Apple TV has slowly but surely been building one of the strongest TV libraries in streaming. While having a massive catalog is one thing, consistently delivering quality shows is another achievement. Since launching in 2019, the platform has already earned more than 850 award wins and over 3,700 nominations — a tremendous feat for a relatively young streaming service.
From sprawling sci-fi adventures to deeply moving comedies, Apple TV has proven it can excel across a wide range of genres. Even more impressively, some of its biggest hits have only gotten better with time, avoiding the sophomore slump and maintaining their momentum season after season. With that, here are seven Apple TV shows with no bad seasons.
1
‘Pachinko’ (2022–2024)
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A multi-generational epic spanning decades, <em>Pachinko</em> takes audiences from 1910s Korea under Japanese annexation to the brink of globalization in 1980s Tokyo. Fifteen-year-old Kim Sunja (Kim Min-ha) is born into a working-class family that runs a boarding house. However, her life changes forever when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock, and the child’s father refuses to marry her. To escape the shame and secure a future for herself and her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from a kind-hearted Korean pastor and follows him to Osaka.
Pachinko is a story of perseverance, told through the eyes of a woman who begins life with almost nothing. At a time when women were expected to be little more than homemakers, wives, and mothers, Sunja constantly faces strict societal expectations. Yet she is no ordinary woman. Despite those limitations, she keeps her family alive and guides them through one of the most tumultuous periods in East Asian history, although her path to break out of poverty comes at a cost for her future generations.
2
‘Ted Lasso’ (2020–2023)
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Nothing brings a team together — or tears it apart — quite like football (or, as Americans call it, soccer). Ted Lasso kicks off when college football coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) and his trusted assistant, Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt), are unexpectedly hired by A.F.C. Richmond owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) to lead her struggling Premier League club. Unsurprisingly, the team isn’t thrilled about an overly optimistic American with little knowledge of the sport taking charge. But as the series shows, not even the coldest English hearts can resist Ted’s Southern hospitality.
In a world where cynicism often feels safer than wearing your heart on your sleeve, Ted Lasso is about far more than what happens on the pitch. Each season explores the emotional growth of A.F.C. Richmond’s players, showing how becoming better people ultimately makes them a better team. That transformation doesn’t come easily. Just like the sport, these players require plenty of hard work and vulnerability both on and off the field. But it’s that journey that shows them what true athleticism is supposed to mean.
3
‘Shrinking’ (2023–Present)
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