Best TV Shows of 2025

10. Dying for Sex

27 LISTS | 1 TOP SPOT

“Shine up an Emmy for Michelle Williams—hilarious and heartbreaking in this true story of a 40-ish podcaster who only learns to push the limits of sexual identity after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jenny Slate shines as her partner in letting go.” – Peter Travers, ABC News

9. The Chair COmpany

28 LISTS | 0 TOP SPOTS

“In The Chair Company, Robinson and his co-writer Zach Kanin have moved away from shorter sketches and turned their hand towards a more long-form state of anxiety and panic. It is highly original and deeply unnerving.” – Rebecca Nicholson, Financial Times

8. The Rehearsal

28 LISTS | 4 TOP SPOTS

“That Season 2 convinced me it’s an earnest effort to improve people’s lives and a sidesplitting comedy and a moving emotional odyssey for Nathan, well, that’s what makes “The Rehearsal” Season 2 a cut above the vast majority of television.” – Ben Travers, IndieWire

7. The Lowdown

38 LISTS | 2 TOP SPOTS

“Unlike many lengthy series, which fill time with repetitious reversals of fortune, unproductive subplots and action sequences, The Lowdown… uses that real estate to build character and character relationships; it gives its people time to talk.” – Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times

6. Severance

39 LISTS | 4 TOP SPOTS

“Severance is essentially two shows in one: a darkly surrealist comedy about workplace alienation and an elaborate, puzzle-box conspiracy thriller… those two shows sometimes work in concert and at others feel like they’re at cross-purposes.” – Sam Adams, Slate

5. The Studio

48 LISTS | 1 TOP SPOT

“Rogen and Goldberg here create satire of a very high level… And despite all the mocking and in-jokes and references to titles you may or may not remember, there’s something else that peeks through: a genuine love for movies.” – Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

4. Adolescence

53 LISTS | 8 TOP SPOTS

“[Adolescence] shows the world’s biggest streaming service is still taking big swings in the miniseries space at least. It’s still making television — art, if we can use that word — you’d never have seen in the prestreaming days.” – J. Kelly Nestruck, Globe and Mail

3. Andor

54 LISTS | 16 TOP SPOTS

“While some aspects of Season 2 seem less necessary than others, when “Andor” gets to the heart of its antiauthoritarian thesis — the need for rebellion and speaking truth to power — the show’s reach does not exceed its grasp.” – Rob Own, Seattle Times

2. Pluribus

55 LISTS | 2 TOP SPOTS

“No matter where you sit on these spectrums, there’s a strain within “Pluribus” that speaks directly to your feelings, much like the disembodied voices on Carol’s phone that cheerily ask her what she needs whenever she picks up her handset.” – Melanie McFarland, Salon.com

1. The Pitt

61 LISTS | 9 TOP SPOTS

“Binge a few hours of “The Pitt” back to back and you’ll feel as exhausted as the doctors, nurses and interns look. But stick around and you’ll come to know and love these characters just as viewers of the original “ER” did.” – David Bianculli, NPR

RankFilmLists#1Avg RatingL%#1%
1The Pitt6194.1582%17%
2Pluribus5524.5474%4%
3Andor54163.7373%31%
4Adolescence5384.2972%15%
5The Studio4815.7765%2%
6Severance3944.2753%8%
7The Lowdown3824.9151%4%
8The Rehearsal2844.1238%8%
9The Chair Company2806.2038%0%
10Dying for Sex2716.8936%2%
11Task2405.6932%0%
12Alien: Earth2205.8330%0%
13Long Story Short2015.0827%2%
14Death by Lightning1507.1420%0%
15Hacks1205.5516%0%
15Pee-Wee as Himself1205.6716%0%
17Common Side Effects1105.0015%0%
18The Gilded Age1006.2914%0%
18Paradise1005.5014%0%

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