A new Justin Timberlake docuseries is in the works at Apple TV, and Janet Jackson is set to appear as a guest, Variety reported Monday, Nov. 2. Variety described the four-part project as a “tell-all,” which suggests the pop star plans to speak openly about parts of his past. For fans who have followed the pair’s story since 2004, the news brings a long-running chapter back into focus.

The series is reportedly expected to reach the streamer in December, and the reporting places its release by the end of the year. Beyond that timing and one discussion topic, no further details were available when the report came out. Billboard has reached out to Timberlake’s reps for comment, so the project’s scope and format remain unconfirmed.

What will the docuseries focus on?

Few specifics have been reported so far. The involvement of Jackson makes it likely the series will look back on the 2004 Super Bowl controversy, when Timberlake exposed her breast during the broadcast on live TV. That moment is also the incident the term “wardrobe malfunction” was born from.

The controversy also drew attention to how differently the two were treated afterward, a point Timberlake addressed directly in 2021. That year he issued a public apology to Jackson, acknowledging the disparity between them and saying he had fallen short in many moments of his life. He also expressed remorse for disrespectful things he had said about Britney Spears following their breakup in 2002.

For a reader catching up, the arc runs from the 2004 broadcast to a public apology in 2021, then to a 2024 arrest and a later health disclosure. The new docuseries, with Jackson as a guest, is the next chapter the reporting describes.

The rocky stretch that followed

Things got rocky in 2024. Timberlake was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons. He ultimately pleaded guilty to a lesser impaired-driving charge, which resolved the case, and was sentenced to 25 hours of community service.

“I know I’m hard to love sometimes, but you keep loving me right back,” Timberlake told fans at one of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour concerts shortly after the arrest.

The tour ended the following year. After it wrapped, Timberlake revealed a challenge he had been facing behind the scenes: Lyme disease. He said he was shocked when he received the diagnosis, but that it helped explain the nerve pain and intense fatigue he had felt while performing.

“Living with this can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically,” Timberlake wrote in a statement at the time.

The disclosure came after the tour, so the statement reads as a look back on that period. Taken together, the apology, the arrest and the illness news show a run of very public moments in recent years, and the report places this docuseries in that context.

Music is the other part of his story. Timberlake has not dropped an album since 2024. His most recent album, Everything I Thought It Was, reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. More recently, he teamed with Quavo on the new song “House Music,” which came out in early October.

What happens next is mostly a waiting game. The docuseries is reportedly set for Apple TV in December, but no official premiere date, episode breakdown or full guest list has been confirmed. Until Timberlake’s team or the streamer comments, fans should treat the timing as a report rather than a confirmed schedule, and should watch for an official announcement.

Quick answers

When does the Justin Timberlake docuseries come out?
Variety reported that the project is expected on Apple TV in December, and Billboard said it is set to arrive by the end of the year. No official premiere date had been announced at the time of reporting.

Who is in the Justin Timberlake docuseries?
Janet Jackson is set to appear as a guest, according to Variety. No other guests were named in the reporting.

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Source: Billboard