Apple TV+ has produced some of the best-written and most entertaining series in recent years, with great titles like Ted Lasso And The morning show. Thanks to the company’s large budget, the creators were able to tell important and unusual stories. Some of the best shows on Apple TV+ keep audiences entertained enough to keep them coming back for multiple seasons.
These Apple TV+ series bring incredible performances with solid direction and interesting premises. From big-budget sci-fi series to witty comedies and hard-hitting dramas, Apple TV+ has a great TV show for everyone.
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From sci-fi series like For All Mankind to quirky workplace comedies like Ted Lasso, Apple TV+ has a great TV show for every fan.
Pachinko Is a lush adaptation of a classic novel
In 2017, Min Jin Lee’s novel, Pachinkowas published to great acclaim, appearing in nearly every major newspaper’s Top 10 Books of 2017 lists, and this led a number of observers to wonder whether the novel would be adapted into a film, miniseries or in a television series. Apple TV stepped in and decided to make it into a TV series.
The series tells the story of four generations of a Korean family from 1915 to 1989. Its lavish production budget and stunning cinematography made it one of the most acclaimed television series, although, curiously, it did not didn’t get much love at first. Emmy Awards for its first season, garnering only one nomination for a minor award (best title design). Hopefully season 2 gets more attention from the Academy.
Bad Sisters is a dark comedy about the power of sisterhood
In the first season of Bad sistersan Irish woman’s abusive husband dies mysteriously and the small insurance company that insured the husband must prove that the sisters really murdered the man or their family business will go bankrupt. We follow in flashbacks to see if the man was actually murdered, and if so, by WHO.
It’s a dark and hilarious comedy about the bond between sisters. Series star Sharon Horgan also developed and presented the series. The second season followed another mystery involving the sisters.
Bad sisters
The Garvey sisters are bonded by the deaths of their parents and by a promise to always protect each other.
Central Park Was a musical love letter to New York
In one of Apple’s first big moves for its streaming service, the company has acquired a new animated series from Loren Bouchard, the creator of the long-running hit animated series, Bob’s Burgers. Bouchard created this new series with Josh Gad and Nora Smith, and it features an eccentric family who live in Central Park and try to prevent it from being transformed into condos, restaurants and stores.
The series featured a number of charming songs and had a stellar cast of actors, with Leslie Odom Jr. and Kathyryn Hahn playing the parents, Titus Burgess and Emmy Raver-Lampman as the children (Kristen Bell played the Originally Molly, the girl, was the main character of the series, but as part of a larger attempt to have white actors not play non-white characters, Raver-Lampman took over after the season 1), and Stanley Tucci as the evil real estate developer trying to plow up Central Park.
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Little Voice was a wonderful showcase for the music of Sara Bareilles
Brittany O’Grady had a star turn Little voice as Bess Alice King, a young woman trying to become a singer-songwriter, while going through family drama and finding herself in an unexpected love triangle between a musician (played by Colton Ryan) and a dancer (played by Sean Teale).
Created by Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson, the show was a wonderful showcase for Bareilles’ music, as Bess’s music in the show were actual songs that Bareilles had written herself when she was a young woman trying to become an author -composer-performer. This gave the whole show a really great feeling of authenticity and, of course, some really great music from an iconic songwriter like Bareilles. Unfortunately, the series only lasted one season.
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Dear Edward was a heartfelt story about shared grief
Apple has regularly tried to convince notable television writers to work with it on projects. So it’s no surprise that she signed on with Friday Night Lights creator Jason Katims to create a new drama series for them. Dear Edward was based on a novel by Ann Napolitano and was about a young boy, Edward (Colin O’Brien), who was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed the rest of its 103 passengers and crew. crew, including Edward’s parents and his older brother (who had changed seats before the flight to allow Edward to have the window seat).
The idea for the series was built around an airline-funded grief support group that brought the families of fellow victims to interact with each other, help each other, and in some cases, to even fall in love. Connie Britton stood out as a seemingly wealthy woman who discovered that her husband, who died during the flight, had actually left her penniless. Taylor Schilling was Edward’s aunt, who struggled with infertility, but now found herself immediately a parent, albeit to a boy with insane heartbreak. What complicated matters was the fact that Edward was now starting to receive letters from all over the world. It was a good TV show, but it only lasted one season.
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Loot is a charming look at a billionaire charity
Inspired by divorced billionaires who use their money to do charity work around the world (like MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates), Booty stars former Saturday Night Live star Maya Rudolph as a woman who was abandoned by her tech billionaire husband after decades of marriage, and she’s left unsure of what to do next with her life.
She eventually throws herself into her charity and the colorful cast of characters who have been working for her charity for years without her involvement. Only now are they going to have to adjust to her suddenly being very involved after not even knowing what was going on at her charity. As she becomes involved in the world of charity, she also begins to grow as a person.
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Bad Monkey made his setting almost a main character
Carl Hiaasen is very famous for his detective novels set in South Florida, and Bill Lawrence smartly leaned into keeping Hiasen’s traditional feel. Bad monkeythis popular crime/comedy drama adapting Hiaasen’s book of the same name, starring Vince Vaughn as a former police detective drawn into a murder mystery.
The South Florida setting is as much a major character in the show as any of the colorful characters that populate the show (and there are a LOT of colorful characters on the show, led by former cop incredibly offbeat by Vaughn).
Andrew Yancy, a former detective turned health inspector in Florida, becomes embroiled in a mysterious case involving a severed arm found by a tourist. As Yancy digs deeper, he uncovers a web of corruption, crime and dark secrets in the Florida Keys.
Dark matter plays with major and mind-blowing ideas
One of the concerns of networks like Apple TV is that when they come up with a particularly mind-blowing concept, audiences fear being invested in a complicated concept, only to have the network cancel it after just one season. the effort seems in vain. Fortunately, Apple TV has been able to renew some of its less famous shows, which rewards viewers willing to put in a little more work, and Dark matter is precisely one of these kinds of shows.
Starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connolly, the series tells the story of a man whose life was stolen… from himself! An alternate reality version of himself, that is, and now man must travel through a series of alternate realities to try to reclaim his life from his alternate reality, but as we know from all scientific experiments, once you start observing anything, the situation changes, and we see this affect man himself as he travels from world to world and gets closer to the scientist who is working with him.
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Presumed innocents disrupt our minds with a delicate case
Scott Turow was a lawyer when he wrote the hit crime drama, Presumed innocentusing his legal training to write a realistic, yet twisty and twisty, legal drama. Well, around the same time that this book was becoming a hit (adapted in 1990 for a hit movie), Davif E. Kelley was himself a couch potato who ALSO gave up his legal career to write a movie about a lawyer , then became a lawyer. Emmy Award-winning writer on LA Law, then his own legal series, as Ally McBeal, The practiceAnd Boston Legal Department.
Now the two men are working together on a clever reinterpretation of the original novel, with former prosecutor Rusty Sabich on trial for the murder of his former colleague, with whom he was having an affair (and who he was obsessed with). after their breakup). Rusty must face his own former colleagues as he fights for his freedom, while his family fights for some normalcy in their lives.
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It tells the story of a gruesome murder that shakes up the Chicago district attorney’s office when one of its own is suspected of the crime.
Slow Horses is an acting showcase for its protagonists
Slow Horses is about “Slough House”, a section of M15 where agents are assigned when they screw up enough that they are no longer assigned major cases, but not so much that they can realistically be fired, so they are sent in Slough. House to end his career in career purgatory, run by an annoying boss, Jackson Lamb (played by Gary Oldman).
The problem, of course, is that these agents (who are not necessarily bad agents, but simply ones who have had bad times) start working on cases again and start being successful. The series earned Emmy nominations for most of the cast, including Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce and Jack Lowden. It also won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.
Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground for MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
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Apple TV’s Platonic Redefines Friendship in the Modern Age
Apple TV’s Platonic sees Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen from 2014’s Neighbors return to comedy as friends, showing that these relationships are essential.
Platonic gives friendship a hilarious second chance
With Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, Platonic delves into the friendship of Sylvia and Will, former best friends who had a catastrophic fallout that drove them apart. When these two reconnect, the chaos of their earlier bond returns, resulting in a riotous but relatable comedy that many viewers would relate to.
Platonic has great characters individually, but they are more compelling as a duo. Renewed for season 2, this comedy deserves special attention for anyone who wants a good laugh.
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May 24, 2023
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Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, Carla Gallo, Andrew Lopez
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Shining Girls is a must-see thriller
When a show stars Elisabeth Moss, you know it’s going to be a good show. THE The Handmaid’s Tale The alumnus is Kirby Mazrachi in the series based on the book by Lauren Beukes, an aspiring journalist whose life changes when she survives a savage attack. Things get complicated when, years later, Kirby discovers other unsolved cases like his.
This sci-fi thriller alters time, changing the protagonist’s reality and transforming it into a deeper mystery. The show is intense and does a wonderful job of combining crime and science fiction, and Moss’ performance is par excellence.
Bright girls
Years after a brutal attack left her in an ever-changing reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her attack. She teams up with a veteran journalist to understand her ever-changing present and confront her past.
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April 29, 2022
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Phillipa Soo, Elisabeth Moss, Wagner Moura, Jamie Bell
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Silka Luisa
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Schmigadoon! It was a very good musical parody
Parody of the 1947 musical BrigadoonCinco Paul and Ken Dario Schmigadoon! saw a couple struggle to save their relationship. To do this, Melissa and Josh go on vacation in vain, until they come across the magical town of Schmigadoon, eternally stuck in the golden age of musicals. Their only way out is to find true love.
The second season really leaned into the joke, where Melissa and Josh, now married, discover the town of Schmicago, which remains Chicago60s and 70s style musical comedies. The unique premise and brilliant execution made it one of the best Apple TV+ shows.
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Swagger is the ultimate sports drama
Loosely based on the life and times of NBA player Kevin Durant, Bragging creates an engaging and realistic college sports world. Not only basketball fans, but also fans of good dramas will enjoy the story of a basketball prodigy who must navigate family, winning, competition, friendship and the pressures of a potential magnitude.
Although it may have been canceled after two seasons, Bragging has that rare quality where he speaks the truth. And even better, Bragging also manages to hook viewers with a story they can’t look away from.
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Inspired by Kevin Durant’s youth basketball experience on the AAU circuit.
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October 29, 2021
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Quvenzhane Wallis, Shinelle Azoroh, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Solomon Irama, Isaiah R. Hill, James Bingham, Ozie Nzeribe, Tessa Ferrer, Calel Harris, Tristan Mack Wilds, Sean Baker, Charles Green
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STEVE! (martin) is an in-depth look at the life and career of Steve Martin
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces explores the life of legendary comedian and actor Steve Martin. The first part focuses on Martin’s upbringing and his foray into becoming the most popular comedian of the 1970s, the first to fill arenas for his shows. Part two follows Martin in the present, reflecting on his long and illustrious career while juggling various projects in the 70s, finding himself busier than ever.
Each episode is approximately 90 minutes long and takes a deep dive into Martin’s life, showing viewers a new side of the actor that many have probably never seen. The raw footage and emotions that unfold in the documentary make it a must-see for fans of Martin, comedy, or anything looking in-depth at characters in general.
Manhunt describes the 12 days of searching for John Wilkes Booth
Manhunt follows the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Organized by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, a 12-day manhunt ensues for Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The miniseries is based on the book by James L. Swanson, Manhunt: The 12-day pursuit for Lincoln’s killer.
Although it is based on a real event in American history, the series is partly fictionalized for dramatic purposes. The first episode depicts the Lincoln assassination, and it’s not for the faint of heart, as creator Monica Beletsky said the purpose of the gore was to allow viewers to see how gruesome the murder was, as well as to describe how cowardly Booth’s actions were.
Based on the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book by author James L. Swanson, “Manhunt” is a conspiracy thriller about one of the most well-known but least understood crimes of history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes. Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
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March 15, 2024
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Monica Beletski
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Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Matt Walsh, Brandon Flynn, Betty Gabriel, Will Harrison, Hamish Linklater, Damian O’Hare, Patton Oswalt, Lili Taylor
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1
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Monica Beletski
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John Dahl, Carl Franklin
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Monica Beletski
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REVIEW: Sugar offers a fresh, starry take on Neo-Noir
The Apple TV+ original series Sugar allows Colin Farrell to balance timeless and fresh directions for the neo-noir genre. Here is CBR’s review.
Sugar is a modern-day noir set in Los Angeles
Sugar stars Colin Farrell as private detective John Sugar, assigned to investigate the disappearance of Olivia Siegel. Olivia is the granddaughter of Bernie Siegel, a legendary Hollywood producer. The series stars Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris and James Cromwell.
A modern-day black, Sugar is not defined in a single genre either, telling a contemporary detective novel full of twists and turns. In fact, critics went all out with the show’s big twist, and it proved divisive depending on who you ask. All signs point to Sugar be a must-see for thriller fans to see if they can unravel the mystery themselves.
Private detective John Sugar investigates the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel, the granddaughter of a legendary Hollywood producer.
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April 5, 2024
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Marc Protosevich
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Colin Farrell, Kirby, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, Alex Hernandez, James Cromwell, Anna Gunn
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Crime
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The completely invented adventures of Dick Turpin are a comic take on the legendary highwayman
The Completely Invented Adventures of Dick Turpin is a fictionalized version of the life of Dick Turpin, an 18th-century English bandit. In the series, Turpin is the leader of the Essex gang who commit various crimes across England. Turpin struggles to escape Jonathan Wilde, a “thief” and vigilante. He is also being pursued by a secret criminal organization called The Syndicate.
Dick Turpin has had several films made about him over a hundred years, but none of them have been completely fictionalized, much less a comedy like this series. This, however, made the series stand out among other Turpin adaptations, in addition to its 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It hasn’t been renewed for a second season yet, but since it was a hit with viewers, it certainly has a good shot.
The Completely Invented Adventures of Dick Turpin
Dick is a very famous thief, whose success is defined mainly by his charm, his showmanship and his great hair.
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March 1, 2024
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Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis, Stuart Lane
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Noel Fielding, Duayne Boachie, Ellie White, Marc Wootton, Dolly Wells, Mark Heap, David Threlfall, Geoff McGivern, Joe Wilkinson, Kiri Flaherty, Hugh Bonneville, Asim Chaudhry, Greg Davies
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Comedy
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1
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Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis, Stuart Lane, Jon Brittain, Richard Naylor
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The morning show boasts a powerful cast
Inspired by the book by Brian Stelter, The morning show is a comedy-drama that explores the world of a morning news show and the impact of an allegation of sexual misconduct on the people who work there. The morning show boasts an A-list cast including Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, and Steve Carell, all of whom give incredible performances.
At times, The morning show struggles to juggle its many hard-hitting issues, but Aniston and Witherspoon’s performances continue to draw audiences in. Its recently concluded third season garnered widespread plaudits and Emmy nominations, with Billy Crudup winning his second Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Drama series for his role as network president in the series.
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November 1, 2019
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Marcia Gay Harden, Holland Taylor, Bel Powley, Tom Irwin, Reese Witherspoon, Jack Davenport, Ruairi O’Connor, Greta Lee, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hasan Minhaj, Desean Terry, Jennifer Aniston, Nestor Carbonell, Julianna Margulies, Valeria Golino, Golino Mark Duplass, Janina Gavankar, Karen Pittman, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Tara Karsian
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3