How Apple TV+'s Best New Sci-Fi Show Blends 3 Genres At Once
Ryan Britt
created: May 25, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: May 30, 2025, 2:57 p.m.
If you only glanced at the title of Apple TV+’s new sci-fi series Murderbot, you might think you were dealing with some kind of true-crime procedural in space.
In fact, speaking to the cast of Murderbot, you might think the show was actually a sitcom, rather than a full-blown Apple prestige drama.
Apple TV+“It kind of oscillates between the very hard funny and the very sci-fi action thriller elements,” Sabrina Wu, who plays Pin-Lee adds.
Apple TV+“I've gotten to work on some really cool genre pieces in science fiction, superhero, and horror.
This is the lives of these people in the future at this moment.”Murderbot drops new episodes on Apple TV+ on Fridays.
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