Macworld Apple put a lot of effort into making its early slate of Apple TV+ original shows a little bit of something for everyone. All the company needed was one breakout hit to put the service on the map. While the quality was good, none of the shows got that “everyone is talking about it” quality until, almost a year after the debut of Apple TV+, one of the shows that weren’t very heavily promoted became a runaway hit. Combing niceness and good cheer with soccer seems like a recipe that could never succeed in the U.S., but Ted Lasso managed to charm everyone just the same. The show immediately became the most-watched show on Apple TV+. The first season…

Severance. | Image: Apple The Writers Guild of America’s current strike is shaping up to be a shining example of just how much power workers have when working collectively. Take, for example, the way production has been halted on Apple’s Severance and HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight due to picketing WGA members and allies refusing to cross the line. Deadline reports that, in direct response to the organized demonstrations of striking writers, production on Severance’s second season in New York City and on The Hedge Knight — which is still being written — has stopped, with no clear date as to when things might ramp back up. In addition to…

Macworld Apple has planted its own flag in the streaming wars with Apple TV+, its in-house streaming service that focuses almost entirely on original programming rather than an extensive library of existing TV shows or movies. This resource will list all the Apple TV+ content you can watch today, grouped into: TV shows, limited series, and movies. There’s also a ton of new content in the works for Apple’s $6.99-a-month service. If you want to know what’s on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple TV+ shows and movies. Updated 05/05/23: Season 2 of children’s animated series Harriet the Spy and the post-apocalyptic thriller Silo are now streaming. u003cbru003eMentioned IN THIS story Apple TV 4K (2022, 3. Gen.)…

Rebecca Ferguson in Silo. | Image: Apple The latest sci-fi series on Apple TV Plus is more than just another post-apocalyptic drama. Based on trailers and images, it’s pretty easy to write off Silo as yet another dour post-apocalyptic story. It’s all grey and brown and miserable, with the remnants of humanity holed up in an underground silo to avoid the poisonous world outside. You’d be excused for mistaking it for something like The Hunger Games or Divergent. But setting aside, Silo doesn’t have much in common with the rest of the genre. It’s more of a small-town murder mystery that just happens to take place after the world ends. Silo, based on the novels of the same name by…

Macworld Apple put a lot of effort into making its early slate of Apple TV+ original shows a little bit of something for everyone. All the company needed was one breakout hit to put the service on the map. While the quality was good, none of the shows got that “everyone is talking about it” quality until, almost a year after the debut of Apple TV+, one of the shows that weren’t very heavily promoted became a runaway hit. Combing niceness and good cheer with soccer seems like a recipe that could never succeed in the U.S., but Ted Lasso managed to charm everyone just the same. The show immediately became the most-watched show on Apple TV+. The first season…

“Ted Lasso” is a beloved comedy series about an American football coach who is hired to coach a British soccer team. The show is known for its heartwarming humor, positive messages, and diverse cast of characters. However, some fans have expressed concern that the show is suffering from the same woes as the final seasons of “Shameless,” the American comedy drama series that aired on Showtime between 2011 and 2021: being ruined by “woke” producers and writers who are adding unnecessary character developments for the sake of “wokeism” – or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Ted Lasso returned to Apple TV+ on Wednesday, March 15th for Season 3 One of the main criticisms of the third season of “Ted Lasso”…