Apple just announced a slew of original TV shows - check them out

Dave SmithMar 26, 2019, 00:21 IST

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Apple unveiled a new TV initiative called Apple TV+ at its big event in Cupertino on Monday.
Apple will be making TV shows.
Here's your first look at all of the Apple originals that were showcased during the event.

"It's showtime."

That was the tagline for Apple's big event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California on Monday, where the company finally unveiled Apple TV+ - its new premium TV streaming service, which it says is focused on great storytelling.

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Apple invited filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Ron Howard, and M. Night Shyamalan, as well as actors including Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, to narrate the intro video talking about the importance of telling stories. Spielberg himself even took the stage at the beginning of the presentation.

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While Apple spent much of the morning showing off how you can access your other apps and content on the Apple TV app, the company also plans to make original content of its own. And at its event on Monday, audiences got their first look at what Apple's original shows actually look like.

Take a look:

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Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell unveiled "The Morning Show," a show about complex relationships between men and women on the set of a morning television show.

Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard unveil "See," a show about a world where the Earth was devastated by a virus that only leaves a few million survivors, who are all blind.

"The Big Sick" and "Silicon Valley" star Kumail Nanjiani introduces "Little America," an anthology series about immigrants living in the US. "They're not immigrant stories; they're human stories that feature immigrants," Nanjiani said. It will feature immigrants from all over the world coming to America, and be written and directed by immigrants or children of immigrants.

Muppets Big Bird and Cody from "Sesame Street" introduce a brand-new pre-K show called "Helpsters," which uses the logic of coding to help children solve problems. "To teach pre-schoolers about coding, we're giving them an opportunity to change the world in their own special way," Cody says. Big Bird emphasizes that the show also wants to make children kinder and happier.

JJ Abrams and Sara Bareilles (and Jessie Mueller, Bareilles' writing partner on the musical "Waitress") unveil a new series called "Little Voice," a show about being a young woman finding herself as a musician.

Bareilles composed original music for the show "Little Voice," and plays a sample of what is probably the theme song for the crowd in the Steve Jobs Theater. "Sometimes a little voice can say the biggest things," say the lyrics.

Apple says it has partnered with the most accomplished storytellers, and a new generation of the most exciting voices, to make Apple TV+ a destination for high-quality originals, from dramas to documentaries and beyond.

Oprah Winfrey has two documentaries coming to Apple TV+: a currently untitled film about mental health, and another entitled "Toxic Labor."

Winfrey also mentioned a book club, where people can live-stream conversations between book authors and Oprah, on any device, in any country. We're still waiting on more details.

Apple said there will be new additions every single month, and it's coming to 100-plus countries starting this fall. It'll be available on every screen you have, Apple promises — an Apple TV app is coming to smart TVs, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV, as well as existing Apple devices.

Apple played a brief trailer at the end, showing moments from some of the aforementioned shows, and a handful of others that weren't announced. We'll let you peruse some of the images for yourself.

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