Dickinson

The series was commissioned directly by Apple as a straight-to-series order, being announced on May 30, 2018 as part of the Apple TV+ service launch.

Will Poulter and Joe Thomas were considered for the role of Samuel Bowles, newspaper editor, before Finn Jones was cast for the character.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa was cast to play Death in a recurring role, an unusual choice for a period series about Emily Dickinson.

The series featured a series of celebrity guest appearances playing historical or literary figures, such as John Mulaney as Henry David Thoreau, Nick Kroll as Edgar Allan Poe, Billy Eichner as Walt Whitman, Zosia Mamet as Louisa May Alcott, and Chloe Fineman as Sylvia Plath.

Filming for the first season began on January 7, 2019 in Old Bethpage, New York, and was completed in March of the same year, according to The New York Times.

Some scenes were filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York, while much of the third season was shot at the Jay Estate in Rye, New York.

The series is known for its deliberate use of anachronisms, mixing language, music, and modern references with the 19th-century historical setting.

Dickinson won a Peabody Award in the Entertainment category, becoming the first Apple TV+ program to receive this prestigious honor.