Coming from the mighty Apple Inc., it's perhaps not surprising that Apple TV+ has managed to become such a powerful streaming service since its launch in 2019, but Apple TV+'s best shows highlight its incredible content library. Apple TV + starts 2025 in style with the long-awaited Termination season 2 will finally mark the return of one of its most acclaimed shows. There's also been some interesting news for the streamer recently, with the announcement that Silo will be renewed for seasons 3 and 4.
Apple TV+'s lineup of original series offers some of the best television shows right now, some fantastic shows that have already come to an end, and some new series fans are just getting started with. There have been some changes to its TV offerings recently with Shrinkingthe second season is ending and Sunny being canceled after two seasons, but the best shows on Apple TV+ show there are plenty of great options to choose from.
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Ted Lasso
(2020-2023) [Sports Comedy] - Jason Sudeikis is one of the most endearing fictional couch potatoes in this fish-out-of-water sports comedy, while also sporting the best mustache on television since. Magnum PI.
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Bad Monkey
(2024) [Crime Drama] - Vince Vaughn's snappy delivery suits the low-key Florida Keys setting of Bad Monkey, a crime comedy featuring Vaughn as a laid-back detective investigating the case from behind a severed arm.
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Lady at the Lake
(2024) [Crime Drama] - True crime was an obsession even in the past with Lady at the Lake starring Natalie Portman as a journalist obsessed with an unsolved murder in 1960s Baltimore.
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Sugar
(2024) [Crime Drama] - More period crime stories unfold as Colin Farrell enters 1950s Hollywood as a private eye who encounters more than a few unexpected twists in his latest case.
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Masters of the Air
(2024) [War Drama] - The wartime miniseries Masters of the Air is on the same scale as Hanks and Spielberg's previous miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific, and instantly ranked among the best TV shows on Apple TV+ when it arrived in 2024.
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Bad Sisters
(2022-present) [Comedy Drama] - With several nominations from the Writers Guild of America, the Critics' Choice Television Awards and the Primetime Emmy, Bad Sisters is a gripping and often uproarious murder mystery that proves to be the perfect conduit for star Sharon Horgan's acerbic humor. Season 2 premiered in November.
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The morning show
(2019-present) [Comedy] - The morning show brings daytime television news and all its drama to primetime along with some primetime talent, while stars like Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon welcome new cast members, including Jon Hamm.
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Black Bird
(2022) [Crime Drama] - Based on the autobiographical novel by James Keene and Hillel Levin With the Devil and developed by Dennis Lehane, Black Bird is a crime drama miniseries about a once-promising young football star sent to prison but given a second chance as he helps the police try to take down a serial killer.
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slow horses
(2022-present) [Crime Drama] - Those bored with gentle, soft-spoken spies like James Bond or Ethan Hunt need look no further slow horsesabout a group of incompetent MI5 agents whose job failures land them on desk duty.
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Pachinko
(2022 - present) [Period Drama] - Created by Soo Hugh, Pachinko, an adaptation of Min Jin Lee's 2017 novel of the same name, it is a much more grounded story and focuses on the discrimination faced by four generations of the same family.
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Palma Real
(2024) [Period Drama] - Set in Palm Beach, Florida in 1969, Palma Real centers on Kristen Wiig's Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, a woman of average means who takes it upon herself to ingratiate herself with Florida's elite.
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Manhunt
(2024) [Period Drama] - Manhunt is based on the book by James L. Swanson Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Assassin focusing on the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the hunt for his killer, John Wilkes Booth, carried out by Lincoln's close friend, Edwin Stanton.
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Chemistry Lessons
(2023) [Period Drama] - Brie Larson's New York Times bestselling and Oscar-winning novel proves to be the perfect recipe for success with Chemistry Classes about a brilliant chemist who is fired from her job in lab technology in the 1960s and ends up hosting a feminist cooking show.
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Foundation
(2021-present) [Sci-Fi] - First debuting on Apple TV+ in 2021, Foundation The cast is led by names like Jared Harris, Leah Harvey, Lou Loubel and Lee Pace, all with performances widely celebrated by critics, as well as the intricate plot based on the series of novels of the same name by Isaac Asimov. .
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Time Bandits
(2024) [Sci-Fi Comedy] - Based on the 1981 Terry Gilliam film of the same nameTime Bandits centers on a group of time-traveling thieves that manage to be equally conceptual and visually captivating while also being incredibly funny and a surprisingly easy watch.
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Dark Matter
(2024) [Sci-Fi Mystery] - Dark Matter has an incredible cast that includes names like Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Oakes Fegley and Dayo Okeniyi in the story of a physicist who finds himself in an alternative reality after being attacked by a mysterious figure.
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Silo
(2023-present) [Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi] - Set several centuries after humanity was practically wiped out by falling bombsSilo finds the last remnants of civilization living in vast underground silos (which give the program its name). Based on the books by Hugh Howey, Silo season 2 began airing in November.
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For all humanity
(2019-present) [Sci-Fi] - For all humanity is a thoughtful meditation on the ongoing impacts and potential missed opportunities of the space race, and is set in an alternate timeline where humanity has never stopped reaching for the stars.
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Termination
(2022-present) [Sci-Fi] - A unique combination of dystopian sci-fi, psychological thriller and workplace comedy, Termination revolves around an experimental work program that separates employees' day-to-day office memories from their personal lives.
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Disclaimer
(2024) [Drama Mystery] - Oscar winner Cate Blanchett brings her incredible talents to the small screen in this gripping thriller. Blanchett plays a journalist known for revealing the controversies behind popular institutions, only to discover that a new book by a vengeful figure from her past reveals some of her darkest secrets that she hoped would remain buried.
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Shrinking
(2023-present) [Comedy Drama] - The acclaimed comedy-drama Shrinking is back for its second season. The series stars Jason Segel as a therapist dealing with his own mental health issues when he begins to take a new approach to his work. The season 2 finale is set to be released on December 25th.
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Presumed innocent
(2024) [Crime Mystery] - A remake of a 1990s Harrison Ford thriller, Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this gripping courtroom thriller as a prosecutor who becomes the prime suspect in a murder.
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Before
(2024-present) [Thriller Drama] - Billy Crystal sheds his comedian persona to take on his darker role as a child psychiatrist grieving the loss of his wife, only to be haunted by a troubled young man with ties to his own past.
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Cowboy cartel
(2024-present) [Docuseries] - Fans of series about drug-related crimes, such as Narcos and Breaking Bad You'll want to check out the exciting docuseries about true crimes Cowboy cartelwhich concerns the FBI's efforts to take down a drug cartel that hides its operations in the world of horse racing.
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Sunny
(2024) [Sci-Fi Comedy] - Rashida Jones stars in this sci-fi dramedy as a grieving wife and mother who searches for the truth behind the deaths of her loved ones with the help of a household robot – is there anything artificial intelligence can't do?
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