Apple's 'Carpool Karaoke' spinoff set for Aug. 8 debut on Apple Music
Apple on Tuesday announced an Aug. 8 debut for "Carpool Karaoke: The Series," which will be available exclusively to Apple Music subscribers.
The show is a spinoff of a segment on "The Late Late Show With James Corden," and will feature a series of celebrity guests such as Will Smith, Metallica, John Cena, Ariana Grande, and "Game of Thrones" co-stars Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. There will be 16 pairings in all, with each episode lasting 30 minutes.
Apple's senior VP of Internet and Software Services, Eddy Cue, originally promised that the show would debut in April. Towards the end of that month though the company admitted that the show would only arrive later in the year.
"Carpool Karaoke" is thought to be one of several flagships for original video programming on Apple Music. Another, the reality show "Planet of the Apps," is still in limbo.
In the meantime the company is releasing a string of documentaries about topics like Bad Boy Records, Cash Money Records, and music executive Clive Davis.
Still more projects are believed to be in development. The company has reportedly been expanding its footprint in the Los Angeles area, with additional rumors suggesting that it might buy studio space or even take over Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The show is a spinoff of a segment on "The Late Late Show With James Corden," and will feature a series of celebrity guests such as Will Smith, Metallica, John Cena, Ariana Grande, and "Game of Thrones" co-stars Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. There will be 16 pairings in all, with each episode lasting 30 minutes.
Apple's senior VP of Internet and Software Services, Eddy Cue, originally promised that the show would debut in April. Towards the end of that month though the company admitted that the show would only arrive later in the year.
"Carpool Karaoke" is thought to be one of several flagships for original video programming on Apple Music. Another, the reality show "Planet of the Apps," is still in limbo.
In the meantime the company is releasing a string of documentaries about topics like Bad Boy Records, Cash Money Records, and music executive Clive Davis.
Still more projects are believed to be in development. The company has reportedly been expanding its footprint in the Los Angeles area, with additional rumors suggesting that it might buy studio space or even take over Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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I guess the most polite thing to say --- Good luck with that Apple!
Remember when people laughed at Netflix for producing original content? I do.
So why is Apple producing original original content so unrealistic?
2) Corden is absolutely involved. It's a spin-off series based on The Late Late Show with James Corden's popular segment. Apple can't just steal it from him and CBS. If you mean he won't be physical on the series, from clips that I saw he is on it.
3) It's good to keep in mind that this series is a vehicle for promoting Apple Music and artists/albums on Apple Music. Maybe they'll put the episodes on YouTube or iTunes Store, but since I'm not an Apple Music subscriber I'm actually not sure if I'll be able to watch these episodes in an Apple-authorized manner.
I have family subscription ro Apple Music and none of us watch music videos on it.
But the 5k retina Mac (which was new 2 years ago) and rMBPs are great machines.
what about touch bar?
and where are my CD ROMs Apple? Are you skating at all??
And if you don't want to watch the clip at least check out the views that this videos get. Now keep in mind that this first aired on his show before being uploaded to his YouTube channel. Now, I've read that uploaded get an average $2,000 for every million views, but it all depends on a variety of factors so I'm guessing a popular show like his and the length being nearly 15 minutes means CBS gets a lot more than the average, but I'll still with $2,000 to keep it simple. At 159 million views that's still $318,000. How much do you think that cost to make? Even if they paid Adele—which may not even be the case since part of performing is promoting on talk shows—I think they're still coming out ahead with just YouTube views.
Netflix original content.
Carpool Karaoke.
One of these things are not like the others.