Alex Levy (played by Jennifer Aniston) gets ready for her big comeback. Photo: Apple TV+
The Morning Show gets ready for the triumphant return of Alex Levy, even as current events spiral and everyone sweats bullets. Can Cory keep the newscast together long enough for it to return?
As the Apple TV+ drama grapples with COVID-19 in its second season, the intra-office drama intensifies.
Ron Cephas Jones and Haneefah Wood deliver the goods in this solid drama. Photo: Apple TV+
Truth Be Told hurtles headlong toward a crash this week as true-crime podcaster Poppy Parnell and her childhood friend Micah Keith realize they both could represent their mutual destruction.
And once again, a stellar outburst by a supporting character steals the spotlight on this rock-solid Apple TV+ drama.
When you see Jared Harris cast in a key role, it's a sure sign your TV show is on the right track. Photo: Apple TV+
Apple TV+’s big, expensive sci-fi gamble is finally ready to cash in its bets. After years of production, Foundation — a series based on the work of Isaac Asimov and shepherded by the man who helped turn American culture into a superhero factory — is now streaming.
This very impressive sci-fi show will now have to compete in the attention economy. Can it live up to the hype?
The wait for Apple TV+’s Foundation is almost over. Photo: Apple TV+
You won’t have to wait until Friday for the much-anticipated debut of Foundation on Apple TV+. The first episode of this adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi classic will premiere2 on Apple’s streaming service three hours early, so Americans can watch it Thursday night.
The same goes for everything debuting on Apple TV+, including the latest episode of Ted Lasso.
“Foundation” looks amazing. And apocalyptic. Photo: Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is shooting for the stars with two new sci-fi series and a film this autumn. The trailers for Foundation, Invasion and Finch all look amazing. And dark. The descriptions for all of them include either “dystopian” or “apocalypse” or both.
Could we get some science fiction that’s a little more upbeat from Apple’s streaming service?
Finch is a simple tale of a man, his dog and his robot in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. OK, maybe not so simple. Photo: Apple TV+
Given all the apocalyptic storytelling in recent years, it makes sense in a Hollywood way that we’d eventually arrive at a warm-and-fuzzy, feel-good apocalypse movie. According to its first official trailer, that would be Finch, set to premiere on the Apple TV+ streaming service November 5.
Joel Cohen writes for the stage and directs the Apple TV+ adaptation of Shakespeare's bloody classic. Photo: Apple TV+
A dreary and ominous fog washes over the first Apple TV+ trailer for The Tragedy of Macbeth. That sets a suitably dark tone for the adaptation of the bloody Shakespeare classic from writer and director Joel Cohen. Black birds circle overhead.
Apple TV+ on Sunday became the first streaming service to pick up an Emmy Award in a program category, thanks to lovable football-cum-soccer coach Ted Lasso.
The series scooped prizes for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series.
Ready for another season of network TV skullduggery? We are!
Mitch is gone. Hannah is dead. Alex wants out. Cory wants in! The Morning Show, Apple TV+’s flagship series about the diabolical inner workings of a network news operation, kicks off its second season Friday. And the highs and lows are just as broad as you remember them.
Stars Jennifer Anniston, Billy Crudup and Reese Witherspoon return for another go-round in the show-about-a-show. Can they keep the lights on without Steve Carell on the set? Can they ensure the future of the United Broadcast Association? Are people even still watching the morning news?!?
Andre Royo (center) makes a splash in this week's episode. Photo: Apple TV+
This week on Truth Be Told, true-crime podcaster Poppy Parnell uncovers some shady truths and half-truths about the object of her big investigation. Micah Keith isn’t who she’s been claiming she is — and there’s gonna be hell to pay when Poppy Parnell finds out.
Halfway through its second season, the Apple TV+ drama cranks the heat up even higher with an intense confrontation and a standout performance.
Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds star in the holiday musical comedy "Spirited" from Apple TV+. Photo: Apple TV+
The streets of Boston have recently been all dressed up in Christmas cheer, but not because consumerism has gone wild even earlier than usual. It’s because the Apple TV+ holiday musical comedy Spirited is in production there. Stars Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell harmonized rather nicely their entry in the TikTok “Grace Kelly challenge” while on set.
Mahershala Ali in “Swan Song,” coming soon to Apple TV+. Photo: Apple TV+
The genre-bending film Swan Song is reportedly nearing its debut on Apple TV+. It’ll star Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali, and the cast includes Glenn Close, Awkwafina and Naomie Harris.
In addition to appearing on the streaming service, Apple is planning a limited theater release beginning December 17 to qualify the movie for Oscar awards.
Expect a new Apple TV+ show or movie every every few days next year. Photo: Apple TV+
Apple is reportedly ramping up the pace of new content for its streaming video service. Apple TV+ will allegedly debut a new show or movie every week in 2022.
If true, this would significantly increase the amount of content available in the service that’s about to hit its second anniversary.
This 9/11 doc marks an anniversary people will have no trouble remembering. Photo: Apple TV+
With the 20-year anniversary of 9/11 around the corner, Apple TV+ funded the new documentary 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room. This was unwise from all but perhaps a business standpoint — but even there it’s a gamble.
Isaiah Hill and O’Shea Jackson Jr. in Swagger, premiering globally October 29, 2021 on Apple TV+. Photo: Apple TV+
Streaming service Apple TV+ offered a premiere date for its upcoming sports drama Swagger, loosely based on superstar NBA basketball player Kevin Durant’s early years in the sport he eventually came to dominate. It looks into the world of youth basketball and the lives it touches.
Micah (played by Kate Hudson) needs to do some serious damage control. Photo: Apple TV+
This week on Truth Be Told, the Apple TV+ true crime fiction series turns up the heat on podcaster Poppy Parnell and lifestyle (and deathstyle?) guru Micah. The characters find fewer allies everywhere they look.
Poppy (played by Octavia Spencer) knew this case would hurt — but she was hoping the pain would take longer to start.
On 9/11, the residents of Gander get a big surprise. Photo: Apple TV+
Surprise broadway smash Come From Away been filmed and sent to Apple TV+. The 9/11 musical follows hard on the heels of the Hamilton concert movie on Disney+.
The question is, will Come From Away come close to the success of its predecessor?
Toodee, Foofa, Plex, Brobee and Muno are on their way to Apple’s streaming service. Photo: WildBrain
A new season of the musical educational show Yo Gabba Gabba! will premier on Apple TV+. Plus, children will soon be able to tune in to Apple’s streaming service to watch previous episodes, which offer music, live-action characters, animation and a very optimistic attitude.
This is part of the growing collection of children’s programming on Apple TV+.
Jason Momoa is one of the reasons the second season of See is doing well. Photo: Apple TV+
The second season of See is off to a strong start. The fantasy drama starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista recently returned to Apple TV+, and there clearly a lot of anticipation built up. Viewership is reportedly up 30%.
Enough people are tuning in to give See the strongest sophomore season of any drama on Apple’s streaming service.
Apple TV+ show Wolfboy and the Everything Factory premieres on September 24. Photo: Apple TV+
Apple TV+ plans to air three new shows for kids and families in the coming weeks. One is set to debut later in September, while two others premiere in October.
We’ll have to see if any of them can match the critical success of Apple TV+’s award-winning kids’ show Stillwater.
Most streaming services are watching you while you watch them. Photo: Apple
Almost every video streaming service except Apple TV+ is selling your data to third-party companies and tracking your viewing habits for targeted ads. A new report from Common Sense Media exposes the loose privacy policies employed by most streaming providers, including Amazon and Netflix.
“Many viewers know that free streaming apps are most likely selling their personal information, but most viewers may not know that most paid sub‐ scription streaming apps are also selling users’ data,” warns the report.
Bag yours before they're all gone! Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Update your home entertainment experience with an Apple TV 4K at its lowest-ever price. OWC is offering brand-new previous-generation units for just $109 for a limited time only.
That price is a whopping $70 off the hardware’s original price, and well below the previous low of $119. Act fast — you can buy up to three while inventory lasts.
Kate Hudson shiftlessly navigates another episode of Truth Be Told. Photo: Apple TV+
Apple TV+ drama Truth Be Told looks into a series of dark pasts this week — and finds a host of unsavory things. Can true-crime podcaster Poppy Parnell keep her life together long enough to help anyone else?
Wrexham AFC players will have to pace themselves with all those biscuits. Photo: Wrexham AFC
On August 23 we reported on the brutal tongue-in-cheek legal battle set to break out between Apple TV+ and actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney over a joke in an episode of Ted Lasso. And now we’re back with a breaking update: the biscuits have arrived.