Excessive Desert will be a part of the gathering of comedies on Apple TV+ when it premieres in Could. This gained’t be mild fare, because it follows an addict who decides to grow to be a personal investigator.
The upcoming sequence stars Patricia Arquette, winner of a number of Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy awards.
Patricia Arquette stars in each Excessive Desert and Severance on Apple TV+
Apple’s streaming video service contains an array of comedies, none extra well-known than Ted Lasso. However don’t count on one other uber-optimistic, feel-good present from Excessive Desert. That is darkish comedy.
Apple’s official description makes that clear:
“Excessive Desert follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a brand new begin after the dying of her beloved mom, with whom she lived within the small desert city of Yucca Valley, California, and makes a life-changing choice to grow to be a personal investigator.”
Arquette already stars in Severance, a slightly creepy — and very fashionable — drama on Apple TV+. And Ben Stiller is a producer on each reveals.
Additionally in Excessive Desert are Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters and Rupert Pal.
The sequence was created and written by Nancy Fichman (Nurse Jackie, Damages), Katie Ford (Miss Congeniality) and Jennifer Hoppe (Grace and Frankie, Nurse Jackie, Damages). It’s directed by Emmy winner Jay Roach.
Excessive Desert premieres Could 17
The half-hour darkish comedy premieres Wednesday, Could 17, 2023, completely on Apple TV+. Three episodes will launch the sequence, and the remaining 5 will seem weekly on following Wednesdays.
Watching comes with a $6.99-per-month subscription to Apple TV+. Different comedies already on the stream embody the aforementioned Ted Lasso, the gamer laugh-a-thon Mythic Quest, fantastical musical Schmigadoon!, ingenious whodunnit The Afterparty, animated sitcom Central Park and stellar Irish darkish comedy Dangerous Sisters.
