Robert and Michelle King spent years making lawyers look fascinating on The Good Wife and The Good Fight. Now they’re pointing that courtroom lens at Silicon Valley. Cupertino just premiered on CBS, with Mike Colter playing a scrappy lawyer who defends everyday people against powerful tech companies, including an Elon-style billionaire’s ex-spouse and a programmer blamed for a deadly drone malfunction.
The season’s buzziest storyline involves a sentient A.I. that turns out to be the whistleblower, and Robert King says the timing is getting eerie. While shooting episode 18, the writers keep seeing their fictional ideas show up in real headlines the next day. The show also airs on a network now owned by David Ellison’s Skydance, and the Kings say they’ve received no pushback on the tech criticism.
So whether you’re an A.I. optimist or you side-eye anyone who announces they’re“using A.I.”in a meeting, this one’s built for debate. Are you watching Cupertino yet, or waiting for the full season to drop first?
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