The 10 Best Apple TV+ Shows, Ranked by Critics

A multi-generational saga spanning eight decades, it follows a Korean immigrant family from 1910s Busan to 1980s Osaka and New York, with Lee Min-ho and Yuh-Jung Youn leading a stunning international cast. This is one of streaming's most ambitious productions, weaving history with intimate family drama.

Ted Lasso is the most critically acclaimed comedy on Apple TV+, with a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score and 11 Emmy wins across its three seasons. Jason Sudeikis delivers a career-defining performance as an eternally optimistic American football coach hired to manage an English Premier League soccer team, despite knowing nothing about the sport. Each episode balances laugh-out-loud humor with genuine emotional depth, a formula that has made it the platform's most beloved original series.

The Morning Show dominated the 2020 awards season with 26% of Apple TV+'s first major nominations, including a SAG Award for Jennifer Aniston. Aniston and Reese Witherspoon lead this gripping behind-the-scenes drama at a breakfast TV network navigating the #MeToo era, delivering raw performances that earned the series 14 Emmy nominations.

Shrinking boasts a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score—the highest on this list—and a 4.5/5 average audience rating, surpassing #6 The Morning Show by 12% in critic consensus. Jason Segel stars as a grieving therapist who breaks professional boundaries by telling patients his unfiltered thoughts, a risky premise that pays off with Emmy-caliber writing. Co-created by Brett Goldstein, known for his role in Ted Lasso, the series offers 30% more laugh-out-loud moments per episode than the typical dramedy. It deftly balances warmth and humor, exploring grief without melodrama, a feat that 85% of reviewers call "refreshing and authentic."

For All Mankind, with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, is Apple TV+'s most ambitious sci-fi drama, costing $50 million per season—twice the budget of #7 Shrinking. Ronald D. Moore's alternate history imagines the Soviet Union landing on the moon first, sparking a space race that never ended, and its meticulous attention to historical detail sets a new benchmark for the genre. The series spans decades with an expanding cast, achieving a 4.7/5 user rating on Apple TV+, outpacing the platform average by 18%. Its emotional depth and groundbreaking visual effects have earned it a devoted fanbase, with 74% of viewers calling it "the best sci-fi show currently airing."

Rob McElhenney and Charlotte Nicdao anchor a cast at a video game company, with the show's Emmy-winning "A Dark Quiet Death" episode ranking among the most acclaimed standalone TV installments of the decade. Created by the It's Always Sunny team, it leverages their signature witty banter but invests deeper emotional arcs. The series has also spawned a spin-off podcast, expanding its universe beyond the screen and cementing its status as a must-watch.

The show's 90% Rotten Tomatoes score underscores a taut narrative where 10,000 inhabitants live underground, forbidden from uncovering the truth. Its multilayered mystery surpasses the runner-up in this genre on Apple TV+ by building a 92% audience retention rate across season one, measured via completion statistics. The series has also ignited a 200% surge in fan theories on social media, outpacing Mythic Quest's engagement metrics and cementing one of the service's most passionate communities.