Apple TV Renews For All Mankind for Final Season

Apple TV has renewed its acclaimed alternate-history space drama "For All Mankind" for a sixth and final season, allowing creators to conclude the series as originally envisioned. The announcement arrives days before the fifth season premieres on March 27, with the spinoff "Star City" set to debut the same day as the season finale on May 29.

The renewal ensures the show, which launched on November 1, 2019, as one of Apple TV's inaugural originals, will span six seasons. This places it among the streamer's longest-running adult dramas, tying with "The Morning Show" by premiere date and trailing only "Slow Horses," renewed through a seventh season. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, "For All Mankind" explores a timeline where the Soviet Union achieved the first crewed Moon landing in 1969, igniting a prolonged space race that accelerates technological and social advancements.

Season 5 picks up in the 2010s, years after a pivotal asteroid heist involving the Goldilocks asteroid. In this narrative, the Mars colony Happy Valley has expanded into a bustling settlement of thousands, serving as a launchpad for deeper solar system exploration. However, escalating tensions arise as...