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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday October 29 2017, @10:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the one-button-apple-mouse dept.

According to Bloomberg, Apple is taking a markedly different path with its streaming TV series than the likes of HBO Now or Showtime. The sources for the report—which include Hollywood producers and other industry insiders who have met with the company in recent months—paint a picture of a very conservative corporation making slow progress.

They say that Apple has expressed a preference for uplifting, family-friendly shows and that it has been disinterested in other kinds of pitches—even those from prestigious artists like Gravity's Alfonso Cuarón—because they don't fit that mold.

Carpool Karaoke, based on the segment from CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden, was scheduled to premiere on Apple Music in April, but it didn't. The series came out in August instead. The Bloomberg report indicates that the show was delayed because the initial cuts had swearing and "references to vaginal hygiene."

Will Apple be the new Disney?


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  • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Monday October 30 2017, @01:31PM

    by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 30 2017, @01:31PM (#589424)

    I also wanted to make the point that the term "Family Friendly" is a entirely American phrase, and is not used in other english-speaking countries

    It is used plenty in the UK, it just _means_ something slightly different to it's American meaning. When my kids were small I used to run into problems all the time with parental controls on US sites simply not meaning the same as you would expect in the UK.

    US "family friendly" (looking from the other side of the pond) appears to be focused on no nudity, anywhere, maybe an ankle, no breasts, but especially not nipples, not even a hint of a nipple. Breastfeeding is absolutely for adults only. Swearing, violence, blood, gore, beheadings, fine. Guns? - hell, guns are good for kids.

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