Apple TV+ is going all in with a Fraggle Rock reboot

Vulture

After featuring a shortform Fraggle Rock series shot on iPhones, Apple TV+ has struck a deal with the Jim Henson Company to produce a formal reboot with full episodes of the classic kids’ show. Apple has also aaquired all 96 episodes of the original 1983–87 live-action HBO series (and some specials) that will be made available starting Wednesday. According to Vulture's Josef Adalian, Apple "remains uninterested in using Apple TV+ as a repository for old shows and movies from other suppliers, the way Netflix, Prime Video, and Hulu have done for years. That’s because, per the source, with big studios such as Warner Bros., Disney, and Universal looking to keep their best and biggest titles for their own streaming platforms, there simply aren’t enough great titles around to make a library strategy work. In the case of Fraggle Rock, however, having the older episodes available to stream alongside the new content made more sense than not having them as part of the offering." If Apple didn't acquire the old episodes, then they would've ended up on HBO Max, while the new episodes would be available on Apple TV+.