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Apple has made its mark in the streaming wars with Apple television+, its internal streaming service focusing on original shows rather than a comprehensive library of existing television programs or films.
This guide will list all the Apple television+ content you can watch today, divided into series and movies. There’s also a lot of new content in the works for Apple’s $9.99-a-month service. If you want to know what’s on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple television+ programs and movies.
Updated 12/01/23: Season 3 of one of our favorite Apple television+ series, is now streaming.
What’s new on Apple television+ Best programs on Apple television+
There’s too much content on Apple television+ to sort through on your own. If you’re looking for something to watch and don’t know where to start, here are some of the Macworld staff’s favorite programs, series, and movies.
- Summaries: 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 suddenly.
- Number of seasons: 1
- Release date: August 19, 2022
- Run-throughs: 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
- Summaries: What if the U.S.S.R. put a man on the moon before the U.S.? How would the resulting space race change history throughout the years? That’s the high concept behind this gripping big-budget sci-fi series.
- Number of seasons: 3
- Release date: November 1, 2019
- Run-throughs: An easygoing office comedy about a video game development studio and the big egos and personal conflicts that occur within. It’s silly good fun but sometimes quite touching.
- Number of seasons: 3
- Release date: February 7, 2020
- Run-throughs: Even if you’re not old enough to remember the aerobics craze in the 80s, Physical will give you all the big hair and leotard vibes. Starring Rose Byrne as an alternate-universe Jane Fonda, this dark comedy will keep you laughing, thinking, and sweating with plot twists and sharp writing.
- Number of seasons: 2
- Release date: June 18, 2021
- Run-throughs: A mix of dystopian sci-fi drama and office comedy about a company where employees are “severed”– when at work
