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{{Infobox television |
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* [[Comedy-drama]] |
* [[Comedy-drama]] |
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* [[Science fiction on television|Science fiction]] |
* [[Science fiction on television|Science fiction]] |
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* Amit Bhalla |
* Amit Bhalla |
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* Lucas Jansen |
* Lucas Jansen |
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* [[Billy Crudup]] |
* [[Billy Crudup]] |
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* [[Hank Azaria]] |
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* Dewshane Williams |
* Dewshane Williams |
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| theme_music_composer |
| theme_music_composer = [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] |
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| composer |
| composer = Mark Mothersbaugh |
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| country |
| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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| num_seasons |
| num_seasons = 1 |
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| executive_producer |
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* [[Billy Crudup]] |
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* Jonathan Entwistle |
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* Lucas Jansen |
* Lucas Jansen |
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| producer |
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| cinematography |
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* Tim Norman |
* Tim Norman |
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* Christopher Norr |
* Christopher Norr |
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* Justin Brown |
* Justin Brown |
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| runtime |
| runtime = 30–33 minutes |
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* [[Blake Griffin|Mortal Media]] |
* [[Blake Griffin|Mortal Media]] |
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* Froward Enterprise |
* Froward Enterprise |
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* [[Apple Studios (production company)|Apple Studios]] |
* [[Apple Studios (production company)|Apple Studios]] |
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| network |
| network = [[Apple TV+]] |
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2023|2|17}} |
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| last_aired = {{End date|2023|4|7}} |
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2023|2|17}} |
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'''''Hello Tomorrow!''''' is |
'''''Hello Tomorrow!''''' is an American [[Science fiction on television|science fiction]] [[comedy-drama]] television series that premiered on [[Apple TV+]] on February 17, 2023. It stars [[Billy Crudup]]. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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In a [[retrofuturistic]] world, a |
In a [[retrofuturistic]] world, a [[huckster]] named Jack Billings runs a small business of [[Peddler|traveling salesmen]] who go door to door (on Earth) selling [[timeshare]]s on the [[moon]]. Jack pays his staff with the payments, pockets the rest, and then moves on from town to town, with the fictional rocket launch for his customers to be brought to their fictional new homes being delayed further and further. |
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In one of the towns Jack realizes he's found his son Joey, who doesn't know that Jack is his father. Jack hires Joey as a salesperson, decides to stay in this town for a while, and tries to find a way to tell Joey that they are father and son without driving him away, while also trying to keep the fraudulent business from crashing down around him. |
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==Cast== |
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== Episodes == |
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|Title = Great |
|Title = Great Salesmen Make Their Own Turf |
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|DirectedBy = Jonathan Entwistle |
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Entwistle |
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|WrittenBy = Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen |
|WrittenBy = Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen |
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|WrittenBy = Wes Brown |
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|Title = From the Desk of Stanley Jenkins |
|Title = From the Desk of Stanley Jenkins |
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|DirectedBy = Ryan McFaul |
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|WrittenBy = Jiehae Park |
|WrittenBy = Jiehae Park |
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|Title = The Numbers Behind the Numbers |
|Title = The Numbers Behind the Numbers |
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|DirectedBy = Ryan McFaul |
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|WrittenBy = Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen |
|WrittenBy = Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen |
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|Title = Another Day, Another Apocalypse |
|Title = Another Day, Another Apocalypse |
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|DirectedBy = Ryan McFaul |
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|WrittenBy = [[Stephen Falk]] |
|WrittenBy = [[Stephen Falk]] |
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|Title = The Gargon Mothership |
|Title = The Gargon Mothership |
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|DirectedBy = Ryan McFaul |
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|WrittenBy = Stephen Falk & Lucas Jansen |
|WrittenBy = Stephen Falk & Lucas Jansen |
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|Title = Certain Forces Once Unleashed |
|Title = Certain Forces Once Unleashed |
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|DirectedBy = [[Stacie Passon]] |
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|WrittenBy = Jiehae Park |
|WrittenBy = Jiehae Park |
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|Title = What Could Be Better? |
|Title = What Could Be Better? |
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|DirectedBy = Stacie Passon |
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|WrittenBy = Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen |
|WrittenBy = Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen |
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}}[[Stacie Passon]] and Ryan McFaul will also direct episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Massoto |first=Erick |date=January 18, 2023 |title='Hello Tomorrow!' Trailer Introduces Billy Crudup to a Retro-Futuristic World |url=https://collider.com/hello-tomorrow-trailer/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=Collider}}</ref> |
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== Production == |
== Production == |
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⚫ | On May 6, 2021, it was announced that [[Apple TV+]] would produce Amit Bhalla's and Lucas Jansen's TV series ''Hello Tomorrow!,'' with Bhalla and Jansen co-writing and producing with [[Blake Griffin]], [[Ryan Kalil]], and Noah Weinstein's Mortal Media, [[Billy Crudup]], and Jonathan Entwistle, with Entwistle set to direct the 10-episode series.<ref name="TVTomorrow">{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 6, 2021 |title=Billy Crudup To Star In 'Hello Tomorrow!' Dramedy Series Ordered By Apple TV+ From MRC Television |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/billy-crudup-star-hello-tomorrow-dramedy-series-apple-tv-plus-1234750739/ |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Crudup would appear in the lead role.<ref name="TVTomorrow" /> |
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===Development=== |
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⚫ | On May 6, 2021, [[Apple TV+]] |
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⚫ | On October 25, 2021, [[Hank Azaria]], [[Haneefah Wood]], [[Alison Pill]], Nicholas Podany, and Dewshane Williams joined the cast,<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 25, 2021 |title='Hello Tomorrow!': Hank Azaria, Haneefah Wood & Alison Pill Among Five Joining Billy Crudup in Apple Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/hello-tomorrow-hank-azaria-haneefah-wood-alison-pill-cast-billy-crudup-apple-series-1234861740/ |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> as did [[Jacki Weaver]] on November 17.<ref>{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=November 17, 2021 |title='Hello Tomorrow!': Jackie Weaver Joins Billy Crudup in Apple Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/hello-tomorrow-jacki-weaver-billy-crudup-apple-series-1234876356/ |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> On January 24, 2022, [[Dagmara Domińczyk]] received a recurring role.<ref>{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=January 24, 2022 |title='Hello Tomorrow!': Dagmara Dominczyk to Recur in Apple Series |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/hello-tomorrow-dagmara-dominczyk-recur-apple-series-1234917701/ |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> |
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===Casting=== |
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⚫ | Filming began in New York City on October 14, 2021, and concluded on March 24, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 20, 2021|title=Hello Tomorrow!|url=https://productionlist.com/production/hello-tomorrow/|access-date=February 18, 2023|website=Production List | Film & Television Industry Alliance|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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===Filming=== |
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⚫ | The series premiered on February 17, 2023 on [[Apple TV+]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roots |first1=Kimberly |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Billy Crudup's Hello Tomorrow! Gets Premiere Date at Apple TV+ — See 'Retro-Future' Dramedy's First Photos |url=https://tvline.com/2022/12/08/hello-tomorrow-release-date-apple-tv-plus-billy-crudup/ |access-date=December 8, 2022 |website=TVLine}}</ref> |
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== Release == |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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The review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported a |
The review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported a 54% approval rating based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critical consensus states, "''Hello Tomorrow!'' is visually striking enough to periodically distract from its rambling story and thinly sketched characters, but overall, this first season fails to live up to its potential."<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|title=Hello Tomorrow!|id=hello_tomorrow|type=tv|season=1|access-date=March 4, 2024}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[weighted average]], assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite Metacritic|title=Hello Tomorrow!|id=hello-tomorrow!|type=tv|season=1|access-date=March 4, 2024}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:2020s American comedy-drama television series]] |
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[[Category:2020s American science fiction television series]] |
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[[Category:English-language television shows]] |
[[Category:American English-language television shows]] |
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[[Category:2023 American television series debuts]] |
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[[Category:Television series by Media Rights Capital]] |
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[[Category:Retrofuturism]] |
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Latest revision as of 02:32, 5 March 2024
Hello Tomorrow! | |
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Created by |
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Starring |
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Theme music composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Country of origin | Vereinigte Staaten |
Original language | Englisch |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Cinematography |
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Running time | 30–33 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Apple TV+ |
Release | February 17 April 7, 2023 | –
Hello Tomorrow! is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series that premiered on Apple TV+ on February 17, 2023. It stars Billy Crudup.
Plot
[edit]In a retrofuturistic world, a huckster named Jack Billings runs a small business of traveling salesmen who go door to door (on Earth) selling timeshares on the moon. Jack pays his staff with the payments, pockets the rest, and then moves on from town to town, with the fictional rocket launch for his customers to be brought to their fictional new homes being delayed further and further.
In one of the towns Jack realizes he's found his son Joey, who doesn't know that Jack is his father. Jack hires Joey as a salesperson, decides to stay in this town for a while, and tries to find a way to tell Joey that they are father and son without driving him away, while also trying to keep the fraudulent business from crashing down around him.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Billy Crudup as Jack Billings
- Hank Azaria as Eddie
- Haneefah Wood as Shirley Stedman
- Alison Pill as Myrtle Mayburn
- Nicholas Podany as Joey Shorter
- Dewshane Williams as Herb Porter
Recurring
[edit]- Jacki Weaver as Barbara Billings
- Dagmara Domińczyk as Elle
- Michael Paul Chan as Walt
- Matthew Maher as Lester Costopolous
Guest
[edit]- Michael Harney as Sal
- Frankie Faison as Buck Manzell
- W. Earl Brown as Big Fred
- Gabriel Ebert as Marvin Mayburn
- Susan Heyward as Betty Porter
Episodes
[edit]No. | Titel | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | "Your Brighter Tomorrow, Today" | Jonathan Entwistle | Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen | February 17, 2023 |
2 | "Great Salesmen Make Their Own Turf" | Jonathan Entwistle | Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen | February 17, 2023 |
3 | "A Traveling Salesman Travels" | Jonathan Entwistle | Olivia Milch | February 17, 2023 |
4 | "Forms, Appropriately Filled and Filed" | Jonathan Entwistle | Wes Brown | February 24, 2023 |
5 | "From the Desk of Stanley Jenkins" | Ryan McFaul | Jiehae Park | March 3, 2023 |
6 | "The Numbers Behind the Numbers" | Ryan McFaul | Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen | March 10, 2023 |
7 | "Another Day, Another Apocalypse" | Ryan McFaul | Stephen Falk | March 17, 2023 |
8 | "The Gargon Mothership" | Ryan McFaul | Stephen Falk & Lucas Jansen | March 24, 2023 |
9 | "Certain Forces Once Unleashed" | Stacie Passon | Jiehae Park | March 31, 2023 |
10 | "What Could Be Better?" | Stacie Passon | Amit Bhalla & Lucas Jansen | April 7, 2023 |
Production
[edit]On May 6, 2021, it was announced that Apple TV+ would produce Amit Bhalla's and Lucas Jansen's TV series Hello Tomorrow!, with Bhalla and Jansen co-writing and producing with Blake Griffin, Ryan Kalil, and Noah Weinstein's Mortal Media, Billy Crudup, and Jonathan Entwistle, with Entwistle set to direct the 10-episode series.[1] Crudup would appear in the lead role.[1]
On October 25, 2021, Hank Azaria, Haneefah Wood, Alison Pill, Nicholas Podany, and Dewshane Williams joined the cast,[2] as did Jacki Weaver on November 17.[3] On January 24, 2022, Dagmara Domińczyk received a recurring role.[4]
Filming began in New York City on October 14, 2021, and concluded on March 24, 2022.[5]
The series premiered on February 17, 2023 on Apple TV+.[6]
Reception
[edit]The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 54% approval rating based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Hello Tomorrow! is visually striking enough to periodically distract from its rambling story and thinly sketched characters, but overall, this first season fails to live up to its potential."[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (May 6, 2021). "Billy Crudup To Star In 'Hello Tomorrow!' Dramedy Series Ordered By Apple TV+ From MRC Television". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 25, 2021). "'Hello Tomorrow!': Hank Azaria, Haneefah Wood & Alison Pill Among Five Joining Billy Crudup in Apple Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Petski, Denise (November 17, 2021). "'Hello Tomorrow!': Jackie Weaver Joins Billy Crudup in Apple Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Petski, Denise (January 24, 2022). "'Hello Tomorrow!': Dagmara Dominczyk to Recur in Apple Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Hello Tomorrow!". Production List | Film & Television Industry Alliance. September 20, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ Roots, Kimberly (December 8, 2022). "Billy Crudup's Hello Tomorrow! Gets Premiere Date at Apple TV+ — See 'Retro-Future' Dramedy's First Photos". TVLine. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ "Hello Tomorrow!: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Hello Tomorrow!: Season 1". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved March 4, 2024.