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Apple TV sets release date for Stillwater’s fifth season 77%

By Marcus Mendes29%

7/16/2026, 3:55:20 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 37.8% saturation with 126 hits. Analysis detected 465 faulty-reasoning hits from 333 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 68.2% and a BS Rank of 77% (5,202 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 76.20% of the article peer group.

Apple TV announced today that its Peabody and Emmy Award-winning mindfulness series Stillwater will return next month for a new season. 
Here are the details. 
Stillwater’s new season premieres August 21 
Almost exactly one year ago, Apple TV premiered Stillwater’s fourth season after a two-year hiatus following its previous 10-episode run. 
Today, the platform announced that five new episodes will premiere on August 21, featuring more “breathing exercises, mindful moments and simple everyday practices” designed to help kids and families find their inner calm. 
Here’s Apple TV on Stillwater: 
“Stillwater” follows a wise panda who teaches three young siblings about the world and each other. 
The series centers on siblings Karl (Judah Mackey), Addy (Eva Ariel Binder) and Michael (Tucker Chandler), who encounter everyday challenges  big and small  which sometimes feel insurmountable. 
Fortunately for these three, they have Stillwater (James Sie), a wise panda, as their next-door neighbor. 
Through his example, stories and gentle humor, Stillwater teaches the children the concept of mindfulness, while offering them a deeper understanding of their feelings as well as tools that help them face their own day-to-day challenges. 
Since premiering in 2020, Stillwater has won a Peabody Award for Child and Youth Programming, a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program, and a Children’s & Family Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program. 
The show is based on Jon J Muth’s bestselling Scholastic “Zen” book series. 
Watch the trailer for Stillwater: 
Watch Stillwater on Apple TV 
Apple TV is available for $12.99 per month or as part of the Apple One bundle. 
It features hit TV shows and movies like Severance, The Studio, The Morning Show, Shrinking and Silo. 
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333 words analyzed.

Speakers

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Apple TV

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Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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