What’s on Apple TV+ this week: ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ and ‘Messi Meets America’
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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 guide will list all the Apple TV+ content you can watch today, divided into episodic shows or 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 10/13/23: Lessons in Chemistry premieres, and sports documentary series Messi Meets America debuted on October 11.
What’s new on Apple TV+
Lessons in Chemistry
Released: October 13, 2023
Messi Meets America
Released: October 11, 2023
Flora and Son
Released: September 29, 2023
Interrupting Chicken (season 2)
Released: September 29, 2023
Still Up
Released: September 22, 2023
The Super Models
Released: September 20, 2023
The Morning Show (season 3)
Released: September 13, 2023
Best shows on Apple TV+
There’s far too much content on Apple TV+ to sift through it all yourself. If you’re looking for something to watch and don’t know where to start, here are a few of the Macworld staff’s favorite shows, series, and movies.
- Synopsis: A dark comedy about a group of Irish sisters who find themselves at the center of a life insurance investigation after John Paul–the abusive husband to one of the sisters–dies unexpectedly.
- Number of seasons: 1
- Release date: August 19, 2022
- Synopsis: A gripping miniseries about a convicted con artist who works for the FBI to try to get a serial killer’s confession before he is released from prison. Based on the true story of James Keene and Larry Hall.
- Number of seasons: 1
- Release date: July 8, 2022
- Synopsis: What if the U.S.S.R. put a man on the moon before the U.S.? How would the ensuing space race change history throughout the decades? That’s the high concept behind this gripping big-budget sci-fi series.
- Number of seasons: 3
- Release date: November 1, 2019
- Synopsis: A lighthearted workplace comedy about a game development studio and the big egos and personal conflicts that happen within. It’s goofy good fun but sometimes quite touching.
- Number of seasons: 3
- Release date: February 7, 2020
- Synopsis: Even if you’re not old enough to remember the aerobics craze in the 80s, Physical will give you all the big hair and leotard vibes. Starting Rose Byrne as an alternate-universe Jane Fonda, this dark comedy will keep you laughing, guessing, and sweating with plot twists and crisp writing.
- Number of seasons: 2
- Release date: June 18, 2021
- Synopsis: A combination of dystopian sci-fi drama and workplace comedy about a company where employees are “severed”–when at work, they can’t remember their outside lives, and vice-versa.
- Number of seasons: 1
- Release date: February 18, 2022
- Synopsis: A surprisingly quick-witted comedy about a therapist who has trouble dealing with the death of his wife and his eccentric patients.
- Number of seasons: 1
- Release date: January 27, 2023
- Synopsis: Gary Oldman turns in a great performance as the cranky leader of a band of misfit spies.
- Number of seasons: 2
- Release date: April 1, 2022
- Synopsis: Apple’s fish-out-of-water comedy/drama about a midwestern college football coach who heads to England to coach Premiere League soccer is a breakout hit for good reason.
- Number of seasons: 3
- Release date: August 14, 2020
- Synopsis: Big star power and a fantastic performance by Jenniffer Aniston highlight this fast-paced drama that goes behind the scenes of a fictional morning news program.
- Number of seasons: 2
- Release date: November 1, 2019
Apple TV+ shows and series
These are all the episodic series you can currently watch on Apple TV+, including both recurring and limited series. This list is in alphabetical order.
| Title | Premiere | Seasons / Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything | May 21, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| Acapulco | October 8, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Amazing Stories | March 6, 2020 | 1 season, 5 episodes |
| Amber Brown | July 29, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Bad Sisters | August 19, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Becoming You | November 13, 2020 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Best Foot Forward | July 22, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Big Beasts | April 21, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Black Bird | July 8, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| Boom! Boom! The World Vs Boris Becker | April 7, 2023 | 2 episodes |
| Calls | March 19, 2021 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Carpool Karaoke | August 8, 2017 | 5 seasons, 75 episodes |
| Central Park | May 29, 2020 | 3 seasons, 39 episodes |
| Circuit Breakers | November 11, 2022 | 1 season, 7 episodes |
| City on Fire | May 12, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Dear Edward | February 3, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Dear… | June 5, 2020 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Defending Jacob | April 24, 2020 | 8 episodes |
| Dickinson | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Doug Unplugs | November 13, 2020 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| Dr. Brain | November 3, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Drops of God | April 21, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Duck & Goose | July 8, 2022 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Earth at Night in Color | December 4, 2020 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Echo 3 | November 23, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| El Deafo | January 7, 2022 | 3 episodes |
| Eva the Owlet | March 31, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Extrapolations | March 17, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Five Days at Memorial | August 12, 2022 | 8 episodes |
| For All Mankind | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Foundation | September 24, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | January 21, 2022 | 1 season, 14 episodes |
| Fraggle Rock: Rock On! | April 21, 2020 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Frog and Toad | April 28, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Get Rolling with Otis | October 8, 2021 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Ghostwriter | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 39 episodes |
| Greatness Code | July 10, 2020 | 2 seasons, 13 episodes |
| Gutsy | September 9, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Harriet the Spy | November 19, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Hello Tomorrow! | February 17, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show | November 5, 2021 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Helpsters | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Helpsters Help You | April 24, 2020 | 6 episodes |
| High Desert | May 17, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Hijack | June 28, 2023 | 7 episodes |
| Home | April 17, 2020 | 2 season, 19 episodes |
| Home Before Dark | April 3, 2020 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Interrupting Chicken | November 18, 2022 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Invasion | October 22, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Jane | April 14, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Lessons in Chemistry | October 13, 2023 | 8 episodes |
| Liaison | February 24, 2023 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Life by Ella | September 2, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Lincoln’s Dilemma | February 18, 2022 | 4 episodes |
| Lisey’s Story | June 4, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| Little America | January 17, 2020 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Little Voice | July 10, 2020 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Long Way Up | September 18, 2020 | 11 episodes |
| Loot | June 24, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Losing Alice | January 22, 2021 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Lovely Little Farm | June 10, 2022 | 2 seasons, 14 episodes |
| Make or Break | April 29, 2022 | 2 seasons, 15 episodes |
| Messi Meets America | October 11, 2023 | 6 episodes |
| Monster Factory | March 17, 2023 | 6 episodes |
| Mr. Corman | August 6, 2021 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| My Kind of Country | March 24, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Mythic Quest | February 7, 2020 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Now and Then | May 20, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| One-of-a-Kind Marcie | August 18, 2023 | 39 min. |
| Oprah Talks COVID-19 | March 21, 2020 | 1 season, 13 episodes |
| Oprah’s Book Club | November 1, 2019 | 1 season, 14 episodes |
| Pachinko | March 25, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Physical | June 18, 2021 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Pinecone & Pony | April 8, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Platonic | May 24, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Prehistoric Planet | May 23, 2022 | 2 season, 10 episodes |
| Pretzel and the Puppies | February 11, 2022 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Puppy Place | October 15, 2021 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Real Madrid: Until the End | March 10, 2023 | 3 episodes |
| Roar | April 15, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Sago Mini Friends | September 16, 2022 | 1 season, 12 episodes |
| Schmigadoon! | July 16, 2021 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| See | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Servant | November 28, 2019 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Severance | February 18, 2022 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Shantaram | October 14, 2022 | 1 season, 12 episodes |
| Shape Island | January 20, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Shining Girls | April 29, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Shrinking | January 27, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Silo | May 5, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Slow Horses | April 1, 2022 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Slumberkins | November 4, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Snoopy in Space | November 1, 2019 | 2 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne | December 10, 2021 | 38 min. |
| Snoopy Presents: It’s The Small Things, Charlie Brown | April 15, 2022 | 38 min. |
| Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School | August 12, 2022 | 38 min. |
| Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love | May 6, 2022 | 38 min. |
| Still Up | September 22, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Stillwater | December 4, 2020 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Strange Planet | August 9, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Super League: The War for Football | January 13, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| Surface | July 29, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Surfside Girls | August 19, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Suspicion | February 4, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Swagger | October 29, 2021 | 2 season2, 18 episodes |
| Ted Lasso | August 14, 2020 | 3 seasons, 34 episodes |
| Tehran | September 25, 2020 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| The Afterparty | January 28, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| The Big Conn | May 6, 2022 | 4 episodes |
| The Big Door Prize | March 29, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Changeling | September 8, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| The Crowded Room | June 9, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Essex Serpent | May 13, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | March 11, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| The Last Thing He Told Me | April 14, 2023 | 7 episodes |
| The Line | November 19, 2021 | 4 episodes[a] |
| The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball | April 22, 2022 | 1 season, 5 episodes |
| The Me You Can’t See | May 21, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| The Morning Show | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| The Mosquito Coast | April 30, 2021 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| The Oprah Conversation | July 30, 2020 | 1 season, 15 episodes |
| The Problem with Jon Stewart | September 30, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| The Reluctant Traveler | February 24, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| The Shrink Next Door | November 12, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| The Snoopy Show | February 5, 2021 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| The Super Models | September 20, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| They Call Me Magic | April 22, 2022 | 1 season, 4 episodes |
| Tiny World | October 2, 2020 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Truth Be Told | December 6, 2019 | 3 seasons, 28 episodes |
| Trying | May 1, 2020 | 3 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Visible: Out on Television | February 14, 2020 | 5 episodes |
| Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn | August 25, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson | July 30, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| WeCrashed | March 18, 2022 | 8 episodes |
| Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | September 24, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
Apple TV movies and short films
Apple TV+ is home to a fair number of original movies, too. Some of the movies saw a limited theatrical release, all are listed here in alphabetical order.
| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Hala | December 6, 2019 |
| 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room | September 1, 2021 |
| Beastie Boys Story | April 24, 2020 |
| Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry | February 26, 2021 |
| Blush | October 1, 2021 |
| Boys State | August 14, 2020 |
| Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You | October 23, 2020 |
| Causeway | November 4, 2022 |
| Cha Cha Real Smooth | June 17, 2022 |
| Cherry | March 12, 2021 |
| CODA | August 13, 2021 |
| Come from Away | September 10, 2021 |
| Dads | June 19, 2020 |
| Emancipation | December 9, 2022 |
| Fathom | June 25, 2021 |
| Finch | November 5, 2021 |
| Flora and Son | September 29, 2023 |
| Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds | November 13, 2020 |
| Ghosted | April 21, 2023 |
| Greyhound | July 10, 2020 |
| Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | April 17, 2020 |
| Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues | October 28, 2022 |
| Luck | August 5, 2022 |
| Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special | December 4, 2020 |
| Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues | December 3, 2021 |
| On the Rocks | October 23, 2020 |
| Palmer | January 29, 2021 |
| Raymond & Ray | October 21, 2022 |
| Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me | November 4, 2022 |
| Sharper | February 17, 2023 |
| Sidney | September 23, 2022 |
| Spirited | November 18, 2022 |
| Stephen Curry: Underrated | July 21, 2023 |
| Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | May 12, 2023 |
| Swan Song | December 17, 2021 |
| Tetris | March 31, 2023 |
| The Banker | March 20, 2020 |
| The Beanie Bubble | July 28, 2023 |
| The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | December 25, 2022 |
| The Elephant Queen | November 1, 2019 |
| The Greatest Beer Run Ever | September 30, 2022 |
| The Sky Is Everywhere | February 11, 2022 |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | January 14, 2022 |
| The Velvet Underground | October 15, 2021 |
| The Year Earth Changed | April 16, 2021 |
| Twas the Fight Before Christmas | November 26, 2021 |
| Who Are You, Charlie Brown? | June 25, 2021 |
| Wolfwalkers | December 11, 2020 |
