One of the Highest-Rated Sci-Fi Shows Just Made a Rare Streaming Move

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Karolina Wydra outdoors, smiling slightly while glancing to the side in Pluribus Episode 2.

Published Feb 16, 2026, 9:41 AM EST

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In recent years, Apple TV has established itself as the premier hub for long-form sci-fi content, with Severance leading the pack and emerging as a platform-defining hit. Apple entered the streaming wars relatively late and made the unusual choice to rely entirely on original programming to build a subscriber base to challenge Netflix and Prime Video. It has since developed a reputation for being filmmaker-focused and spending handsomely on projects that demand a large investment. The strategy appears to be paying off slowly but steadily, with Severance doing well not only with audiences but also delivering major success during the awards season. The show returned for a long-awaited second season last year, but Apple now has another sci-fi series that it can take pride in, a series that recently passed a monumental milestone on streaming.

Alongside Severance, which consistently ranks among the best shows of the decade, Apple has released fellow sci-fi hits such as Foundation, Invasion, and Silo. Each show has its own devoted audience, with old favorites such as Ted Lasso, Shrinking, and Slow Horses doing the heavy lifting with entirely different demographics. Apple's latest sci-fi hit arrived following major buzz; it was, after all, the latest original show from Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad and its equally beloved prequel, Better Call Saul. Gilligan had set a high benchmark for himself, and he not only met it but surpassed it in many ways with Pluribus.

Here's the Milestone that 'Pluribus' Recently Passed

The show debuted with a nine-episode first season last November. It received widespread acclaim for its high-concept premise and for Rhea Seehorn's central performance as a woman who is seemingly immune to a virus that has swept the world. She won a Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award for her performance, while the show itself was nominated for the Saturn Awards and Satellite Awards. It holds a near-perfect 98% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics' consensus reads, "Genuinely original science-fiction fare from television veteran Vince Gilligan, Pluribus leads Rhea Seehorn through a brave new world with plentiful returns." According to FlixPatrol, Pluribus has now spent over 100 days on the domestic Apple viewership chart. You can watch the show at home. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.