Apple TV's Savant Delayed Given Current Political Climate

[+ MikeThomas]

I was looking forward to watching this.

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Earlier this week, Apple made the decision to delay the release of upcoming Apple TV+ series "The Savant" due to its topic and the current political climate. Jessica...

 

[+ SirBillybob]

Everything is still displayed as it was, just "coming at a later date” having replaced "this Friday". 

Edited Wednesday at 07:14 PM by SirBillybob

[+ MikeThomas]

1 hour ago, SirBillybob said:

Everything is still displayed as it was, just "coming at a later date” having replaced "this Friday". 

Yes, but still very odd behavior by Apple.  It must be more than a couple of weeks for Chastain to have posted on the delay.

Edited Wednesday at 07:26 PM by MikeThomas

[+ SirBillybob]

43 minutes ago, MikeThomas said:

Yes, but still very odd behavior by Apple.  It must be more than a couple of weeks for Chastain to have posted on the delay.

Yet Slow Horses galloping in on time.

Many recent releases to keep up with but not that many listed for the remainder of the year, so spreading out the programming makes sense anyway.

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:11 PM by SirBillybob

[+ MikeThomas]

2 minutes ago, SirBillybob said:

Yet Slow Horses on time.

Yes, and The Morning Show was on time too.  Even more odd that Savant would be delayed.

[+ SirBillybob]

13 minutes ago, MikeThomas said:

Yes, and The Morning Show was on time too.  Even more odd that Savant would be delayed.

Judging by first episode The Morning Show also controversial political themes. And Slow Horses terrorism etc. In a few weeks a new series (fiction) attempting to round up escaped violent inmates. A bit saturated overall.

Edited Wednesday at 08:25 PM by SirBillybob

[jeezifonly]

There are hundreds of moving parts to a series. 

It's every bit as likely that some sort of technical/contractual fuckup caused the delay, but by tying it to "current political climate" it drives interest about the show in a way that "we fucked up something banal but essential" ever would. 

[Km411]

Honestly, shows like these offer little escape from the drama playing out in the headlines. I need an escape. What’s playing on the Hallmark channel?

[+ SirBillybob]

40 minutes ago, Km411 said:

Honestly, shows like these offer little escape from the drama playing out in the headlines. I need an escape. What’s playing on the Hallmark channel?

Something to do with a plot, many unexpected and intriguing twists and turns on the Christmas tree farm sleigh ride where the 45-year old city girl spinster always-a-bridesmaid heroine with filters receives a surprising proposal. You could actually write the script yourself.

Edited Wednesday at 09:14 PM by SirBillybob