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Mapping the Apple TV+ Universe
From mystery-solving women to big-brained sci-fi, these programming blocs reflect the tech company-turned-streamer’s obsessions.
But the service has also strung together enough critical hits and unambiguous cultural smashes — Ted Lasso, Severance, Slow Horses, Presumed Innocent — to establish itself as a creative force whose latest release is always worth your curiosity, even when it ends up disappointing. Though Apple TV+ still attracts ridicule for a reportedly tiny viewership relative to heavyweights like Netflix, Hollywood is increasingly showing the streamer respect, as reflected in its most Emmy nominations to date this past awards cycle. Reflecting the rough class position of Apple’s corporate employees and prime customers, these comedies are situated either in the highest echelons of wealth (see Loot ’s benevolent billionaire protag)or settings where the characters are rich enough that material needs never quite come into play.
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