Cozy winter nights are vastly approaching and what better way to spend those nights than by sitting on a couch nuzzled up next to a fire, eating microwave popcorn binging on a new TV show you recently discovered. Here at Balls.ie, we've sifted through the countless TV shows on Apple TV+ to find ten of the best shows on Irish Apple TV right now.
Although some other streaming platforms may spring to your mind first for watching TV shows before Apple TV, Apple has a wide variety of TV shows that are worthy of your time and which we recommend are must-watch shows, if you call yourself a TV show conaser.
Apple TV+ is a streaming service featuring Apple Originals, award-winning series, compelling dramas, groundbreaking documentaries, kids’ entertainment, comedies, and more.
New Apple Originals are added every month. You can try Apple TV + to discover the best TV Shows on the platrom right now by trying 7 days free through this link.
Happy Apple TV+ viewing - you can't go wrong with any of these recommendations!
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Best Apple TV + Shows To Watch This Winter
Top 10 Apple TV + shows to watch
1. Ted Lasso
Arguably Apple TV's most notable resident and best TV show on the platform. Ted Lasso is an American sports comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly.
The show is centered around an American college football coach (played by Sudeikis) who is rather surprisingly hired by English soccer side AFC Richmond.
Number of Seasons: 3
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple and Nick Mohammed
Year: 2020-2023 (possibly ongoing)
TV show genre: Comedy/Drama
Rotten Tomatoes scores: 92% (season 1), 97% (season 2), 79% (season 3)
2. Platonic
Movie buffs may recognise the two leading actors in this TV Show for their memorable time as a couple in the comedy starring Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron in Bad Neighbours.
Seasons: 1 (10 episodes)
Cast: Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale
Year: 2023
Genre: Comedy
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93%
3. The After Party
A comedy murder-mystery set at a high school reunion afterparty, this Apple TV original is a must-watch as each episode of the eight-part series is told through a different perspective.
Each of the eight episodes features a retelling of the same faithful night at the high school reunion afterparty where someone is murdered, the night is told through the perspective of a different character, with each episode having its own unique visual format and film genre to match the character's personality.
Seasons: 2
Cast: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Ben Schwartz, Zoe Chao, Dave Franco
Year: 2022 (ongoing)
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%
4. The Big Door Prize
Another comedy/drama masterpiece released onto the platform this year The Big Door Prize is one of the best TV shows on Apple TV+ right now.
The show follows one of our own, Roscommon native Chris O'Dowd as he stars as a teacher in a small town where a mysterious machine appears at the local general store.
Season two has been confirmed by Apple TV.
Seasons:
Cast: Chris O’Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis, Ally Maki, Josh Segarra
Year: 2023 (ongoing)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
5. Slow Horses
An action-packed spy thriller that brings together all of MI5's misfits who got kicked out of their respective fields due to blundersess errors.
Nothing screams entertainment more than a band of misfits all grouped together and forced to work with one another.
The show begins with MI5 agent River Cartwright (Lowden), who is kicked out of MI5 and sent to work with the team run by Jackson Lamb (Oldman) in the forgotten basement of MI5.
The show perfectly mixes humour with action and drama, making it one of the best tv shows on Apple TV + right now.
Season three of the show will drop on the streaming platform on November 29th.
Seasons: 2
Cast: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Lowden
Years: 2022 – Ongoing
Genre: Spy thriller
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%
6. Bad Sisters
One of the best new TV Shows on Apple TV + this year, Bad Sisters takes an unexpected death in the family in a complete and unusual direction.
Instead of a day of mourning, the Garvey sisters celebrate the death of sister Grace's (played by Anne-Marie Duff) husband Paul. Paul treated Grace horribly in their marriage so when his death comes earlier than expected the women can't help but be rejoiced about the situation.
Bonded by their parent's death early on in life the sisters make a pact to protect each other for life, so when their happy-go-lucky attitude at Paul's funeral draws questions on whether they did it, the girls childhood pact is tested its limits.
Seasons: 1 (10 episodes)
Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Claes Bang, Sharon Horgan, Eve Hewson, Sarah Greene,
Years: 2022
Genre: Dark comedy/Mystery thriller
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%
7. For All Man Kind
This out-of-the-world TV show... literally focuses on the question, What if the space race had never ended?
Seasons: 3
Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten
Year: 2019-2023 (Ongoing)
Genre: Drama
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
8. Black Bird
If you were sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison and offered the choice of a lifetime to enter a maximum security prison and befriend a suspected serial killer, to coax them into a confession for a reduced sentence and a chance at freedom, would you do it?
This Apple TV Show + inspired by true events tells the tale of a high school football hero and decorated policeman's son Jimmy Keene, (played by Taron Egerton) who is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison.
Early into his 10-year sentence, Keene is offered freedom in exchange for serving his full sentence without the possibility of parole.
The only catch to him being granted freedom is he first must transfer to a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) and try and elicit a confession.
Seasons: 1
Cast: Taron Egerton, Sepideh Moafi, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Ray Liotta
Year: 2022
Genre: True crime drama
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%
9. Severance
Severance is one of the best thriller TV shows on Apple TV right now. The American science fiction psychological thriller created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle has received acclaim from critics and audiences worldwide.
Seasons: 1 (9 episodes)
Cast: Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Britt Lower
Year: 2022
Genre: Drama
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%
10. Dickinson
Dickinson is a show about one of America's greatest poets Emily Dickinson. Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld plays the role of the often misunderstood, middle child, rebellious young poet exceptionally well.
Seasons: 3
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Toby Huss, Adrian Blake Enscoe, Anna Baryshnikov, Ella Hunt
Year: 2019-2021
Genre: Romance
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%
That's our list of the best tv shows on Apple TV + to watch right now. Did we leave any out that definitely should be on the list? Let us know.
Apple TV+ is a streaming service featuring Apple Originals, award-winning series, compelling dramas, groundbreaking documentaries, kids’ entertainment, comedies, and more.
New Apple Originals are added every month. You can try Apple TV + to discover the best TV Shows on the platform right now by trying 7 days free through this link.
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