* Streaming * Entertainment * News # For All Mankind will end with season 6 The Apple TV series has been renewed for one more season ahead of the season 5 premiere. The Apple TV series has been renewed for one more season ahead of the season 5 premiere. by Andrew Webster Mar 24, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC Image: Apple [](/authors/andrew-webster) Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. _For All Mankind_ starts streaming again this week, [with its fifth season set to premiere on March 27th](/streaming/864836/for-all-mankind-is-back-in-the-spring). But Apple is also taking this moment to clarify the show’s future — it’s been renewed for a sixth season, which will also be its last. _For All Mankind_ premiered in 2019 as [part of Apple TV’s initial launch lineup](/2019/9/10/20850996/apple-tv-plus-launch-lineup-shows-originals-see-morning-show-for-all-mankind-oprah-dickinson), and the alternate history sci-fi show imagines what would happen if the Soviet Union landed the first crewed mission on the moon, thus setting off a very different space race. While the story began in 1969, each season jumps ahead several years, and when season 5 kicks off it’ll be set in the 2010s on a Mars base called Happy Valley. Here’s the official logline: > Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system. But with the nations of Earth now demanding law and order on the Red Planet, friction continues to build between the people who live on Mars and their former home. While the main _For All Mankind_ story will end with season 6, the story is expanding with a spinoff. [A new series called _Star City_ will premiere on May 29th](/streaming/885181/take-me-down-to-the-star-city) — the same day that season 5 wraps up — telling the story from the Soviet point of view. _For All Mankind_ helped kick off what turned out to be [a fruitful few years for sci-fi shows on Apple TV](/24150193/apple-tv-plus-sci-fi-streaming-dark-matter-constellation), something that looks to continue with returning series like _[Pluribus](/entertainment/815898/pluribus-apple-tv-vince-gilligan)_ , _[Silo](/2024/12/16/24322429/silo-final-season-apple-tv-plus)_ , _[Murderbot](/news/704047/murderbot-season-2-apple-tv-plus)_ , and _[Sugar](/streaming/870721/sugar-season-2-apple-tv-date)_ , as well as new shows including an adaptation of William Gibson’s _[Neuromancer](/streaming-wars/695592/the-sky-above-the-production-was-the-color-of-television)_. The news also comes at a time when[ Apple TV is undergoing a number of changes in an attempt to reach a bigger audience](/column/825282/apple-tv-streaming-grow-audience), which included [a rebrand last year](/news/798857/apple-tv-plus-rebrand-streaming-service) and [continued forays into live sports like Formula 1](/news/801597/apple-tv-f1-exclusive-sports-racing-streaming). Back in February, [Apple detailed a big list of new streaming projects coming to the service this year](/streaming/873862/apple-tv-2026-streaming-lineup). **Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. * Andrew Webster * Apple * Entertainment * News * Streaming * Tech * TV Shows