Content Spotlight: Glenn Close, Niv Sultan Lead Apple TV Plus's 'Tehran' Into Second Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Apple TV Plus's 'Tehran'
(Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Content Spotlight is a new podcast from Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable that looks at new and returning television series through the eyes of the show’s stars and creators. 

Multichannel News Senior Content Producer R. Thomas Umstead sits down with actresses Niv Sultan and Glenn Close to discuss the second season of Apple TV Plus’s original drama series Tehran, which debuts on the streaming service May 6. Close also weighs in on Paramount Plus’s reimagining of one of her biggest films, Fatal Attraction.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.