{"id":339195,"date":"2017-04-25T09:13:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/24\/apple-delays-launch-of-carpool-karaoke-series\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:13:29","slug":"apple-delays-launch-of-carpool-karaoke-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-delays-launch-of-carpool-karaoke-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Delays Launch of &#8216;Carpool Karaoke&#8217; Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has delayed the release of &#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series,&#8221; its first original television series, reports <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-apple-video-idUSKBN17R02R\">Reuters<\/a><\/em>. The series, which will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-music\/\">Apple Music<\/a>, was supposed to launch in April, but its debut has been delayed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n2fipKCrV3I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Apple, a company known for its precisely coordinated product launches, declined to explain the delays, but said in a statement that &#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series will premiere on Apple Music later this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apple was originally planning to hold a premiere party for &#8220;Carpool Karaoke&#8221; in March, but the party was postponed. The party was then supposed to take place on Monday, but it was again pushed back due to the show&#8217;s delayed launch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series&#8221; is based on the popular Carpool Karaoke segment from &#8220;The Late Late Show with James Corden.&#8221; Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/07\/26\/apple-tv-series-carpool-karaoke\/\">purchased rights<\/a> to the show back in mid-2016 and showed off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/12\/apple-carpool-karaoke-trailer\/\">first trailer<\/a> for the series in February of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The show, composed of 16 half-hour episodes, will feature celebrity pairs &#8220;riding along in a car together as they sing tunes from their personal playlists.&#8221; According to Apple, the show&#8217;s stars will also &#8220;surprise fans&#8221; who are not expecting to see &#8220;big stars belting out tunes one lane over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series&#8221; will star James Corden, Will Smith, Billy Eichner, Metallica, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Ariana Grande, Seth MacFarlane, Chelsea Handler, Blake Shelton, Michael Strahan, John Cena, Shaquille O&#8217;Neal, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, and more, with a different host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/01\/09\/carpool-karaoke-apple-music-different-hosts\/\">for each episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is aiming to drive more subscribers to Apple Music with &#8220;Carpool Karaoke,&#8221; and the show, when it launches, will be available only to Apple Music subscribers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has delayed the release of &#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series,&#8221; its first original television series, reports <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-apple-video-idUSKBN17R02R\">Reuters<\/a><\/em>. The series, which will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-music\/\">Apple Music<\/a>, was supposed to launch in April, but its debut has been delayed.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n2fipKCrV3I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Apple, a company known for its precisely coordinated product launches, declined to explain the delays, but said in a statement that &#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series will premiere on Apple Music later this year.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apple was originally planning to hold a premiere party for &#8220;Carpool Karaoke&#8221; in March, but the party was postponed. The party was then supposed to take place on Monday, but it was again pushed back due to the show&#8217;s delayed launch.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series&#8221; is based on the popular Carpool Karaoke segment from &#8220;The Late Late Show with James Corden.&#8221; Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/07\/26\/apple-tv-series-carpool-karaoke\/\">purchased rights<\/a> to the show back in mid-2016 and showed off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/12\/apple-carpool-karaoke-trailer\/\">first trailer<\/a> for the series in February of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The show, composed of 16 half-hour episodes, will feature celebrity pairs &#8220;riding along in a car together as they sing tunes from their personal playlists.&#8221; According to Apple, the show&#8217;s stars will also &#8220;surprise fans&#8221; who are not expecting to see &#8220;big stars belting out tunes one lane over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Carpool Karaoke: The Series&#8221; will star James Corden, Will Smith, Billy Eichner, Metallica, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Ariana Grande, Seth MacFarlane, Chelsea Handler, Blake Shelton, Michael Strahan, John Cena, Shaquille O&#8217;Neal, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, and more, with a different host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/01\/09\/carpool-karaoke-apple-music-different-hosts\/\">for each episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is aiming to drive more subscribers to Apple Music with &#8220;Carpool Karaoke,&#8221; and the show, when it launches, will be available only to Apple Music subscribers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-music\/\">Apple Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/carpool-karaoke\/\">Carpool Karaoke<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/apple-delays-launch-of-carpool-karaoke-series.2043082\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=__lFkIShwX4:5SO5vQf_zS4:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=__lFkIShwX4:5SO5vQf_zS4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/__lFkIShwX4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-339195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}