Sugar is an American neo-noir mystery drama television series created by Mark Protosevich for Apple TV+. The series premiered on April 5, 2024, with Fernando Meirelles directing five episodes while Adam Arkin directed three. The series stars Colin Farrell in the lead role, who also serves as an executive producer.
The first season received positive reviews and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) at the 2024 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. In October 2024, the series was renewed for a second season, which is set to premiere on June 19, 2026.
Described as "a genre-bending contemporary take on the private detective story set in Los Angeles", it follows John Sugar, a private investigator recruited by a wealthy movie producer to investigate the disappearance of his granddaughter.
It was announced in December 2021 that Apple TV+ had won a bidding war for the rights to the series, which had Colin Farrell attached to star. Farrell would officially join the series in June 2022, when it was given the greenlight from Apple TV+. In August 2022, Kirby, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Alex Hernandez and Lindsay Pulsipher joined the main cast, with Anna Gunn and James Cromwell cast to recur. In September, Nate Corddry, Sydney Chandler, Miguel Sandoval, Elizabeth Anweis and Jason Butler Harner were added to the cast. Karyn McCarthy was offered a producer role on the series but declined in favor of the Disney+ series The Acolyte. Production for the series began in August 2022, which was expected to extend into the fall, delaying another project for series star Farrell.
In October 2024, the series was renewed for a second season. In March 2025, Jin Ha, Laura Donnelly, and Tony Dalton were announced to have joined the cast as series regulars for the second season. In April, Shea Whigham, Raymond Lee, and Sasha Calle were also announced to have joined the cast as series regulars. That same month, production for the second season had begun and later wrapped in August 2025.
The first season premiered on April 5, 2024, on Apple TV+. The second season is set to premiere on June 19, 2026.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 74 critics gave the series a positive review, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A modern noir steeped in the classic tradition, Sugar could use stronger clues to go along with its ample style, but Colin Farrell's cool performance keeps things compelling." On Metacritic, the series holds a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".