Apple TV's Sensational Spy Series Is on a 630-Day Streaming Streak

Last week was particularly packed for fans of long-form storytelling on the small screen. Prime Video's Reacher concluded its acclaimed fourth season and passed the franchise's baton to Neagley, which has also received positive reviews. On Paramount+, Guy Ritchie returned with the second season of his blockbuster crime drama series MobLand, only a few days after his Netflix series The Gentlemen also returned with a second season. Speaking of Netflix, Ryan Murphy's controversial Monster anthology series debuted its fourth installment, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story. However, the best-reviewed and longest-running title of the lot returned on Apple TV to unanimous praise and instant success.

The series in question premiered in 2022 and has now aired six seasons. The latest installment marked the first time that series creator Will Smith hadn't been involved. He backed out of continuing the series last year, citing burnout and difficulties in keeping up with the intense demands of the production. Smith had, after all, been maintaining an exceptional standard of quality over his five seasons in charge of the show. Somewhat surprisingly, the show didn't suffer a creative decline upon returning last week. In fact, it delivered its best-reviewed season ever. It also received a much-needed publicity boost in the run-up to release because of the attention being paid to one of its stars, Jack Lowden, who is a frontrunner for the role of James Bond.

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We're talking, of course, about Slow Horses, the acclaimed spy series based on the novels by Mick Herron and starring Gary Oldman. The show's sixth season has now been "Certified Fresh" on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with a perfect 100% score. In her review of the latest season, Collider's Carly Lane wrote, "Season 6 feels like the most serialized installment of Slow Horses so far, one that is inextricably connected to some of the show's biggest moments to date." According to FlixPatrol, Slow Horses is on a 630-day streak on the domestic Apple TV charts, ranking among the platform's most resilient hits and setting the benchmark for newer titles such as Pluribus and Widow's Bay.