Apple Renews 'Carpool Karaoke: The Series' for Second Season

[Heineken]

Sure, and that's OK. You don't have to like the same stuff that I do.

But enough already with your arrogant suggestion that just because you don't like it, they shouldn't do it at all, but only do stuff that you like.

Just don't flipping watch it. And don't think you're somehow above people that do enjoy it, or think that just because people do enjoy a bit of disposable entertainment they don't also enjoy plenty of other stuff two.

The problem arises when stuff i don't like (read any sane person in this case) is filling the airwaves more and more. It is exactly the same problem with tv these days, you turn on tv flip through channels and there is absolutely nothing interesting to watch and only shallow garbage like this meant for lowest common denominator. Peachy ...

 

[lunarworks]

I didn't say in addition to, i said instead of.

"Apple should only make things I like."

 

[Baymowe335]

Who are they renewing this for? Does anyone like it? Anything about celebrities makes me not give a rats a$$.

You underestimate how much people and particularly Millennials fawn over celebreties like Gods.

 

[otternonsense]

I'm happy Apple is focusing on the important stuff.

 

[truthertech]

Who are they renewing this for? Does anyone like it? Anything about celebrities makes me not give a rats a$$.

No, no one likes it. That's why after studying the viewership from last season, they are going to spend millions renewing it. LOL. The show has been enormously successful just from Youtube views, which is a small part of the viewership, millions have watched. You may be a little old for the intended audience perhaps, some of the ones with James Corden in it, have hit over 100 million views, again just on Youtube.

 

[johngordon]

The problem arises when stuff i don't like (read any sane person in this case) is filling the airwaves more and more. It is exactly the same problem with tv these days, you turn on tv flip through channels and there is absolutely nothing interesting to watch and only shallow garbage like this meant for lowest common denominator. Peachy ...

You just can’t help yourself! It’s pure snobbery to argue that anyone who enjoys any disposable entertainment can’t be sane. CK is fun, often funny, and it’s interesting to see famouses let their hair down in an informal setting away from the hamster wheel of talk shows and promotion. You don’t have to be insane to enjoy that. Nor is enjoying it mutually exclusive from enjoying any number of things you might deem good enough.

Sure - there’s more content than ever, and I wouldn’t watch most of it either. But flipping through the channels doesn’t seem the best way of looking for the good stuff. Maybe that’s where you’re going wrong.

Because actually, I’d argue that we’re in a golden age of tv, with more quality stuff than ever. Here in the U.K. at least, we have a stready stream of great drama and documentaries on the BBC, and to a lesser degree some of the other channels. And we get loads of great stuff from the US, including Netflix, as well as a lot of great European series in recent years. Honestly, I don’t think there are enough hours in the day to watch all the good stuff.

If you are struggling to find enough good stuff to watch, that might say more about you than anything else.

 

[kaneda]

Okay, which one of you watched this **** to make them renewal for another season!

 

[johngordon]

Jeez, you guys take life way too seriously.

Do you ever do anything for fun?

I’m sure you do, but I wonder what you say to people who think the fun things you do are a waste of time compared to all the noble and worthwhile things you could be doing with your time.

 

[wigby]

do you have the data to back that up? I think Apple would know just a smidge more.

I think it's really dependent on how you define "Apple enthusiasts". If you narrowly define them as people just visiting this site then it doesn't fit Apple's user base. But if you simply define an "Apple enthusiast" as an iPhone user that is content with their device you're talking about nearly a billion people. In which case, you don't need data to back that assertion up.
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I know it's probably been stated, but investing in the production of series by Apple, instead of actual technology and existing platforms, is confusing. I get they are trying to get a foothold in another industry, but it seems like a waste of money.

Apple doesn't want to be beholden to Netflix and Amazon for content who are also creating their own original content. It would be strange for a control-obsessed company like Apple if they didn't produce their own content.

 

[SeattleMoose]

As if the world needed another way to waste your life away doing nothing as a "watcher"...

 

[fhall1]

I don't think the split screen was that bad in the original broadcast, that I remember at least.

Even after I've told you I thought it was hilarious, and very entertaining, you *still* can't get your head around the very idea that there are people out there who might like things that you don't?

Again, get over yourself.

The whole reason I watched that 3 minutes was because you said it was hilarious and very entertaining....I didn't find it either and don't see many (any) others here that do, but since I see from your MR join date you can't be a 12 year old girl I have no explanation except "to each his own"

 

[Bacillus]

I also find Carpool Karaoke entertaining.

Pop quiz.

1. Am I braindead?

I don't know, but some external consult would definitely be advisable.

 

[truthertech]

I know it's probably been stated, but investing in the production of series by Apple, instead of actual technology and existing platforms, is confusing. I get they are trying to get a foothold in another industry, but it seems like a waste of money.

Not confusing at all. They have invested in the technology of streaming, etc., to the tune of several billion dollars. Instead of wasting 85 billion purchasing something like Netflix, since they already have the technology and where most of the content is still licensed content that is available anywhere, they are purchasing their own "original" content, like Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, etc., which is much less expensive than paying for things that Netflix has, but are available directly. Apple is now up to 11 series, etc., being developed, and they have hired some of the top people in the industry from Sony, even Amazon, to be their video team. They are spending a billion dollars on content in this first year and it will go up from there. This is bad news for Netflix and others as they are all essentially bidding for the same limited pool of producers, directors, studios, etc., and Apple has the deepest pockets. Netflix also doesn't have any other revenue stream. Look for some type of entertainment bundle announced soon from Apple where it might be an added bonus to Apple Music, or a standalone package with other content, etc.,

 

[Soccertess]

I Don’t think Apple is having an identity crisis, I just think Apple is branching outinto different segments that’s not appealing to everybody, primarily because they are tech company first. But this type of entertainment just doesn’t seem fitting for a large majority of the Apple enthusiasts.

It's a tech company? More fashion now as majority of their products are geared towards no-tech users.

Until Tim Cook destroys OSX, I'll kick around but their product line is all about maximizing profits through fashion and status, not through innovation.

 

[johngordon]

I don't know, but some external consult would definitely be advisable.

Why?

So whenever anyone likes something you don’t, you think the only explanation is that they need their head looking at?

Do you really have no idea how arrogant that is? I just hope you’re being a bit less serious than you’re coming across.
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The whole reason I watched that 3 minutes was because you said it was hilarious and very entertaining....I didn't find it either and don't see many (any) others here that do, but since I see from your MR join date you can't be a 12 year old girl I have no explanation except "to each his own"

Exactly! Each to their own.

Why would your first thought be that I might be a 12 year old girl?

What sort of thing do you find funny and/or entertaining?

 

[1madman1]

Why is this even newsworthy? Giving it attention just encourages them.

 

[Marshall73]

Useless bubblegum comedy from the company afraid to make a TV show with a curse word.

Funny that they have the whole season in 2 options, explicit and normal. One with swearing one without.

 

[load97]

The show isn't dead yet?

 

[disagree]

Eddy Cue is hip!

 

[AngstyKylo]

I think a lot of James Corden's segments are good, especially when he had Stevie, Elton orAdele in the car.

I actually like some of the YouTube versions. The first handful are probably the best when they don’t play up to the cameras too much and feels equal part interview. I watched pretty much all of the ones on Apple Music and they are mostly awful as it feels too staged and scripted. The GoT episode is probably the best. It’s like Top Gear used to be fun viewing when it felt natural and fresh, years before it even went to Amazon it became obviously scripted, stale and unfunny - mostly because there was too much of the same thing.

 

[44267547]

It's a tech company? More fashion now as majority of their products are geared towards no-tech users.

I question a lot of what you’re even saying your posting to begin with. Yes they are tech company first, clearly that’s what they have been and they achieve their success through the quality and craftsmanship of their products.

Are they partly advocating fashion in a sense? Yes, with the Apple Watch is advertised both being for fitness and fashion on the sense of pairing it to your style for example.

Until Tim Cook destroys OSX, I'll kick around but their product line is all about maximizing profits through fashion and status, not through innovation.

First, don’t use Tim Cook as leverage just because you don’t agree with how Apple is as a company today. Not to mention, we already know their productline is about maximizing profits, what would you expect them to do? Sell at a lower price point because that’s what you think they should do? No. They are a successful company out to make money.

Also, I don’t understand why the word “Innovation” has to be tossed around so easily in a discussion. In the respect of design and engineering, you don’t know Apples process and how much they spent in research and development with projects like Face ID, augmented reality and any untold future aspects of what they plan on doing. So it’s not something I think is appropriate that the word Innovation is used on the Context just because you don’t gree with Apple as a company and their path.

 

[Heineken]

"Apple should only make things I like."

It's more than that. If Apple is getting into this, then they should produce content that is engaging, educational and useful. This is none of that.
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If you are struggling to find enough good stuff to watch, that might say more about you than anything else.

No, actually, it says more about the state of content these days and how people re getting dummer and dummer by the day.

 

[johngordon]

It's more than that. If Apple is getting into this, then they should produce content that is engaging, educational and useful. This is none of that.

You are reading too much into it. Something like CK was an early project that aligned well with Apple Music. I don't think you can really view it as being typical of where Apple eventually wants to get to in TV.

No, actually, it says more about the state of content these days and how people re getting dummer and dummer by the day.

I disagree - there is more of everything, more disposable stuff, and certainly more quality stuff.

For someone trying to present some sort intellectual superiority here, it really is ironic that your view is reduced to the simplistic notion that anyone who ever watches and enjoys any disposable entertainment must be dumb.

People may well be getting dumber, but thinking that someone must be dumb just because they enjoy something CK is the dumbest thing I've read in this thread.

Heck, you can't even spell simple words.

 

[TheRealDGD]

Just go buy Netflix...... it's not like they don't have the CASH.

 

[Keirasplace]

Just go buy Netflix...... it's not like they don't have the CASH.

What would be the point of that, they own the infrastructure and it would cost 10 times less to just buy the very top talent and execs by just throwing money at them, which I expect they're doing right now.

In 5 years, we'll see what Netflix is able to do once Disney, Apple and Amazon and possibly Google is paying more money than they can muster.
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It's more than that. If Apple is getting into this, then they should produce content that is engaging, educational and useful. This is none of that.
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No, actually, it says more about the state of content these days and how people re getting dummer and dummer by the day.

Oh... "these days"... Comments like that happened in the 1880s, 1920s, 1950s, 1970s, etc etc etc etc.

It's currently the golden age of TV (the number of good shows is very very high) because there is a huge increase in production (it costs less to produce, so there are less barrier to producing content and gatekeepers have less sways) which means you get a whole lot of everything in greater quantity. More genre, more creativity, more dump stuff, more brilliant stuff.

This also means you get a lot more things you don't care for at all going with the pile of things you actually do care about.

It's pretty arguable to people are getting "dumber", the dumb ones are just much more visible and they even coalesce.

The "intelligent stuff" (tm) has always been marginal cause well, most people aren't engineers, scientists, doctors, teachers, or even philosophers.

If you look at the shows in the 1960s and 1970s, they're on the whole pretty pathetic save a few examples and there were so very few shows being made. It's actually possible to see most of the 1960s TV output.