Latest addition to Apple's upcoming TV slate is 'Home' docuseries
Diverting from the path of scripted fiction shows, Apple has reportedly picked up "Home," a documentary series on unusual houses and the people behind them.
The company has so far ordered 10 episodes, each an hour long, Variety said on Friday. The show is being produced by Altimeter Films, Time Inc. Productions, and Media Weaver Entertainment, with director Matt Tyrnauer at the helm. Tyrnauer is perhaps best known for a 2008 film about fashion designer Valentino Garavani.
Little else is known about the project.
Apple is believed to be working on a small slate of high-budget TV shows for 2019. Some others include an adaptation of Kathleen Barber's "Are You Sleeping," a space drama from "Battlestar Galactica" veteran Ronald D. Moore, and a reboot of Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories."
The company's original video efforts on Apple Music, like "Carpool Karaoke" and "Planet of the Apps," have largely failed to attract attention. It's believed that the 2019 shows will be available to anyone with a compatible Apple device, possibly through the "TV" app for iPhones, iPads, and the Apple TV.
The company has so far ordered 10 episodes, each an hour long, Variety said on Friday. The show is being produced by Altimeter Films, Time Inc. Productions, and Media Weaver Entertainment, with director Matt Tyrnauer at the helm. Tyrnauer is perhaps best known for a 2008 film about fashion designer Valentino Garavani.
Little else is known about the project.
Apple is believed to be working on a small slate of high-budget TV shows for 2019. Some others include an adaptation of Kathleen Barber's "Are You Sleeping," a space drama from "Battlestar Galactica" veteran Ronald D. Moore, and a reboot of Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories."
The company's original video efforts on Apple Music, like "Carpool Karaoke" and "Planet of the Apps," have largely failed to attract attention. It's believed that the 2019 shows will be available to anyone with a compatible Apple device, possibly through the "TV" app for iPhones, iPads, and the Apple TV.
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Of course critics will not hesitate to chastise Apple if any show fails to be a “success”. Even though Amazon and Netflix have failed shows, Apple’s failures will be scrutinized by a factor of 1000.
I'm glad you put "success" in quotes because the problem with the folk who brand the shows a "failure" is that they don't have access to the information to tell them that. So when they say the shows are failure, what they really mean is either:
I saw it, and I personally didn't like it.
but most likely they mean:
I haven't seen it, but I read the interwebs where a whole of people who also haven't seen it said they didn't like it.
To say whether the show is a success or not, we need two rather vital bits of information.
What was the criteria for success.
Did it meet the criteria for success.
And of course when you're looking at a show like Planet of the Apps, the criteria for success is probably not as simple as "lots of people have to watch it". The criteria for this particular show might have been to provide an insight into the development process with a view to attracting more developers to the iOS platform.
The developers I know who've seen it actually loved the concept.
Three of them have decided to develop apps for iOS (and also Android as it happens)
One of them went to work for a software house specialising in mobile apps.
None of them liked Will I. Am (so from the developers I know, the show wasn't a total hit) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Apple appears to be picking safe options for new programs. Things may only really take off when they have some unexpected hits. Once they are better established more original program writers and directors will want to offer their programs to Apple.
Apple can commit huge financial resources if they wish. Give it time, this is likely to be a long term project for Apple.
this is pretty what I posted earlier in macrumors
Ten episodes each featuring a particular architect, interviewed with a white background of course while said architect passionately and overemphasisingly wanks on about their design choices. These designs are for houses paid for by self important people who do not know what to do with their money wanting to make a statement about their their own cultural superiority and lacking the awareness of how the show could make them look. Leavened with hiRes, slow motion cuts to the design aspect, and the occasional interview with the owners struggling to explain why they liked it.
It could be truly excellent satire. Even better if narrated by Jeremy Clarkson doing a half arsed impersonation of David Attenborough.
i would watch that.
With chairs as expensive as those, I'll bet some people just live there!!