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Updated · tvline.com · Jun 7

Guillermo del Toro Backs Apple TV's 'Widow's Bay' as Series Holds 97% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Updated

Updated · tvline.com · Jun 7

Guillermo del Toro Backs Apple TV's 'Widow's Bay' as Series Holds 97% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Q: Will the 'word of mouth' success of this limited series tempt its creators to pursue a second season?

There is no confirmed sign yet that *Widow’s Bay* will get a second season, even though its breakout reception makes that possibility easier to imagine. What is clear is that the show has become the kind of limited series streamers often reconsider. Guillermo del Toro’s unusually strong endorsement, a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, and reports that it has become a summer word-of-mouth hit all strengthen its commercial and cultural case. Apple TV+ also has an incentive to extend buzzy originals, especially as it continues to build prestige programming in a crowded streaming market. But the available reporting stops short of any renewal discussion. Neither Apple TV+ nor creator Katie Dippold has publicly said the show will continue. Interviews around the series have focused on its tone, lore, and character arc rather than future seasons. The strongest hint is creative rather than corporate: Dippold has said the island’s mythology is deep, with horrific events that could support more stories, and the curse is described as something that is “never over.” That suggests expandable material, not an announced plan. So the most evidence-based answer is that success could tempt the creators and Apple to revisit the series, but there is no public indication yet that they have decided to do so. For now, *Widow’s Bay* remains a limited series with open-ended storytelling potential.

3 articles · Updated · tvline.com · Jun 7

Guillermo del Toro publicly endorsed Apple TV horror comedy "Widow's Bay," writing on X that the April 2026 series may be the best streaming show in a long time and a mesmerizing feat of horror storytelling.
"Widow's Bay" follows Mayor Tom Loftis, played by Matthew Rhys, as he tries to revive a small island's tourist trade while refusing to shut it down despite a long-running supernatural curse.
The show's hook echoes "Jaws" from the mayor's perspective: Loftis keeps the troubled Breakwater Inn open for visitors even as ghosts, boogeymen and cannibal lore threaten the town.
A 97% Rotten Tomatoes critic score backs del Toro's praise, while creator Katie Dippold said she centered the story on a man forced to confront the horrors he has been avoiding.