How many episodes are in Star City?

Star City has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does Star City premiere?

Star City premieres on 2026-05-29.

Is Star City a new series?

Star City is a new series (Season 1).

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Star City(2026)

Also known as La Cité des étoiles

Archived · Apple TV

8 eps

S01

DramaWar & PoliticsScience FictionThriller

ON AIR: MAY 29Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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Star City follows Soviet cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers as they push toward the moon under conditions where scientific progress and state suspicion run on the same timetable. The pacing is procedural rather than spectacular, finding its drama in institutional pressure, ideological obligation, and the specific human cost of a program measured in lives as much as launches.

Intelligence officers and engineers share the same corridors here, and their conflicting agendas give the workplace a constant low friction that never quite resolves. Loyalty is tested not through grand betrayals but through smaller, costlier choices, the kind that accumulate across a season until the personal consequences feel as heavy as the political ones.

Best for

cold war espionage, space race drama and Drama

Story lane

Drama and War & Politics

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

Apple TV

Official Premise

Soviet cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers risk everything in an ambitious space program aiming to be the first to reach the moon.

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The Undeclared War

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Strongest Match

The Undeclared War keeps the same cold, high-pressure feel as Star City, with tension built from surveillance, secrecy, and technical problem-solving. Cyber sabotage and election interference unfold through tense briefings and coded clues, where every misstep costs careers and trust, and the pace stays tight and procedural.

Betrayal

ITVX • Feb 8, 2026

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When an assassination links a veteran MI5 agent to a conspiracy, he races to find the truth and protect his career, his marriage, and his country.

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Why this pick

Betrayal delivers the same spycraft tension as Star City, where loyalty gets tested by constant suspicion and personal fallout. A veteran operative’s marriage and workplace credibility collapse under scrutiny, and the story tightens around quiet, nerve-wracking moments instead of big action, making it more intimate and claustrophobic.

Silo

Apple TV • Jul 3, 2026

DramaMystery

In a bleak dystopian future, humanity clings to survival deep underground within the confines of a colossal silo. Juliette, an engineer tasked with unraveling the mystery behind the death of a colleague, uncovers startling secrets that threaten the very fabric of their enclosed world. Based on the novel "Wool" by Hugh Howey.

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Why this pick

Silo shares Star City’s taste for institutional secrets and dangerous curiosity, with characters pushing past official answers under relentless control. The slow, methodical investigation and confined-world paranoia create steady dread, and the danger feels more existential and enclosed than the broader Cold War race atmosphere.

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