Apple TV Plus cancels another show, but unlike Disney it won’t stop you watching it

Danny Cage’s wrestlers are grappling with the news that there won’t be a season two

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The streaming wars have claimed another victim:Apple TV Pluswon’t be renewingMonster Factoryfor a second season. According to the wrestling school’s owner and coach Danny Cage: “everyone who watchesMonster Factory onAppleTV loves it! Problem is not enough watch it.

“Those are the breaks. No season two… Thanks to everyone who helped out & supported us. But unless some real cosmic shit goes down it’s much like my honeymoon. One and done!,” he added.

Cage isn’t exaggerating about the viewership interest on one of thebest streaming serviceseither.Monster Factoryhas a mighty 95% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, 7.3 on IMDb and lots of good reviews.Vulturecalled it “an unexpected superhero story”. Going on to say: “you don’t have to like sports or even wrestling to appreciate what these students are chasing, you just have to be someone who understands what it’s like to dream of a life bigger than the one you have.”

The factory is closing but you can still stream it

There is some good news here, which is that Apple isn’t doing aDisney Plusand removing the show from its streaming platform completely. We reported on howDisney Plus and Hulu are about to remove tons of showsin May and that hasn’t slowed down recently either, withDisney Plus' recent movie Craterbeing booted off. If you haven’t already caught theMonster Factory, you can still watch the entire first season on Apple TV Plus.

And if you have? There’s still lots of other good sports documentaries and dramas available to stream, most of them on Netflix – here are6 more sports docs to stream now. Out of those series,Last Chance Uhas a lot in common withMonster Factory, although here the sport is NFL rather than wrestling, andThe Last Danceis a powerful miniseries about the rise of Michael Jordan.Formula 1: Drive To Surviveoffers five seasons of intense racing and equally intense behind the scenes drama, whileSenna(which is on Now TV/Stan) offers unparalleled access to private home videos and TV appearances by the late driving legend.

And then there’sWelcome To Wrexham(which is streaming onHuluand Disney Plus), which is a genuine gem of a show. It’s the story of how Hollywood A-listers Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney ended up buying a relatively small Welsh football club, and it’s a wonderful, heart-warming thing. And unlikeMonster Factory,it attracted enough viewers to keep the accountants happy, with Disney and Hulu renewing it for a second season.

Still looking for more to watch? Check out our list of thebest Apple TV showsandApple TV moviesfor more of our top picks.

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

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