Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning Artist, Common Teams Up with The Fraggles in Apple’s “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!”
New mini-episode featuring duet with Common debuts today for free, exclusively on Apple TV+
Style Magazine Newswire | 5/12/2020, 12:12 p.m.
The Fraggles are back for more fun, music and silly adventures in a brand new mini-episode of “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!,” and this week, they are joined by a special guest: award-winning artist, actor and activist, Common.
In the fourth mini-episode of Apple’s beloved “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!,” now streaming for free on Apple TV+, Gobo and Mokey connect by Doozertube with Oscar, Grammy and Emmy-Award-winning artist, Common, for a wonderful conversation, and duet of a popular Fraggle song.
Featuring original, beloved characters, Gobo, Red, Boober, Mokey, Wembley, and Uncle Travelling Matt, “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!” is an original collection of mini-episodes now streaming globally on Apple TV+ alongside Apple’s lineup of award-winning, educational programming for kids and families. Each short form episode aims to show everyone how we are all connected through friendship through new stories and classic Fraggle songs from the same beloved characters of the classic 80s series.
“Fraggle Rock: Rock On!” is produced in accordance with the COVID-19 “Safer at Home” guidelines, and is all shot on iPhone 11 phones from the homes of the production team and individual artists from all over the U.S. The series hails from The Jim Henson Company, and is executive produced by Halle Stanford and John Tartaglia.
New episodes of “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!” premiere every Tuesday and are available to stream globally for free exclusively on Apple TV+, a home for award-winning, educational children’s programming including The Common Sense and Parents Choice Award winning “Helpsters” and “Ghostwriter” from Sesame Workshop; and the Annie and DGA Award-winning “Snoopy in Space,” from Peanuts.
With families around the world staying at home, Apple is featuring curated collections of TV shows, movies, music, podcasts, books, apps and games for families and kids of all ages. These collections have been created to help parents educate and entertain their kids and to assist teachers who are exploring creative ways to facilitate remote learning.
Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at tv.apple.com, for $4.99 per month with a seven-day free trial. The Apple TV app will be available on Sony and VIZIO smart TVs later this year. For a limited time, customers who purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch can enjoy one year of Apple TV+ for free. This special offer is good for three months after the first activation of the eligible device.* For more information, please visit apple.com/tvpr.