Gone are the days when everyone wondered what Apple could contribute to the entertainment industry, as Apple TV+ is quickly becoming one of the biggest streaming services with great shows and movies that will keep you entertained. So, let’s discuss the best TV shows on Apple TV+, from the extremely popular Ted Lasso to the lesser-known but equally brilliant Slow Horses.
Slow Horses
Slow Horses is a British dark comedy spy thriller drama series created by Will Smith. Based on the Slough House novel series by Mick Herron, the Apple TV+ series follows a group of MI5 agents who have been assigned to an administrative purgatory for MI5 service rejects known as Slough House after they made some huge mistakes in their careers. They are led by Jackson Lamb, an abusive and miserable spook who once used to be great. Slow Horses stars Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Okonedo, Jonathan Pryce, and Hugo Weaving.
Silo
Silo is a sci-fi dystopian drama series created by Graham Yost. Based on the Silo novel series by Hugh Howey, the Apple TV+ series is set in a dystopian future where the surviving humans live in a giant silo, and the main rule they have to follow is not to ask to go outside. Silo stars Rebecca Ferguson, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Avi Nash, Rick Gomez, Chinaza Uche, and Shane McRae.
Severance
Severance is a sci-fi psychological thriller series created by Dan Erickson. The Apple TV+ series follows Mark Scot, a severed employee of a company who has figured out to keep the work and non-work memories separate by inserting a chip into the brains of their employees. Mark begins to question the company’s intentions after a mysterious man shows up, claiming to be his work friend. Severance stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, and John Turturro.
Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is a sports comedy-drama series created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly. Based on the promotional media for NBC Sports’s coverage of England’s Premier League, the Apple TV+ series follows Ted Lasso, an American college football coach, as he goes to England to coach a Premier League soccer team. Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Nick Mohammed, Juno Temple, Sarah Niles, and Anthony Head.
Mythic Quest
Mythic Quest is a workplace comedy series created by Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and Rob McElhenney. The Apple TV+ series is set in the offices of a video game company that created the biggest multiplayer video game of all time, and it follows a team of misfits as they try to keep the game relevant. Mythic Quest stars Rob McElhenney, Ashly Burch, Jessie Ennis, Imani Hakim, David Hornsby, Danny Pudi, F. Murray Abraham, and Naomi Ekperigin.
Servant
Servant is a psychological horror drama thriller series created by Tony Basgallop. The Apple TV+ series follows Dorothy and Sean Turner, a wealthy couple whose relationship suffers after their young son dies. Dorothy suffers a psychotic break and begins to believe that a life-like doll is her real child, which allows a mysterious nanny to enter their house. Servant stars Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free, and Rupert Grint.
For All Mankind
For All Mankind is a sci-fi alternate history drama series created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi. The Apple TV+ series is set in an alternate history where the Soviet Union won the global space race instead of the United States, and it explores how the space race would have continued. For All Mankind stars Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Wrenn Schmidt, Sonya Walger, and Krys Marshall.
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent is a legal thriller drama series created by David E. Kelley. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Scott Turow, the Apple TV+ series follows Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor and family man who becomes the main suspect in the murder of his colleague after it was discovered that he was having an affair with her. Presumed Innocent stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti, Nana Mensah, Renate Reinsve, and Peter Sarsgaard.
Dickinson
Dickinson is a comedy-drama series created by Alena Smith. The Apple TV+ series is set in the 19th century, and it follows a young Emily Dickinson who aspires to be a writer, but she struggles because of all the constraints that are put on her by society and her family. Dickinson stars Hailee Steinfeld, Toby Huss, Adrian Blake Enscoe, Anna Baryshnikov, Ella Hunt, Jane Krakowski, Amanda Warren, and Chinaza Uche.
The Afterparty
The Afterparty is a murder mystery comedy series created by Christopher Miller. The Apple TV+ series follows Detective Danner as she is brought in to investigate a murder with a room full of suspects who all tell her the events leading up to the murder from their perspective. The Afterparty stars Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Demetriou, and John Cho.
Shrinking
Shrinking is a comedy-drama series created by Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel, and Brett Goldstein. The Apple TV+ series follows Jimmy Laird, a therapist still grieving the loss of his wife, and he begins a new type of therapy, which breaches many ethical barriers. Shrinking stars Jason Segel, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, Christa Miller, Harrison Ford, and Ted McGinley.
Black Bird
Black Bird is a true crime drama miniseries created by Dennis Lehane. Based on the 2010 autobiographical novel In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene and Hillel Levin, the Apple TV+ series follows Jimmy Keene, a once-promising young football star as he begins his 10-year prison sentence but he soon gets an offer which will see him walking out of the prison if he can get Larry Hall, a killer to confess. Black Bird stars Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear, and Ray Liotta.
Hijack
Hijack is a thriller drama series created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith. The Apple TV+ series follows Sam, a genius business negotiator who finds himself using his skills to negotiate with terrorists after the flight he is on gets hijacked. Hijack stars Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Eve Myles, Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Archie Panjabi, Ben Miles, and Kate Phillips.
Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air is a war drama miniseries created by John Shiban and John Orloff. Based on the 2007 book of the same name by Donald L. Miller, the Apple TV+ series is set during World War II, and it revolves around the exploits of the Mighty Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces as they take the war right to Hitler’s doorstep through the sky. Masters of the Air stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Barry Keoghan, Nikolai Kinski, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sawyer Spielberg, Isabel May, and James Murray.
Bad Monkey
Bad Monkey is a dark comedy crime thriller series created by Bill Lawrence. Based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Carl Hiaasen, the Apple TV+ series follows Andrew Yancy, a former police detective who lost his job and now works as a restaurant inspector. He soon gets embroiled in a deadly crime conspiracy after he begins investigating a severed arm. Bad Monkey stars Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, Natalie Martinez, Alex Moffat, Michelle Monaghan, Ronald Peet, and Jodie Turner-Smith.