--- title: Apple's First Original TV Series Will Reportedly Star Dr. Dre description: The dark drama will reportedly include an "extended" orgy. authors: - name: Denver Nicks url: https://money.com/author/denver-nicks/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 60 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/DenverNicks - https://plus.google.com/105122198911201917932 former_staff: true published: '2016-02-12T21:08:05.000Z' modified: '2016-02-12T21:08:05.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Amazon - Apple - Dr. Dre - Entertainment - Entertainment - film - iTunes - Netflix - pubdesk - Television - TV - Vital Signs word_count: 243 canonical: https://money.com/dr-dre-vital-signs-apple-tv-series/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Dr. Dre arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Straight Outta Compton" at the Microsoft Theater on August 10, 2015.](https://img.money.com/2016/02/160216_em_dre.jpg?crop=0px%2C156px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) *Dr. Dre arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Straight Outta Compton" at the Microsoft Theater on August 10, 2015.* The technology giant Apple is famous for putting computers in our homes, music in our pockets and the Internet at our fingertips. It isn’t known for being a major media production company, though that may be about to [change](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dr-dre-filming-apples-first-864502). According to the [Hollywood](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dr-dre-filming-apples-first-864502) *Reporter*, Apple is set to make its first-ever original television series, to be called *Vital Signs*. Hip Hop icon, Apple executive and Beats co-founder Dr. Dre will executive produce and star in the production (Beats was purchased by Apple in 2014, making Dre an Apple executive). *Vital Signs* won't be Apple's first-ever foray into video—the Apple Music service has experimented with video through, for example, a live stream of a Taylor Swift concert, and a video version of DJ Khaled's radio show—but it will be the company's first major foray into a full-on, original, series scale production. The Hollywood *Reporter's* sources say the 50-year-old rapper will will star in a six-episode, semi-autobiographical series, in which each episodes centers on a specific emotion and how the hero deals with it. Information is scant on what, exactly, the show will be about, but sources say filming this week included an extended orgy. The show is said to be a dark drama replete with sex and violence. The news puts Apple in league with other non-traditional production companies getting into the TV and movie business, like Netflix and Amazon. 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