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Best shows on Apple TV
There’s far too much content on Apple TV to sift through it all yourself. If you’re looking for something to watch and don’t know where to start, here are a few of the Macworld staff’s favorite shows, series, and movies.
Bad Sisters
- Synopsis:A dark comedy about a group of Irish sisters who find themselves at the center of a life insurance investigation after John Paul–the abusive husband to one of the sisters–dies unexpectedly.
- Number of seasons:2
- Release date:August 19, 2022
Black Bird
- Synopsis:A gripping miniseries about a convicted con artist who works for the FBI to try to get a serial killer’s confession before he is released from prison. Based on the true story of James Keene and Larry Hall.
- Number of seasons:1
- Release date:July 8, 2022
For All Mankind
- Synopsis:What if the U.S.S.R. put a man on the moon before the U.S.? How would the ensuing space race change history throughout the decades? That’s the high concept behind this gripping big-budget sci-fi series.
- Number of seasons:5
- Release date:November 1, 2019
Pluribus
- Synopsis:A mysterious virus-like pathogen turns the entire human race into a peaceful hive-mind, except for a handful of individuals. Created by Vince Gilligan, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame.
- Number of seasons:1
- Release date:November 17, 2025
Severance
- Synopsis:A combination of dystopian sci-fi drama and workplace comedy about a company where employees are “severed”–when at work, they can’t remember their outside lives, and vice-versa.
- Number of seasons:2
- Release date:February 18, 2022
Shrinking
- Synopsis:A surprisingly quick-witted comedy about a therapist who has trouble dealing with the death of his wife and his eccentric patients.
- Number of seasons:2
- Release date:January 27, 2023
Slow Horses
- Synopsis:Gary Oldman turns in a great performance as the cranky leader of a band of misfit spies.
- Number of seasons:5
- Release date:April 1, 2022
Ted Lasso
- Synopsis:Apple’s fish-out-of-water comedy/drama about a midwestern college football coach who heads to England to coach Premier League soccer is a breakout hit for good reason.
- Number of seasons:3
- Release date:August 14, 2020
The Morning Show
- Synopsis:Big star power and a fantastic performance by Jenniffer Aniston highlight this fast-paced drama that goes behind the scenes of a fictional morning news program.
- Number of seasons:4
- Release date:November 1, 2019
Full list of Apple TV shows and series
These are all the episodic series you can currently watch on Apple TV, including both recurring and limited series. This list is in alphabetical order.
| Title | Premiere | Seasons / Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything | May 21, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| Acapulco | October 8, 2021 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Amazing Stories | March 6, 2020 | 1 season, 5 episodes |
| Amber Brown | July 29, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Bad Monkey | August 14, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Bad Sisters | August 19, 2022 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| BE@RBRICK | March 21, 2025 | 1 season, 13 episodes |
| Becoming You | November 13, 2020 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Before | October 25, 2024 | 10 episodes |
| Best Foot Forward | July 22, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Big Beasts | April 21, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Black Bird | July 8, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker | April 7, 2023 | 2 episodes |
| Born to be Wild | December 19, 2025 | 6 episodes |
| Calls | March 19, 2021 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Camp Snoopy | June 14, 2024 | 10 episodes |
| Carême | April 30, 2025 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Carpool Karaoke | August 8, 2017 | 5 seasons, 75 episodes |
| Central Park | May 29, 2020 | 3 seasons, 39 episodes |
| Chief of War | August 1, 2025 | 9 episodes |
| Circuit Breakers | November 11, 2022 | 1 season, 7 episodes |
| City on Fire | May 12, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Constellation | February 21, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Cowboy Cartel | August 2, 2024 | 4 episodes |
| Criminal Record | January 10, 2024 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Curses! | October 27, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Dark Matter | May 8, 2024 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Dear Edward | February 3, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Dear… | June 5, 2020 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Defending Jacob | April 24, 2020 | 8 episodes |
| Dickinson | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Disclaimer | October 11, 2024 | 7 episodes |
| Dope Thief | March 14, 2025 | 8 episodes |
| Doug Unplugs | November 13, 2020 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| Down Cemetery Road | October 29, 2025 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Dr. Brain | November 3, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Drops of God | April 21, 2023 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Duck & Goose | July 8, 2022 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Earth at Night in Color | December 4, 2020 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Earthsounds | February 23, 2024 | 1 season, 12 episodes |
| Echo 3 | November 23, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| El Deafo | January 7, 2022 | 3 episodes |
| Eva the Owlet | March 31, 2023 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Extrapolations | March 17, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Five Days at Memorial | August 12, 2022 | 8 episodes |
| For All Mankind | November 1, 2019 | 5 seasons, 50 episodes |
| Foundation | September 24, 2021 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | January 21, 2022 | 2 seasons, 27 episodes |
| Fraggle Rock: Rock On! | April 21, 2020 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Frog and Toad | April 28, 2023 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Get Rolling with Otis | October 8, 2021 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Ghostwriter | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 39 episodes |
| Government Cheese | April 16, 2025 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Greatness Code | July 10, 2020 | 2 seasons, 13 episodes |
| Gutsy | September 9, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Harriet the Spy | November 19, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Hello Tomorrow! | February 17, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show | November 5, 2021 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Helpsters | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Helpsters Help You | April 24, 2020 | 6 episodes |
| High Desert | May 17, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Hijack | June 28, 2023 | 2 seasons, 15 episodes |
| Hollywood Con Queen | May 8, 2024 | 3 episodes |
| Home | April 17, 2020 | 2 seasons, 19 episodes |
| Home Before Dark | April 3, 2020 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Imperfect Women | March 18, 2026 | 8 episodes |
| Interrupting Chicken | November 18, 2022 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Invasion | October 22, 2021 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Jane | April 14, 2023 | 3 seasons, 20 episodes |
| John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial | December 6, 2023 | 3 episodes |
| Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars | October 10, 2025 | 8 episodes |
| K-Pop Idols | August 30, 2024 | 6 episodes |
| KPopped | August 29, 2025 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| La Maison | September 20, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Lady in the Lake | July 19, 2024 | 7 episodes |
| Land of Women | June 26, 2024 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Lessons in Chemistry | October 13, 2023 | 8 episodes |
| Liaison | February 24, 2023 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Life by Ella | September 2, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Lincoln’s Dilemma | February 18, 2022 | 4 episodes |
| Lisey’s Story | June 4, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| Little America | January 17, 2020 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Little Voice | July 10, 2020 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Long Way Up | September 18, 2020 | 11 episodes |
| Long Way Home | May 9, 2025 | 10 episodes |
| Loot | June 24, 2022 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Losing Alice | January 22, 2021 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Love You to Death | February 7, 2025 | 1 season, 7 episodes |
| Lovely Little Farm | June 10, 2022 | 2 seasons, 14 episodes |
| Make or Break | April 29, 2022 | 2 seasons, 15 episodes |
| Manhunt | March 15, 2024 | 7 episodes |
| Margo’s Got Money Troubles | April 15, 2026 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Masters of the Air | January 26, 2024 | 9 episodes |
| Me | July 12, 2024 | 1 seasons, 10 episodes |
| Messi Meets America | October 11, 2023 | 6 episodes |
| Messi’s World Cup: Rise of a Legend | February 21, 2024 | 4 episodes |
| Midnight Family | September 25, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | November 17, 2023 | 2 season, 20 episodes |
| Monster Factory | March 17, 2023 | 6 episodes |
| Mr. Corman | August 6, 2021 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Mr. Scorsese | October 17, 2025 | 5 episodes |
| Murderbot | May 16, 2025 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| My Brother the Minotaur | April 24, 2026 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| My Kind of Country | March 24, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Mythic Quest | February 7, 2020 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Not a Box | June 13, 2025 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Now and Then | May 20, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Omnivore | July 19, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| One-of-a-Kind Marcie | August 18, 2023 | 39 min. |
| Onside: Major League Soccer | February 21, 2025 | 8 episodes |
| Oprah Talks COVID-19 | March 21, 2020 | 1 season, 13 episodes |
| Oprah’s Book Club | November 1, 2019 | 1 season, 14 episodes |
| Pachinko | March 25, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Palm Royale | March 20, 2024 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Physical | June 18, 2021 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Pinecone & Pony | April 8, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Platonic | May 24, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Pluribus | November 7, 2025 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Prehistoric Planet | May 23, 2022 | 3 seasons, 15 episodes |
| Presumed Innocent | June 12, 2024 | 8 episodes |
| Pretzel and the Puppies | February 11, 2022 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Prime Target | January 22, 2025 | 8 episodes |
| Puppy Place | October 15, 2021 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Real Madrid: Until the End | March 10, 2023 | 3 episodes |
| Roar | April 15, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Sago Mini Friends | September 16, 2022 | 3 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Schmigadoon! | July 16, 2021 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| See | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Servant | November 28, 2019 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Severance | February 18, 2022 | 2 seasons, 19 episodes |
| Shantaram | October 14, 2022 | 1 season, 12 episodes |
| Shape Island | January 20, 2023 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Shining Girls | April 29, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Shrinking | January 27, 2023 | 3 seasons, 33 episodes |
| Side Quest | March 26, 2025 | 4 epsiodes |
| Silo | May 5, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Slow Horses | April 1, 2022 | 5 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Slumberkins | November 4, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Smoke | June 27, 2025 | 9 episodes |
| Snoopy in Space | November 1, 2019 | 2 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Stick | June 4, 2025 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Still Up | September 22, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Stillwater | December 4, 2020 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Strange Planet | August 9, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| STEVE! (martin): A documentary in two pieces | March 29, 2024 | 2 episodes |
| Sugar | April 5, 2024 | 8 episodes |
| Sunny | July 10, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Super League: The War for Football | January 13, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| Surface | July 29, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Surfside Girls | August 19, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Suspicion | February 4, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Swagger | October 29, 2021 | 2 season2, 18 episodes |
| Ted Lasso | August 14, 2020 | 3 seasons, 34 episodes |
| Tehran | September 25, 2020 | 3 seasons, 24 episodes |
| The Afterparty | January 28, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| The Big Cigar | May 17, 2024 | 6 episodes |
| The Big Conn | May 6, 2022 | 4 episodes |
| The Big Door Prize | March 29, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| The Buccaneers | November 8, 2023 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| The Changeling | September 8, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | March 1, 2024 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| The Crowded Room | June 9, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Dynasty | February 16 2024 | 10 episodes |
| The Enfield Poltergeist | October 27, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| The Essex Serpent | May 13, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| The Hunt | March 4, 2026 | 6 episodes |
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | March 11, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| The Last Frontier | October 10, 2025 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Last Thing He Told Me | April 14, 2023 | 2 seasons, 15 episodes |
| The Line | November 19, 2021 | 4 episodes[a] |
| The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball | April 22, 2022 | 1 season, 5 episodes |
| The Me You Can’t See | May 21, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| The Morning Show | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| The Mosquito Coast | April 30, 2021 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| The New Look | February 14, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Oprah Conversation | July 30, 2020 | 1 season, 15 episodes |
| The Problem with Jon Stewart | September 30, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| The Reluctant Traveler | February 24, 2023 | 2 seasons, 13 episodes |
| The Sisters Grimm | October 3, 2025 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| The Shrink Next Door | November 12, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| The Snoopy Show | February 5, 2021 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| The Studio | March 26, 2025 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Super Models | September 20, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| The Wild Ones | July 11, 2025 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| They Call Me Magic | April 22, 2022 | 1 season, 4 episodes |
| Time Bandits | July 24, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Tiny World | October 2, 2020 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Truth Be Told | December 6, 2019 | 3 seasons, 28 episodes |
| Trying | May 1, 2020 | 4 seasons, 32 episodes |
| Twisted Yoga | March 13, 2026 | 3 episodes |
| Unconditional | May 8, 2026 | 8 episodes |
| Visible: Out on Television | February 14, 2020 | 5 episodes |
| Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn | August 25, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson | July 30, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| WeCrashed | March 18, 2022 | 8 episodes |
| Where’s Wanda? | October 2, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Widow’s Bay | April 29, 2026 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | September 24, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Women in Blue | July 31, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| WondLa | June 28, 2024 | 3 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Wonder Pets: In the City | December 13, 2024 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| Yo Gabba Gabbaland | August 9, 2024 | 1 season, 20 episodes |
| You Would Do It Too | October 30, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Your Friends and Neighbors | April 11, 2025 | 2 seasons, 19 episodes |
Full list of Apple TV movies and short films
Apple TV is home to a fair number of original movies, too. Some of the movies saw a limited theatrical release, all are listed here in alphabetical order.
| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room | September 1, 2021 |
| Argylle | April 12, 2024 |
| All of You | September 26, 2025 |
| Beastie Boys Story | April 24, 2020 |
| Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry | February 26, 2021 |
| Blitz | November 22, 2024 |
| Blush | October 1, 2021 |
| Bono: Stories of Surrender | May 30, 2025 |
| Boys State | August 14, 2020 |
| Bread and Roses | November 22, 2024 |
| Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You | October 23, 2020 |
| Causeway | November 4, 2022 |
| Cha Cha Real Smooth | June 17, 2022 |
| Cherry | March 12, 2021 |
| CODA | August 13, 2021 |
| Come from Away | September 10, 2021 |
| Come See Me in the Good Light | November 14, 2021 |
| Dads | June 19, 2020 |
| Deaf President Now! | May 16, 2025 |
| Echo Valley | June 13, 2025 |
| Emancipation | December 9, 2022 |
| Eternity | February 13, 2026 |
| F1: The Movie | December 12, 2025 |
| Fancy Dance | June 28, 2024 |
| Fathom | June 25, 2021 |
| Finch | November 5, 2021 |
| Fingernails | November 3, 2023 |
| Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds | November 13, 2020 |
| Flora and Son | September 29, 2023 |
| Fly Me to the Moon | December 6, 2024 |
| Fountain of Youth | May 23, 2025 |
| Ghosted | April 21, 2023 |
| Girls State | April 5, 2024 |
| Greyhound | July 10, 2020 |
| Hala | December 6, 2019 |
| Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas | November 22, 2023 |
| Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | April 17, 2020 |
| Highest 2 Lowest | September 5, 2025 |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | January 12, 2024 |
| Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues | October 28, 2022 |
| Luck | August 5, 2022 |
| Lulu is a Rhinoceros | May 30, 2025 |
| Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special | December 4, 2020 |
| Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues | December 3, 2021 |
| Napoleon | March 1, 2024 |
| Napoleon: Director’s Cut | August 29, 2024 |
| Number One on the Call Sheet | March 28, 2025 |
| On the Rocks | October 23, 2020 |
| Outcome | April 10, 2026 |
| Palmer | January 29, 2021 |
| Raymond & Ray | October 21, 2022 |
| Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me | November 4, 2022 |
| Sharper | February 17, 2023 |
| Sidney | September 23, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical | August 15, 2025 |
| Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne | December 10, 2021 |
| Snoopy Presents: It’s The Small Things, Charlie Brown | April 15, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School | August 12, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love | May 6, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin | February 16, 2024 |
| Spirited | November 18, 2022 |
| Stephen Curry: Underrated | July 21, 2023 |
| Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | May 12, 2023 |
| Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost | October 24, 2025 |
| Swan Song | December 17, 2021 |
| Tetris | March 31, 2023 |
| The Banker | March 20, 2020 |
| The Beanie Bubble | July 28, 2023 |
| The Bloody Hundredth | March 15, 2024 |
| The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | December 25, 2022 |
| The Elephant Queen | November 1, 2019 |
| The Family Plan | December 15, 2023 |
| The Family Plan 2 | November 21, 2025 |
| The First Snow of Fraggle Rock | December 5, 2025 |
| The Gorge | February 14, 2025 |
| The Greatest Beer Run Ever | September 30, 2022 |
| The Instigators | August 9, 2024 |
| The Last of the Sea Women | October 11, 2024 |
| The Lost Bus | October 3, 2025 |
| The Pigeon Tunnel | October 20, 2023 |
| The Sky Is Everywhere | February 11, 2022 |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | January 14, 2022 |
| The Velvet Underground | October 15, 2021 |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | November 22, 2023 |
| The Year Earth Changed | April 16, 2021 |
| Twas the Fight Before Christmas | November 26, 2021 |
| Who Are You, Charlie Brown? | June 25, 2021 |
| Wolfs | September 27, 2024 |
| Wolfwalkers | December 11, 2020 |
