Apple TV+ Apple TV+ Is really hitting its stride (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Building off early successes like Ted Lasso the new stuff is all really high quality. Black bird is fantastic. For All Mankind is getting raves. The kids TV shows are doing really well. This is what Apple does, start modest and grow monsters.

 

[compson]

I loved Slow Horses, a smartly written spy series with humor, based on a Mick Herron novel.

 

[DaveF]

Ted Lasso is the best show since The Good Place. It's truly must-see, and worth subscribing to aTV for.

Ted Lasso (TV Series 2020–2023) ⭐ 8.8 | Comedy, Drama, Sport

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Severance. One of the best seasons of TV. Sublime.

Severance (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb

Severance: Created by Dan Erickson. With Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman. Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to...

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Mythic Quest, how did I almost forget this? It starts so-so-silly but evolves into amazing modern dramedy. The pandemic episodes are unexpected.

Mythic Quest (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb

Mythic Quest: Created by Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, Rob McElhenney. With Rob McElhenney, Ashly Burch, F. Murray Abraham, Charlotte Nicdao. The owner of a successful video game design company and his troubled staff struggle to keep their hit game 'Mythic Quest' on top.

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Schmigadoon!

Schmigadoon! (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb

Schmigadoon!: Created by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul. With Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth. A couple on a backpacking trip discovers a magical town in which everyone acts like they're in a classic musical.

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Central Park: Daveed Diggs, Stanley Tucci, Josh Gad...why aren't you watching this already?

Central Park (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb

Central Park: Created by Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, Nora Smith. With Tituss Burgess, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad, Kathryn Hahn. An animated musical series that tells the story of how a family of caretakers, who live and work in Central Park, end up saving the park and basically the world.

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With The Expanse over, For All Mankind is now the best scifi on TV. (West World fans, don't @ me, it's great too but I didn't like S3 so FAM wins.)

For All Mankind (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb

For All Mankind: Created by Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert. With Joel Kinnaman, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Wrenn Schmidt. In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander...

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Dickinson, I've only watched one episode of, but I was struck by it. I want to get back to it.

Dickinson (TV Series 2019–2021) - IMDb

Dickinson: Created by Alena Smith. With Hailee Steinfeld, Adrian Enscoe, Anna Baryshnikov, Jane Krakowski. Set in the 19th century, it explores the constraints of society, gender and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson.

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There's more. I can't watch it all. I hope to get to The Morning Show, Dr. Brain, Slow Horses, and others.

 

[EricSchulz]

I REALLY tried to watch Severance but hated it. I really wish there was more content available. I’ll resubscribe when the next seasons of Ted Lasso and Schmigadoon! are available.

 

[dpippel]

Ted Lasso, Severance, and Dickinson are all awesome shows that are WELL worth your time.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I tried the 1st season of The Morning Show... and while it started out engaging enough and had its moments throughout, I just felt like I could take it or leave it by the end of that 1st season -- there's just too much content available all over I'd rather get to... besides my huge backlog of discs...

Never actually got around to watching most everything else beyond that and Ted Lasso and Schmigadoon!... before my 1-year trial ended... though I definitely did intend to check out Dickinson and a couple Apple-produced films (and guess I'll add Severance and whatever else recommended here to that) -- probably whenever I get around to resubscribing for a month or something...

_Man_

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Just got around to getting back to my 3-month trial (for Apple Card customers) after my Amazon Prime free trial ended (w/ nearly all my streaming binging focused on that).

Just finished watching Shining Girls, which nobody's mentioned so far. Intriguing/gripping enough mystery thriller -- and like/love pretty much everything I've seen w/ Elizabeth Moss so far -- but certainly a bit headspinningly convoluted (and potentially too much so for many) for much of the (miniseries) run (and I suppose the ending might not satisfy enough for some). This is one I'll probably have to revisit soon (and that's rare for me), if I can find the time, just because I feel like I musta missed some little details/clues along the way (partly because I wasn't paying quite my full attention at least at first), but also, maybe it'd actually play better the 2nd time (w/ my head not spinning so much, realizing what I'm in for LOL). Well, I want to love it anyway... and maybe it'll be worth owning on discs, if it ever gets a release...

Also just finally started watching Foundation, which looks promising enough...

IF Apple continues to ramp up their array of quality series while keeping pricing low like now, maybe it'll indeed be worth keeping on a regular basis, especially for those of us who also use Apple Music and iCloud storage -- it's just another couple dollars to go for Apple One w/ ATV+ included...

_Man_

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Slow Horses is indeed excellent! And I liked Foundation, which I just finished watching, a good deal as well -- I've never actually read the books (though had intended to many years ago back during my high school years), but can imagine there's quite a lot of compression and alterations (perhaps bordering on a tad too much) going on w/ this series... though seems like mostly done quite well at least for those of us not that familiar w/ the source...

Can't wait for more of these series...

I have to say though I wasn't that crazy about Dickinson after watching the first 2-3 episodes a while back. Just feels too oddly anachronistic, etc for my taste and reminds me a little bit of Baz Luhrmann's spins -- no, I'm not at all a fan of his Moulin Rouge!, NVM his Romeo+Juliet, etc...

_Man_

 

[Jason Goodmanson]

I read the book The Shining Girls awhile back. I just remember liking it, but the show for the most part felt totally unfamiliar.
Regardless, I enjoyed the show.

My wife and I just finished Severance (based on a co-worker's rec) and wow - that was something. I need more NOW.

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[Ted Todorov]

Watched the first episode last night, definitely very enjoyable (helps that I am a fan of both the lead actors):

One mild criticism -- there seems to be no subtitle method where you only get English (or French) subtitles when necessary -- i.e. I don't want English subtitles when they are speaking English, only when they speak other languages.

 

[benbess]

Today I decided to cancel my $7 a month Apple TV subscription. I watch it the least of all of my services, and it also "forgets" my password often. I guess it's for security reasons, but it's just a hassle. I assume I'll be able to see Scorsese's next movie in a theater anyway.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Apple TV+ is perhaps one of the most watched services I own.

Got rid of Netflix months ago because the price was just so exorbitant.

Ted Lasso has had its ups and downs. However, it has been an extremely well-done series.

The Morning Show is excellent. Have watched both seasons and looking forward to S3.

Currently watching For All Mankind. Halfway through Season 2 and I expect to be up-to-date within a month. Really enjoying it.

May watch Silo next. Just read it's the #2 most popular show streaming right now. I just kind of dislike post-apocalyptic stories. We'll see.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Today I decided to cancel my $7 a month Apple TV subscription. I watch it the least of all of my services, and it also "forgets" my password often. I guess it's for security reasons, but it's just a hassle. I assume I'll be able to see Scorsese's next movie in a theater anyway.

FWIW, if interested, maybe you can do their new 2-month free trial promo sometime later before that expires in early July -- it's supposed to work for returning subscribers too, but not sure how long you have to wait to use it. I plan to do that myself (in early July).

Presumably, if using that in early July, the free trial should cover most (but not all) of the upcoming new season of Foundation that's due for 1-episode/week drop starting mid-July.

_Man_

 

[DaveF]

Today I decided to cancel my $7 a month Apple TV subscription. I watch it the least of all of my services, and it also "forgets" my password often. I guess it's for security reasons, but it's just a hassle. I assume I'll be able to see Scorsese's next movie in a theater anyway.

Weird and bummer. Have never had AppleTV forget my password.

 

[DaveF]

I’m with @Ronald Epstein AppleTV is currently top of my viewing (though Netflix remains my overall primary streaming service).

Here’s some recent shows I have or am now watching:

Hello Tomorrow! (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb

Hello Tomorrow!: Created by Amit Bhalla, Lucas Jansen. With Billy Crudup, Haneefah Wood, Alison Pill, Nicholas Podany. In a retro-futuristic world, charismatic salesman Jack Billings leads a team of fellow sales associates determined to revitalize their customers' lives by hawking timeshares on...

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The Morning Show (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb

The Morning Show: Created by Jay Carson, Kerry Ehrin. With Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass. An inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the team.

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Black Bird (TV Mini Series 2022) - IMDb

Black Bird: Created by Dennis Lehane. With Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear. Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to...

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Tetris (2023) - IMDb

Tetris: Directed by Jon S. Baird. With Taron Egerton, Mara Huf, Miles Barrow, Rick Yune. The story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to players around the globe. Businessman Henk Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pajitnov join forces in the USSR, risking it all to...

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Silo (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb

Silo: Created by Graham Yost. With Rebecca Ferguson, Iain Glen, Caitlin Zoz, Tim Robbins. Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.

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Schmigadoon! (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb

Schmigadoon!: Created by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul. With Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth. A couple on a backpacking trip discovers a magical town in which everyone acts like they're in a classic musical.

www.imdb.com

The Big Door Prize (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb

The Big Door Prize: With Djouliet Amara, Patrick Kerr, Chris O'Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis. About the residents of a small town called Deerfield, who one day discover a magical, destiny-predicting machine in their grocery store.

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[Neil S. Bulk]

Prehistoric Planet is back for season two. We just watched the first new episode. The show features great CG and lovely Dolby Vision and Atmos.

 

[Sam Posten]

2.5 episodes into Silo and I am hooked

 

[EricSchulz]

I no longer have Apple TV+ but was able to watch the first episode of season two Schmigadoon! and loved it! It’s showing six episodes in the season. Have they all dropped? I’m definitely resubscribing for a month to see the rest and catch up on Ted Lasso, too.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I no longer have Apple TV+ but was able to watch the first episode of season two Schmigadoon! and loved it! It’s showing six episodes in the season. Have they all dropped? I’m definitely resubscribing for a month to see the rest and catch up on Ted Lasso, too.

Is it a good show? The premise seems extremely hokey to me. However, I like Cicely Strong, and if there is substance here, I'm willing to watch it in another week when I finally finish S3 of FOR ALL MANKIND.