The Apple TV+ thriller Girl within the Lake acquired off to a robust begin, instantly changing 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 reveals on the identical time that analysts’ agree are close to the highest of the charts is uncommon, Apple TV+ sometimes has no less than one sequence drawing an above-average viewers.
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Girl within the Lake begins robust
Oscar and Golden Globe winner Natalie Portman joins Emmy nominee Moses Ingram within the drama Girl within the Lake. It premiered July 19, and viewers shortly tuned in.
The thriller at No. 7 on Reelgood’s checklist of Prime 10 TV reveals on streaming in the course of the week ending July 24. And it’s at No. 8 on JustWatch‘s personal checklist of prime streaming reveals for the week ending July 21.
Chart: JustWatch/Reelgood
Estimates from corporations like JustWatch and Reelgood are obligatory as a result of streaming providers hardly ever reveal how many individuals tune in to their choices
Girl 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 in peril.
It’s based mostly on the 2019 novel bestselling creator Laura Lippman.
The primary three episodes of Girl 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 reveals that Presumed Harmless pulls an even bigger viewers than Girl within the Lake, which implies the crime drama stayed in style each week from its debut in mid-June by means of its latest season finale.
Most lately, it was at No. 3 on each ReelGood’s and JustWatch’s most up-to-date lists of hottest Prime 10 TV reveals on streaming.
For individuals who is perhaps newly as a result of season one has wrapped up, Apple’s teaser says:
“The gripping series takes viewers on a journey through the horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s office when chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) is suspected of the crime. The series explores obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love, as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
All eight episodes of Presumed Harmless season one can be found now. However that’s not the top of the present: Apple TV+ already dedicated to season two.
Sunny thriller/darkish comedy stays in style, too
Sunny, a thriller thriller with a darkly comedian bent starring Rashida Jones and a robotic, shortly turned probably the most in style reveals 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 Prime 10 TV reveals on streaming, and at No. 10 on JustWatch’s equal checklist.
Apple’s teaser says:
Sunny stars Jones as Suzie, an American girl residing in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious airplane crash. As “consolation” 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, progressively they develop an surprising friendship. Collectively they uncover the darkish reality of what actually occurred to Suzie’s household and turn 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 Girl 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 may also get it through 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, youngsters’s reveals, nature documentaries, and many others.
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