Apple TV+ highlights for the month of March include The Problem with Jon Stewart, Central Park, Dear…, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, WeCrashed and Pachinko.
The Problem With Jon Stewart
New weekly instalments
“The Problem With Jon Stewart” is a multiple-season, single-issue series with Stewart exploring complex topics through the differing perspectives of stakeholders, experts and individuals confronting these challenges.
The Apple Original series also features a companion podcast that extends the conversation from each episode, featuring staff members from across the show who bring us interviews with activists in the space, the facts on the issue, and yes, lots of jokes.
“The Problem With Jon Stewart” will return in a new weekly format, beginning Thursday, 3 March, along with the series’ official companion podcast.
Central Park
New episodes
Recently renewed for a third season, Central Park stars a renowned voice cast that includes Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Kathryn Hahn, Tituss Burgess and Stanley Tucci. New guest stars featured in the second season include Aparna Nancherla, Billy Porter, Catherine O’Hara, Ellie Kemper and Naomi Ekperigin.
As season two of “Central Park” unfolds with eight new episodes, the Tillerman family continues to navigate living in and caring for the world’s most famous park. Molly experiences the trials and tribulations of adolescence, Cole is challenged by a truly embarrassing moment at school, Paige continues to chase down the Mayor’s corruption story, and Owen juggles managing the park, his staff, and his family all with a smile on his face. Meanwhile, Bitsy inches ever closer to her sinister goal of claiming Central Park as her own; with Helen by her side, eternally wondering whether she’s made it into Bitsy’s will. Every step of the way, we are guided along by our friendly, fumbling, fiddler narrator, Birdie.
The second season of “Central Park” will return for eight brand new episodes, starting with the drop of three new episodes on 4 March, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday thereafter through 8 April.
“Dear…”
New season
From Emmy and Peabody Award winner R.J. Cutler, season two of inspiring and acclaimed unscripted series “Dear…” features a new roster of icons, their illuminating stories and the lives of those they have impacted.
The second season returns with a new roster of icons, including the late André Leon Talley, Viola Davis, Malala Yousafzai, Jane Fonda, Ava DuVernay, Billy Porter, Sandra Oh, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Laird Hamilton. “Dear…” spotlights internationally recognised leaders, entertainers and athletes, and how they have shaped culture and society through a collection of intimate letters from their fans. By reading these letters, each influential figure learns how they have unknowingly impacted others and gains new insight into how their work has made a unique contribution to the global community.
“Dear…” season two premieres Friday, 4 March on Apple TV+.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
New limited series
“The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” stars Jackson as Ptolemy Grey, an ailing man forgotten by his family, by his friends, and by even himself. Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker and on the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager Robyn, played by Dominique Fishback. When they learn about a treatment that can restore Ptolemy’s dementia-addled memories, it begins a journey toward shocking truths about the past, present and future.
The six-episode limited series will debut will debut globally Friday, 11 March on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.
WeCrashed
New limited series
Starring Academy Award winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, “WeCrashed” is the highly anticipated eight-episode limited series from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork. Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the centre of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?
“WeCrashed” will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on 18 March, followed by new weekly instalments each Friday
Pachinko
Told in three languages – Korean, Japanese, and English — “Pachinko” is the highly anticipated international drama series based on The New York Times bestselling, acclaimed novel by the same name. Epic in scope and intimate in tone, the story begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell an unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.
“Pachinko” is written and executive produced by Soo Hugh (“The Terror,” “The Killing”), who created the series and serves as showrunner. The series stars Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Lee Minho, Kaho Minami, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Junwoo Han, Eun Chae Jung, Jimmi Simpson, Yu-na Jeon and Academy Award-winning actress Youn Yuh Jung.
“Pachinko” will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on 25 March, followed by new weekly instalments, each Friday.
