Since its launch, Apple TV Plus has quietly raised an impressive sci-fi original series. Streaming services provide first-class genre merchandise for people familiar with the matter. Thanks to the success of high-concept performances such as severance, the audience finally attracted people’s attention.
However, the recent move has brought Apple TV Plus to a more eye: Streaming received a record 72 Emmy nominations in 2024 and is now available for subscription on Prime Video.
Outside the storytelling box, every sci-fi show highlighted below is loyal to Apple’s sleek brand, “thinking differently.” Science fiction shows like all humanity, basics and dark matter stand out.
Below, you’ll find the best genre performance guide for CNET, which can now be watched on Apple TV. You might think of a new non-social mysteries, an epic battle of monsters, a real-life fairy tale or something with scientific talent. There is a choice, choose, choose – so settle in and click on the game.
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The phone hits Apple TV as the world fights the evolving Covid-19 pandemic. Hollywood stops and lets creatives find new ways to tell stories. Alien Romulus director Fedeálvarez will make up some of the talented actors – Aubrey Plaza, Pedro Pascal, Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, to name a few – do it in a series of shows.
Rashida Jones plays Suzie’s Suzie, a series of Apple TV Plus describes it as a dark comedy. After Suzie’s husband and child mysteriously disappear, she is given a robot to help her sadness. As the show unfolds, Su Qi begins to learn her husband’s secrets, causing a dramatic change in the plan. Sunny is presented in a sleek, near-future lens that feels very black, which is a good thing.
If Ted Lasso sets the stage for the quirky comedy on the platform, severance payments must be the title of solidifying Apple TV Plus as a streamer dedicated to high-concept genre programming. The series follows Mark (Adam Scott), who works at Lumon Industries, a biotech company with unique (albeit horrible) systems that maintain a work-life balance for its employees. Ben Stiller’s executives produced and directed most of the series in Season 1, once again proving that he is a great talent behind the camera.
Hello tomorrow! Taken in a retro future, door to door salesmen selling real estate on the moon. World Building is one of the biggest draws in the series, and unfortunately the series didn’t receive a renewal for Season 2. Billy Crudup, Allison Pill, Dawshane Williams, Hank Azaria and Susan Heyward make up the show’s powerful cast.
What would life be like if the space race never stopped? This is a big question for all humans’ answers. The prestige science fiction drama takes place in another reality where the United States and the Soviet Union compete for external space advantages. Thanks to the always-creative vision of the show creator Ronald D. Moore and the performance of his epic ensemble cast, this is probably the best sci-fi series you won’t watch.
Elisabeth Moss habitually picked up complex characters to immerse himself in his teeth, a trend that continues among the glittering girls. The series draws inspiration from Lauren Beukes’ book, following Kirby (Moss), a troubled woman who believes the recent murders are linked to her past crimes. The mystery reveals a series of twists and turns as she finds the answer with a damaged investigative journalist (played by Wagner Moura). This unpredictable thriller should get more attention when it premieres in 2022.
What if what we do is different? We all ask ourselves this question at least for the rest of our lives. This question lives on dark matter, a high concept twisted series based on Blake Crouch’s book. The series will feature Joel Edgerton as Jason, a college professor who has suffered a strange attack that changes his life and reality. Jennifer Connelly, Jimmi Simpson and Alice Braga starring alongside him, in a show that will leave you guessing the season’s finale.
Monarch: The Monster’s Legacy
Godzilla Universe finally enters TV in this Apple TV Plus series. Monarch: The Monster’s Legacy tries to reveal the group’s monsters that connect the group to the upgraded monsters in San Francisco. Kurt Russell premiered in nearly fifty years of TV series. Here he and his son Wyatt play Army officer Lee Shaw in the 1950s and today’s competition. Monsters and Russell’s star power alone is enough to tune.
Ptolemy Gray’s Doomsday
Samuel L. Jackson spun from the superhero genre, bringing the topic of age and dementia to the forefront. Here he plays Ptolemy Gray, an older person who is older. Thanks to the support of an isolated teenager and progressive research on extraordinary doctors, Ptolemy could regain wisdom to seal his life while also finding answers to his nephew’s sudden death.
Inspired by Hugh Howey’s book trilogy, Silo explores a dystopian future world where human survivors live in underground structures. Various classification dramas permeate the underground cities. Population control, a murder mystery, and the potentially deadly world outside make the show buzz. Rebecca Ferguson, Common and Tim Robbins lead the ensemble.
Apple TV Plus did an incredible job in adapting to Isaac Asimov’s epic sci-fi book series. But streaming pulled it away. Jared Harris plays Hari Seldon, an exiled math professor, predicts the fall of the Galaxy Empire. Lee Pace offers an incredible performance as Brother Day. Space drama follows Selden and his followers to fight to save humanity.
Jason Momoa bent his performance in See. Created by Peaky Blinders mastermind Steven Knight, the show explores the future of dystopia, where humans lose their viewing ability. The loss of vision does not slow down people’s combat capabilities, which is certainly a wonder, where blind people can be seen waving weapons for war. Momoa’s charm and passion emanates, and even if it’s an incredible concept, it makes the show enjoyable.
Responsible for Thor, I was the writer of films like Legend and The Cell, Mark Protosevich, who created the Candy – the series is full of love for the movie’s stand-ins. Visually, sugar is happy. Add Colin Farrell’s gentle, understanding private investigator to it and you’ll have a stylish murder mystery with patience and compassion. An unexpected twist turns the show overturned later in the series, turning the story entirely into something else.
