With ‘Puppy Place’ and ‘Lovely Little Farm,’ Apple TV+ Wags Its Tail at Premium Kids’ Shows
Ethan Shanfeld As Hollywood basks in the streaming boom and burgeoning the era of premium television, kids, too, get to join in on the fun.Unlike the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon multi-cam sitcoms that have dominated kids’ TV for decades, newer streaming series like Apple TV+’s “Puppy Place” and “Lovely Little Farm” function more like family dramedies. Avoiding that type of slapstick humor and over-accessorized costumes and sets, these series opt for a more naturalistic approach, oftentimes with serialized storytelling.“Puppy Place” showrunner Andrew Green, who previously served as a co-executive producer on “Hannah Montana,” tells Variety: “Having worked in kids’ television for so long, you develop a certain rhythm, and Apple was like, ‘Let’s take a step back.