Apple Shares Trailer for Upcoming Apple TV+ Show 'Little America'

[MacRumors]

Apple today shared the first trailer for "Little America," an immigrant anthology series created by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon.

Set to launch on Friday, January 17, 2020, the show will feature eight half hour episodes that each focus on a different story, from a 12-year-old who has to run a Utah motel on his own after his parents are deported back to India to a Nigerian grad student who becomes a cowboy.

Nanjiani and Gordon are best known for "The Big Sick," and each story in the series they've created is based on a real life tale pulled from Epic Magazine.

Lee Eisenberg, known for his work on "The Office," is writing and executive producing the show alongside Nanjiani and Gordon. "Master of None" co-creator Alan Yang is also an executive producer.

Zachary Quinto, known for "Star Trek," will star in the fourth episode, and other cast members will include Jearnest Corchado, John Ortiz, Angela Lin, Kai To, Sophia Xu, Shaun Toub, Shila Vosough Ommi, Eshan Inamdar, Priyanka Bose, and Conphidance. Though not launching until January, "Little America" has already been renewed for a second season.

Note: Due to the political nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Political News forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts.

Article Link: Apple Shares Trailer for Upcoming Apple TV+ Show 'Little America'

 

[jimsz]

This series and the newest one announced by apple are the reasons I refuse to pay for Apple+. Stay out of politics and concentrate on making devises. Apples activism will hurt their bottomline.

 

[RevTEG]

Next thing you know Apple will be making political content And expecting me to pay for it...

 

[victorm1]

Great, more liberal drivel that Apple expects me to pay for. Funny!

 

[mrow]

Came here for the toxic comments and wasn’t disappointed. Would you all be happier if it was only about white immigrants?

 

[LittleChief]

Indeed, a sorry state of affairs. I think it looks great and really enjoyed ‘The Big Sick’.

 

[Chocolatemilty]

this series looks really good. Apple TV+ has to diversify the content. I know the video game developer comedy is coming, but the service could use more laughs. While The Morning Show, For All Mankind and See are good, they’re heavy. Need some lightness on the service too.

 

[citysnaps]

So much hate here.

 

[Rogifan]

What exactly is political about this show? I didn’t get anything from the trailer.

 

[nvmls]

So much hate here.

The haternet, once called internet.

 

[GermanSuplex]

What exactly is political about this show? I didn’t get anything from the trailer.

Knee-jerk reactions by the visual of a black cowboy.

 

[SVTmaniac]

Does the show come with a tiny violin for me to play while watching?
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Knee-jerk reactions by the visual of a black cowboy.

Or I don't know.. the fact the show is about our current political climate surrounding illegal immigration? And MR literally says "Due to the political nature of this it's being put in the political forum"....

 

[Herrpod]

This series and the newest one announced by apple are the reasons I refuse to pay for Apple+. Stay out of politics and concentrate on making devises. Apples activism will hurt their bottomline.

In what world is telling immigrants stories politics? It's only political if you see them as less than human.

 

[SVTmaniac]

In what world is telling immigrants stories politics? It's only political if you see them as less than human.

Ask MR why they put it in the politics section then? Are the MR moderators less than human?

 

[jonblatho]

Ask MR why they put it in the politics section then? Are the MR moderators less than human?

It’s almost like they’re aware that some who post here will spew garbage about this series for no reason other than the stories are those of immigrants. See above.

Does the show come with a tiny violin for me to play while watching?

Not sure where you’re getting that these are sob stories.

 

[iapplelove]

Came here for the toxic comments and wasn’t disappointed. Would you all be happier if it was only about white immigrants?

Maybe there is some truth in the comments, thus your expectations being correct.

 

[mrow]

Maybe there is some truth in the comments, thus your expectations being correct.

Nope, sadly, it’s just easy to predict these days what kind of things are going to have the comments section be brigaded by posters from /r/The_Donald.

 

[iapplelove]

Nope, sadly, it’s just easy to predict these days what kind of things are going to have the comments section be brigaded by posters from /r/The_Donald.

Sorry, but I missed the part where this was about the president?

 

[lenard]

I don't see what's so political about "Little America", its a picture/mirror image of where we live and
from where all Americans originated from. Its what makes America , America.....

 

[darkslide29]

Ask MR why they put it in the politics section then? Are the MR moderators less than human?

I think that MR placed it there as a tool that they had at their disposal in anticipation of posts, and it looks like many are proving them right. People will find a way to make anything political or hateful. I mean, it didn't even take any scrolling of comments for it to start.

Watching the preview, it doesn't seem like it should turn into a political thing, but I can probably guess where people will find a problem? "... from a 12-year-old who has to run a Utah motel on his own after his parents are deported back to India..."

The deportation part is going to, sadly, become a political argument for many due to the divisive and hateful climate we are purposefully being put in today.

 

[GermanSuplex]

Or I don't know.. the fact the show is about our current political climate surrounding illegal immigration? And MR literally says "Due to the political nature of this it's being put in the political forum"....

Big deal, a lot of things that could go in other forums are put in PRSI because they will inevitably focus less on the subject and more on the issues that surround them, real, perceived or otherwise.

Apple being involved in social issues isn't exactly a new thing. They've been doing it for years. People got upset over red iPods, this is no different.

 

[darkslide29]

Sorry, but I missed the part where this was about the president?

They never said or meant that it is literally about the president. I believe they made a reference to that reddit page since it is well known for its rhetoric, and unsurprisingly, some of the comments being made here would be more at home there.

 

[DotCom2]

I don't want Apple getting into Politics.
I want Apple to 'Make Products Great Again!" MPGA.

 

[danny842003]

Wow a documentary about people is too political for some.
Glad I chose a better country to migrate too.

 

[Herrpod]

Ask MR why they put it in the politics section then? Are the MR moderators less than human?

They move them here because of people who can't help but turn everything immigrant related into another reason to b*tch and moan about how immigrants are ruining this country and their lives.