season 4 of slow horses remained at the top of the rating company’s popularity chart for the second week. This darkly funny espionage drama starring Gary Oldman follows a team of British intelligence agents who have made career-ending mistakes and yet somehow always find themselves at the center of the action. New episodes air every Wednesday on Apple TV+.
Plus, Apple’s crime comedy bad monkey starring Vince Vaughn also maintained its popularity.
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slow horses The fourth season continues the streaming success of the spy thriller.
The Cold War made spy versus spy novels a popular genre. The demise of the Soviet Union didn’t make these thrillers any less exciting, especially when they are as well-written as the books in Mick Herron’s “Slough House” series. Apple TV+ adapted them into a long-running show that won awards and a devoted audience.
slow horses season 4 comes directly from ghost streettthe fourth novel in the Herron series. Each season has more or less brilliantly adapted one of Herron’s books. And Apple TV+ now gave the green light to a fifth seasonwhich will be an adaptation of the fifth novel, London rules.
The new season premiered earlier this month and analysts at Just look placed the show at #1 on its list of the top 10 streaming TV shows from September 9 to 15, then continued at the top for another week: September 16 to 22. Ranked #6 in rival rating company Reelgood’s List of the 10 Best TV Shows streaming from September 19 to 25.
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The estimates from the companies JustWatch and Reelgood are necessary because streaming services rarely reveal how many people tune in to their offerings.
If this popularity interests you, the Apple TV+ season 4 summary says:
slow horses is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents serving in an MI5 dump department unaffectionately known as Slough House. Season four begins with a bombing that unleashes personal secrets, shaking the already shaky foundations of Slough House.
The stars of the Emmy-nominated series Gary Oldman as MI5’s irascible Slough House section chief, Jackson Lamb. Some makeup artist deserves major awards for making Oldman look like the poster boy for decades of alcohol, tobacco, greasy food, stress and book betrayal.
The first four episodes of season 4 are now ready to air, and a new one will arrive on Wednesday. Anyone who wants to catch up or watch a high-quality show can stream the first three seasonsall of which have a certified freshness score in rotten tomatoes. AND slow horses The third season won an Emmy.
Vince Vaughn bad monkey continues to attract large audiences
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Crime comedy bad monkey Starring Vince Vaughn, it spent another week on the list of most popular shows on streaming. The Apple TV+ show follows a former detective turned restaurant inspector who solves a strange murder in hopes of getting his old job back.
Vaughn’s unusual premise and star power have kept the series in front of viewers. On JustWatch’s most recent streaming popularity list, the series sits at No. 10. It debuted at No. 1 a few weeks ago.
Apple TV+ says about its comedy:
“Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Carl Hiaasen and enduring cult favorite, bad monkey tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), who has been kicked out of the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he’ll get back in. You just need to get over a hoard of Florida weirdos and one mean monkey.
The first eight episodes of bad monkey It can be seen now and the penultimate one appears this week. New episodes air on successive Wednesdays until October 9.
Watch these and more on Apple TV+
Transmission slow horses, bad monkeyIn addition to many other series or movies, it comes with an Apple TV+ subscription. The service costs $9.99 per month with a seven-day free trial. You can also get it through any level of the Apple One subscription package.
And Apple’s streaming video service also includes much more, of course. There is a library of theater, comedies, musicals, children’s shows, nature documentaries, etc.
