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Year:2021 2023Seasons:2

Frankly, your enjoyment of Schmigadoon!

hinges on whether you were a musical theatre kid or not.

Severance

More pressingly, the only way these doctors can leave is by finding true love.

There’s singing and dancing aplenty, but what makes Schmigadoon!

so brilliant is the balance of both laughs and emotional heft.

Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong looking confused in the Apple TV Plus show, Schmigadoon!

Key and Strong are fantastic as they contend with the fact they’re stuck in a frolicking musical world.

Want to watch for yourself but haven’t signed up for Apple TV yet?

Check out our handy guide breaking down all theApple TV Plus costs and prices.

A close-up of Cate Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft during the Apple TV Plus show, Disclaimer.

Disclaimer*

Year:2024Seasons:1

Apple TV Plus has a reputation for attracting major filmmakers, something Disclaimer* further solidifies.

Disclaimer* is a dense series that wants us to try our hands at some psychoanalysis.

Read our list of thebest movies on Amazon Prime.

A bunch of animated people singing in a park during the Apple TV+ show, Central Park.

Central Park

Year:2020 2022Seasons:3

New York, New York.

And at its center, a park, called Central Park.

Owen Tillerman is the park’s manager, while his children, are dealing with becoming teenagers.

Claire Danes as Cora Seaborne and Tom Hiddleston as Will Ransome during the Apple TV Plus show, The Essex Serpent.

Meanwhile, Gad voices the fourth-wall-breaking busker Birdie.

Need more animated picks?

Check out our list of thegreatest animated TV showsof all time.

Vince Vaughn as Andrew Yancy being held by police during the Apple TV Plus show, Bad Monkey.

The Essex Serpent

Year:2022Seasons:1

There’s a serpent in Essex or is there?

For more details, read ourThe Essex Serpent review.

Yancy ends up investigating what happened and becomes entangled in a criminal world full of eclectic and eccentric characters.

Rose Byrne as Sylvia and Seth Rogen as Will during the Apple TV Plus show, Platonic.

The beachside setting adds to the Magnum P.I.

feel of the whole thing, while the central murder mystery story keeps the pace bouncing along.

For more hits, read our list of thebest shows on Amazon Prime.

Godzilla screaming during the Apple TV Plus show, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.

Platonic

Year:2023 OngoingSeasons:1

Sylvia and Will were great friends until Will got married to a woman that Sylvia despised.

The two didn’t becomenotfriends, but they did stop seeing each other.

However, now Will’s getting a divorce, and Sylvia finally reaches out to her single friend.

Peter Capaldi as DCI Daniel Hegarty during the Apple TV Plus show, Criminal Record.

They meet in a coffee shop and gradually realize just how close they are.

But that would go against the show’s title.

That, though, makes for hilarious viewing.

Rafe Spall as Jason Ross during the Apple TV Plus show, Trying.

Laugh out loud with our list of thebest comedy movies on Netflix.

After all, not every franchise needs the Marvel treatment.

Yet, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is a surprise success.

Joel Edgerton as Jason Dessen and Alice Braga as Amanda Lucas in the Apple TV Plus show, Dark Matter.

The show delves into the origins of Monarch, the organization monitoring monster-related activities around the world.

The Russells have charisma to spare and act as the series' heart.

June Lenker’s a working detective investigating a case, played by Cush Jumbo.

Brie Larson as Elizabeth Zott in the Apple TV Plus series, Lessons in Chemistry.

You see, Hegarty’s left the life of crime-fighting behind.

She starts investigating, which brings in a very unhappy Hegarty, and the series takes off from there.

Jump into some classics with our list of thebest Hulu showsnow streaming.

A bunch of soldiers standing in front of a plane during the Apple TV Plus show, Masters of the Air.

Yet, that’s exactly what Trying is.

But they simply cannot have a baby.

Dark Matter

The multiverse.

Taron Egerton as James “Jimmy” Keene in the Apple TV Plus show, Black Bird.

Dark Matter is another thrilling sci-fi series to add to Apple’s collection.

There are times when plotlines are slightly stretched, yet the main story is utterly propulsive.

Oh, and theres a talking dog… What’s not to love?

The start of a party during the Apple TV Plus show, The Afterparty.

Almost a decade later, The Pacific recaptured that on-screen magic, focussing on the 1st Marine Division.

It may not be the most historically accurate series, but it is certainly a thrilling watch.

Check out our list of thebest Netflix action movies.

Leah Harvey as Salvor Hardin looking up to the sky during the Apple TV Plus show, Foundation.

Taron Egerton plays a man sentenced to ten years in prison for drugs and arms dealing.

Want more case-solving on your screen?

Read our list of thebest thriller moviesof all time.

Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV show, Dickinson.

The Afterparty

Year:2022 2023Seasons:2

There are few “whodunnits” as fun as The Afterparty.

Created by Christopher Miller, the first season takes place the night of a high-school reunion afterparty.

The guests all have their motives, which leads to a guessing game over who could have pushed Xavier.

A blue car parking during the Apple TV Plus show, Shrinking.

Foundation

Year:2021 OngoingSeasons:2

Foundation is dense.

After all, half the characters are clones of Emperor Cleon, ruler of the galaxy.

Some versions of Cleon are the same actor, while others are different.

A group of workers during the Apple TV Plus show, Silo.

It’s no wonder the sophomore effort jumped to a100% Rotten Tomatoes Score.

Simply put, invest in the first season, and you won’t be disappointed by whats to come.

While we wait for Foundation season 3, check out our picks for thebest sci-moviesof all time.

Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm clicking his fingers to show off some special effects during the Apple TV show, Mythic Quest.

No wonder it was awarded a Peabody Award.

Head over to our guide on theSilo season 3.

We’ve also got aSilo season 2 reviewto sink your teeth into as well.

Eve Hewson as Becka Garvey sitting on the side of the road during the Apple TV Plus show, Bad Sisters.

After all, it’s not like the industry has been particularly well represented on screen before.

If you’re an avid gamer, prepare for hundreds of references to your favorite games.

Bad Sisters

Year:2022 OngoingSeasons:2

Few people have a knack for comedy like Sharon Horgan.

A group of women getting ready to go to space during the Apple TV Plus show, For All Mankind.

First, she created and starred in BBC Three’s underrated Pulling, about three singletons in Hackney.

Then came Catastrophe, the award-winning series about a woman who becomes pregnant following a fling with Rob Delaney.

They’re being investigated for insurance fraud after one of their husbands dies in suspicious circumstances… For All Mankind

Year:2019 OngoingSeasons:4

What if the Russians touched down on the moon before the Americans?

Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard, and Nick Mohammed as Nate during the Apple TV Show, Ted Lasso.

That’s the central question of For All Mankind.

This all leads to NASA becoming ever more obsessed with getting to the moon and far beyond.

Ted Lasso

Year:2020 2023Seasons:3

The show that put Apple TV Plus on the map.

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb standing in a graveyard during the Apple TV Plus show, Slow Horses.

That’s mainly down to the sheer quality of the first two seasons, especially.

Slow Horses

Year:2022 OngoingSeasons:4

Few shows have snowballed quite as much as Slow Horses.

Considering the quality of writing, it’s no wonder so many stars want to get involved.

A woman looking concerned in the woods during the Apple TV Plus show, Pachinko.

Read ourSlow Horses season 4 reviewfor more details!

Soo Hugh’s series is epic in scope yet intimate in the way it develops interesting characters.

The sumptuous cinematography is matched by stunning performances from the cast.

Adam Scott as Mark Scout in the best Apple TV Plus show, Severance.

In other words, dont sleep on Pachinko; you will want to get this watched ASAP.

Sounds too good to be true.

If only it were so simple…

The Lord of the Rings; The Rings of Power

The show has everything: engrossing mysteries, conspiracy theories, philosophical questions about life.

Severance is a thrilling watch no wonder we named it thebest TV show of 2022.

Severance season 2recently aired its final episode.

Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart looking sad while sitting in court during one of the best Apple Tv movie, Killers of the Flower Moon.

Check out our five starreview of the second season.

Gi-hun in Squid Game season 3

The best shows on HBO Max: Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller looking to the side during the first season of The Last of Us.

Best Hulu shows: a close-up of Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga during the series Shogun.

Mikey Madison in Anora

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Kaitlyn Dever as Abby in The Last of Us season 2

Charlotte Nicdao and Rob McElhenney in Mythic Quest

Fountain of Youth set visit

Slow Horses

Alexander Skarsgård in Murderbot

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Days Gone Remastered protagonist Deacon running from hundreds of zombies in the rain

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The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 screenshot of the Paintress painting the number 33 onto a distant pillar while Gustave and Sophie watch from the harbor port, framed by a circle of light

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Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2