Sigmund and Devon highlight new Apple Original series Government Cheese, discuss streaming series cancellations in light of recent Mythic Quest news, and recap the second season of Surface.

Pre-Roll

• Blackmagic Design's New Cine Immersive Camera for the Vision Pro - Process Demo
• Devon’s Appearance on the Vision Pros Podcast

Highlight

• Government Cheese

Apple TV News

• Google TV remotes are getting a ‘Free TV’ button | The Verge

Trailer Talk

• Long Way Home
• Murderbot

Apple Original News

• Summer Preview 2025 | The Studio, Chief of War & More
• Special Offer: 3 Months of Apple TV+ for $2.99/Month

Streaming Cancellations

• ‘Mythic Quest’ to End After Four Seasons, Apple TV+ to Air Updated Finale Episode With New Ending | Variety
• Central Park
• Little Voice
• Freaks and Geeks
• Girl Meets World

Releases

• Jane

Extras

• Ice Diver Ant Williams Talks Apple Immersive Video on Voices of VR Podcast

Recap

• Surface

TV App Highlights

• Captain America: Brave New World
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
• Magazine Dreams
• Grand Tour
• Ash
• Wrestlemania

Up Next

• The Rehearsal
• Star Wars: Andor

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Sigmund and Devon highlight Your Friends & Neighbors starring Jon Hamm, share early highlights from Blackmagic Design at NAB 2025, and recap their immersive VIP tours of Yankee Stadium.

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Pre-Roll: Nintendo Switch 2

• NPC: Next Portable Console

Highlight

• Your Friends & Neighbors

Blackmagic Design at NAB 2025

• NAB 2025 Update | Blackmagic Design
• ‎Apple Immersive Video Utility

Trailer Talk

• Jane
• WondLa — Season 2
• Fountain of Youth

Apple Original News

• First Look at Muderbot
• Emmys: Apple TV+ Sets FYC House at Hollywood Athletic Club | THR

Extras

• One Free Month of MLS Season Pass
• Severance — Inside the Lumon Event at Bell Works
• Mythic Quest — Season 4 Blooper Reel
• Dope Thief — Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura Play Dope or Nope
• BE@RBRICK — Sing and Dance Along Compilation
• How the driving sequences for the 'F1' movie were shot

Recap

• VIP: Yankee Stadium

TV App Highlights

• The Bondsman
• Mid-Century Modern
• Mickey 17
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
• Black Mirror
• Gremlins: The Wild Batch
• Captain America: Brave New World
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Up Next

• Hacks
• The Last of Us

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Sigmund and Devon highlight new Apple Original anthology series Side Quest and recap the recently wrapped season of its parent series Mythic Quest.

Highlight

• Side Quest

Streaming TV Boxes

• Who’s the laggard? Comparing TV streamer boxes | Six Colors

Apple Original News

• First Look at WondLa Season Two
• First Look at Chief of War

Releases

• VIP: Yankee Stadium
• ‎Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE
• ‎SpaceInvaders InfinityGene EVO
• ‎puffies.
• ‎RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+
• ‎The Game of Life 2+
• ‎Sesame Street Mecha Builders+

Extras

• The Studio — The Oner
• Severance: Season 2 Original Soundtrack
• Music To Refine To: A Remix Companion to Severance | Odezsa
• Music To Refine To: A Remix Companion to Severance on Vinyl
• Severance — Inside the Balloon Installation in London
• Behind the Mac: Editing Severance
• How the mind-splitting world of Severance comes together on Mac
• The Making of 'Someday,' a film by Spike Jonze

Recap

• Mythic Quest

TV App Highlights

• Black Bag
• Opus
• The Colors Within
• Paddington in Peru
• Becoming Led Zeppelin
• The Monkey
• Game Changer
• The Handmaid's Tale

Up Next

• The Residence
• Dying for Sex

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Sigmund and Devon highlight the premiere of Seth Rogan-led Apple Original comedy The Studio and recap the captivating second season of Severance.

Pre-Roll

• WWDC 2025 Scheduled for June 9-13 Along with Special Event at Apple Park

Highlight

• The Studio

Apple Streaming Losses

• Apple is Losing Over $1 Billion a Year on Streaming Service | The Information
• Report: TV+ Losing $1 Billion Annually as Apple Services Falter | MacRumors
• Apple TV+ is losing $1 billion every year, per report | 9to5Mac

Apple TV News

• AirPods Max to Gain Lossless and Low Latency Audio Support Over USB-C Next Month

Trailer Talk

• Carême

Apple Original News

• First Look at Echo Valley

Releases

• Side Quest
• Number One on the Call Sheet
• Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series
• Friday Night Baseball

Extras

• The Studio — Seth Rogen Reveals the Cast
• Dope Thief — Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura on Their Bromance
• The Gorge — Targeted Questions with Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy
• Severance — Inside the Episode 210: "Cold Harbor"
• The Art of the Perfect Shot

Recap

• Severance
• The Graduate
• Logan's Run
• The 400 Blows

TV App Highlights

• A Complete Unknown
• Queer
• Holland
• Bring Them Down
• MobLand

Up Next

• The Player
• Mufasa: The Lion King

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Sigmund and Death share their experiences rocking out to Metallica in Apple Immersive Video and recap heart-touching Spanish-language comedy/drama Love You to Death.

Highlight

• Apple Immersive: Metallica
• M72 World Tour: Mexico City

Apple TV News

• Disney+ and Hulu for $2.99/Month Four-Month Offer

Trailer Talk

• F1
• F1 Fan First Screenings Exclusively in IMAX
• Fight For Glory: 2024 World Series
• Your Friends & Neighbors

Apple Original News

• First Look at Jane Season 3
• First Look at The Buccaneer Season 2

Releases

• BE@RBRICK
• Big Time

Extras

• Someday by Spike Jonze
• Surface — Above or Below the Surface
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw: My Surface Playlist
• Stephen Colbert Visits Gary Oldman In London To Talk "Slow Horses”
• Severance — Inside the Episode 209: "The After Hours"
• Google Severance Easter Egg
• Jason Sudeikis on New Heights
• The Hans Zimmer Interview | Rick Beato

Recap

• Love You To Death

TV App Highlights

• March Madness on Max
• Exhibiting Forgiveness
• The Outrun
• Wicked
• Sing Sing
• O'Dessa
• Happy Face
• Dark Side of the Ring
• Mickey 17

Up Next

• Good American Family
• Adolescence
• Boiling Point

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Sigmund and Devon highlight the debut of Apple Original drama Dope Thief, share their ideas for how Apple Intelligence could enhance the Apple TV experience, and recap the captivating first season of Prime Target.

Pre-Roll

• Ben Stiller Talks "Severance" with Apple TV's Eddy Cue

Highlight

• Dope Thief

Apple Intelligence on Apple TV

• Apple Delays Siri Personalization

Apple TV News

• Apple Introduces the New MacBook Air
• Apple Reveals New Mac Studio Powered by M4 Max and M3 Ultra
• ‎Abode
• ‎Apple Sports
• ‎F1 TV
• ‎SWIPTV

Trailer Talk

• BE@RBRICK
• The Studio
• Government Cheese
• Apple Immersive: Metallica

Releases

• Apple Immersive: Metallica
• Apple Arcade launches new Katamari and Space Invaders games in April
• ‎Piano Tiles 2+
• ‎Crazy Eights: Card Games+

Extras

• Severance — Lumon Management Program: Enforcing Workplace Wellness
• Severance — Inside the Episode 208: "Sweet Vitriol"
• Making of the Lumon Industries WoeMeter | make3
• Ted Lasso T-Shirts from Homage
• Lars Ulrich & Zane Lowe | SXSW LIVE
• SXSW 2025 in 3D: Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive First Look | Hugh Hou

Recap

• Prime Target

TV App Highlights

• Better Man
• Every Little Thing
• I'm Still Here
• Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
• Moana 2
• The Killer's Game
• Control Freak
• Borderline
• The Electric State

Up Next

• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
• Metallica: Through the Never
• Metallica: Français Pour Une Nuit
• Metallica: S&M

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Sigmund and Devon grade their predictions for the 97th Academy Awards, discuss the process of converting films and shows to 3D, and recap the latest Apple Immersive Video release: Deep Water Solo.

Pre-Roll

• Sigmund’s Oscars Ballot
• Devon’s Oscars Ballot

3D Video Conversion

• Owl3D
• ‎CineUltra
• Epson 6050UB
• Epson 5050UB
• JVC DLA-NZ7

Apple TV News

• Apple Announces the New iPad Air and Base Model iPad
• Apple Reveals New Magic Keyboard for iPad Air
• ‎Channels
• ‎Infuse

Trailer Talk

• Side Quest
• Number One on the Call Sheet

Apple Original News

• ‎Bono: Stories of Surrender
• First Look at Lucky

Extras

• Apple TV+ Black History Month Sizzle Reel
• The Gorge — Whiteboard Q&A with Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy
• Mythic Quest — Who S(AI)d It?
• Severance — Inside the Episode 207: "Chikhai Bardo"
• Directing & Shooting Severance Season 2 with Jessica Lee Gagné | Go Creative Show

Immersive Recap

• Adventure: Deep Water Solo

TV App Highlights

• Heart Eyes
• Picture This
• Rumours
• Reagan
• Chaos: The Manson Murders
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man
• Heretic

Up Next

• Daredevil: Born Again
• The Righteous Gemstones

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Devon and Jonathan highlight the premiere of German-language medical drama Berlin ER and go immersive arctic surfing on Apple Vision Pro.

Guest Co-Host: Jonathan Reed

• Mastodon
• Bluesky

Pre-Roll: Kids’ Screen Time

• ‎Pok Pok Playroom

Highlight

• Berlin ER

tvOS, visionOS, and iOS Betas

• Vision Pro to Gain Apple Intelligence, Spatial Gallery App, and Companion iPhone App
• Recipes Are Coming to Apple’s News+ Service
• Apple Intelligence to Expand to New Languages, the EU, and Vision Pro in April

Releases

• Adventure: Deep Water Solo

Extras

• Severance — Inside the Episode 206: "Attila"
• Getting Severed From Parents’ Car Insurance | State Farm
• Severance — Music To Refine To feat. ODESZA
• Severance x JEOPARDY!
• The Gorge — Friendship Quiz with Miles Teller & Anya Taylor-Joy
• Ten Gorgeous Gorges You Can Actually Visit

Immersive Recap

• Boundless: Arctic Surfing

TV App Highlights

• La Cocina
• A Complete Unknown
• Presence
• Nickel Boys

Up Next

• Conclave
• 50th Monologue – SNL50 (360°)
• Weekend Update: SNL's 50th Anniversary – SNL50 (360°)
• Debbie Downer: Bar – SNL50 (360°)
• Running Point

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Sigmund and Devon check in after the Netflix “bug” that briefly enabled integration with TV app. Then, they highlight the return of Surface, share their thoughts on the Apple TV app coming to Android, and discuss the new iPhone 16e.

Pre-Roll

• Netflix Appears to Be Rolling Out Apple TV App Integration in the U.S.
• Apple and Netflix Must Do Right and Finally Make TV App Peace for Accessibility’s Sake | Steven Aquino

Highlight

• Surface

Main Topic

• Apple TV+ is Now on Android
• Apple’s TV App Launches on the Google Play Store for Android Users
• Apple TV for Android
• iPhone 16e
• Apple Reveals New iPhone 16e with Face ID and 48MP Camera

Apple TV News

• ‎Open: Breathwork + Meditation
• ‎Amazon Prime Video
• ‎Quick Reviews

Trailer Talk

• Dope Thief

Apple Original News

• F1 | Behind the Scenes for 75 Live
• First Look at BE@RBRICK
• First Look at Murderbot
• First Look at Stick

Releases

• Onside: Major League Soccer
• Boundless: Arctic Surfing
• MLS Season Pass

Extras

• Severance — MTRT
• Severance — Lumon Management Program: Boosting Team Morale
• Adam Scott: Severance & Love of Music | Zane Lowe Interview
• Surface — Season 2: An Inside Look
• Surface — Season 2: Phil Dunster as Quinn Huntley
• The Gorge — The Film's Plot in 30 Seconds with Scott Derrickson
• The Gorge — ASMR with Miles Teller & Anya Taylor-Joy
• The Gorge — Emoji Recap with Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy
• After Midnight with Danny Pudi, Jessie Ennis, Ashly Burch

TV App Highlights

• The Brutalist
• Companion
• Dog Man
• The Last Showgirl
• Love Me
• Win or Lose

Up Next

• Captain America: Brave New World
• Grand Theft Hamlet

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Sigmund and Devon highlight this weekend’s debut of Apple Original film The Gorge starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy, discuss Sigmund’s experience of working with Vision Pro on a real TV set, and share their thoughts on the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show headlined by Kendrick Lamar.

Pre-Roll

• Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
• F1 Teaser

Highlight

• The Gorge

Apple Vision Pro on Set

• Blackmagic PYXIS
• ‎Blackmagic Camera
• Tilta Nucleus-M Wireless Lens Control System

Apple TV News

• Powerbeats Pro 2
• ELEGNT: Expressive and Functional Movement Design for Non-Anthropomorphic Robot
• After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box | The Verge
• Aperture Vision Pro Cover
• NBA Tabletop
• Full Movies | Warner Bros. Entertainment on YouTube
• Migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another Apple Account | Apple Support

Apple Original News

• First Look at Carême
• Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs
• Michael Urie and Hannah Einbinder Critics Choice Awards Acceptance Speech

Releases

• Goldie

Extras

• The Studio — DUHPOCALYPSE Official Trailer

TV App Highlights

• Better Man
• Hard Truths
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
• Flow
• Flight Risk
• Waitress: The Musical
• Too Hot to Handle: Germany

Up Next

• The Big Sick
• Heathers
• ‎Prima Immersive

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