcoming show uses letters to paint a picture of "internationally recognized leaders." Along with Winfrey, Wonder, Steinem and Raisman, the 10-episode series will profiles Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, model and activist Yara Shahidi, ballet dancer Misty Copeland and Big Bird.
Cutler, an Emmy and Peabody Award winner, will executive produce the project for Apple. The documentarian gained notoriety for Anna Wintour profile "The September Issue" and most recently worked on the "Untitled Billie Eilish Documentary," which is expected to debut as an Apple TV+ exclusive later this year.
Todd Lubin, Jay Peterson, Jane Cha and Lyle Gamm are also listed as executive producers, with Matador Content and Cutler Productions producing.
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The saving grace is the titillating exposé on Big Bird of course. I will pay $4.99 a month for a service that tells me the life story of a Sesame Street character.
1. Affluent young white progressives who live in urban areas on the coasts.
2. People who wish they were 1.
Even the "diversity" offered by the streaming companies are shows about Hispanics, black people, Asians etc. that folks in 1. and 2. want to see and not what Hispanics, black people, Asians etc. actually want to see. Proof of this: the rebooted with Hispanic cast One Day At A Time on Netflix ... cancelled because it performed terribly among Hispanic audiences. Its only audience was Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham fans.
You would think that a streaming company would have the bright idea: "let's offer programming that the other 75% of the population wants to watch and see how much money we make. Let's go after the audiences that have abandoned network and cable TV for YouTube, social media and video games and see if it is possible to get them back." But nah, the groupthink is too strong so none of them do it. Netflix will occasionally throw a few bucks for a comedian that was popular nationwide 10-20 years ago but can't get anywhere near Hollywood to make a movie or TV series today to make a comedy special but that is as far as it goes.
I dont care about documentaries, but I definitely have watched more Apple TV than PBS
I haven’t watched TV in many many years...