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20th Television exec jumps ship to Apple TV+

20th Television’s drama development executive Erin May has joined Apple TV+ as a senior creative executive, reporting to Matt Cherniss, Apple’s head of scripted television, reports Deadline. 

About Erin May

She starts Nov. 8 and will be based at Apple TV+’s offices in Culver City. May joins Apple from 20th Television, part of Disney Television Studios, where she had been for over a decade, most recently as vice president, Drama Development.

May oversaw the creative development, production and staffing of such series as “Washington Black,” starring Selwyn Hinds and Sterling K. Brown; Karin Gist and Lee Daniels’ “Our Kind of People”; Danny Strong and Barry Levinson’s “Dopesick,” Ron Moore’s “Swiss Family Robinson;” and Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince Bythewood’s “Shots Fired.”

About Apple TV+

Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $4.99 per month with a seven-day free trial. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.*

For more information, visit apple.com/tvpr and see the full list of supported devices.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.