Apple TV is one of those streaming services where not much happens… until it does. It may not dump dozens of titles each month like the Netflixes and Prime Videos of the world. Still, when it launches something—a Severance, a Pluribus, a white-hot Emmy winner like The Studio—it tends to land like an event that’s traditionally been reserved for the likes of HBO.
With the next few months heating up with some major returns to Apple TV, including a new Ted Lasso season (August 5), Dark Matter (August 28), and Slow Horses (September), July kicks things off with some sizzlers, including the long-awaited return of our favorite dystopian underground mystery, a fresh new con-artist crime romp, and a goofy pickleball comedy. Let’s dig into everything you should watch on Apple TV in July.
Silo (season 3)
The subterranean thriller finally returns with some answers
I know where I’ll be on the evening of July 3—glued to my TV for the premiere of season 3 of this brilliant dystopian thriller. Silo finally returns after season two’s cliffhanger that saw engineer-turned-savior Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) return from her exile outside Silo 18, but her memory has been wiped clean. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking for the ten thousand people living in the silo as a poisonous purge is counting down that will kill everyone, and Juliette must find a way to stop it. But you want answers, right? Luckily, season 3 will split into two timelines, with one threading back centuries to follow journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) as they uncover the conspiracy behind the silos’ creation.
Based on Hugh Howey’s bestselling trilogy, Silo is one of Apple TV’s best-reviewed dramas.
Trying (season 5)
A surprise visitor upends one very happy adopted family
One of Apple TV’s understated and most beloved comedies, Trying is the story of Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall), who, for the series’ first seasons, were desperate to have a baby before finally deciding to adopt siblings Princess and Tyler. Season 4 jumped the timeline ahead by six years as we find Nikki and Jason a well-oiled parenting machine to teenaged Princess (who goes on a mission to find her biological mother) and 11-year-old Tyler. Season 5 blows everything up as Princess gets her wish and her biological mother, Kat (Charlotte Riley), shows up unannounced, causing all kinds of drama.
Quiz
Name that Emmy-winning Apple TV+ show
Trivia challenge
From Severance to Ted Lasso — how well do you know Apple TV+’s biggest award
winners?
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Which Apple TV+ show was the first streaming series to win the Emmy Award for
Outstanding Comedy Series?
Correct! Ted Lasso made history at the 2021 Emmy Awards by becoming the
first streaming comedy to win Outstanding Comedy Series. It repeated the feat in 2022, cementing its
place in television history.
Not quite — the answer is Ted Lasso. In 2021, it became the first
streaming comedy ever to take home the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy, a landmark moment for both Apple
TV+ and streaming television as a whole.
In Severance, what procedure do employees at Lumon Industries undergo?
Correct! Severance’s central concept involves a surgical procedure that
partitions employees’ memories so their work selves have no knowledge of their personal lives, and vice
versa. It’s a chilling metaphor for work-life imbalance.
Not quite. In Severance, Lumon employees undergo a procedure that
surgically divides their consciousness into two separate selves — one that only exists at work and one
that only exists outside of it. Neither version has any memory of the other’s experiences.
What is the name of Ted Lasso’s fictional English Premier League football club?
Correct! AFC Richmond is the fictional London club that Ted Lasso is
hired to manage despite knowing almost nothing about soccer. The club’s underdog spirit is central to
the show’s heartwarming tone.
Not quite — the club is called AFC Richmond. The fictional London
football team becomes Ted’s unlikely home, and its journey from relegation struggles to redemption
mirrors the show’s feel-good philosophy.
In The Morning Show, what scandal triggers the central conflict at the start of
season one?
Correct! The Morning Show kicks off when veteran anchor Mitch Kessler,
played by Steve Carell, is fired after sexual misconduct allegations surface. The fallout forces his
co-anchor Alex Levy, played by Jennifer Aniston, to fight for her own position.
Not quite. The inciting incident in The Morning Show is the firing of
anchor Mitch Kessler following sexual misconduct allegations — a storyline clearly inspired by
real-world events in the media industry during the #MeToo era.
In Slow Horses, what is the name of the disgraced MI5 division where the main
characters work?
Correct! Slough House is the unglamorous MI5 backwater where failed or
disgraced spies are sent to be bored into resignation. The show’s title, Slow Horses, is slang for the
agents who end up there.
The answer is Slough House. It’s the dreary MI5 dumping ground for
agents who’ve blundered their careers, and the nickname ‘slow horses’ is the derogatory term used for
the operatives stationed there under the perpetually grumpy Jackson Lamb.
In The Studio, Seth Rogen plays a fictional version of himself in what role at a
major Hollywood studio?
Correct! In The Studio, Seth Rogen plays Matt Remick, the newly
appointed head of the movie division at Continental Studios. The show satirizes Hollywood’s obsession
with IP, sequels, and artistic compromise.
Not quite — Seth Rogen plays Matt Remick, the newly installed head of
the movie division at a fictional Hollywood studio. The Studio skewers the absurdities of the film
industry, from IP-obsessed executives to fragile director egos.
In Palm Royale, what does Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons desperately want to achieve in
1969 Palm Beach society?
Correct! Kristen Wiig’s Maxine is a social climber desperate to break
into the exclusive, pastel-clad world of Palm Beach’s elite in the late 1960s. Her scheming and ambition
drive the show’s delightfully frothy comedy.
The answer is that Maxine wants to crack into Palm Beach’s elite social
scene. Played by Kristen Wiig, she is a relentless social climber willing to do almost anything to be
accepted by the fabulously wealthy and absurdly self-important upper crust of 1969 Florida society.
Gary Oldman won a BAFTA Television Award for his role in Slow Horses — which
character does he play?
Correct! Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the brilliantly rude and
deliberately slovenly head of Slough House. Oldman’s layered, sardonic performance has been widely
praised as one of his finest in years, earning him significant awards recognition.
The answer is Jackson Lamb. Gary Oldman plays the gruff, flatulent, and
surprisingly brilliant chief of Slough House with enormous charisma. It’s a role that has reinvigorated
considerable awards buzz around Oldman, who won a BAFTA for the performance.
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Trying has been one of Apple TV’s best-kept secrets, and its 96% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes is proof positive of that. It returns on July 8.
Lucky
Anya Taylor-Joy plays a con artist on the run
All I have to say about Apple TV’s Lucky is “sign me up.” Anya Taylor-Joy (The Gorge, The Queen’s Gambit), Timothy Olyphant (Alien: Earth, Justified), and Annette Bening (American Beauty, Dutton Ranch, so many more) alone are enough to draw a crowd, but this new seven-part heist series looks like it could be a fun, twisty thrill ride. Taylor-Joy is Lucky Armstrong, a lifelong con artist running from the FBI and a deadly crime boss, played by Bening, who’s looking for her son and her money. To survive and escape her past, Lucky must return to it one last time. Olyphant plays Lucky’s smooth-talking career con-artist dad, John, guiding her along the way.
Adapted from Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel of the same name, and produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine company, Lucky premieres on July 15.
Lucky
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July 15, 2026
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Apple TV
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Jonathan Tropper, Cassie Pappas, Jonathan van Tulleken
The Dink
A washed-up tennis pro discovers the pickleball gospel
The lone new movie heading to Apple TV in July, The Dink is poised to add some laughs and fun to the lineup. The excellent Jake Johnson (New Girl, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed) stars as washed-up tennis prodigy Dusty Boyd, who finds himself coaching a pack of unruly kids at his father Chuck’s (Westworld‘s Ed Harris) country club. One of the first major pickleball-related movies in 2026 (it took long enough), The Dink follows the tennis purist Dusty as he discovers, with the help of his playing partner Candace (Mary Steenburgen), that he actually loves the game. Ben Stiller and Patton Oswalt also star in the goofball underdog comedy that premieres on Apple TV on July 24.
The Dink
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July 24, 2026
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102 minutes
- Director
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Josh Greenbaum
Coming to Apple TV in July
That’s a stacked month for a service that likes to keep things lean. But as things trickle out over the month, How-To Geek runs weekly guides for Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, and the rest, in our streaming section, so the next thing to watch is never far off.
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