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Published Jan 31, 2026, 9:20 AM EST
Adam Blevins began working in the entertainment industry in 2022 as a Staff Writer for Agents of Fandom, where he progressed to Senior Editor and interviewed talent from Marvel Studios, House of the Dragon, and Planet of the Apes. He joined Collider as a News Author in April 2024, was promoted to a Senior position in December 2024, and has written over 3,000 articles for the site, including exclusives relating to Avengers: Doomsday, The Penguin, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and more. He primarily writes about the latest box office numbers and the hottest movies and TV shows on streaming, while also covering superhero and sci-fi news. He has completed a set visit for The Chosen and even has several months of experience writing Gaming Features at ScreenRant. You can find him on X, LinkedIn, and Muckrack.
Earlier this week, Apple TV finally announced that the long-awaited fifth season of For All Mankind would return on March 27. It had been well over two years since Apple TV had released an episode of its criminally underrated sci-fi show, and fans had begun to question whether it had been stealthily canceled. However, we now know that the show is coming back soon, and fans are rushing back to Apple TV to catch up on everything from the first four seasons — or check it out for the first time. This has led For All Mankind back into the Apple TV global top 10, though it's still trailing Rebecca Ferguson's Silo.
The fifth season of For All Mankind will be set years after the Season 4 finale in the aftermath of the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has since grown into a thriving colony for the first time in its existence, but with the nations of Earth now calling for law and order on the Red Planet, friction builds, and things reach a boiling point between the people of Mars and their former home. Joel Kinnaman, Toby Kebbell, and Edi Gathegi are all returning to star in For All Mankind Season 5, and the show was created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi.
For All Mankind is widely viewed as the sci-fi show that kicked off the renaissance that’s still going on Apple TV to this day. It’s the first big sci-fi show the streamer ever released, and it helped them break into the genre which it’s now best known for. Apple TV has released multiple seasons of some of its most popular shows, like Severance, Foundation, and Invasion, but its latest creation is the most popular of them all.
What Is Apple TV’s Biggest Sci-Fi Show?
The most popular sci-fi show in Apple TV’s history is Pluribus, which comes from Breaking Bad writer Vince Gilligan. The show was easily one of the most anticipated of the year for Apple TV in 2025, and it shattered all of Severance’s records to officially become the most-watched sci-fi series in the platform’s history. Apple TV has confirmed that a second season of Pluribus, starring Rhea Seehorn, is in the works. However, it’s unlikely to be released before the end of 2026.
Check out the first four seasons of For All Mankind on Apple TV, and stay tuned to Collided for more updates and coverage of the fifth season.
Release Date November 1, 2019
Network Apple TV
Directors Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Andrew Stanton, Meera Menon, Dan Liu, Allen Coulter, Craig Zisk, Dennie Gordon, John Dahl, Lukas Ettlin, Wendey Stanzler, Seth Gordon, Sylvain White, Michael Morris, Maja Vrvilo, Sarah Boyd
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