Apple has an Emmy-winning narrative on its hands. Great reviews from critics for a truly original series, at a time when everything is IP in Hollywood. A good campaign and great numbers released by Apple's PR could create a winner.
Imagine if Your Friends & Neighbors really is as great as Apple executives think and they get three or four strong shows in the drama slots (Severance, Slow Horses, Presumed Innocent and Your Friends & Neighbors). They have Shrinking and maybe Bad Monkey for comedy. It depends on the campaign. The Studio could be strong and maybe Government Cheese.
Some people thought it was strange that Apple premiered 4 episodes of Government Cheese at once, which could suggest a lack of confidence in the show. But coincidentally or not, this decision leads the show to end right on the final date of Emmy eligibility. For limited series, only Disclaimer for now. We'll see how Dope Thief does.
They have a lot more strong shows in the drama category, though.
I mean, Pachinko is a downright masterpiece and they haven’t promoted it at all. For All Mankind is consistently praised by the critics and beloved enough to be one of the 2 only Apple shows to get a spinoff. Drops of God is also critically acclaimed, and so was Dark Matter.
They don’t lack strong shows.
They lack shows that make it into the pop culture and become water cooler talks. Apart from Ted Lasso, it feels like Severance could really become just that. I’ve seen more and more medium to big YouTube reactors watch season 1 recently. Channels like Blind Wave have started reacting to it, which I never thought they would.
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u/Saar13 2d ago
Apple has an Emmy-winning narrative on its hands. Great reviews from critics for a truly original series, at a time when everything is IP in Hollywood. A good campaign and great numbers released by Apple's PR could create a winner.
Imagine if Your Friends & Neighbors really is as great as Apple executives think and they get three or four strong shows in the drama slots (Severance, Slow Horses, Presumed Innocent and Your Friends & Neighbors). They have Shrinking and maybe Bad Monkey for comedy. It depends on the campaign. The Studio could be strong and maybe Government Cheese.
Some people thought it was strange that Apple premiered 4 episodes of Government Cheese at once, which could suggest a lack of confidence in the show. But coincidentally or not, this decision leads the show to end right on the final date of Emmy eligibility. For limited series, only Disclaimer for now. We'll see how Dope Thief does.