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When Apple TV+ launched its flagship series The Morning Show starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, it didn’t exactly knock critics off its feet with a 61% Rotten Tomatoes score. Compare that to the first season of HBO’s Big Little Lies, another Witherspoon-produced zeitgeist series about…

With twists that you might expect from a M. Night Shyamalan project, the legal scare facing AppleTV+, the director and Servant creator Tony Basgallop may still keep haunting them. Despite an order today from a federal judge tossing out a copyright suit over the Lauren Ambrose and Tony Kebbell starring series from the…

America may have to wait a few days or even more to see the first NASA astronauts to take off from the US in almost a decade finally head to the skies, but there are some pretty big launches on the small screen this weekend. Out of our quartet of contenders, only one will plant the flag to be the show you have to…

EXCLUSIVE: In a real shocker, the WWII naval drama Greyhound that Tom Hanks wrote and stars in has abruptly changed course and will berth at Apple. Originally on the Sony Pictures theatrical calendar for Father’s Day weekend, the film instead will become the biggest feature film commitment made by Apple to premiere on…

Rafe Spall's first tryout was a speech from Julius Caesar that his famous dad asked him to perform in the living room before giving the then-fifteen-year-old a thumbs up to pursue an acting career. Fast-forward, and the British actor, son of award-winning veteran Timothy Spall, has since built a career that spans…

Apple reported earnings $58.3 billion in revenue last quarter and $2.55 earnings per share, beating expectations on both fronts. Sales were up 1% and profit up 4% from the year earlier quarter. The stock, which closed higher Thursday, popped in after hours trading on the earnings before retreating. “It was a very…

Television production remains shut down nearly everywhere except Iceland and South Korea because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the streamers and premium cablers still have a deep bench of new series hitting the small screen. A coterie that will see one offering as the show you have to watch – as you can see by…

Noggin, Nick Jr.'s interactive learning subscription service for preschoolers, is now available on Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app in 25 territories, including the U.S., U.K., Germany, France and multiple regions in Southeast Asia. New Noggin users will get a free seven day trial to the service through Apple TV…

EXCLUSIVE: The Spike Jonze documentary Beastie Boys Story has put a hold on its IMAX theatrical release which was originally set for April 3. A new theatrical date will be announced at a later date, but on the brighter side of things, the docu about the iconic music group will stream on Apple TV+ starting April…

EXCLUSIVE: Uma Thurman is to star in a remake of Israeli drama False Flag for AppleTV+. The Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction star will front Suspicion, a high-paced thriller about the kidnapping of the son of a prominent American businesswoman, played by Thurman. Thurman, is joined in the series by Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang…

AppleTV+ will be adding Swan Song to its original film slate. The pic, directed and written by Oscar winner Benjamin Cleary, is a genre-bending drama that is set in the near future, exploring how far someone will go, and how much they'll sacrifice, to make a happier life for the people they love. Two-time Oscar…

On the eve of Valentine's Day, there is a lot of love in the air and on the small screen this week, in many forms. As my TV review above displays, there was the debut of the Ava DuVernay created Cherish the Day on OWN on February 11, and the launch of the bloody second season of Narcos: Mexico on Netflix today. Then…