OK, it’s July, and we’re well past the mid-way part of the year, so it’s time for a slightly belated Best TV Shows Of The Year… So Far, piece, and yes, the Emmy announcements just hit, so we’re slightly behind, but you should also check out that nomination list here.

TV in 2024 has had some highs and lows. Some highly anticipated series, like “Sugar” with Colin Farrell, “The Veil” with Elisabeth Moss, and “The Big Cigar” with Andre Holland, underwhelmed not only us but also many critics (not to mention Lucasfilm’s “The Acolyte,” a mixed bag effort).

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In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host, Mike DeAngelo, returns to the multiverse of “Dark Matter.” The first season finale is now available to stream on Apple TV+. The series is based on the Blake Crouch book of the same name and follows a college professor who is abducted into an alternate universe and has to fight his way back to his old life and real family.

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Earlier this spring, we talked to Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly about their excellent Apple TV+ sci-fi series “Dark Matter” for our Bingeworthy podcast; it’s a darker, more adult consideration of the multiverse-type stories that have dominated comic book movies of late. “Dark Matter” is anything but a comic book movie and centers on a doppelgänger physicist from another universe who abducts his other self in order to be with the woman he missed his chance to be with.

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In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo ventures into another universe to discuss “Dark Matter.” The Apple TV+ series is based on the Blake Crouch book of the same name and follows a college professor who is abducted into an alternate universe and has to fight his way back to his old life and real family. The show stars Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, and more.

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While it’s a big month for new films, television is seeing a slightly slower release schedule. Despite this, there are some major returns and debuts to anticipate, with the much-delayed return of “Hacks” kicking things off. As is the case these days, it’s a big month for streaming series, with new science-fiction shows coming to Apple TV+ while Disney+ gets to host two major franchises. 

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Cult favorites such as “Interview with a Vampire” and “We Are Lady Parts” both make their return.

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Multiverse narratives are all the rage these days, especially within the comic book movie genre, where there’s always a convenient excuse for nostalgia grabs and time-folding mash-ups where three different actors who have played the superhero can turn up in the same universe together side by side for the first time. But what about a consideration of the multiverse for adults and a deeper, darker contemplation about regrets, choices made that irrevocably shaped our lives, and the haunting aspects of the roads not taken?

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The multiverse has infinite realities is a tagline that would probably fit snugly within a Marvel movie. But the same ideas apply and work perfectly well within the confines of the more adult drama, “Dark Matter,” a new sci-fi mindbender from Apple TV+.

Today, Apple unveiled the trailer for its new sci-fi thriller series starring Joel Edgerton alongside Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi, and Oakes Fegley.

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It’s that time of year: streamers and cable networks flex their wares and tease their years. Netflix and Prime Video have already done their big 2024 pushes, and today, at the 2024 Winter Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour, it was Apple TV+’s turn. The streamer offered a glimpse at the new, original, and returning hit series that will premiere globally in spring/summer 2024.

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Coming up this year, Apple TV+ will expand its slate of originals with anticipated new series, including “Sugar,” with Colin Farrell from writer Mark Protosevich and filmmaker Fernando Meirelles; “Dark Matter” starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly; David E.

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Australian actor Joel Edgerton will be seen reprising the role of “Star Wars” character Uncle Owen in Lucasfilm’s upcoming “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series starring Ewan McGregor as the iconic Jedi. Edgerton had a supporting role in David Lowery‘s fantastic film “The Green Knight,” and now he’s continuing his recent trend of tackling genre projects with plans to make another streaming series.

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There are some directors who will get work in Hollywood no matter what, and even though he’s coming off a string of flops and disappointments — “White House Down,” “Stonewall,” “Independence Day: Resurgence” — Roland Emmerich is one of those people. And Sony is ready to give him the keys to another movie.

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The filmmaker is in early talks to direct the sci-fi thriller “Dark Matter,” which is based on the book by “Wayward Pines” author Blake Crouch.

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