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  In Apple TV+'s City on Fire, which comes from executive producers and showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, a suburban teen must unravel the mystery of her friend's murder after she is shot in Central Park on July 4, 2003. The series, which will premiere on May 12, is based on the novel of the same name which takes place in 1970s New York, a time of dire financial crisis and widespread panic in the city due to a series of shootings. “We feel that while it's a fascinating period, is well-trodden territory. We were really interested in that post-9/11, Occupy Wall Street in New York. Obviously the book culminates with the blackout of '77. There was a massive blackout in 2003. So creatively, that story lined up. But also thematically, 1977 was a time when people weren't sure our city was going to survive. After 9/11 in New York, people had the same concerns, the same fears," Schwartz said during the AppleTV+ Television Critics Association panel on Wedne...