What’s on Apple TV+ this week: ‘The Family Plan’ is now streaming

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 $9.99-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 12/15/23: Action comedy film The Family Plan is now streaming. And don’t forget A Charlie Brown Christmas is free for everyone on December 16 and 17.

What’s new on Apple TV+

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.

Bad Sisters

  • 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

Black Bird

  • 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

For All Mankind

  • 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: 4
  • Release date: November 1, 2019

Mythic Quest

  • 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

Physical

  • 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: 3
  • Release date: June 18, 2021

Severance

  • 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

Shrinking

  • 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

Slow Horses

  • Synopsis: Gary Oldman turns in a great performance as the cranky leader of a band of misfit spies.
  • Number of seasons: 3
  • Release date: April 1, 2022

Ted Lasso

  • 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

The Morning Show

  • 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: 3
  • 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
The Buccaneers November 8, 2023 1 season, 8 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
Curses! October 27, 2023 1 season, 10 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 4 seasons, 40 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
John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial December 6, 2023 3 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
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters November 17, 2023 1 season, 10 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 3 seasons, 18 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 Enfield Poltergeist October 27, 2023 4 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
Fingernails November 3, 2023
Flora and Son September 29, 2023
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds November 13, 2020
Ghosted April 21, 2023
Greyhound July 10, 2020
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas November 22, 2023
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 Family Plan December 15, 2023
The Greatest Beer Run Ever September 30, 2022
The Pigeon Tunnel October 20, 2023
The Sky Is Everywhere February 11, 2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth January 14, 2022
The Velvet Underground October 15, 2021
The Velveteen Rabbit November 22, 2023
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

Source : Macworld