- The statistic. Highest critic-score-to-show-count ratio of any streamer.
- The crown jewels. Slow Horses (five consecutive seasons above 97% RT), Severance, Pluribus.
- The play. Two months of Apple TV+. Watch the headline two. Most people stay.
Apple TV+ does not have the largest library in streaming. It does not have the cheapest subscription. What it has — and the data is becoming impossible to argue with — is the highest pound-for-pound hit-rate of any streamer. Slow Horses has put up five consecutive seasons north of 97% Rotten Tomatoes. Severance remains one of the most-discussed shows on any platform. The library is small enough you could plausibly watch most of it. Here is the 2026 case.
DECK 01 The franchise: Slow Horses
Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb — flatulent, cynical, the platonic British spy — is the rare character performance that gets richer the longer the show runs. Each season adapts a Mick Herron novel. Each season clocks six tight episodes. Each season betters the last. Season five landed late 2025; season six is in production.
DECK 02 The phenomenon: Severance
Ben Stiller's workplace-horror sci-fi is multiple seasons in and somehow still mysterious. Adam Scott's Mark S. continues to navigate Lumon Industries' twin nightmares. The production design has become the single most-imitated visual reference in prestige streaming.
DECK 03 The sleeper: Pluribus
Apple's buzziest new original in years. Genre-bending. Hard to summarise. Built around a complex central performance and a premise that rewards patience. Already heading into a second season.
DECK 04 The comedy: The Studio
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's Hollywood satire is the pleasant surprise of the past year. Imagine Entourage, but ninety per cent less smug, with a Martin Scorsese cameo and Bryan Cranston eating every scene. Catherine O'Hara and Kathryn Hahn round out the ensemble.
DECK 05 The warmth: Shrinking, Bad Sisters
Shrinking — Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams — is the therapy comedy that became Apple's quiet sleeper hit. Bad Sisters, the Irish dark comedy thriller, has the strongest ensemble cast in this entire list.
Apple's "fewer shows, longer development, bigger per-episode budget" strategy was mocked at launch. Six years on, the scorecard is impossible to argue with.
DECK 06 The subscription play
Subscribe for two months. Watch Slow Horses. Watch Severance. Decide. Most people stay. For where Apple sits in the broader streaming picture, see our 2026 streaming scorecard — or for the K-drama and Indian web series scene that Apple does not compete in, browse the Series Pull-Out.
