Each episode of this PI drama\u2019s second season is a half-hour haze suffused with melancholy and distressed urban beauty. It\u2019s the kind of show that could only exist on Apple TV<\/p>\n
Getting a TV show made isn\u2019t easy. OK, so you\u2019ve got an interesting idea and some good scripts \u2013 but a network or streaming platform will have many further questions. How much will it cost to make, which age\/demographic will enjoy it, can it be distilled in a grabby one-line summary, could it recoup investment by running to multiple seasons? Nobody\u2019s going to take a punt on your kooky pet project and risk losing money.<\/p>\n
At least that\u2019s the theory, but Apple TV seems happy to commission shows having ticked none of the above boxes. Pound for pound \u2013 that is, ignoring the overwhelming volume of Netflix shows \u2013 it\u2019s probably the best streamer in the game, having gambled and won on Severance, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses, The Studio, For All Mankind and Widow\u2019s Bay. But it also has a stable of oddball charmers that work in a moseying sort of way \u2013 Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles being two recent ones \u2013 and a slew of baffling misfires like Government Cheese and Hello Tomorrow! that have popped up, done a thing nobody understood and disappeared again. You don\u2019t know what you\u2019ll get with a new Apple show, but it\u2019s likely to be something nobody else would green-light, and they\u2019d often be right.<\/p>\n
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