Citando pessoas familiarizadas com o cronograma de lançamentos da Maçã, ele explicou que a set-top box e o alto-falante inteligente deverão ser lançados durante o outono do hemisfério norte (nossa primavera, entre setembro e dezembro), enquanto o smart hub é previsto atualmente para algum momento entre outubro próximo e o início do ano que vem.
Rumorado há algum tempo, o smart hub deverá contar com uma tela de 7 polegadas e servir como peça central dessa nova investida da Apple no mercado de casa inteligente. Seu sistema operacional, por sua vez, será baseado no tvOS e apostará em uma interface que misturará elementos do iOS com características do watchOS, incluindo grades de ícones, widgets e apps.
Compatível com “chamadas de vídeo via FaceTime, monitoramento residencial e um sistema de interfone para residências que possuem vários dispositivos domésticos da Apple”, ele também será capaz de reproduzir mídia e contará com mostradores personalizáveis que lembram as watchfaces do watchOS. Além disso, é esperado que ele conte com um recurso de reconhecimento facial, permitindo-lhe distinguir os moradores de uma casa — algo que proporcionará experiências personalizadas.
Ainda segundo Gurman, há duas versões desse smart hub “no forno”. A primeira delas, de codinome J490, “posiciona a tela sobre uma base em formato de meia cúpula, semelhante a um HomePod mini cortado ao meio”; já a segunda, de codinome J491, foi projetada para ser afixada a uma parede com a ajuda de um sistema magnético. A ideia da Apple, que também está projetando uma interface “companheira” para o dispositivo no iPhone, é que o usuário tenha mais de um hub desse em sua casa.
A nova Apple TV (J265) e a próxima geração do HomePod mini (B525), por sua vez, não deverão introduzir mudanças significativas de design, mas contarão com chips mais velozes e suporte à Siri AI.
O jornalista, vale lembrar, também já apostou em uma câmera de segurança interna feita para competir com os dispositivos da linha Amazon Ring. Com o codinome J450, ela também chegou a ter seu lançamento especulado para este ano, mas não chegou a ganhar uma nova previsão nessa reportagem.
O Apple TV divulgou hoje o aguardado trailer da quarta temporada de “Ted Lasso”, cujo primeiro episódio estreará no dia 5 de agosto (quarta-feira da semana que vem).
Com um total de dez episódios, os nove capítulos remanescentes chegarão ao catálogo do streaming da Maçã às quartas-feiras, até o dia 7 de outubro.
Eis o trailer:
E também a versão dublada em português do Brasil:
Tim Cook, CEO 1Chief executive officer, ou diretor executivo. da Apple, também compartilhou o trailer no X:
Welcome home, Ted! Can’t wait to cheer on the Lady Greyhounds in the new season! https://t.co/g3w8xk0tFF
Bem-vindo de volta, Ted! Mal posso esperar para torcer pelas Lady Greyhounds na nova temporada! – É bom estar de volta. #TedLasso retorna em 5 de agosto.
Estrelada por Jason Sudeikis, a nova temporada segue com o foco em Ted, que retorna a Richmond para enfrentar o seu maior desafio até aqui: comandar um time feminino da segunda divisão do futebol inglês. Com o desenrolar da história, ele e a equipe aprendem a arriscar antes de terem todas as respostas, encarando desafios que até então pareciam inimagináveis.
O roteiro é assinado por Sarah Walker e Phoebe Walsh (que também são creditadas como produtoras), ao lado de Goldstein (que também é produtor), Julia Lindon e Dylan Marron (que exerce também a função de editor de roteiro). Além de Walker, Goldstein, Hunt e Walsh, a produção executiva é assinada por Joe Kelly, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee e Bill Wrubel. O vencedor do Emmy Jack Burditt também chega para a nova temporada.
O Apple TV está disponível no aplicativo Apple TV em mais de 100 países e regiões, seja em iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, Macs, dispositivos Android, smart TVs ou online — além de também estar em aparelhos como Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast com Google TV, consoles PlayStation e Xbox. O serviço custa R$29,90 por mês, com um período de teste gratuito de 7 dias. Por tempo limitado, quem comprar e ativar um novo iPhone, iPad, Apple TV ou Mac ganha 3 meses do Apple TV. Ele também faz parte do pacote de assinaturas da empresa, o Apple One.
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Em seu perfil oficial no X, ele publicou uma imagem que remete ao final da segunda temporada, com a legenda “Voltar ao trabalho é voltar para casa”. O perfil do Apple TV repercutiu a publicação, com a legenda “Por favor, brinquem com moderação” — o que corrobora a tese de que se trata mesmo de um retorno oficial das gravações.
A segunda temporada de “Ruptura” chegou ao Apple TV no início do ano passado, e a expectativa é de que a terceira estreie “já” no ano que vem. Embora ainda seja um intervalo de dois anos entre uma temporada e outra, trata-se de uma espera bem menor que os três anos entre a primeira e a segunda.
O Apple TV está disponível no aplicativo Apple TV em mais de 100 países e regiões, seja em iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, Macs, dispositivos Android, smart TVs ou online — além de também estar em aparelhos como Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast com Google TV, consoles PlayStation e Xbox. O serviço custa R$29,90 por mês, com um período de teste gratuito de 7 dias. Por tempo limitado, quem comprar e ativar um novo iPhone, iPad, Apple TV ou Mac ganha 3 meses do Apple TV. Ele também faz parte do pacote de assinaturas da empresa, o Apple One.
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A Apple disponibilizou oficialmente hoje o iOS 26.6 (compilação 23G71), iPadOS 26.6 (idem), macOS Tahoe 26.6 (25G72), watchOS 26.6 (23U67), tvOS 26.6 (23L773), Software do HomePod 26.6 (idem) e visionOS 26.6 (23O770) para todos os usuários.
Também foram liberados o macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 (compilação 23J620) e o macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 (24G824) para as máquinas que estão rodando essas versões mais antigas.
The Dink is now streaming on Apple TV, bringing pickleball rivalries, family tension and a star-filled ensemble to the platform in a new feature from Apple Original Films.
Jake Johnson leads the sports comedy as Dusty Boyd, a former tennis prodigy whose career has been reduced to coaching unruly children at the suburban country club operated by his father, Chuck, played by Ed Harris.
Dusty remains desperate to earn Chuck approval and supports his campaign against the pickleball players moving into the club. That loyalty becomes harder to maintain when an old injury prevents Dusty from continuing to play tennis and forces him to try the sport he has spent years dismissing.
Mary Steenburgen stars as Candace, the pickleball player who helps Dusty discover that the smaller court and plastic ball may offer more competition, community and personal meaning than he expected.
The official trailer previews the increasingly absurd conflict as Dusty moves from mocking pickleball to treating it with the same intensity that once defined his tennis ambitions.
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The Dink Turns Pickleball Into a Personal Crisis
The Dink uses the cultural rivalry between tennis and pickleball as the foundation for a familiar but effective underdog story.
Dusty has built his identity around a sport that no longer provides the future he imagined. Coaching children keeps him close to tennis, but it also becomes a daily reminder of the professional career that never reached its expected destination.
Chuck makes that disappointment more difficult to escape. He treats tennis as a tradition worthy of protection and pickleball as an invasion threatening the character of his club. Dusty supports that view partly because opposing the new sport offers another chance to remain aligned with his father.
The injury breaks that arrangement. Dusty can either accept that his competitive life has changed or continue defending a version of himself that no longer exists.
Pickleball gives the movie an accessible way to explore that conflict. The sport has grown rapidly across the United States, attracting recreational players, professional tournaments, celebrity investors and frequent arguments over shared tennis courts.
That expansion has created a real cultural divide. Longtime tennis players sometimes view pickleball as an easier imitation occupying spaces built for their sport. Pickleball players respond that its accessibility, social atmosphere and shorter learning curve are precisely why it has become so popular.
The movie exaggerates those attitudes without requiring viewers to understand tournament rules or follow professional pickleball. Dusty resistance is easy to recognize because the dispute is ultimately about status, pride and adapting when another generation changes the environment.
Johnson brings the frustrated comic rhythm that made his work in New Girl and Self Reliance distinctive. Dusty can recognize the ridiculousness surrounding him while remaining too emotionally invested to step away from it.
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A Cast Ready for Sports-Comedy Disorder
Ed Harris gives Chuck the kind of dramatic intensity that can make an argument about pickleball sound like a defense of national values.
The performance works because Harris does not need to treat the character as an obvious joke. Chuck absolute seriousness turns court access, club traditions and Dusty choices into matters of personal betrayal.
Steenburgen provides a warmer presence as Candace, whose interest in pickleball is connected to friendship and personal renewal rather than institutional rivalry. Her character gives Dusty an alternative to the approval he has spent years seeking from his father.
The supporting cast adds several different styles of comedy. Chloe Fineman appears as Marisa, while Patton Oswalt, Chris Parnell and Aaron Chen populate the club with characters capable of pushing the central rivalry into increasingly strange territory.
Ben Stiller appears in the movie while also serving as a producer through Red Hour Films. His involvement creates an immediate connection to the broad sports comedies of the 2000s, particularly stories in which an underestimated activity becomes an arena for oversized ambition.
Former tennis champion Andy Roddick also appears, bringing part of Dusty competitive past directly into the story. John McEnroe joins the collection of tennis personalities willing to participate in a movie built around the sport losing territory to pickleball.
The appearances allow The Dink to make fun of tennis culture without presenting it as an invented stereotype. The athletes understand the rivalry and can participate in the joke while giving the movie a recognizable connection to professional competition.
Josh Greenbaum directs from a screenplay by Sean Clements. Greenbaum previously directed Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and the documentary Will & Harper, demonstrating an interest in unusual personalities whose comic journeys contain more sincerity than their premises initially suggest.
Clements brings experience from television comedy, including Workaholics, helping the film maintain an ensemble rhythm rather than depending entirely on pickleball references.
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Apple Original Films Finds a Lighter Release
Apple acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Dink in August 2025, adding the project to a film catalog that moves between major dramas, action productions, documentaries and mainstream entertainment.
The movie offers a deliberately lighter summer release than many of the prestige projects associated with Apple Original Films. Its appeal depends on character chemistry, physical comedy and a sport already producing arguments in clubs and neighborhoods across the country.
That approach gives Apple TV a feature capable of reaching viewers who may not be looking for another complex series or franchise commitment. The story is contained, the conflict is immediately understandable and the cast combines familiar performers from several generations of comedy and drama.
The Dink also arrives as Apple TV continues developing a broader identity for its movie catalog. Award recognition remains part of the strategy, but accessible comedies can give subscribers a different reason to open the service on a weekend.
The film held its global premiere in Los Angeles on July 20, with Johnson, Harris, Steenburgen, Fineman, Aaron Chen, Greenbaum and Clements attending the event at Westfield Century City.
Johnson also serves as a producer alongside Stiller, John Lesher, Rob Paris and Mike Witherill. That position gives the lead actor a larger role in shaping a comedy built closely around his familiar ability to play disappointed men attempting improbable reinvention.
The timing could also help the film benefit from growing curiosity around pickleball. Viewers who already play will recognize the sport competitive personalities and social appeal, while skeptics may find Dusty hostility uncomfortably familiar.
The Dink runs for one hour and 42 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating for strong language and sexual material. It is available exclusively to Apple TV subscribers through the Apple TV app.
The Last Person on Earth will bring a different kind of dating experiment to Apple TV, pairing people who appear fundamentally incompatible before sending them to some of the world most romantic and isolated destinations.
Apple announced the eight-episode documentary series with Esther Perel, the bestselling author, psychotherapist and relationship expert known for examining desire, intimacy, infidelity and the tensions inside modern partnerships.
Perel will work with a team of matchmakers and therapists to create pairings that challenge the usual assumptions surrounding compatibility. Rather than finding contestants who share the same interests, routines and preferences, the series will deliberately bring together people who may initially see each other as the last person they would ever choose.
The central question is whether attraction can develop when familiar dating checklists are removed. Apple describes the series as an exploration of whether an unexpected partner can become the person someone ultimately cannot imagine living without.
No premiere date, contestant list or filming locations have been announced.
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The Last Person on Earth Challenges Compatibility
The Last Person on Earth enters a crowded dating television market with a premise that rejects one of the most common promises made by matchmaking services: that compatibility can be predicted through similarity.
Dating apps routinely organize potential relationships through age, location, interests, lifestyle preferences, political beliefs and other personal filters. The process can help users avoid obvious conflicts, but it can also create increasingly narrow definitions of who deserves consideration.
Perel has frequently argued that desire does not always emerge from familiarity. Attraction can depend on difference, curiosity and the discovery of qualities that were not included on a checklist.
The Apple TV series turns that idea into a structured experiment. Participants will meet someone who appears to contradict their expectations before traveling together to a remote setting where ordinary distractions and familiar support systems may be limited.
That environment creates immediate dramatic possibilities. A beautiful destination can make a first connection feel unusually intense, but isolation can also expose differences that would remain hidden during short dates in familiar surroundings.
The presence of therapists and matchmakers suggests that the series will examine those reactions rather than presenting every disagreement as entertainment. Perel can help participants distinguish between genuine incompatibility, defensive habits and discomfort created by encountering someone outside their usual pattern.
The experiment does not promise that every opposite pairing will succeed. Difference can produce curiosity, but it can also reveal conflicts involving values, communication, life goals or emotional availability.
The more revealing outcome may be whether participants leave with a broader understanding of attraction, even when the relationship itself does not continue.
Esther Perel Brings a Different Voice to Dating TV
Perel gives the series a more analytical foundation than the competition-driven structure used by many dating programs.
Her books Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs examine the contradictions surrounding commitment, desire and personal freedom. She also hosts the podcasts Where Should We Begin? and How Work, presenting conversations that explore relationships without reducing complicated behavior to simple villains and heroes.
That background may help The Last Person on Earth avoid familiar reality television shortcuts. Dating shows often depend on rapid attraction, artificial scarcity and public rejection. Contestants compete for one person, choose partners through brief impressions or make long-term commitments before they have experienced ordinary life together.
The new series begins with a different source of tension. Participants are not being told that a seemingly perfect match has been selected. They are being asked to question why someone who appears wrong may deserve a closer look.
Perel describes the project as an invitation to move beyond what feels familiar or safe. Her involvement also raises expectations that the series will explore how participants construct their preferences.
A person may insist on dating only someone with a certain career, personality or social style without understanding where that requirement originated. Some preferences protect legitimate needs. Others may repeat an old relationship pattern or prevent vulnerability by eliminating anyone capable of creating uncertainty.
The matchmakers and therapists can examine those distinctions before, during and after the trip. Their role could become particularly valuable when participants confuse immediate comfort with long-term suitability or mistake tension for romantic chemistry.
Apple has not explained how long each pairing will remain together, whether several couples will appear in each episode or how the experiment will determine its final outcomes.
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Remote Destinations Change the Dating Environment
Sending couples to romantic and remote destinations adds more than scenery.
Modern dating frequently develops through phones, messaging, social media profiles and quick meetings fitted around work schedules. Participants may arrive with established habits for checking other options, retreating into digital distractions or ending contact before uncertainty has time to become meaningful.
A remote journey removes part of that structure. Two people must spend sustained time together, make decisions and respond to unfamiliar situations without immediately returning to separate routines.
Travel can accelerate intimacy because it creates shared memories and reveals behavior under pressure. Delays, unfamiliar environments, fatigue and practical disagreements may show more than a polished restaurant conversation.
The destinations may also create a misleading sense of closeness. A relationship formed in an exceptional setting still needs to survive ordinary responsibilities, geography, work and family expectations after the trip ends.
The documentary format gives Apple an opportunity to follow that transition rather than ending with a dramatic choice at the destination. Whether the series continues documenting the couples after they return home has not been disclosed.
The title adds another layer to the concept. The “last person” can mean the least expected match, but it also reflects the anxiety surrounding modern dating. A growing number of people describe exhaustion with apps, repeated disappointment and the feeling that suitable partners are disappearing.
Apple links the experiment to rising social isolation and polarization. People increasingly sort themselves into cultural, political and lifestyle groups, while digital systems learn to reinforce existing preferences.
A relationship series built around difference can test whether those divisions remain as rigid when two people encounter each other as individuals rather than profiles representing opposing categories.
Unscripted Relationships
The eight-episode order gives the production enough space to develop several pairings without extending the experiment indefinitely. Its success will depend on whether the participants receive room to behave naturally or are pushed toward the exaggerated conflict expected from conventional dating television.
Perel provides the series with a promising tension: lasting relationships require genuine compatibility, yet attraction can disappear when every element feels predictable. The challenge is not proving that opposites always belong together. It is discovering which differences create possibility and which ones should remain deal-breakers.
The Morning Show Season 5 will officially conclude one of the longest-running and most recognizable dramas on Apple TV when it premieres in 2027.
Apple confirmed that the fifth season will be the last, allowing Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and the creative team to complete the stories of Alex Levy, Bradley Jackson and the troubled journalists surrounding their fictional television network.
Aniston and Witherspoon will return as stars and executive producers. Both indicated that the ending was planned while the season was being developed, giving the writers an opportunity to create a deliberate conclusion rather than leaving the characters suspended after an unexpected cancellation.
Apple has not announced a specific premiere date or episode schedule. The company has released first-look images featuring Aniston and Witherspoon together, confirming that production on the final chapter is moving forward for a 2027 arrival.
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The Morning Show Season 5 Brings a Planned Ending
The Morning Show Season 5 was originally announced in September 2025, shortly before the fourth season premiered. At the time, Apple presented the renewal as another chapter for an established global hit without indicating that it would end the series.
The decision to identify it as the final season changes the expectations surrounding every storyline. Rather than creating another crisis that could lead into a sixth season, the writers can determine where the central characters belong after years of professional upheaval, corporate conflict and personal compromise.
Showrunner Charlotte Stoudt suggested that the final episodes will examine what the journalists ultimately choose for themselves. That direction fits a series in which success has rarely provided its characters with stability or satisfaction.
Alex and Bradley began the drama from sharply different positions. Alex was an established television personality attempting to protect her career during a public scandal, while Bradley entered the network as an unpredictable outsider. Their relationship developed through rivalry, loyalty, separation and repeated confrontations with the institutions employing them.
The final season can now treat those ambitions as completed journeys rather than temporary stages. Alex must decide what remains worth defending after years of negotiating with executives, billionaires and political interests. Bradley must determine whether pursuing the story at any personal cost remains sustainable.
Season four moved the drama into a media environment shaped by deepfakes, conspiracy theories, corporate influence and uncertainty over what audiences can trust. Its story continued examining how journalism operates when the network reporting the news is also affected by commercial priorities and internal power struggles.
Apple has not disclosed the central subject of Season 5. The first-look images concentrate on Aniston and Witherspoon, placing their complicated partnership back at the center after a fourth season that separated the characters through an international crisis.
A Flagship Series That Grew With Apple TV
The Morning Show debuted on November 1, 2019, the same day Apple launched its streaming service.
Its position in the original lineup made the series more than another drama acquisition. Apple needed recognizable performers and an ambitious production capable of signaling that the new platform intended to compete for major television audiences and awards.
Aniston and Witherspoon provided immediate visibility, while the newsroom setting allowed the series to respond to current debates involving workplace misconduct, corporate accountability, political polarization and the influence of television journalism.
The first season began after allegations against morning-show anchor Mitch Kessler, played by Steve Carell, forced the network to restructure its leading program. Alex attempted to retain control while Bradley was selected as an unconventional replacement capable of changing the tone of the broadcast.
Later seasons expanded far beyond the original scandal. The drama incorporated the COVID-19 pandemic, a technology billionaire attempting to acquire the network, the merger of UBA and NBN, artificial intelligence, misinformation and international political pressure.
The willingness to move quickly into recognizable real-world subjects became part of the identity of The Morning Show. Its fictional network frequently operated only a short distance from controversies affecting actual media companies, public figures and technology platforms.
The approach sometimes pushed the series toward heightened melodrama, but that excess also distinguished it from a conventional workplace production. Executive decisions, personal betrayals and breaking-news events could carry the intensity of a political thriller.
Billy Crudup became one of its most acclaimed performers as Cory Ellison, the charismatic executive whose enthusiasm for disruption regularly concealed more complicated motives. Crudup won two Emmy Awards for the role and will return for the final season.
Apple executives have described the production as a defining part of the streaming service. Ending it after five seasons closes a direct connection to the original Apple TV launch lineup while allowing the platform to preserve the series as a completed story.
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The Final Cast Adds More High-Profile Names
The final season will bring back Aniston, Witherspoon, Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nicole Beharie, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman and Jon Hamm.
Hamm joined the series as Paul Marks, a technology billionaire whose business ambitions and relationship with Alex reshaped the third season. His continued presence indicates that the consequences of his involvement with the network have not been fully resolved.
Several new performers will enter the drama for its last run. Apple has assembled additions including Jeff Daniels, Reneé Rapp, Jesse Williams, Sean Hayes and Lizzy Caplan, although complete character details remain limited.
Daniels brings a particularly appropriate history to the production after starring as news anchor Will McAvoy in The Newsroom. His presence creates an immediate association with another television drama concerned with journalism, newsroom ethics and the conflict between ratings and public responsibility.
Rapp returns to a major television role after building her music career and appearing in projects including The Sex Lives of College Girls and Mean Girls. Williams previously spent more than a decade on Grey’s Anatomy, while Hayes is best known for Will & Grace and has expanded into dramatic work.
Caplan has moved between comedy, drama and thrillers through projects including Masters of Sex, Fleishman Is in Trouble and Fatal Attraction. The scale of the additions suggests that the final season will introduce another major institutional or professional conflict rather than concentrating exclusively on farewell scenes.
Stoudt remains showrunner and executive producer. Mimi Leder continues as director and executive producer, while Media Res, Echo Films and Hello Sunshine remain behind the production.
Aniston described the opportunity to finish the story knowingly as a way to honor the characters with intention. Witherspoon emphasized that the series was never only about the personalities appearing on television, but also about the role of journalism and the people responsible for protecting the press.
That theme gives the final season a defined destination. The Morning Show began by asking whether a television institution could survive the misconduct it had protected. Its last episodes can decide whether the journalists inside that institution changed it, escaped it or became part of the machinery they once believed they could challenge.
What’s new on Apple TV? What are the best shows and movies? How do you sign up and what does it cost? This article will answer all of that, and you’ll also get a list of all the currently-available Apple TV content.
There’s also a ton of new content in the works for Apple’s service, too. If you want to know what’s on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple TV shows and movies.
Updated July 24, 2026: Sports comedy movie The Dink is now streaming.
You can subscribe to Apple TV on Apple’s website here, or via the Apple TV app on your device. It costs $12.99/£9.99 a month, which you can cancel at any time (Read: How to cancel an Apple subscription). You can also opt for a one-year subscription for $99/£89, which essentially gives you two months free each year.
Apple also offers various trials so that you can try out Apple TV before you subscribe. Take a look at our article explaining all the ways you can watch Apple TV for free, and the best Apple TV deals you can get.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
2 seasons, 26 episodes
Cape Fear
June 5, 2026
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
Lucky
July 15, 2026
7 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
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
May 20, 2026
1 season, 10 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
3 seasons, 30 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
Star City
May 29, 2026
1 season, 8 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
2 seasons, 16 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
5 seasons, 40 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
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
May 29, 2026
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
Apple TV has come a long way since its uneven 2019 launch, transforming into a prestige powerhouse with 89 Emmy nominations this year — trailing only HBO Max and Netflix. From early misfires to critical darlings like “Widow’s Bay,” “Pluribus,” “Shrinking,” “Slow Horses,” and “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” the streamer has refined its approach by betting on bold, idiosyncratic storytelling.
When it debuted, Apple TV (which back then had a plus sign at the end of its name) trotted out a ton of stars who would be featured in its new shows and films, like Jennifer Aniston, Jason Momoa, and Oprah Winfrey. But many of the shows, other than The Morning Show, fell flat with audiences. Over the years, the streamer has instead been focusing on working with creatives who have boundary-pushing concepts, like Ben Stiller’s Severance or Seth Rogen’s The Studio. The shows may seem like bigger gambles on paper, but when they work, they earn acclaim.
“These are all shows that are incredibly idiosyncratic and have a really, really strong vision,” says Vanity Fair special correspondent Joy Press. “They have actors that we recognize, but they’re not the biggest stars in the universe. But they have a very strong voice behind them.”
MacDailyNews Take: Listen below to hear about how Apple TV has pulled off this feat — and what challenges may still lie ahead for Cupertino’s oft-lauded streaming service.
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Benicio Del Toro is heading to Apple TV for his first-ever starring role in a comedy series.
The Oscar winner will lead “Protective Custody,” a new comedy from Mike Judge, Ben Stiller (who also stars and executive produces), Steve Hely, and Dave King.
It’s a reunion for Del Toro and Stiller after their acclaimed limited series “Escape at Dannemora.” The series is currently in development at Apple Studios.
“Protective Custody” will follow “a disgraced financier accused of massive fraud who is thrown into protective custody, where he must navigate prison politics, salvage his reputation and confront the consequences of his actions while awaiting trial,” according to the synopsis.
Apple will not say if Del Toro or Stiller (or someone else!) is that disgraced financier.
Judge will direct the series, which hails from Apple Studios, Stiller’s Red Hour, Propagate Content, and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Stiller is one of Apple TV’s most prolific producers. He executive produces and often directs episodes of “Severance,” and Stiller’s documentary about his parents, “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost,” is also on the platform. Stiller produces and stars in the upcoming feature-length comedy movie “The Dink” for Apple TV, and is in production for its limited series “The Off Weeks,” which he stars in and executive produces opposite Jessica Chastain.
MacDailyNews Take: Shut up. Just shut up. You had us at Mike Judge. You had us at Mike Judge.
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Apple has announced that The Morning Show will end with its upcoming fifth season. The final chapter of the Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon drama will premiere on Apple TV in 2027. The Morning Show debuted in November 2019 as one of the first original series released alongside the launch of Apple TV+. It quickly […]
Season four of “The Morning Show” premiered on September 17, 2025 on Apple TV.
Apple TV has confirmed that “The Morning Show” will end after a fifth season in 2027. The series, which premiered in 2019 as one of the flagship original shows for the streaming service, stars and is executive produced by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
The series is produced by Media Res and executive produced by Echo Films and Hello Sunshine. Charlotte Stoudt serves as showrunner and executive producer, while Mimi Leder directs and executive produces. Michael Ellenberg executive produces for Media Res, with additional executive producers including Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine and Kristin Hahn for Echo Films.
Statements from Key Participants
Jennifer Aniston, star and executive producer, said: “From the beginning, Apple has supported our vision for ‘The Morning Show.’ It’s been a privilege to work with this cast, writers, producers and crew. We’re excited to share this final season and to conclude the series intentionally.”
Reese Witherspoon, star and executive producer, said: “The past nine years producing and acting in ‘The Morning Show’ have been the honor of a lifetime. This was a show about why the newsroom matters, freedom of the press, and the role of journalists. Thank you to Apple, our writers, crew and cast.”
Zack Van Amburg, Apple’s head of worldwide video, said: “Seeing this series through from start to finish has been the joy of a lifetime. ‘The Morning Show’ helped launch Apple TV and delivered five seasons of television. We’re grateful to the entire team and look forward to the final chapter.”
Jamie Erlicht, Apple’s head of worldwide video, added: “Working with Jennifer, Reese, Michael, Mimi and Charlotte has been one of the great privileges of building Apple TV. We’re proud of the series and its impact.”
Michael Ellenberg, CEO and founder of Media Res, described the series as a significant project for the team: “We’ve been fortunate to connect with a global audience. We look forward to fans seeing the fifth and final season.”
Showrunner Charlotte Stoudt said: “For five seasons, these journalists have chased their dreams. Now we’ll see where their endeavors lead them. It’s been a privilege to write for this cast.”
Mimi Leder, executive producer and director, said: “It has been the honor and privilege of my career to bring this series from conception to conclusion. It’s been a meaningful journey.”
Cast and Production
The ensemble cast is led by Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie, and Jon Hamm. Season five will include new additions Jeff Daniels, Reneé Rapp, Jesse Williams, Sean Hayes, Lizzy Caplan and others.
“The Morning Show” is showrun and executive produced by Charlotte Stoudt and directed and executive produced by Mimi Leder. It is produced by Media Res, with executive producers including Michael Ellenberg, Stoudt, Leder, Witherspoon and Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, and Aniston and Hahn for Echo Films. Zander Lehmann and Micah Schraft also executive produce.
Season four, currently streaming, is set in spring 2024 following the UBA-NBN merger and explores themes of responsibility, truth, and media in a polarized environment.
Awards and Recognition
The series has received multiple award nominations and wins. Season three earned 16 Emmy nominations, with Billy Crudup winning his second Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The show has also received Critics Choice Awards, SAG Awards, and recognition from the American Film Institute.
MacDailyNews Take: For us, “The Morning Show” ended sometime early in season 3. Steve Carell’s Mitch Kessler was the glue that held our eyeballs. Without him, buh-bye.
However, despite losing us, seasons 3 and 4 both performed well enough for renewals. The show has remained culturally visible and continues to generate headlines. There have been no leaks or reports about catastrophic drops in viewership that typically precede abrupt cancellations. So, this reads as a mutual, planned ending rather than a forced cancellation due to bad numbers. Apple and the producers likely decided together that five seasons provided the right arc for the series, especially with expensive talent and a desire to end relatively strongly.
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Apple TV is entering the dating genre with The Last Person on Earth, a new documentary series led by relationship expert and bestselling author Esther Perel. The show will test whether two people who seem completely incompatible can develop a meaningful romantic connection. Apple announced the eight-episode series on July 23, 2026, but did not […]
Apple TV announced a new dating documentary series, “The Last Person on Earth,” with relationship expert Esther Perel.
Apple TV on Thursday announced a new eight-episode dating documentary series, “The Last Person on Earth,” with New York Times bestselling author and renowned couples therapist Esther Perel. In the series, couples who appear to be opposites are expertly paired by Perel and a team of matchmakers and therapists, before embarking on an adventure in one of the world’s most romantic and remote destinations. With more single people than ever before and increasing levels of polarization and social isolation, this innovative experiment asks the question: could the last person on Earth you think you’d ever want to date end up being the one person you can’t live without? And will an unexpected pairing in paradise open their horizons and be the beginning of a life-changing relationship?
“Over the course of my career as a couples therapist, one truth has become undeniable: love may crave closeness, but desire is fueled by otherness,” said Perel in a statement. “‘The Last Person on Earth’ is a bold exploration of relationships that challenges everything we assume about compatibility; inviting people to drop the checklist and embrace dating as an adventure into the unknown. When we choose to step outside the narrow boundaries of what feels familiar or safe, passionate love stories can flourish.”
From Boldprint Studios, “The Last Person on Earth” is executive produced by Dan Gray, Lou Hutchinson and Phil Harris, with series director Josh Jacobs. Olly Lambert also serves as director on the series.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 850 wins and 3,800 award nominations and counting including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” global cultural phenomenon “Severance,” Apple’s most-viewed drama “Pluribus,” Academy Award Best Picture winner “CODA” and Academy Award winner “F1,” the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.
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Apple TV has secured the adaptation rights to Peculiar Stars, an upcoming romance novel from Rebecca Yarros, the bestselling author behind the popular Fourth Wing series. Peculiar Stars Is Planned as a TV Series Apple Studios plans to develop Peculiar Stars as a television series. Yarros will serve as an executive producer through her Full […]
Apple TV has announced Protective Custody, a new comedy series starring Benicio Del Toro and Ben Stiller. The project brings the two actors together again after their work on Escape at Dannemora. What is Protective Custody about? The series follows a disgraced financier accused of carrying out a massive fraud. While awaiting trial, he enters […]
Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, and Tanya Reynolds in “Ted Lasso” season four, premiering Wednesday, August 5 on Apple TV.
“Ted Lasso” arrived on Apple TV in 2020 as a refreshing antidote to cynicism: a kind-hearted American football coach (Jason Sudeikis) takes over a struggling English Premier League football (soccer) team, winning over skeptics with optimism, biscuits, and “believe” signs. Seasons 1 and 2 delivered sharp comedy, genuine emotional depth, and broad appeal, earning Emmys and a devoted fanbase. Then came Season 3 in 2023. Many viewers felt the show shifted from feel-good underdog story to something heavier on messaging and virtue-signaling.
What Went Wrong in Season 3?
Critics gave Season 3 a solid 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, but audience scores dipped, with notable backlash. Common complaints included scattered storytelling with longer episodes that spread focus across too many characters and subplots, diluting the core team dynamic. The gentle humor gave way to heavier lectures on topics like sexuality, gender dynamics, and social issues. Storylines involving multiple LGBTQ+ characters and identity themes often felt shoehorned in, prioritizing virtue-signaling over organic character growth. Some scenes started feeling like after-school specials rather than natural extensions of the show’s wholesome spirit.
Jason Sudeikis has pushed back against the criticism, suggesting detractors “don’t have imaginations” or lack curiosity. That’s a fair creative defense (series do evolve over time), but it didn’t win over fans who felt the series abandoned its original charm for contemporary posturing.
Season 4 Setup: Promising or Risky?
Season 4 premieres August 5, 2026, on Apple TV. Ted returns to Richmond to coach a second-division women’s football team. Promotional materials suggest more of the signature warmth, with returning favorites like Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), Keeley (Juno Temple), and Coach Beard, plus new cast members. The logline emphasizes “leaping before they look” and taking chances.
Potential red flags for “woke disaster” concerns:
• The premise itself — Ted coaching women — invites explorations of gender, empowerment, and male-female dynamics. Given Season 3’s direction, there’s a real risk of heavy-handed messaging around feminism and identity politics in sports.
• Hollywood’s track record shows many comedies have struggled when prioritizing social commentary over laughs.
• Creative team continuity from Season 3 raises questions about whether the virtue-signaling elements will persist or intensify.
Reasons for optimism:
• The women’s team angle could deliver fresh comedy with non-traditional football coaching, team rivalries, and Ted’s positivity clashing with new personalities, without needing to shoehorn in ideological crutches.
• The core strength of the show has always been relationships and personal growth. If the focus stays on believable character arcs (unlike Keely’s in Season 3, for example), it can recapture Season 1 magic.
• The three-year gap since Season 3 might reset expectations and allow a return to form.
The Bigger Picture
“Ted Lasso” succeeded initially because it was not another lecture. It celebrated kindness, resilience, and community without alienating viewers. Many topics aren’t inherently bad where it fits naturally, but when it feels like agenda first and entertainment second, the formula breaks. Season 3 proved that strong performances couldn’t fully mask the sense that the show was trying way too hard to be “important.”
MacDailyNews Take: Season 4 doesn’t have to repeat Season 3’s mistakes. A women’s team offers rich comedic territory without mandating sermons. If the writers trust the audience and prioritize funny, heartfelt stories over checking boxes, it could be a strong return. If they treat it as another vehicle for cultural commentary, the “woke disaster” label may stick.
Ultimately, we’ll know soon enough. Ted’s mantra, “Believe,” applies here, too. But belief works best when earned through great TV, not imposed. August 5th will tell. Fingers crossed the biscuits are fresh and the lectures are light.
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Ted Lasso season 4 is almost here, and early reports suggest fans have good reason to feel excited about the show’s return. The new season premieres on August 5 with its first episode, followed by weekly releases through October 7, and people close to the production believe it delivers a stronger story than season 3 […]
Apple TV has released the official trailer for Women in Blue season 2, giving viewers a closer look at the dangerous new investigation facing María and the Azules. The Spanish-language crime drama returns globally on August 12, 2026, with a darker case connected to political violence, corruption and buried secrets. The new trailer shows María […]
Amy Adams, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Javier Bardem and executive producer and writer Nick Antosca attend a special screening of Apple TV’s “Cape Fear” at the DGA Theater in New York City on July 21, 2026.
Tuesday evening at the Directors Guild of America, Apple TV reunited award-winning filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg for a special advance screening and Q&A for the highly anticipated finale of “Cape Fear,” the chilling Apple Original limited series. “Cape Fear” stars and is executive produced by six-time Academy Award nominee, Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Amy Adams, and Academy Award winner, Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Javier Bardem.
Attendees at the event, which was followed by a reception at The Oak Room at The Plaza Hotel, included creator, showrunner and executive producer Nick Antosca, executive producers and stars Adams and Bardem, series stars Jamie Hector, Lily Collias, Malia Pyles and Margarita Levieva, directors Amanda Marsalis and Jonathan van Tulleken, casting directors Ellen Lewis, CSA, and Anne Davison, and executive producers Scorsese, Spielberg, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank.
The 10-episode limited series made its global debut on Apple TV on Friday, June 5, 2026, with the first two episodes, and will culminate with its thrilling finale episode on Friday, July 31, 2026.
Javier Bardem and Amy Adams attend a special screening of Apple TV’s “Cape Fear” at the DGA Theater in New York City on July 21, 2026.
Inspired by the 1991 remake directed by Scorsese and produced by Spielberg, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson) when Max Cady (Bardem), the notorious killer they are responsible for putting behind bars, is let out of prison — and he wants vengeance. Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Wilson, Joe Anders, Lily Collias, and Malia Pyles round out the ensemble cast, and the supporting cast includes CCH Pounder, Jamie Hector, and Anna Baryshnikov.
Hailing from UCP (a division of Universal Studio Group) and Amblin Television, “Cape Fear” is based on both the novel “The Executioners,” which inspired Gregory Peck’s Universal Pictures feature, “Cape Fear” (1962), as well as the acclaimed 1991 remake directed by Scorsese. The series is executive produced by Spielberg, who produced the 1991 film, alongside Scorsese. Creator Antosca showruns and produces alongside Alex Hedlund for Eat the Cat, and Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey produce alongside Spielberg for Amblin Television. Academy Award nominee Morten Tyldum directs the pilot and serves as executive producer. The series is developed and produced through Antosca’s overall deal at UCP, where he’s been based since 2017.
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