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TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG Mega Venusaur ex Premium Collection Box is available to preorder for $77.50 at Amazon. This item is set for release on Dec. 5.

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The wait is almost over. The The Pokémon TCG Mega Venusaur ex Premium Collection Box is set for release on Dec. 5, making this the last chance to secure your preorder on Amazon. We're not saying that stock is going to disappear all of a sudden, but the situation is constantly shifting with Pokémon right now. Nothing is guaranteed.

The Pokémon TCG Mega Venusaur ex Premium Collection Box is available to preorder for $77.50 at Amazon. That's the lowest-price we've seen for some time. It has been stuck at $79.99 for a while now, so we're not talking about a huge price drop. But this is Pokémon we're talking about. We'll take what we can get.

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This collection box comes with a variety of booster packs, including two Destined Rivals, four Journey Togethers, and two Mega Evolutions. Collectors have been buying this item in huge numbers. In fact, it was one of Mashable's best-selling products over Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Need we say more?

Pre-order the Pokémon TCG Mega Venusaur ex Premium Collection Box at Amazon ahead of its Dec. 5 release.

Why do some Christmas movies become annual traditions while others fade into the streaming void? In this episode of How It Hits, we explore why films like A Christmas Story, Home Alone, It’s a Wonderful Life — and even the “is it or isn’t it” picks like Die Hard — become emotional touchstones that define the season.

For the extended version of this video, visit us on YouTube.

SAVE OVER $30: As of Dec. 4, the Sony WH-CH520 headphones are on sale for $38 at Amazon. This is 46% off their list price of $69.99.

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If holiday travel is on the horizon for you, it's worth investing in a solid pair of headphones to keep you busy with music, audiobooks, or podcasts on a long journey. Thankfully, a few discounts are still available even after Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

Over at Amazon, you can still grab the Sony WH-CH520 headphones for under $40. The Sony WH-CH520 headphones are among our picks for the best budget headphones, but this deal makes them even more worthy. Usually they retail for $69.99, but as of Dec. 4, they're marked down to $38. Multiple colors are available at this price as well, so you can choose between the blue, black, cappuccino, pink, white, or butter yellow headphones.

SEE ALSO: Cyber Monday 2025: Live updates on deals still live from Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Walmart, and more

Its not just the more affordable price tag that makes the Sony WH-CH520 headphones stand out. Our long-term review from writer Alex Bracetti said, "Sony’s entry-level headphones surpass expectations by delivering broad connectivity, energetic sound, and longer playtimes than most luxury models." Sony notes that the battery life can last up to 50 hours, which is plenty of time to keep you busy during holiday travel.

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Plus, with such a wide variety of colors available to choose from, you can find a pair that suits your personal taste, which is always nice when shopping for items like headphones. If you've been looking for a new pair to have ahead of the holidays, don't miss out on the Sony WH-CH520 headphones for just $38 at Amazon.

These headphones aren't the only deal still available at Amazon after Cyber Monday sales. Our breakdown of Amazon Cyber Monday deals that are still live highlights some picks that are worth buying before their discounts disappear.

With the holiday season well and truly here, Stephen Colbert took a moment on the Late Show to go through some of the latest Hallmark movie offerings — until an actual royal suddenly appears behind him in the form of Prince Harry, who is apparently dead set on appearing in a holiday movie himself.

"Stephen, I'll do anything," Prince Harry says. "I'll record a self tape, I'll fly myself to an audition, settle a baseless lawsuit with the White House — all the things you people on TV do."

Cue a sudden onset of fake snow behind them as the scene morphs into a Hallmark movie staple, and Colbert confirms Prince Harry has the role.

We're officially overloaded with streaming services by 2025, with each costing a pretty penny of your pay packet to keep. Whether you decide to shell out for a service typically comes down to the shows and movies on offer, whether you're looking for buzzy Netflix series or Sunday night HBO heavyweights. But there's an underrated competitor in the mix, especially for TV shows.

Apple TV+, Apple's own streaming service, has become better and better over the years, hitting it out of the park with sci-fi smashes like Severance, Silo, and Pluribus, along with comedy wins like Shrinking, Bad Sisters, and Ted Lasso — plus a few curveballs mixed in here and there.

SEE ALSO: The 10 best TV shows of 2025 (so far), and where to stream them

One important thing to know? Apple TV is not the same thing as an Apple TV. As Mashable's Stan Schroeder explains it, "Apple TV is both the name for the set-top-box hardware device that you buy and connect to your TV, as well as the app that's available on Apple TV (the set-top-box), as well as Macs, iPhones, and other TV operating systems. And then there's Apple TV, which is Apple's streaming service and a competitor to Netflix, HBO Max, and others."

Got it? So, what are the best TV shows on Apple TV? Here are our picks of the streaming service's original series, ranked.

41. The Shrink Next Door Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell in “The Shrink Next Door." Credit: Apple TV

Inspired by true events, The Shrink Next Door sends Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell into a complicated web of manipulation, power plays, and mic-drop moments. The series hinges on unethical psychiatrist Dr. Ike Herschkopf (Paul Rudd) and his patient, Marty Markowitz (Will Ferrell), who have a dysfunctional relationship that becomes more and more imbalanced and twisted as Ike weasels his way into Marty's life. Kathryn Hahn stars as Marty’s younger sister Phyllis, and Casey Wilson plays Bonnie, Ike's wife. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor

Starring: Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Kathryn Hahn, Casey Wilson, Cornell Womack, Sarayu Blue, Robin Bartlett, and Gable Swanlund

How to watch: The Shrink Next Door is now streaming on Apple TV.

40. Time Bandits Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Lisa Kudrow, Kal-El Tuck, Kiera Thompson and Rune Temte in "Time Bandits." Credit: Apple TV

Time Bandits, Terry Gilliam's classic '80s fantasy adventure, got the TV adaptation treatment by Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, and Iain Morris. And despite the show being sadly cancelled after one season, it's still worth your while to watch.

Over 10 episodes, Time Bandits sees a group of thieves in a fantasy world who are suddenly joined by Kevin (Kal-El Tuck), an 11-year-old history aficionado. Kevin's parents find themselves in peril across time and space, so his knowledge of historical events — and his new group of friends — might be their only hope. Across the Stone Age, Ice Age, many other Ages, across major moments in the history books, Kevin and the gang time-travel every episode, meeting a few famous historic faces. — S.C.

Starring: Kal-El Tuck, Lisa Kudrow, Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Charlyne Yi, Rachel House, Kiera Thompson, James Dryden, Felicity Ward, Francesca Mills, and Imaan Hadchiti.

How to watch: Time Bandits is now streaming on Apple TV.

39. Defending Jacob Chris Evans, Jaeden Martell, and Michelle Dockery in “Defending Jacob." Credit: Apple TV

Given its grim subject matter, Mark Bomback's crime drama won't be for everyone. Defending Jacob follows Assistant DA Andy Barber (Chris Evans), whose life is thrown into turmoil after his son Jacob (a haunted Jaeden Martell) is charged with the murder of a classmate. The show immediately chucks us in at the deep end, with the question of Jacob's innocence hanging over the Barber family like a storm cloud that threatens to badly damage or even break them altogether. It's tense, well-written, and the acting — including a disturbingly memorable turn from Michelle Dockery as Jacob's struggling mother, Laurie — is excellent across the board.

Some have argued that the show doesn't do enough to justify its dark storyline, but I found it to be a horribly suspenseful exploration of how far familial bonds will stretch before they snap altogether. Can you ever fully know anyone? Can you trust your closest family members no matter what? Love them no matter what? These are the questions Defending Jacob asks, and, as the Barber family wrestle with each new piece of evidence that comes to light, the answers don't come easy. — Sam Haysom, Deputy UK Editor

How to watch: Defending Jacob is now streaming now on Apple TV.

38. Palm Royale Carol Burnett and Kristen Wiig in "Palm Royale" Credit: Apple TV

Kristen Wiig infiltrates the world's most exclusive country club in Emmy–nominated comedy Palm Royale. The year is 1969, and underdog Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons (Wiig) wants nothing more to be a part of high society in Palm Beach, Florida. That means crashing the lavish Palm Royale club, where she'll be met with snobbery and disdain at every turn. While Palm Royale is far from Apple TV+'s best comedy offering, it does boast an all-star cast of comedy greats over two seasons, including a fabulous Carol Burnett. And you just can't beat those costumes. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

Starring: Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Laura Dern, Carol Burnett, Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae, and Josh Lucas

How to watch: Palm Royale is now streaming on Apple TV.

37. Government Cheese Evan Ellison, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, David Oyelowo, and Simone Missick in "Government Cheese." Credit: Apple TV

Set in 1969, Aeysha Carr and Paul Hunter's series Government Cheese didn't get the buzz it deserved, with sharp writing and excellent performances. David Oyelowo (Selma, Silo) stars as Hampton Chambers, an engineer newly out of prison and adjusting to life back home with his family in Chatsworth, in the San Fernando Valley. It's not an easy landing by any means, with his wife Astoria (Simone Missick), pole vaulting brainiac son Einstein (Evan Ellison), and vexed teen son Harrison (Di’Allo Winston), having very differing reactions to Hampton's return. But despite his awkward reception, Hampton has spent his time planning a potentially (and literally) groundbreaking invention: the Bit Magician. But leaving his past behind is harder than it seems, with the series itself flashing back and forth between Hampton's present and previous experiences. — S.C.

Starring: David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Evan Ellison, Bokeem Woodbine, Jeremy Bobb, Louis Cancelmi, Julien Heron, Thomas Beaudoin, Kyle Mac, and Adam Beach

How to watch: Government Cheese is now streaming on Apple TV.

36. Sunny Rashida Jones in "Sunny." Credit: Apple TV

A robot and a grieving woman make for an unlikely crime-solving duo in soft sci-fi mystery Sunny. Rashida Jones stars as Suzie, an American expat living in Kyoto, whose husband Masa (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and son Zen (Fares Belkheir) go missing in a plane crash. Following their disappearance, she receives Sunny, a companion robot Masa developed for her at work. Despite hating robots, Suzie decides to work with the ever-cheerful Sunny to uncover the truth about Masa's work and his and Zen's accident. The ensuing journey takes this odd couple pairing deep into a criminal underworld of gang showdowns and robot fighting rings. While occasionally bloated, Sunny's central duo and sci-fi world-building make it well worth the watch. — B.E.

Starring: Rashida Jones, Joanna Sotomura, annie the clumsy, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Jun Kunimura, Judy Ongg, and You

How to watch: Sunny is now streaming on Apple TV.

35. Shining Girls Elisabeth Moss in “Shining Girls." Credit: Apple TV

Imagine the ghoulish love child of Sliding Doors and Zodiac, and you'll get the gist of this mini-series adaptation of Lauren Beukes' 2013 crime novel. Created by Silka Luisa, Shining Girls centers on Kirby Mazrachi (Elisabeth Moss), an archivist whose reality has been shifting without warning ever since she was viciously attacked and left for dead in 1980s Chicago. One moment she's living with her mom, and the next she's married to a co-worker she barely knows. She doesn't understand why this is happening but is certain it connects to a stalking serial killer (Jamie Bell), who's been targeting fantastic women across decades.

Featuring graphic violence, time-travel twists, and harrowing revelations, Shining Girls can be a tough watch. But its finale episode makes it all worthwhile. Luisa smartly buttons up the mysteries of these murders, their un-aging perpetrator, and what it means to become disentangled on a molecular level. More than answers, however, this finale gives poetic justice to its villain and a hard-won empowerment to its harried heroine. Which, considering how Kirby's quest to be believed plays like the most extreme version of a domestic violence survivor's experiences coming forward, is darkly and deeply satisfying. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor

Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Phillipa Soo, Wagner Moura, Jamie Bell, Erika Alexander, Amy Brenneman, Chris Chalk, and Madeline Brewer

How to watch: Shining Girls is now streaming on Apple TV.

34. Masters of the Air Austin Butler in "Masters of the Air." Credit: Apple TV

If you loved Band of Brothers and The Pacific, you need to watch Masters of the Air. Based on Donald L. Miller's book, John Shiban and John Orloff's Emmy–winning World War II series follows the 100th Bomb Group (known as "The Bloody Hundredth" due to heavy losses), the U.S. Army Air Force bomber and fighter battalion deployed to England in 1943 as part of the Allied war effort against Germany. Austin Butler and Callum Turner lead the charge as the real Major Gale "Buck" Cleven and Major John "Bucky" Egan, and the series moves through the missions, downtime, tragedies, and sense of camaraderie within the unit. Yes, the series takes some creative liberties, but producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman threw 10 years and $250 million at the show — so when you're experiencing a live-or-die tactical manoeuvre, you're in the pilot's seat. — S.C.

Starring: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, and Anthony Boyle

How to watch: Masters of the Air is now streaming on Apple TV.

33. Hijack Idris Elba in "Hijack." Credit: Apple TV

Set over seven real-time hours, Hijack is something you could finish on a flight but should absolutely not watch on one. With Jim Field Smith and Mo Ali directing, and Idris Elba in the lead, this Apple TV+ series is about a plane hijacked on its way to London. Elba plays Sam Nelson, a corporate negotiator who tries to bargain with flight KA29's villains all the way to the final humdinger of an episode. As Mashable's Belen Edwards writes in her review, "Hijack is the perfect show to watch if you want to get sucked into a mildly ridiculous, yet totally engrossing scenario. You'll squeal as our heroes brave danger, swoon at Elba's charisma, and even chuckle at some choice one-liners."* — S.C.

Starring: Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Archie Panjabi, Max Beesley, Christine Adams, Jude Cudjoe, and Eve Myles

How to watch: Hijack is now streaming on Apple TV.

32. Central Park Meet the Tillermans. Credit: Apple TV

It's a show central in our hearts. Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, and Nora Smith's sharply scripted animated musical comedy Central Park hinges on New York family the Tillermans: park manager Owen (Leslie Odom Jr.) and journalist Paige (Kathryn Hahn), their son Cole (Tituss Burgess), and daughter Molly (Kristen Bell in Season 1, Emmy Raver-Lampman in Season 2). They're the custodians of Manhattan's beloved green space, which comes under threat by bespectacled wealthy villain Bitsy Brandenham (Stanley Tucci), accompanied by her assistant Helen (Daveed Diggs). It's a plight all hilariously narrated by Gad as park busker Birdie — the show's absolutely brimming with songs.

"Whether it's throwaway jokes or spotlight solos, the cast both elevate and benefit from Central Park's tight, confident writing," writes Proma Khosla in her review for Mashable. "Central Park is a show that easily wears all hats. The storylines are simple, but it's [their] style and sensibility that make them so enjoyable. It's a show that can soothe you by being on in the background but offers nonstop punchlines and Easter eggs if you give it your full (deserved) attention." — S.C.

Starring: Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Tituss Burgess, Kristen Bell, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Stanley Tucci, Daveed Diggs, and Josh Gad

How to watch: Central Park is now streaming on Apple TV.

31. The Buccaneers Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Kristine Frøseth, Aubri Ibrag, and Imogen Waterhouse in "The Buccaneers." Credit: Apple TV

If you're yearning for the next season of Bridgerton, The Buccaneers will satiate your Regency thirst. Based on Edith Wharton’s final novel and created by Katherine Jakeways, The Buccaneers is a 19th-century romantic drama with diabolical narrative twists and long-simmering romantic leads, as well as that requisite anachronistic modern soundtrack and the lavish design of our society ball dreams.

The story sees a group of young American ladies — Nan St. George (Kristine Frøseth), Jinny St. George (Imogen Waterhouse), Lizzy Elmsworth (Aubri Ibrag), Mabel Elmsworth (Josie Totah) — who are drawn to England after their friend Conchita Closson's (Alisha Boe) high-society wedding to an English lord. Arriving in London, the newcomers face deep social scorn while channelling their own. But there's also a rugged array of suitors taking a turn about the landscape, including a forlorn duke who enjoys standing on clifftops — and who must be in want of a wife. — S.C.

Starring: Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Kristine Frøseth, Aubri Ibrag, and Imogen Waterhouse

How to watch: The Buccaneers is now streaming on Apple TV.

30. Mythic Quest Charlotte Nicdao, Rob McElhenney. and Danny Pudi in “Mythic Quest." Credit: Apple TV

Whether you're into gaming or not, you should check out Mythic Quest. From the crew behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia comes four seasons (and a spinoff show Side Quest) of ups and downs inside the video game industry, specifically within the offices of a game studio responsible for the show's titular MMORPG. The cast — including Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, Jessie Ennis, Ashly Burch, Danny Pudi, and more — are superb, the commentary on gaming is bang on, and the show's standalone episode, "Dark Quiet Death," has to be one of the best of all time. — S.C.

Starring: Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, Jessie Ennis, Ashly Burch, and Danny Pudi

How to watch: Mythic Quest is now streaming on Apple TV.

29. The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin Hugh Bonneville and Noel Fielding in "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin." Credit: Apple TV

If you don't mind your history a little revisionist and plenty ridiculous, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is for you.

Based on the exploits of Essex brigand Dick Turpin (Noel Fielding in full Vince Noir mode), the series seizes on the fact that Turpin's life was wildly romanticised after his death at 33 (by hanging, for horse theft) — then amps it up to 11. Rolling about the woods with his Essex Gang of misfits, Turpin takes on a peril of the week in Monty Python meets Our Flag Means Death meets The Mighty Boosh–fashion. Throw in some cameos from Britain's biggest comedians, with standout appearances by Tamsin Greig, Greg Davies, and Sex Education's Connor Swindells, and you've got a surreal, satisfying, history-adjacent adventure on your hands.* — S.C.

Starring: Noel Fielding, Tamsin Greig, Greg Davies, Connor Swindells, Michael Fielding, Mark Heap, Ellie White, Duayne Boachie, Marc Wootton, Dolly Wells, Asim Chaudhry, Sindhu Vee, and Simon Farnaby

How to watch: The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is now streaming on Apple TV.

28. The Morning Show Nicole Beharie, Jennifer Aniston, and Reese Witherspoon in "The Morning Show." Credit: Apple TV

With Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell leading the first season, The Morning Show starts the day right — in the most unsettling way. Created by Jay Carson and inspired by Brian Stelter's 2013 book, the series is set in the world of morning news broadcasting, examining the power dynamics within it — especially amid the #MeToo movement and the COVID-19 pandemic. Over increasingly high-drama seasons, The Morning Show examines the ethics of news and the people who report it, all dealing with personal and professional hurdles under an extremely bright, incessant daily spotlight. — S.C.

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Néstor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Bel Powley, Desean Terry, Greta Lee, Julianna Margulies, and Jon Hamm

How to watch: The Morning Show is now streaming on Apple TV.

27. Dark Matter Joel Edgerton in "Dark Matter." Credit: Apple TV

Sometimes the idea behind a story is so good it's practically begging to be watched. Taking his own novel of the same name and adapting it for the screen, Blake Crouch's Dark Matter follows physicist Jason (Joel Edgerton) as he's kidnapped by an alternative version of himself and trapped in a parallel universe. The way these worlds are linked? A box that gives you access to all the infinite lives you could have led. Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi, and Oakes Fegley also star in this sci-fi thriller that's popular with viewers and critics. — S.H.

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Amanda Brugel, Dayo Okeniyi, Jimmi Simpson, and Oakes Fegley

How to watch: Dark Matter is now streaming on Apple TV.

26. Platonic Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen in "Platonic." Credit: Apple TV

Answering the age-old When Harry Met Sally question of whether heterosexual men and women can be just friends, Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller's Platonic is a brilliantly written, authentically performed, and genuinely compelling examination of modern friendship. "This isn't a prolonged remake retreading a tale of opposites-attract romance," writes Mashable's Kristy Puchko in her review. "Instead, this show takes that kinetic dynamic and the odd-couple concept and spins it into a series of misadventures that are thrillingly outrageous and freshly entertaining. This isn't just a story about friendship; it's the hang-out series you may well be aching for."

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are hilariously relatable as full-time mum Sylvia and brewery owner Will, former best mates out of touch until their mid-40s when Will goes through a divorce. Awkwardly reconnecting means facing a few things about their relationship and getting older, but it also means dynamite banter between Byrne and Rogen. — S.C.

Starring: Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Tre Hale, Luke Macfarlane, Andrew Lopez, and Carla Gallo

How to watch: Platonic is now streaming on Apple TV.

25. Presumed Innocent Jake Gyllenhaal and Bill Camp in "Presumed Innocent." Credit: Apple TV

If you're in the market for a tense and well-made legal thriller with strong performances, you could do a lot worse than Presumed Innocent. Based on Scott Turow's 1987 novel, Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley's adaptation follows a prosecutor (Jake Gyllenhaal) under suspicion for the murder of his colleague.

"This new mini-series is a fairly stock legal drama that's not necessarily all that new in terms of what it offers," I wrote in my Mashable review. "But the story itself feels contemporary, with its themes of sexual power dynamics and legal corruption. What it does, it does very well, with a fast-paced story, well-written script, and excellent performances across the board." — S.H.

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Peter Sarsgaard, O-T Fagbenle, Bill Camp, Lily Rabe, Nana Mensah, Chase Infiniti, Kingston Rumi Southwick, and Rosanna Arquette

How to watch: Presumed Innocent is now streaming on Apple TV.

24. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Anna Sawai in "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters." Credit: Apple TV

Legendary's MonsterVerse movies (Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla vs. Kong) make their first stomp into live-action TV with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a series with its reptilian eye fixed on the establishment of Monarch, the secret monster-studying organisation. The show bounces around time periods, between the 1950s and 2010s, and has more than its fair share of monstrous creatures to behold. As Mashable's Belen Edwards writes, "The richness of Monarch's world — and its glorious, glorious monsters — keeps the show intriguing even when it gets bogged down in the MonsterVerse's oft-maligned human affairs." — S.C.

Starring: Anna Sawai, Kurt Russell, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Wyatt Russell, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Elisa Lasowski, and Joe Tippett

How to watch: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is now streaming on Apple TV.

23. Loot Maya Rudolph and Joel Kim Booster in "Loot." Credit: Apple TV

Apple TV comedies are strong stuff, and Maya Rudolph's Loot is one of the best. The comedy star leads as billionaire Molly Novak, who's recently received a hefty settlement in her divorce but is at loose ends as to what's next. Picked up off the glossy floor of her sprawling home by her assistant Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster), she realises she has a charity foundation run by Sofia Salinas (Michaela Jaé Rodriguez) and so she starts on a fresh new journey, with accountant Arthur (Nat Faxon) and cousin Howard (Ron Funches) in tow. But there'll be more than a few life lessons and perspective shifts in store.

Season 2 meets up with Molly in a new chapter, and adds an ample dash of Benjamin Bratt, and Season 3 dropping in guest stars including D'Arcy Carden, Zane Phillips, and Henry Winkler. — S.C.

Starring: Maya Rudolph, Joel Kim Booster, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Adam Scott, Nat Faxon, Ron Funches, Meagen Fay, Stephanie Styles, Benjamin Bratt, D'Arcy Carden, Zane Phillips, and Henry Winkler.

How to watch: Loot is now streaming on Apple TV.

22. Your Friends and Neighbors Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, and Mark Tallman in "Your Friends & Neighbours." Credit: Apple TV

Jon Hamm enters his robber era in Your Friends and Neighbors. The Emmy-winning Mad Men star plays Andrew "Coop" Cooper, a disgraced hedge fund manager who finds himself totally broke after a surprise firing. How will he keep up his affluent lifestyle? By stealing from his neighbors in his wealthy community of Westmont Village, of course!

Coop's descent into burglary leads him to discover his neighbors' deepest, darkest secrets, a premise that's juicy enough to get you hooked immediately. However, your mileage on Your Friends and Neighbors may vary depending on how much more TV you want to watch about the woes of the uber-rich — a market that's already saturated thanks to shows like The White Lotus and Nine Perfect Strangers. — B.E.

Starring: Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Marie Gravitt, and Donovan Colan

How to watch: Your Friends and Neighbors is now streaming on Apple TV.

21. Stick Owen Wilson and Marc Maron in "Stick." Credit: Apple TV

Want to scratch your Ted Lasso itch while still watching something new? Then check out Stick, which is basically Ted Lasso: Golf Edition. Owen Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, a washed-up pro golfer who decides to mentor prodigy Santi Wheeler (Peter Dager). The pair hit the tournament circuit, along with Santi's mother Elena (Mariana Treviño), Pryce's former caddy Mitts (Marc Maron), and Santi's new caddy Zero (Lilli Kay).

Created by Jason Keller, Stick occasionally takes one too many pages from the book of Ted Lasso, from its focus on mental health and grief to coining its own "be the goldfish"-type slogan. Still, there's no denying its many charms, including its ability to make even a golf skeptic like me get invested in every round. Like I wrote in my review, "As familiar as these [Ted Lasso] beats are, there's no denying they make a solid base for any feel-good comedy. And with Wilson capably leading such a likable ensemble, Stick feels pretty darn good." — B.E.

Starring: Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay, and Judy Greer

How to watch: Stick is now streaming on Apple TV.

20. The Afterparty Zoë Chao in "The Afterparty." Credit: Apple TV

If you're a fiend for a whodunnit, consider yourself a bit of a Miss Marple, and regularly declare "J'accuse!" at your unsuspecting pals, follow the clues to The Afterparty. A star-studded comedy that twists and turns through various genres in one perplexing mystery, the series hinges around the untimely death of a rich pop star after a high school reunion. After Season 1's deeply rewarding finale, jump right into the second season, where another murder lurks the morning after a big wedding — and no genre is safe. — S.C.

Starring: Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ilana Glazer, Tiffany Haddish, John Early, Ike Barinholtz, Jamie Demetriou, Dave Franco, John Cho, Ken Jeong, Anna Konkle, Zach Woods, Poppy Liu, Jack Whitehall, Vivian Wu, Elizabeth Perkins, and Paul Walter Hauser

How to watch: The Afterparty is now streaming on Apple TV.

19. Down Cemetery Road Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson in "Down Cemetery Road." Credit: Apple TV

Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson are the dynamic duo of my dreams in Apple TV's Oxford-set mystery crime thriller from Slow Horses' screenwriter Morwenna Banks. But it's not the buddy cop set-up you're thinking.

Based on Mick Herron's novel, Down Cemetery Road sees Thompson as hard-edged private investigator Zoë Boehm, whose marriage to her business partner Joe (Adam Godley) is as threadbare as their bank balance. Across town, Wilson plays Sarah Trafford, an art conservationist who is dragged into hosting a dinner party for her husband Mark's (Tom Riley) schmuck of a client. Before dessert, there's an explosion next door, leading to the disappearance of a young girl named Dinah (Ivy Quoi). The event sends Sarah into an obsessive hunt for the truth — and it leads her to Zoë and Joe's door.* — S.C.

Starring: Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Adeel Akhtar, Tom Goodman-Hill, Fehinti Balogun, Darren Boyd, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Tom Riley, Adam Godley, Sinead Matthews, Ken Nwosu, and Aiysha Hart

How to watch: Down Cemetery Road is now streaming on Apple TV.

18. Disclaimer Cate Blanchett in "Disclaimer." Credit: Apple TV

Five-time Academy Award–winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón teams with two-time Academy Award–winning actress Cate Blanchett for a seven-part thriller sure to get your blood pumping. Written and directed by Cuarón, Disclaimer stars Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, a revered journalist who has built her career on unearthing the sordid secrets of others. However, her life is thrown into turmoil when an unsolicited novel shows up on her doorstep, its pages spilling out the skeletons within her own closet. 

In her review for Mashable, Entertainment Reporter Belen Edwards writes, "The overall effect of Disclaimer is one of intrigue and of questioning the layers of narrative you see before you. With its commitment to formal changeups and a brutal knockout of a finale, Disclaimer is a puzzle that gets under your skin and refuses to leave."* — K.P.

Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George, and Hoyeon 

How to watch: Disclaimer is now streaming on Apple TV.

17. Schmigadoon! Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in "Schmigadoon!" Credit: Apple TV

A show for musical lovers, by musical lovers, Season 1 of Schmigadoon! is a loving tribute to Golden Age musicals. Think Oklahoma!, The Music Man, and The Sound of Music. In a Brigadoon-esque plot, a couple (played by Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key) whose relationship is going through a rough patch stumbles upon a magical village where life is a musical. From there, it's a nonstop parade of joyful musical numbers, delivered by a cast of Broadway mainstays like Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, Alan Cumming, and Ariana DeBose. Theaters kids, eat your heart out. Schmigadoon! is a treat. And Season 2 brings more fun, but with a darker edge.* — B.E.

Starring: Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron, Fred Armisen, Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, Alan Cumming, and Ariana DeBose

How to watch: Schmigadoon! is now streaming on Apple TV.

16. For All Mankind Joel Kinnaman and Sonya Walger in "For All Mankind." Credit: Apple TV

It's Apple's big "what-if" series, which hypothesizes an alternate timeline of the global space race. Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, For All Mankind kicks off Season 1 with the Soviet Union landing the first human on the moon in June 1969, leaving NASA scrambling to catch up. Season 2 picks up in the Cold War, Season 3 jumps into the '90s with the race to land on Mars, and Season 4 is all about the establishment of a self-sustaining colony on the red planet.

"If you're here because you're a fan of For All Mankind creator Ronald D. Moore's earlier work, check your expectations," writes Adam Rosenberg in his review for Mashable. "This isn't science fiction. There's science in the NASA stuff and a layer of grounded fantasy in the alternate timeline premise, but there's no secret alien invasion twist here or anything. For All Mankind plays it straight instead." And for what it's worth, Stephen King bloody loves it. — S.C.

Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Toby Kebbell, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, and Krys Marshall

How to watch: For All Mankind is now streaming on Apple TV.

15. Trying Esther Smith and Rafe Spall in "Trying." Credit: Apple TV

In Andy Wolton's charming, heartfelt series, London couple Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) want to start a family of their own. As the series' title suggests, they go up and down a few roads, and ultimately pursue adoption — with all the complications and trials that come with it. Over three seasons, Nikki and Jason's friends and family help them through it all, and you'll chuckle as much as tear up through each moment. Smith and Spall are superb rom-com leads, navigating the highs and lows that come with becoming parents with delightful insights and poignant realism. — S.C.

Starring: Esther Smith, Rafe Spall, Siân Brooke, Darren Boyd, Imelda Staunton, Paula Wilcox, Phil Davis, Jim Broadbent, Oliver Chris, Robyn Cara, Scarlett Rayner, Navin Chowdhry, Roderick Smith, and Marian McLoughlin

How to watch: Trying is now streaming on Apple TV.

14. Chief of War Jason Momoa in "Chief of War." Credit: Apple TV

Created by Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett, Chief of War is a vast history epic detailing the unification of Hawaii by Kamehameha (Kaina Makua), amid constant war between the islands and the impending encroachment of colonial powers. Momoa plays Maui warrior Ka'iana, who is summoned home to make the choice of whether to join his King Kahekili (Temuera Morrison) in war.

With events told from an Indigenous perspective, the show marks a landmark moment for Polynesian representation on screen. As Mashable's Belen Edwards explains in her review, "The show's primarily Polynesian cast, led by Momoa, spends the vast majority of the series speaking in Hawaiian, while an army of cultural consultants worked behind the scenes to ensure cultural and historical authenticity. Their efforts, along with those of Chief of War's entire production team, create an immersive, stunning look back through time, as the series transports viewers to the Hawaiian Islands at the end of the 18th century."

Starring: Jason Momoa, Luciane Buchanan, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Kaina Makua, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Brandon Finn, Siua Ikaleʻo, Mainei Kinimaka, Keala Kahuanui-Paleka, Roimata Fox, Moses Goods, James Udom

How to watch: Chief of War is now streaming on Apple TV.

13. Dope Thief Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura in "Dope Thief." Credit: Apple TV

Ready for a crime drama full of twists, heralded actors, and character-driven humor? Based on the Dennis Tafoya novel, Dope Thief has all that and more.

Created by Peter Craig (The Town), the series stars Brian Tyree Henry as Ray Driscoll, a Philly entrepreneur with a unique business plan. Alongside his simple-minded bestie Manny (Wagner Moura), Ray impersonates a DEA agent to ambush low-level drug dealers, stealing their ill-gotten gains and illegal substances for profit. The money, they'll split. The drugs will go to a bigger dealer, who's a sort of father-figure to Ray. But when one of these raids goes sideways, there's fire, death, and a wounded survivor hellbent on revenge. Can Ray and Manny survive once they've got a vicious kingpin and the actual DEA on his trail? You'll have to tune in to find out!* — K.P.

Starring: Brian Tyree Henry, Wagner Moura, Marin Ireland, and Kate Mulgrew

How to watch: Dope Thief is now streaming on Apple TV.

12. Murderbot Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones, Sabrina Wu, David Dastmalchian, Noma Dumezweni, and Tamara Podemski in "Murderbot." Credit: Apple TV

Martha Wells' beloved Murderbot Diaries series comes to the small screen, and boy, is it fun. The series stars Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot, a security android who's gone rogue and hacked its governor module. With its newfound freedom, it could murder all the "asshole" humans around it. Instead, it chooses to binge hours and hours of TV. (Relatable icon.)

SEE ALSO: Does the 'Murderbot' cast relate to Murderbot?

Boasting a withering internal monologue and boatloads of social awkwardness, Murderbot is a cyborg unlike any you've ever seen, and that buoys Murderbot to be a fresh addition to Apple TV+'s extensive slate of sci-fi shows. Right up until its finale, the series also isn't afraid to get weird, incorporating scenes from Murderbot's favorite space-set soap opera and introducing a crew of goofy, lovable scientists for it to watch over. As I wrote in my review, "At the end of the day, Murderbot isn't just a sci-fi adventure — it's a fun hang." — B.E.

Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones, and Tamara Podemski

How to watch: Murderbot is now streaming on Apple TV.

11. Foundation Alfred Enoch and Lou Llobell in "Foundation." Credit: Apple TV

It's one of Apple's most lavish productions and worth every penny. Based on Isaac Asimov's iconic sci-fi novels and now sitting at three seasons, Foundation follows a group exiled from the doomed Galactic Empire and on a mission to save it. Jared Harris is superb as mathematician and psychohistorian Hari Seldon, whose predictions of future probability lead to his exile by Brother Day (played to perfection by Lee Pace), one of a series of clones who rule the Galactic Empire as Emperor. Seldon is joined by his protégée, Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell) from the planet Synnax. And folks, it's a truly opulent series, with stunning visuals, world-building, and action sequences over two seasons. "If you've ever wondered where all that iPhone money went, just watch Foundation," writes Adam Rosenberg for Mashable in his Season 1 review. — S.C.

Starring: Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, Alfred Enoch, Alexander Siddig, Troy Kotsur, and Daniel MacPherson

How to watch: Foundation is now streaming on Apple TV.

10. Bad Sisters Anne-Marie Duff, Saise Quinn, Sharon Horgan, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson in "Bad Sisters." Credit: Apple TV

Sharon Horgan's dark dramedy about a group of sisters teaming up to kill their abusive brother-in-law is as much a howdunnit as it is a whodunnit. We start off Bad Sisters knowing that John Paul (Claes Bang), truly one of the most unpleasant TV characters of the year, is dead. But it's only through a series of flashbacks that we find out what happened to him, learning the ways he wronged each of the Garvey sisters and their various misjudged attempts to take him out of the picture. The characters are well drawn and amusing, the show is incredibly tense, and Horgan seamlessly weaves together comedy and tragedy. And if you're worried about the ending of a show that's already revealed some of its cards, don't be. Bad Sisters holds back some of its biggest shocks and secrets to the very end — and into a second season.* — S.H.

Starring: Anne-Marie Duff, Saise Quinn, Sharon Horgan, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, and Claes Bang

How to watch: Bad Sisters is streaming now on Apple TV.

9. Pluribus Rhea Seehorn in "Pluribus." Credit: Apple TV

How do you explain Pluribus without giving away everything? It's tricky, so we'll just say if you're into global apocalypse hypotheticals, this is your show. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan returns with a colossal sci-fi conundrum, one that particularly affects fantasy author Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn). Why? She appears to be the only human on Earth not affected by a virus that makes everyone extremely happy and connected. But it's not just Gilligan's thrilling narrative set-up that makes Pluribus exceptional — it's Seehorn. "The Gilligan-Seehorn partnership that kicked off in Better Call Saul continues to pay off big time with Pluribus," writes Mashable's Belen Edwards in her review. "Gilligan wrote the role of Carol specifically for Seehorn, and it's not hard to see why. She is a force."

Starring: Rhea Seehorn, Karolina Wydra, Carlos Manuel Vesga, Miriam Shor, Sharon Gee, Darinka Arones, Amarburen Sanjid, and Menik Gooneratne, Samba Schutte

How to watch: Pluribus is now streaming on Apple TV.

8. Ted Lasso Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein in "Ted Lasso." Credit: Apple TV

You'd better believe Ted Lasso is one of the best shows on this list. Created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, the comedy follows the titular American football coach (Sudeikis) who is recruited with his 2IC Coach Beard (Hunt) to coach English Premier League team AFC Richmond by the club's owner, Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham). But that's just the set-up, forming the foundation for three seasons of wholesome, hilarious, and moving fish-out-of-water comedy. The show brims with optimism, Easter eggs, and Roy Kent's perfect swearing. Ted Lasso, like football, is life. — S.C.

Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Nick Mohammed, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernández, Kola Bokinni, Anthony Head, Billy Harris, and James Lance

How to watch: Ted Lasso is now streaming on Apple TV.

7. Little America Jearnest Corchado and Melinna Bobadilla in "Little America." Credit: Apple TV

Kumail Nanjiani, Alan Yang, and Emily V. Gordon's anthology series Little America is essential viewing. A masterclass in storytelling, each episode of the series is a self-contained tale in which we get to know immigrants in America on a personal level — a far cry from the dehumanised picture politicians like to paint. Each story is compelling, unique, and deeply moving, from Nigerian college student Iwegbuna (Conphidance) exploring identity through cowboy culture in Oklahoma to baker Beatrice (Kemiyondo Coutinho) embracing her Ugandan heritage in Kentucky. There's undocumented high schooler Marisol (Jearnest Corchado) reclaiming a sense of power through squash, and Kabir (played by Suraj Sharma, Eshan Inamdar, and Ishan Gandhi at different ages), a 12-year old boy whose hotel-owner parents are deported to India. Each story examines the complexity of identity and scrutinises the American Dream, while reminding us to actually make the effort to get to know someone. — S.C.

Starring: Suraj Sharma, Jearnest Corchado, Conphidance, Kemiyondo Coutinho, Mélanie Laurent, Angela Lin, Shaun Toub, Haaz Sleiman, and Isuri Wijesundara

How to watch: Little America is now streaming on Apple TV.

6. Shrinking Jason Segel and Harrison Ford in "Shrinking." Credit: Apple TV

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence teams up with Ted Lasso's Brett Goldstein and How I Met Your Mother's Jason Segel for a show about breaking down and breaking through. As Mashable's Shannon Connellan writes in her review, "Shrinking, one of TV's best-written comedies, cuts to the deep shit among the regular shit, without judgment and with a lot of laughs. Consider us prescribed."

Segel stars as a cognitive behavioral therapist struggling in the wake of his wife's death. Despite this grief-stricken setup, Shrinking is a defiantly joyful comedy that finds humor in coping as this harried hero breaks rules to push him and his clients out of their comfort zones to new emotional terrain. With 30-minute episodes over two seasons, it's an easy binge — and the cast is absolutely outstanding.* — K.P.

Starring: Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Christa Miller, and Lukita Maxwell

How to watch: Shrinking is now streaming on Apple TV.

5. Slow Horses Kristin Scott Thomas in "Slow Horses." Credit: Apple TV

If you haven't had every last one of your mates telling you to watch Slow Horses, consider yourself in the minority. Based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels, the series has long provoked hands-in-the-air "you've got to watch Slow Horses" rants at many a London pub in my life, and they're not wrong. Throw yourself without delay into the realm of MI5 outcasts, spies who've fucked up but somehow have remained employed by the UK's domestic counter-intelligence agency. However, that doesn't mean there's not plenty to investigate, all under the surly, greasy, and notably farty watch of Slough House head Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). Over five seasons, showrunner Will Smith makes the most out of his terrific cast, which includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Rosalind Eleazar, Saskia Reeves, Olivia Cooke, and more, sending the MI5 misfits into many a danger across London trying valiantly to defend Britain. — S.C.

Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Olivia Cooke, Rosalind Eleazar, Saskia Reeves, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Chung, Kadiff Kirwan, and Dustin Demri-Burns

How to watch: Slow Horses is now streaming on Apple TV.

4. Silo Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo in "Silo." Credit: Apple TV

If you're not watching Silo, we suggest you bunker down and watch both seasons. Created by Graham Yost and directed by Morten Tyldum, this a dystopian sci-fi thriller series is on based on Hugh Howey's trilogy of novels (Wool, Shift, and Dust). Silo delivers impeccable performances, intricate set design, and satisfying narrative twists. Mashable's Belen Edwards describes Silo in her review as "an engrossing and rewarding watch, one that devoted fans of dystopia and sci-fi will relish."

You're sent deep into the subterranean society where the last 10,000 people on Earth live, sheltered from the toxic world outside. The inhabitants, ranked in class by floor, put immense trust in their overlords: Mayor Ruth Jahns (Geraldine James), head of the IT Department (Tim Robbins), and the silo's sheriffs, including Sheriff Holston (David Oyelowo) and Deputy Sam Marnes (Will Patton). But when suspicious events occur, an engineer from the silo's lower levels (Rebecca Ferguson) races to figure out the truth. — S.C.

Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, Tim Robbins, Common, Harriet Walter, Iain Glen, Tanya Moodie, Geraldine James, Avi Nash, Chinaza Uche, Steve Zahn, Shane McRae, Remmie Milner, Alexandria Riley, Clare Perkins, Billy Postlethwaite, Ashley Zukerman, Olatunji Ayofe, and Ferdinand Kingsley

How to watch: Silo is now streaming on Apple TV.

3. Pachinko Kim Min-ha and Jung Eun-chae in "Pachinko." Credit: Apple TV

Based on Min Jin Lee's best-selling novel, Pachinko spans not only decades but also generations, following a family line from an impoverished community in 1915 Korea to a prosperous Japan in 1989. The center of this moving saga is matriarch Kim Sunja, who grows from an intrepid child (Yu-na Jeon) to a pregnant, unwed teen (Kim Min-ha), to a grandmother (Academy Award–winning star of Minari, Youn Yuh-jung) too often patronized by her doting son (Soji Arai) and hotshot banker grandson Solomon (Jin Ha).

Created by Soo Hugh, this sensational two-season drama series slides back and forth across its timeline, paralleling Sunja's journey with Solomon's. Though she was raised in poverty and he in prosperity, both face challenges of racism, weighty family expectations, and impossible loves. Incredibly, though Pachinko hits on many dark elements, it's resiliently hopeful, delivering on the promise of its exhilarating opening title sequence. If you're looking for a series to grab you heart and soul, Pachinko is a safe bet for satisfaction, a series Mashable's Belen Edwards dubbed "one of the most stunningly crafted shows on TV."* — K.P.

Starring: Jeon Yu-na, Kim Min-ha, Youn Yuh-jung, Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Lee Min-ho, Kwon Eun-seong, Jung Eun-chae, and Yoshio Maki

How to watch: Pachinko is now streaming on Apple TV.

2. The Studio Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders, and Seth Rogen in "The Studio." Credit: Apple TV+

Seth Rogen and a jaw-dropping cast of big stars give Hollywood the takedown it so richly deserves with The Studio.

The battle of art versus commerce takes center stage as Rogen plays a newly minted studio exec, who has to make an endless series of wild decisions. If you ever wonder how the blockbuster sausage gets made, the first episode of this stellar comedy series gives you a juicy and revolting taste.

The writing on this satirical series is so sharp that Rogen practically bleeds as he plays the fool across an array of comical conflicts. And he's bolstered by a supporting cast that is blisteringly funny, spitting barbs, allusions, and one-liners with a dizzying intensity.* — K.P.

Starring: Seth Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, and Bryan Cranston

How to watch: The Studio is now streaming on Apple TV.

1. Severance Welcome to the team. Credit: Apple TV

It's not only the best show on Apple TV+, it's one of our favourite shows of all time. Dan Erickson's "anti-capitalist fable" Severance centres around the enigmatic Lumon Industries, a company that offers employees the option of "severing" their work self from their regular lives. Primarily directed by Ben Stiller, Severance sees impeccable performances from Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Christopher Walken, and more, with the cast tasked with playing both their "Innies" and "Outies" — and all the loaded nuance that comes with it.

Featured Video For You ‘Even more hallways’: The cast of severance on getting lost in Lumon’s expanding maze SEE ALSO: Can consent exist in 'Severance'?

Exactly what Lumon does and how the severance program began are just two of the mysteries within Severance, a show that explores fascinating questions of consent, exploitation, alienation, and humanity within a highly stylistic production. What's not in question? Over two sublime seasons, Severance doesn't miss. — S.C.

Starring: Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Christopher Walken, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, and Sarah Bock

How to watch: Severance is now streaming on Apple TV.

UPDATE: Dec. 3, 2025, 10:50 a.m. UTC This article was first published on March 21, 2025. It has been updated to reflect current streaming titles.

SAVE $100: As of Dec. 4, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 (40mm) is on sale for its lowest-ever price of $249.99 at Amazon. This is 29% off its list price of $349.99.

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The seasonal sale events may officially be behind us, but there's still some time left to save on a select few items at various retailers. Amazon is one place with quite a few deals still hanging on, including a selection of smartwatches. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is among them, sitting at its lowest-ever price of $249.99. But time is running out to grab it at this price.

Amazon has a timer placed on the store page of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 that's ticking down, meaning this is the last day (Dec. 4) to score this smartwatch at its lowest price yet. Usually this smartwatch is listed at $349.99, so this is a great opportunity to save $100.

SEE ALSO: Last call on Cyber Monday 2025: Live updates from Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Walmart, and more

We consider the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 to be the best Samsung smartwatch, thanks to its "well-rounded feature set that offers everything you need in a smartwatch, fitness tracker, and sleep tracker." Some of these features include a Running Coach to give you feedback on your running performance, Vascular Load monitoring, and Energy Score, which helps you plan ahead for the day based on stats from the previous day. Writer Adam Doud also said in his review that, "Unless you already have a Watch 7, it's worth the upgrade for Android users."

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One thing from our review that's worth keeping in mind is that the battery life was ultimately not what we hoped. Doud notes that he, "averaged about 33 to 35 hours per charge when I let the watch get down to around 5 percent." Despite this, it's a watch he still highly recommends. So, if you've been looking for a smartwatch upgrade, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is worth a look, especially at this low price.

The countdown has started on this Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 deal, so act fast to save at Amazon. Looking for even more deals at Amazon right now? Check out our breakdown of Amazon Cyber Monday deals still live to see what else is still available.

Donald Trump closed his eyes and appeared to be dozing off at a recent cabinet meeting, prompting news stories and inevitable backlash to those stories from his supporters.

In the video above, Jimmy Kimmel plays a clip of the president's eyes closing while he listens to Secretary of State Marco Rubio ("Lower your voice, Marco, you're going to wake him up!" says Kimmel.) Next he plays a montage of various Fox News reporters jumping to the president's defence, before playing another montage of Fox News reporters criticising former president Joe Biden for the exact same thing.

"Wait a minute," says Kimmel, turning for a close-up on another camera. "It's almost like these people are...hypocrites."

Save $230: As of Dec. 4, the Dyson V11 is on sale for $399.99 at Amazon. That's a 37% discount on the list price.

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The Dyson V11 is back on sale at Amazon, down to its lowest price all year, now just $399.99. Dyson vacuums are always impressive, and this one is no different, even without the $230 saving.

It's a cordless vacuum, so it's perfect for whole-home cleaning without having to lug around cables and plugs. The lithium-ion battery is strong too, and will deliver up to 60 minutes of run time and 60% more power than previous models. For different cleaning needs, this vacuum features three cleaning modes: Auto for everyday use, Eco for maximum run time, and Boost for intensive spot cleaning. It even has an LCD screen that shows remaining run time, maintenance alerts, and the current mode selection.

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It works on all kinds of floors too, with the Motorbar cleaner head specifically designed for all floor types and to automatically de-tangle long hair and pet hair while in use. The vacuum also converts into a handheld for cleaning cars, stairs, and upholstery, and it comes with a range of tools, including a Hair Screw tool, a crevice tool, and a mini soft dusting brush.

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SAVE $600: As of Dec. 4, the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni robot vacuum and mop is on sale at its lowest-ever price of $699.99 at Amazon. This is 46% off its list price of $1,299.99.

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The holidays are coming up fast, and if you have plans to have friends and family over, a robot vacuum can keep your floors a bit cleaner for your guests. The good news is, even after Cyber Monday, quite a few models are still on sale. This includes the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni robot vacuum and mop, which is still down to its lowest-ever price at Amazon.

This model usually sits at a hefty price of $1,299.99, but the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni has dropped 46% to $699.99 at Amazon. Considering this is its best-ever price, now is better than later to grab it, as the chances of this deal staying live much longer are pretty slim.

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The Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni is a powerful robot vacuum that can help your floors stay clean and tidy around the holidays and into the new year. Its 16,600Pa suction (combined with BLAST airflow tech) grabs any dirt, debris, or hair that gets in its way. When it comes to the latter, it even features anti-tangle brushes that help keep hair from getting caught up inside, so there's no stalling as it moves around.

On top of that, its mopping system features an OZMO roller that self-washes while it mops. That way, you won't see any annoying streaks on your floors as this robot vacuum moves around.

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Don't wait, now is the time to scoop up the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni robot vacuum and mop at its lowest-ever price at Amazon. Alternatively, if you're curious what other robot vacuums are on sale right now, Amazon also has the Eufy E25 robot vacuum and mop and the iRobot Roomba Plus 505 Combo on sale after Cyber Monday.

SAVE $113.16: As of Dec. 4, the Garmin vívoactive 5 is on sale for $199.99 at Amazon. That's a 33% saving on the list price.

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The Garmin vívoactive 5 is back on sale at Amazon, and if you've been looking for an excuse to upgrade (or pick up a Christmas present for someone), you've just found it.

As of Dec. 4, the Garmin watch is down to $186.83, a saving of $113.16 on list price. It's not its lowest-ever price, but it's pretty close according to camelcamelcamel. This price is specific to the ivory colored watch. All colors are reduced (navy, orchid, and slate) but this is the best price available, if color doesn't matter to you.

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The vívoactive 5 is a great option for a watch that has lots of lifestyle metrics as well as health and fitness tracking. It has heaps of Garmin's tracking features including Body Battery, an energy monitoring feature to help you understand when you’re ready for activity or need rest. It has advanced sleep tracking too, which provides a sleep score, coaching, and metrics such as HRV.

For tracking workouts, this watch has more than 30 built-in indoor and GPS sports apps, along with a wheelchair mode that tracks pushes and includes tailored workouts. You’ll also get extensive health tools like stress tracking, menstrual and pregnancy tracking, meditation, and fitness age. If you're training for a specific goal, you'll find features like workout benefit and recovery time to be useful, stats that help you understand how your workouts impact your body.

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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight turned out one of the best British shows of 2025 with A Thousand Blows, and there's more where that came from.

Adolescence stars Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty, and Small Axe star Malachi Kirby all return after a highly successful awards run for another round of the Victorian London-set Hulu/Disney+ drama series.

Kicking off one year after the events of Season 1, this season sees East End boxers Hezekiah Moscow (Kirby) and Henry "Sugar" Goodson (Graham) not in a good place, either of them, from the looks of the trailer. Forty Elephants queen Mary Carr (Doherty), her protégé Alice Diamond (Darci Shaw), and exiled temp leader Eliza Moody (Hannah Walters) are back and ready to reunite Mary's all-women gang of thieves for a major heist. But first, Mary'll have to reclaim gang power from Indigo Jeremy (Robert Glenister), who lords over them from the other side of the Thames.

The trailer features all the boxing matches, undercover work at aristocratic parties, and fierce words between unlikely allies we've come to expect from A Thousand Blows.

A Thousand Blows is streaming on Hulu and Disney+ on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Whether it's for Christmas shopping or a treat for yourself, Amazon has a great new discount on the Dyson Airstrait. As of Dec. 4, this popular beauty product is down to its lowest-ever price (according to camelcamelcamel), now priced at $399. That's a saving of $150.99, and the perfect excuse to treat yourself.

The Dyson Airstrait is designed to dry and straighten hair at the same time, saving you valuable time in your hair styling process. It moves from wet to finished with one tool and it doesn't rely on hot plates or extreme heat. It works by using a heated, downward airflow to align hair for a smooth, natural-looking straight finish. It even has sensors that regulate temperature and adjust airflow depending on whether hair is between the arms.

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As of Dec. 4, you can save $200 on this TV, with the price down to just $199.99. This price is for the 55-inch model, but all sizes of this TV are on sale, so you can pick an option that works best for your space.

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While you’re stocking up on devices and tech over Black Friday, don’t forget the savings you get on other things. Great deals on streaming, for instance. Indeed, Black Friday sales include discounts on subscriptions to the best streaming platforms and streaming sticks. And there’s a doubly good deal when you sign up for Walmart+. Not only do you save 50% on the annual cost of Walmart+, but Walmart also throws in a free year of Peacock Premium alongside the numerous shopping perks.

An annual subscription to Walmart+ is now on offer for just $49, which is a 50% saving on the regular annual price of $98. A year’s subscription to Peacock Premium is included for free. The offer is available until Dec. 2.

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You’ll actually save even more than $49 per year on Walmart+, as Peacock Premium usually costs around $132 per year, so you’re getting a saving of approximately $181.

There are other perks to Walmart+, such as free delivery on your home delivery orders, discounts at participating gas stations, and access to other streaming platforms, such as Apple Music, which offers you five months absolutely free through Walmart+.

Peacock Premium itself has a huge amount of content to choose from, including NBC shows such as The Office, Parks and Recreation, and 30 Rock, as well as new shows Poker Face, All Her Fault, and The Paper. It's near endless entertainment for free. 

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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you love putting things together.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections?

The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for December 4, 2025 Here's a hint for today's Connections categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: To snuggle

• Green: To scarf down

• Blue: They need to be built

• Purple: Noses

Here are today's Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Cuddle

• Green: Imbibe

• Blue: Things you assemble

• Purple: Snouts

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections #907 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Cuddle: DRAW CLOSE, HOLD TIGHT, NUZZLE, SPOON

• Imbibe: GUZZLE, KNOCK BACK, POUND DOWN, SWILL

• Things you assemble: IKEA FURNITURE, LEGO SET, MODEL, PUZZLE

• Snouts: BEAK, MUZZLE, PROBOSCIS, ROSTRUM

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for December 4, 2025

Are you also playing NYT Strands? Get all the Strands hints you need for today's puzzle.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Connections.

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're always in charge.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for December 4, 2025 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for December 4, 2025 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: In the driver's seat

The words are related to personality traits.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe an authoritative figure.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Like A Boss.

NYT Strands word list for December 4

• Like A Boss

• Confident

• Secure

• Assured

• Bold

• Cool

• Assertive

Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Strands.

Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you love flowers.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for December 4, 2025 Where did Wordle come from?

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for December 4, 2025 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

A bright-colored flower.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

There are no recurring letters.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter T.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...

Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today's Wordle is...

TULIP

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for December 4, 2025

Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Wordle.

Tonight's moon is a special one, it's not just a full moon, it's a supermoon. A supermoon is just a full moon that looks bigger and brighter because the Moon is a bit closer to Earth than usual, so the Moon may look a little clearer and you might find it slightly easier to spot some of its surface features tonight.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Thursday, Dec. 4, the moon phase is Full Moon. This means 100% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

If you're looking up with just your naked eye, there's lots to see, in particular the Vaporum, Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis Mares. With binoculars you'll also be able to spy the Alps Mountains, Clavius Crater and the Mare Humorum. And with a telescope, you can catch a glimpse of the Apollo 15 and 17 landing spots as well as the Fra Mauro Highlands.

When is the next full moon?

The next full moon will be on Jan. 3.

What are moon phases?

NASA explains that the lunar cycle (which is about 29.5 days long) is made up of the Moon’s phases, which describe how the Moon looks from Earth as it travels around us. We view the same side of the Moon at all times, but the sunlight hitting its surface shifts as it moves through its orbit. That changing illumination is what makes the Moon appear full, half-lit, or not visible at all. The cycle includes eight distinct phases:

New Moon - The moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it's invisible to the eye).

Waxing Crescent - A small sliver of light appears on the right side (Northern Hemisphere).

First Quarter - Half of the moon is lit on the right side. It looks like a half-moon.

Waxing Gibbous - More than half is lit up, but it’s not quite full yet.

Full Moon - The whole face of the moon is illuminated and fully visible.

Waning Gibbous - The moon starts losing light on the right side. (Northern Hemisphere)

Third Quarter (or Last Quarter) - Another half-moon, but now the left side is lit.

Waning Crescent - A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before going dark again.

A visibly pregnant woman stands in the middle of a bright, modern kitchen, rubbing her belly and speaking to someone on the other end of a phone. The phone screen turns. It's a video call. And it's not just anyone, but her mom, wearing a bright sweater and giving advice.

Ten months later, grandma is telling the toddler a bedtime story. She's wearing the same sweater from before. Ten years go by, the preteen is telling grandma about his day at school. We see that red sweater again. Hm. The grandson is 30 now, he's about to be a dad. Grandma hasn't aged a day.

The scene is an advertisement, selling you the services of 2wai, an app currently in beta that turns a short video clip into an AI-powered avatar. They're one of many companies trying to win people over into creating AI versions of themselves to be used after they die. 

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No longer is the fear of deepfakes and AI-powered legacy projects (frequently called resurrections or "deadbots") the sole worry of famous celebrities. It is here, for the average person, in the hands of your family and friends. 

So what if you don't want a synthetic version of yourself giving advice to your ancestors in perpetuity? Or your AI replica being used in advertisements, art, or by corporations who have access to your data?

It's still uncharted territory, but you have options to ensure your digital likeness stays offline. And there's many reasons, not just legal or financial, why you might want to do it. Here's how.

SEE ALSO: 'Alien: Romulus's biggest cameo is its greatest error Start thinking about AI before you die

There's one thing that needs to be stated right off the bat: Everyone should be planning for their death. 

"We invest so much time and consideration into milestones like weddings and having children, but very little thought is given to how we want to live our final months and years," said Sarah Chavez. Chavez is the director of Order of the Good Death, a global network of advocates and professionals working to reframe death and dying. 

So alright, you know you need to make sure your digital ducks are in order before you get too old. But do you really need to think about AI, deepfakes, and digital likenesses, of all things?   

If you had asked Chavez this question a year ago, she would have had an entirely different response. That's rapidly changed. "AI has become so prominent in our everyday lives, not just professionally and personally," Chavez explained. "We’re also starting to see the dead used in a way that can have legal and social impact, too." She points to a case of Chris Pelkey, a victim of a road rage incident whose voice was resurrected by his family to give his own victim's statement. Chavez recalls the viral Shotline project, too, which used AI audio deepfakes of gun violence victims to urge politicians to pass common sense gun reform legislation. Similar tech was used to create an AI likeness of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver. 

There's a high degree of risk associated with allowing digital versions of yourself to exist online, with no parameters. Could your digital likeness be used as a tool for scammers, for example, to con your family and friends or even strangers? What about the legal and social ramifications of a chatbot created in your image, one that may become embroiled in the same courtroom battles currently faced by ChatGPT and others. Another big question: What about your personal data privacy? Are you okay with your loved ones providing a tech company or AI developer with the mass amount of data needed to personalize an AI version of you?

"It's important to remember that these tools are created by for-profit tech companies, which raises a number of concerns about ownership of that data and how it will be used," warns Chavez. 

Regular people, not just celebrities or those who become headlines, are seeing the fallout of unhampered access to generative AI, like targeted scams and growing misinformation. Just a handful of bullet points in your will could decide whether your digital legacy is mired in the same controversies. If there was ever a time to start planning for the end of your life, it's now. 

First task: Take a digital asset inventory. AI, your death, and the law 

Cody Barbo, the founder of digital estate planning tool Trust & Will, suggests people use estate planning to better control their digital footprint. The service is like TurboTax but for writing a will, and he says he built it to help regular people who may be avoiding the conversation completely. It's also a way to bring tech into an industry that has been slow to adopt, even as AI poses huge security and estate questions. 

"Over the past decade, end-of-life planning regarding tech has primarily focused on encouraging people to include information about what they want done with their cell phone, email accounts, and social media platforms, and making sure they’ve provided passwords and login information for their accounts," Chavez explained. With AI an emerging and yet dominant tech, the industry needs to catch up. 

"We're just at the entry point," Barbo said. "We're dipping our toes in the water of what an AI version of ourselves could look like. [But] we want people to know that you can be in control."

How does that work in practice? "The challenge with trying to protect something that is so new, that is so innovative, is that there's no legislation to help you," explained Solomon Adote, the chief information security officer of The Estate Registry and former Chief Security Officer for the state of Delaware. "Some states say you cannot violate certain privacy protections, but nothing that explicitly says that you cannot abuse this person's likeness, image, or other aspects of their representation." In the background, a patchwork of state laws are trying to address these concerns through extended privacy laws, which would better protect your digital assets, including data privacy, after you die.

For now, individuals have to turn to proactive estate planning. 

What are you trying to protect?

First task: Take a digital asset inventory. This involves surveying and noting all your digital accounts, log-ins, and data, like social media pages, bank log-ins, but also Cloud-based drives, or even text messages or DMs. This also includes defining exactly what your digital likeness includes — is it just depictions of you as an adult? Does it include your voice and physical mannerisms? What version of yourself can or cannot be turned into AI?

Some people may want to solicit the services of a digital identity trust, Adote said, which can help manage your online identity and intellectual property. 

Who will help you protect it?

Next: Assign a digital fiduciary and know the (albeit limited) law. This is a person (or persons) who is given designated access to your digital assets, including online accounts. You can grant permission to just specific assets or entirely limit access through both your will and fiduciary. You can also provide them with guidance for your digital likeness, which is in itself a digital asset, Adote explained.

The boundaries of digital fiduciaries are covered under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA), which has not been passed by every state. Under this law, a person assigned as a digital fiduciary can legally provide or gain access to someone's online accounts after death or even incapacitation. But only trustee executors can access the content of said accounts, and only if the person who died consented. Tech companies, like Google and Meta, also operate under RUFADAA (that's why we have things like Facebook legacy accounts and contacts now). If you don't assign a fiduciary, your accounts default to the tech company's Terms of Service. 

What will you allow and who will benefit?

Once you've assigned a fiduciary, you need to have a direct conversation with them about what they should and should not allow. With your "explicitly written and validated position" on AI use, Adote said, fiduciaries can more easily take legal action, like issuing cease and desist orders on intellectual property.

You can, quite simply, write that you do not consent to someone creating an AI-generated likeliness of yourself in your will, said experts.

You may want to phrase this as "living on in AI-form" or the "publication of an AI-generated, synthetic version" of yourself. You may also want to be clear about data usage: I do not consent to the use of my personal data to create an AI-powered digital likeness of myself. Adote suggests your will should show clear intent, with phrasing like "I do not authorize my image or likeness to be used in any way, form, or fashion."

Go over these with an estate attorney, as everyone's situation and end of life needs are different — and state laws vary. 

You can also stipulate very precise cases for how your digital likeness can be used, if it's not a hard no. But be conservative and narrow with this language, other experts suggested. Write down, for example, exactly who is allowed to use or release it, just as you would with other assets or accounts. List any explicit charities or companies that are allowed to use your likeness, as well. 

Think deeply about what the end is for you. - Emma Payne, Help Texts

If your likeness is in any way attached to your livelihood — that includes influencers — be clear about potential financial gain that could be generated from a personal AI, and decide where that money will go. 

These directives should be expressly written down in your will or another document that is accessible after you die. It comes down to just a few, clear bullet points, experts say. 

AI, grief, and memory

There's a few, non-legal things to consider, too, especially if you are raring to live on in AI form. What are your values, and what is best for those who will miss you? 

You may have ethical concerns about the use of AI — like its environmental impact or the political and financial motives held by its developers — and you'll want to account for those at the end of your life too, said Chavez. 

Or maybe you want to curb any general use of your digital likeness, but still leave room for a digital version of yourself to be used by your family, for example. Consider what that entails. "While a griefbot can be trained with your own writing, and voice, it’s still selective or biased data used to create an inauthentic version of the deceased," said Chavez, who also warns that prolonged interactions with the AI version of a person may fundamentally change the way they are perceived and remembered. 

Emma Payne is a bereavement researcher and the founder of Help Texts, a text-based grief support subscription service. Payne is concerned not just with the typical ways that AI has infiltrated posthumous legacies, like AI deepfakes and chatbots programmed to mimic your loved ones, but also how technology is encroaching upon our social relationships. To her, memory matters. But imitation is an entirely different thing. 

"End of life is a deeply human time and a massive opportunity for human connection and caring. So pushing it out, and trying to say that it's not the end, worries me. Think deeply about what the end is for you," Payne recommends. "By trying to extend or mitigate or transform that experience, knowing that you're in the most human of times, are you helping the people you leave behind or are you actually hurting them?"

Take the recent words of Zelda Williams, director and daughter of actor Robin Williams, who took to the internet to decry AI-generated content of her father and other late celebrities: "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to ‘this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that’s enough’, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening… If you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop."

SEE ALSO: Deepfake voice scams are more sophisticated than ever: How to keep your family safe

Bereavement is a complicated process, but there are a few solid truths. First, one must accept the person's death. Second, they need to find appropriate ways to memorialize them. Anything that tries to replace a real person and their memories with a pretend, future version, Payne says, is missing the entire point of healthy grief. 

AI is becoming a bigger player in death, even behind-the-scenes. But even players in the industry that have embraced AI technologies are hesitant to incorporate them fully into the realm of end-of-life planning. Zack Moy is the co-founder of Afterword, a tech company that provides AI-powered infrastructure for funeral planning. Moy says he doesn't build tech-based solutions unless he's sure they'll better the human experience. He'd never replace grief with a bot, for example, but he can use AI to make it easier to execute a person's wishes after death. 

"The vast majority of funeral directors we work with care about what they're doing and deeply care about that family experience, and we followed their example," Moy said. "The technology isn't going to make the suffering any easier. We can't make death not suck." 

As a technological society, we are skirting close to a grief precipice, a social reckoning with death and memory that's been expedited by what is now referred to as "Death Tech." With the rise of generative AI, tech isn't just helping account for digital assets or speeding up funeral planning in order to make the grief of our loved ones a little lighter. It's trying to change our lives post-mortem. Now we must reconcile with how we will be memorialized, mimicked, or even mocked by our very own likenesses at the hand of strangers and loved ones.

"We all have a 'legacy' to consider," said Chavez. "Just as we ask people what a 'good death' looks like for them, we need to ask ourselves what does a good legacy look like? Actions that align with your values and beliefs? Authenticity?" 

Generative AI could have written this introduction, but there's a good chance it would have started hallucinating.

Hallucination, which Google failed to mention in its AI-filled 2025 keynote, led to many, many AI fails in 2025. But it wasn't the only factor. Below, please enjoy our picks for the biggest AI fails from this past year.

Hallucinations hit academia, government, and the law

AI has been making stuff up for some time; hallucinate was the word of the year in 2023 for good reason.

But in 2025, the problem got a lot worse. Google AI Overviews may no longer be telling you to put glue on pizza, but they can also still claim the latest Call of Duty doesn't exist.

SEE ALSO: Google AI overviews: Confident when wrong, yet more visible than ever

And it's not like academics are immune. A study from Deakin University found that ChatGPT fabricated about one in five of its academic citations, while half of its citations contained other error-laden elements of generative AI hallucination.

Such proof of hallucination hasn't stopped politicians, publications, or lawyers. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Health and Human Services Department used AI to cite studies that don't exist. The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer reading list in May full of real authors along with hallucinated book titles.

Meanwhile, lawyers and litigants in 635 cases have used AI hallucinations in their arguments.

The Friend wearable failed fast

The Friend is a wearable device that looks like a large necklace pendant and records all of the audio from around the wearer, sends it to a connected phone app, and uses that data to chat with the user by sending texts in real time.

How incredibly odd, you might think. Could such a device increase our epidemic of isolation and loneliness, which is already being exploited by tech companies?

That didn't stop Friend spending more than $1 million on advertisements on the New York City subway system. Ads hit over 11,000 rail cars, 1,000 platform posters, and 130 urban panels, in one of the largest marketing campaigns in NYC subway history.

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The result? Commuters immediately vandalized it. Criticism was so widespread that the subway ads themselves became Halloween costumes. No wonder reviews of the Friend came with headlines noting "everybody hates it."

Most corporate AI pilots crashed

Across the business world, companies are being told they simply have to start using AI. The problem: they're just not very good at it.

According to a report from MIT’s Media Lab, "The State of AI in Business 2025," 95 percent of corporate AI initiatives fail despite investments that cost those companies somewhere between $30 billion and $40 billion.

"Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot are widely adopted. Over 80 percent of organizations have explored or piloted them, and nearly 40 percent report deployment," the report explains.

"But these tools primarily enhance individual productivity, not P&L performance. Meanwhile, enterprise grade systems, custom or vendor-sold, are being quietly rejected. Sixty percent of organizations evaluated such tools, but only 20 percent reached pilot stage and just 5 percent reached production. Most fail due to brittle workflows, lack of contextual learning, and misalignment with day-to-day operations."

Here's hoping 2026 will hold fewer AI fails.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.