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Rob McElhenney goes buck naked in gaming workplace comedy Mythic Quest [Apple TV+ trailer]

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Mythic Quest season 4 trailer
Watch the trailer and get ready for "Mythic Quest" season four, debuting January 29 on Apple TV+.
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Here’s your chance to see comedy star Rob McElhenney buck naked (if you’re into that sort of thing). He appears that way in a frenzied new season 4 trailer for workplace comedy Mythic Quest, below. The quick-cutting trailer should get fans of the comedy, set at a California gaming company, pretty excited. And not just for the nudity. Season 4, which looks like it’s full of laughs, debuts soon — January 29.

And don’t forget: The hit comedy spawned a spinoff, Side Quest, which premieres in late March.

Seth Rogen helms star-studded comedy series The Studio [Apple TV+ trailer]

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The Studio with Seth Rogan
Rogan plays a Hollywood studio head, new in the job but already beleaguered.
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Comedy actor Seth Rogen shoulders a lot with new Apple TV+ comedy series The Studio, as he writes, directs, executive produces and stars in it as an embattled Hollywood studio head, according to a new teaser trailer the streamer dropped Tuesday. Will Rogen’s series fare better than the show’s fictional “Continental Studios?” Well, as you can see in the trailer, he has a star-studded cast to work with, including himself, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn and guest star Bryan Cranston.

The 10-episode, half-hour comedy series premieres on Apple TV+ March 26, 2025. Watch the promising teaser trailer below.

Will Bad Sisters face the music in season 2? [Now streaming!]

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Bad Sisters season 2 trailer
Darkly funny thriller series Bad Sisters returns November 13!
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Bad Sisters season two sees the Garvey women scrambling in the aftermath of the darkly funny thriller’s first season, a new trailer Apple TV+ dropped Tuesday shows. Will they get away with the “accidental death”? Or will they break ranks and trip up as the law and nosey strangers close in?

Season two of the popular and acclaimed series debuts on Apple TV+ November 13. Watch out for season one spoilers below, by the way, in case you haven’t streamed it yet (and you really should).

Update: The first pair of episodes of Bad Sisters season two premiered Wednesday.  It’s two years after J.P.’s death, and it might be time for what the Garvey women did in season one to catch up to them.

Where’s Wanda? might be funnier in German [Updated: Now streaming]

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Apple TV+ trailer for German comedy Where's Wanda
The trailer is dubbed in English, but the series is supposed to air in German (with subtitles of your choice).
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There’s an old stereotype that Germans aren’t funny (because they’re so orderly, strict and serious, supposedly). But with a new trailer for German-language dark comedy Where’s Wanda?, Apple TV+ seems to want to prove that stereotype wrong once and for all, American sitcom-style.

But is it funny? Sort of. It’s also just odd because the trailer is dubbed in English. The show is supposed to be in German. And that may feel more natural and less like an imitation of an American sitcom than the trailer does. But most American viewers will need subtitles for the show itself. So get ready for that when the eight-episode series debuts October 2 on Apple TV+. It might actually be funnier in its mother tongue, even with subtitles.

UPDATE: While the trailer was dubbed in English, you have language options when you watch the show, streaming on Apple TV+ as of Wednesday. We figured this would be the case. You can watch it in German, German with English subtitles (recommended) or dubbed in English (or in other languages, like Spanish). Jetzt ansehen!

New Ted Lasso season 4 clues give fans reason to ‘Believe’

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No more wishful thinking -- fans now have reason to believe a fourth season might actually arrive.
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In a surprising turn of events, fans of a certain beloved Apple TV+ soccer comedy may have reason to “Believe” that Ted Lasso season 4 may actually happen.

On the show, a handwritten sign in the fictional Premiere League soccer team’s locker room urges players to believe they can win. Now actual proof of a probable fourth season comes to light. Fans will do doubt want to believe this is a done deal, but so far it’s just a hopeful sign.

Ted Lasso creator spanks Bad Monkey in new comedy [Now streaming on Apple TV+]

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Vince Vaughn stars in the new Apple TV+ comedy series "Bad Monkey."
Photo: Apple TV+

Curiously, a furry primate only shows up in glimpses in Wednesday’s new trailer for Bill Lawrence’s new Apple TV+ comedy series Bad Monkey. Not counting glib ex-detective Vince Vaughn, that is. Lawrence brought us vaunted comedy smash hit Ted Lasso, by the way.

The show, based on Carl Hiaasen’s New York Times-bestselling novel, debuts on Apple TV+ on August 14.

UPDATE: The new 10-episode comedy series Bad Monkey from Ted Lasso creator Bill Lawrence is now streaming on Apple TV+ as of Wednesday. Vince Vaughn stars as a disgraced Miami detective who might get his job back if he can just transport a severed arm from point A to point B, and maybe prove murder along the way. Reviews so far seem to like Vaughn in the wise-cracking role, with a few caveats. Time‘s review headline: “Bad Monkey Is a Beachy Crime Drama Drowning in Ted Lasso Quirk.” You can watch and decide if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

Where’s Wanda? Dark techie comedy from Germany gets Apple TV+ air date.

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Where's Wanda debuts October 2 on Apple TV+
Look for dark comedy series "Where's Wanda?" October 2. And make sure the subtitles are on, because it's in German.
Photo: Apple TV+

The first German-language series to air on Apple TV+, a tech-centric dark comedy called Where’s Wanda?, will debut October 2, the streamer said Thursday. So we have an air date, an image (above) and a description (below). Soon enough, a trailer should follow for what looks like it might be a pretty compelling show.

This follows news of the second German-language show coming to Apple TV+, hospital drama KRANK Berlin, starring Haley Louise Jones. Still in production, it has no air date yet.

Camp Snoopy series trailer packs summertime cuteness

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Camp Snoopy series trailer
Get ready for summer camp and wilderness hijinks with the Peanuts gang.
Photo: Apple TV+

Attention Beagle Scouts: Get ready for summer camp with the Camp Snoopy series trailer Apple TV+ dropped Wednesday. The Peanuts gang heads off to the woods soon. Kids and parents alike might get a kick out of it.

The series debuts on Apple TV+ June 14.

New Trying season 4 trailer shows comedy cast ‘older not wiser’

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The season 4 trailer for comedy "Trying" is out. The kids are getting older.
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Apple TV+ heralded the birth of a new season of popular family comedy Trying with a season 4 trailer Tuesday. It charmingly shows everyone getting older as the London family faces life’s little problems, including those adopted kids. After all, six years have passed in the story since season three’s action. They’re “older not wiser,” according to the show’s tagline.

The trailer is not exactly uncontrollably laughing-out-loud funny. But, like the show, its moments of wry humor will draw smiles and a chuckle or two. The fourth season debuts May 22 on Apple TV+.

Morpho mystery deepens in The Big Door Prize season 2 trailer

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Season 2 of The Big Door Prize premieres with three episodes on Wednesday, April 24.
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The citizens of a small town called Deerfield continue to see their lives upended by a fortune-telling machine known as Morpho, according to the season 2 trailer Apple TV+ dropped Wednesday for philosophical comedy series The Big Door Prize.

Starring Emmy Award winner Chris O’Dowd, the well-liked comedy’s 10-episode second season debuts Wednesday, April 24, with three episodes.

Stars come out to play circa 1969 in new comedy Palm Royale

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Kristen Wiig in Palm Royale on Apple TV+
Kristen Wiig stars in Palm Royale on Apple TV+.
Photo: Apple

How’s this for a comedy premise: A character played by Saturday Night Live alum Kristen Wiig strives to break into Palm Beach’s jet set in 1969. Now add a star-studded ensemble cast including Laura and Bruce Dern, Carol Burnett and Ricky Martin, and new Apple TV+ comedy Palm Royale shows real potential.

The series is now available on the Apple TV+ streaming service.

Maya Rudolph gives away $120 billion in new Loot comedy trailer

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Maya Rudolph stars as Molly Wells on season two of Apple TV+ comedy series "Loot."
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Ridiculously rich people are the problem, ridiculously rich person Molly Wells (Maya Rudolph) says in the season two trailer for comedy series Loot, out Thursday. And that’s why she’ll give away her whole $120 billion fortune. Or she’ll try, anyway.

Loot season two debuts with two episodes April 3 on Apple TV+.

Apple TV+ greenlights season 5 of popular spy thriller Slow Horses

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"Slow Horses" on Apple TV+ will air a fifth season.
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The darkly comedic spy thriller series Slow Horses has three seasons ready to binge-watch on Apple TV+ — season 3’s finale aired last week — plus season 4 on the way and now a fifth season planned for production, the streaming service said Tuesday.

The critically acclaimed hit show starring Gary Oldman might as well keep rolling, as there are more novels in Mick Herron’s Slough House book series to base new six-episode seasons on.