Published Jul 4, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
Adam Blevins began working in the entertainment industry in 2022 as a Staff Writer for Agents of Fandom, where he progressed to Senior Editor and interviewed talent from Marvel Studios, House of the Dragon, and Planet of the Apes. He joined Collider as a News Author in April 2024, was promoted to a Senior position in December 2024, and has written over 3,000 articles for the site, including exclusives relating to Avengers: Doomsday, The Penguin, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and more. He primarily writes about the latest box office numbers and the hottest movies and TV shows on streaming, while also covering superhero and sci-fi news. He has completed a set visit for The Chosen and even has several months of experience writing Gaming Features at ScreenRant. You can find him on X, LinkedIn, and Muckrack.
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When it comes to sci-fi TV shows, no streaming service is operating at as high a level as Apple TV. The platform launched on the back of the popular sci-fi show, See, and while it may have been more heartfelt hits like Ted Lasso (starring Jason Sudeikis) and Shrinking (starring Harrison Ford) that drew people to the service, it’s been sci-fi that kept them coming back. Apple TV’s greatest sci-fi accomplishment to date is Severance, which first premiered back in 2022 before going on hiatus for three years and coming back with its second season in 2025. Apple TV picked up Severance for Season 3, but it’s unlikely that the show will make it back to streaming before the end of this year. The same can be confirmed for another Apple TV sci-fi masterpiece, one with enough gusto to break all of Severance’s records.
The only show big enough to surpass Severance in terms of viewership came last year with the release of Pluribus, which hails from creator Vince Gilligan. The legendary TV scribe is best known for his work penning one of the greatest TV shows of all time in Breaking Bad, and he also wrote the spin-off series Better Call Saul. Pluribus premiered in November, and the first season wrapped up on Christmas Eve, but the fate of the show was decided long before then when Apple TV renewed it for Season 2. Gilligan has confirmed that he’s chipping away at the writing process for Pluribus Season 2, but also that there’s no chance the show will be back before the end of the year. It’s still one of the top 10 most-watched titles on Apple TV, though.
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
The most popular show on Apple TV at the time of writing is Cape Fear, the remake of the popular Robert De Niro psychological thriller. The Apple TV version of the tale stars Javier Bardem opposite Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson. *Cape Fear *is holding a narrow edge over Colin Farrell’s popular sci-fi detective show, Sugar, which recently returned for its second season after a two-year hiatus. As for movies, Brad Pitt’s F1 has still yet to be dethroned at the top of Apple TV streaming charts, but Anya Taylor-Joy’s ***The Gorge ***is giving it a run for its money.
Check out the first season of Pluribus on Apple TV, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 2.
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