And I must agree with them. The show is fabulous (if you watch past episode 1)! I bet so-called critics would've given it high rates had it been an HBO production.
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'The Morning Show' Producers on Negative Reviews: 'There Were a Lot of Apple Haters and Wanting Apple to Fail'
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You need your father to know that? this is known from the beginning of jealousy and envy...they are both sins, and i already knew it since birth
I thought "The Morning Show" was fantastic. I nearly didn't watch it. Because who wants to watch a show about a plastic, brain-dead TV show.
However, I was amazed,
However, I was amazed,
- Jennifer Anniston can really act. Unlike so many of her Hollywood peers who can only portray one character.
- It was a joy to watch, the slow dismembering of Mitch's denial of his behaviour.
- The multiple plots and sub-plots all meshed together extremely well.
- It's about time the role of a really, angry woman, (not in a done-to-death, action, revenge movie) was central.
- The parallels to Fox News, Today, etc were interesting to pick out.
I have a free year of Apple TV+ and have been using it for nearly a month. The service is a solid F minus. It sucks. Launching without a backlog of popular shows and movies was just utterly stupid. The shows, however, are some of the best new shows I've watched all year. Dickinson was really entertaining. The Morning Show is getting great audience scores for a reason - it's really great. See is a joke of a show, but is also entertaining and highly watchable. For All Mankind would be celebrated on any platform it appeared on. It's great.
Apple TV has far more interesting *NEW* content than Disney Plus, but Disney has a backlog that makes it much much better. Apple has the funds to easily buy more content to attract viewers but chose not to. Their service is struggling because of their own ineptitude. I wouldn't be surprised if 80+ percent of its users are people who got it free for a year.
Apple TV has far more interesting *NEW* content than Disney Plus, but Disney has a backlog that makes it much much better. Apple has the funds to easily buy more content to attract viewers but chose not to. Their service is struggling because of their own ineptitude. I wouldn't be surprised if 80+ percent of its users are people who got it free for a year.
IMHO most of the original shows by Netflix are crap, but you dont need every single produced show to be an uncontested hit, you just need a couple of big hits, ie a Stranger Things, or, more directly related to Apple’s offer, a GoT, as long as they keep investing in the platform they might become the additional plus streaming package ala HBO people buy into. Of course, the main battle is between more universal (thousands of licensed movies + shows) services like Netflix or Hulu, Apple TV+ will always be an additional complementary/premium service on top of that.
Sounds like a stupid excuse, but it’s true.
My girlfriend is completely hooked, I started watching out on pure interest of anything Apple and I’m now hooked as well. And, as others have mentioned, RT score of 95.
Critics were flat wrong.
My girlfriend is completely hooked, I started watching out on pure interest of anything Apple and I’m now hooked as well. And, as others have mentioned, RT score of 95.
Critics were flat wrong.
I quite enjoy The Morning Show. Its very well done.
Clearly for tons of shows the audience scores vs critics scores have a giant chasm between them.
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But if you actually watch a couple episodes it has some great parallels and cultural commentary on how totally messed up the news industry is today for MANY reasons.
P.S. Thats why no one is paying Apple $10 per month for apple news. HAH
Clearly for tons of shows the audience scores vs critics scores have a giant chasm between them.
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The Today Show had a segment last week where they bashed most of the shows or at least seemed less than enthused. Which isnt shocking considered The Morning Show is a direct take on the whole Matt Lauer situation.
But if you actually watch a couple episodes it has some great parallels and cultural commentary on how totally messed up the news industry is today for MANY reasons.
P.S. Thats why no one is paying Apple $10 per month for apple news. HAH
Now this is funny. You know a small minority of motivated viewers took the time out to write a review, or more likely simply rate it with number of stars. That's not "knowing" the numbers at all.
I'm thrilled that Apple is aware of this. So many Apple haters out there. There are large numbers of them on these forums too apparently.
Apple must continue exactly what it's doing - don't get nervous or deviate one iota. Keep the quality at the high level it is.
Apple must continue exactly what it's doing - don't get nervous or deviate one iota. Keep the quality at the high level it is.
I was able to get the free year of Apple TV+ with my new iPhone. That being said, the programming is ok but I wouldn't pay for it. I've watched both "For All Mankind" and "The Morning Show" Of the two, I like "For All Mankind" better. "The Morning Show" is a little cliched, especially Reese Witherspoon's role.
Or.....the high audience score is a result of the apple shills, who haven't watched a show, who simply want to make Apple look in a positive light, no matter the truth, as we see so often on this very website.
I guess as much. The criticism likely came from people with an axe to grind, who then went to the press in an attempt to hurt Apple’s chances to win over future talent or content deals. I pointed out the apparent disconnect on rotten tomatoes some time back and it’s nice to see this point being corroborated here.
Moving forward, I believe that Apple TV+ has enough content to grab tens of millions of subscribers. Assuming an annual budget of 2 billion and the average customer paying $50 a year, the magic number is 40 million subscribers. Should be quite achievable for Apple.
Using a curated feed of content revolving around compelling storytelling to get users to watch the TV app, in turn promoting other tv bundles and earning the subscription revenue. Granted, there will be detractors who still can’t wrap their heads around Apple doing original content, and think Apple should still be working on routers and cinema displays, but I genuinely think Apple is on to something with Apple TV+ and the Apple TV app.
Although it really DOES sound like lame excuses, I kinda agree with this. There is a BUNCH of series/ movies, that critics hated and audience loved. The last big one being Dave Chapelle show on Netflix, so, I kinda think, there is some truth to this.
Personally don't care about ATV + as a product, got the year free almost 3 weeks ago, still haven't watched anything on it lol.
Personally don't care about ATV + as a product, got the year free almost 3 weeks ago, still haven't watched anything on it lol.
You know what? I was fully prepared to hate on an AppleTV+ service. Didn't see the point or the need for the money spend. But I got the trial when I bought my new iPhone, and my wife and I gave the shows a shot, even after reading the critical reviews. And turns out, they're pretty good.
All that to say, I kinda see the argument that the negative reviews were more against Apple and why they were launching the shows in the first place, and how much the content supposedly cost them, versus the merits of the shows themselves. And keep in mind, the critics only originally had the first three episodes to see, and I definitely think eps 4+ of the The Morning Show in particular are where it began to find its footing.
All that to say, I kinda see the argument that the negative reviews were more against Apple and why they were launching the shows in the first place, and how much the content supposedly cost them, versus the merits of the shows themselves. And keep in mind, the critics only originally had the first three episodes to see, and I definitely think eps 4+ of the The Morning Show in particular are where it began to find its footing.
What product failure? And I think they’re referencing the critics, not the consumers.
Personally, I judge movies etc by my own opinion of them.
So far I watched 2 episodes of The Morning Show. It is well made but, so far, quite boring.
Is the show built around the #MeToo issue? I imagine the writers will struggle with this show, to write around this topic.
The other show I watched, also 2 episodes, is See. The show about blind people. I fell asleep watching this one. Watching blind people in battle is...booorrriiiinnnggg!
There is so much competition for viewing. Apple needs much better shows.
Is the show built around the #MeToo issue? I imagine the writers will struggle with this show, to write around this topic.
The other show I watched, also 2 episodes, is See. The show about blind people. I fell asleep watching this one. Watching blind people in battle is...booorrriiiinnnggg!
There is so much competition for viewing. Apple needs much better shows.
The most likely consumers of Apple TV+ are Apple fans. Apple fans gobble up and love every single thing Apple does. So of course the audience ratings are decently high.
It's actually not so black and white. They made the issue more complex than that as Mitch didn't really do anything wrong other than make bad choices. He just had a lot of consensual sex. He didn't coerce anyone.
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