macOS TV app shows AppleTV, not MLS

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What’s going on with MLS on Apple TV?

For the second weekend in a row, if I click on any content in the MLS section of the Apple TV app on my Mac (26.6), I get a small overlay square charcoal window, and then TV crashes. This applies to any match or “talking heads” content.

But if I click on drama, comedy, or film content that is in the Apple TV section, a large black window appears and plays fine. And Formula 1 content works fine too.

Only MLS content is broken, and is not just unwilling to “roll”; no, it crashes the TV app.

For comparison, on a Fire TV and on iPhone (iOS 26.6), the MLS content works fine.

For a “normal” application, I would remove and reinstall the app, but of course that’s not possible for a built-in Apple application.

My workaround: Visit tv.apple.com in Brave browser, and that streams MLS content.

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Have you contacted Apple to see what they say?

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No problem here. An M1Max MacStudio with MacOS 26.6.

Have you tried rebooting? Check the Activity Monitor for unsual activity?

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Nothing shows up in Activity Monitor that I can see during the crash.

Rebooting did not help.