Cupertino might be made for your mom, but it’s a good take on tech

<figure> <img alt="Three people in office wear from below looking down." data-caption="Ella Stiller, Mike Colter, and Rachel Keller star in Cupertino. | CBS" data-portal-copyright="CBS" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/3172660_Cupertino_S1_10030b.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Ella Stiller, Mike Colter, and Rachel Keller star in Cupertino. | CBS </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Cupertino</em> brings the tech backlash to the CBS procedural - an initially awkward combination, but with rewarding results. The show starts off just slightly unsure, but quickly figures out what to do with these strange times, creating fictionalized dupes of the Zizians, Polymarket, Jeff Bezos' looksmaxxing obsession, OpenAI stealing Scarlett Johansson's voice, and the fight for AI guardrails, among other familiar tales, and using them to speak to the feeling of helplessness in the face of rapid change that extends well beyond the greater San Francisco area. It turns out the seemingly outdated tools of broadcast TV are a fantastic way to tackle …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1007492/cupertino-cbs-tv-review">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>