The Apple TV+ thriller Woman within the Lake obtained off to a robust begin, instantly turning into a prime 10 hit with streaming viewers. Natalie Portman leads the forged of the restricted sequence as new episodes seem every week by means of late August.
As well as, the Apple TV+ crime drama Presumed Harmless continues to be pulling in loads of eyes, as is the thriller sequence Sunny.
Apple TV+ stays aggressive
Though Apple’s streaming service is smaller than Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, it retains producing hits. Whereas having three exhibits on the similar time that analysts’ agree are close to the highest of the charts is uncommon, Apple TV+ usually has at the very least one sequence drawing an above-average viewers.
Reveals which have certified up to now embrace Hijack, Silo, Darkish Matter, Shrinking, and lots of extra.
Woman within the Lake begins sturdy
Oscar and Golden Globe winner Natalie Portman joins Emmy nominee Moses Ingram within the drama Woman within the Lake. It premiered July 19, and viewers rapidly tuned in.
The thriller at No. 7 on Reelgood’s checklist of High 10 TV exhibits on streaming through the week ending July 24. And it’s at No. 8 on JustWatch‘s personal checklist of prime streaming exhibits for the week ending July 21.
Chart: JustWatch/Reelgood
Estimates from firms like JustWatch and Reelgood are mandatory as a result of streaming companies hardly ever reveal how many individuals tune in to their choices
Woman within the Lake is ready in Nineteen Sixties Baltimore, the place the disappearance of a younger woman pushes Jewish housewife Maddie Schwartz (performed by Portman) to shed a secret previous and reinvent her life as an investigative journalist. Cleo Sherwood (performed by Ingram) is a mom navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore whereas struggling to offer for her household. SPOILERS: When Cleo is murdered, Maddie turns into fixated — a fixation that places everybody round them at risk.
It’s based mostly on the 2019 novel bestselling creator Laura Lippman.
The primary three episodes of Woman within the Lake can be found now. New episodes debut each Friday by means of August 23, 2024.
Presumed Harmless starring Jake Gyllenhaal has actual endurance
A look at on the top-ten charts exhibits that Presumed Harmless pulls a much bigger viewers than Woman within the Lake, which suggests the crime drama stayed fashionable each week from its debut in mid-June by means of its latest season finale.
Most not too long ago, it was at No. 3 on each ReelGood’s and JustWatch’s most up-to-date lists of hottest High 10 TV exhibits on streaming.
For individuals who is perhaps newly as a result of season one has wrapped up, Apple’s teaser says:
“The gripping sequence takes viewers on a journey by means of the horrific homicide that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Legal professional’s workplace when chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) is suspected of the crime. The sequence explores obsession, intercourse, politics and the facility and limits of affection, because the accused fights to carry his household and marriage collectively.”
All eight episodes of Presumed Harmless season one can be found now. However that’s not the tip of the present: Apple TV+ already dedicated to season two.
Sunny thriller/darkish comedy stays fashionable, too
Sunny, a thriller thriller with a darkly comedian bent starring Rashida Jones and a robotic, rapidly grew to become probably the most fashionable exhibits on streaming after premiering on Apple TV+ earlier in July. It slipped a bit this week however is drawing a bigger viewers than virtually any sequence on streaming.
It was at No. 9 on ReelGood’s most up-to-date lists of hottest High 10 TV exhibits on streaming, and at No. 10 on JustWatch’s equal checklist.
Apple’s teaser says:
Sunny stars Jones as Suzie, an American lady dwelling in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious airplane crash. As “comfort” she’s given Sunny, one in all a brand new class of home robots made by her husband’s electronics firm. Although at first, Suzie resents Sunny’s makes an attempt to fill the void in her life, step by step they develop an surprising friendship. Collectively they uncover the darkish fact of what actually occurred to Suzie’s household and develop into dangerously enmeshed in a world Suzie by no means knew existed.
The ten-episode sequence premiered globally on Apple’s streaming service on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The primary 4 episodes can be found now, and Apple TV+ will launch new episodes each Wednesday by means of September 4.
Watch these and extra on Apple TV+
Watching Woman within the Lake, Presumed Harmless and Sunny plus many different sequence or movies comes with a subscription to Apple TV+. The service is $9.99 per thirty days with a seven-day free trial. You can even get it by way of any tier of the Apple One subscription bundle.
And Apple’s streaming video service additionally consists of way more, after all. There’s a library of drama, comedies, musicals, kids’s exhibits, nature documentaries, and so on.
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