Courtney A. Kemp signed a new multiyear overall deal with Apple TV, and under the agreement her production company End of Episode will develop and create television series exclusively for the platform while Apple will hold a first-look on her film projects.
The move shifts the creator of the Power universe to an exclusive television home at a moment when her work is dominating streaming charts. Nemesis, the crime drama Kemp co-created and showran under her prior deal with Netflix, is currently No. 1 in the U.S. and 15 other countries on Netflix. The series only recently premiered on the platform — debuting at No. 3 initially and making the Top 10 list in 71 different countries with 7.1M views — and its rapid climb underscores the audience Kemp continues to draw.
Kemp framed the deal in personal terms. "I’m so grateful to Zack [Van Amburg], Jamie [Erlicht] and Matt [Cherniss] for welcoming me to the Apple family," she said. "With their impeccable taste and strong support for their creators’ visions, Apple is the perfect place to develop my next projects." She added: "I couldn’t be more thrilled to bring my audience to Apple for more hard-hitting, high-stakes, multilayered stories that uplift the culture, yet reach beyond to universal viewership."
The contract marks the end of Kemp’s multiyear overall deal with Netflix that began in 2021. That prior partnership produced Nemesis and kept Kemp at the center of the streaming conversation; now her television output will be exclusive to Apple TV, while Apple retains early access to any film projects End of Episode chooses to pursue. The terms place Kemp’s next television work squarely on Apple’s schedule and give Apple first rights on translating any of her ideas to the screen as features.
The timing is notable. Kemp created Power for Starz and Lionsgate TV in 2014, a franchise that has since spawned three spinoffs and expanded into what the industry calls the Power Universe. A prequel series subtitled Origins is in production, and Power: Origins — a continuation of Power Book III: Raising Kanan — is currently shooting in New York. Those parallel projects mean Kemp will be balancing multiple series at different stages even as she begins the exclusive relationship with Apple TV.
That overlap is the story’s tension. Kemp’s most recent work is still rising on Netflix even as she locks her television future with another platform. The practical effect is clear: audiences currently finding Nemesis on Netflix may see Kemp’s next serialized work debut somewhere else. The switch raises questions about where viewers will follow a creator whose shows have historically migrated across networks and services — from Starz and Lionsgate TV to Netflix, and now to Apple TV.
For viewers and the industry, the immediate takeaway is simple and consequential. Kemp will now deliver television series only to Apple TV; film ideas will first be offered to Apple. Her recent Netflix success with Nemesis — reaching No. 1 in the U.S. and 15 other countries after a Top 10 premiere in 71 nations with 7.1M views — gives Apple a creator with proven international appeal. Expect Kemp’s next episodic projects to roll out on Apple TV while the Power Universe continues to expand in production in New York.
In short: Kemp’s switch makes Apple TV the exclusive home for her television storytelling, and the platform inherits a creator whose recent series commands global attention — even as some of her current hits remain on other services.
