For All Mankind is on the verge of returning for viewers with an Apple TV+ subscription soon in the 2026 TV schedule, but the streamer already had some good news and some bad news just days before the Season 5 premiere. The sci-fi series has been renewed early for a sixth season... which will also be the last. The news reminded me of what co-showrunners Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert told me about the challenges of moving forward with the time jumps and coming "to terms."
Time jumps have of course been a regular part of For All Mankind going back to the launch in 2019, after which it would become one of the best Apple TV+ shows to watch. The drama started out in the late ‘60s to set it up as an alternate history show centered on the space race going in a different direction with the Russians beating the Americans to landing on the moon.
