# The best TV series of 2025

Metacritic's best-reviewed new shows of 2025 together with the returning seasons critics loved most (Andor, Hacks, Severance), ordered by consensus.

- 220 votes · 20 items
- Jan 5, 2026 · B. Johnson
- https://even.best/en/l/290/the-best-tv-series-of-2025

## Top 20

1. **Andor (season 2)** (21 · ▲22 ▼1) — Disney+. Tony Gilroy's final season of the Star Wars spy drama; Metascore 92.
2. **Adolescence** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — Netflix. Stephen Graham and a 13-year-old arrested for murder, each episode a single take; Metacritic's best new show of 2025 (91).
3. **Pluribus** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — Apple TV. Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn in a sci-fi thriller about the unhappiest woman on a suddenly happy Earth; Metascore 87.
4. **Long Story Short** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Netflix. Raphael Bob-Waksberg's animated comedy about the Schwooper family across the decades; Metascore 89.
5. **Hacks (season 4)** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — HBO Max. Deborah Vance finally gets her late-night show; Metascore 91.
6. **The Pitt** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — HBO Max. Noah Wyle leads an ER shift in Pittsburgh, one hour per episode in real time.
7. **Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — BBC/PBS. Mark Rylance's Thomas Cromwell in the adaptation of Hilary Mantel's final novel; Metascore 89.
8. **Alien: Earth** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — FX. Noah Hawley brings the xenomorphs to Earth, produced by Ridley Scott; Metascore 85.
9. **The American Revolution** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — PBS. Ken Burns' 12-hour documentary series on America's founding.
10. **Best Interests** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — BBC/Acorn TV. Jack Thorne's drama with Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen as parents of a seriously ill daughter.
11. **The Studio** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Apple TV. Seth Rogen as a newly appointed head of a struggling Hollywood studio; an Emmy-winning comedy.
12. **Dying for Sex** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — FX/Hulu. Michelle Williams explores her sexuality after a terminal cancer diagnosis; Metascore 83.
13. **Mr. Scorsese** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Apple TV. Rebecca Miller's five-part documentary on Martin Scorsese; Metascore 84.
14. **The Narrow Road to the Deep North** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Prime Video. Justin Kurzel and Jacob Elordi in Richard Flanagan's Second World War novel.
15. **Death by Lightning** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Netflix. The assassination of President James Garfield, from the producers of Game of Thrones.
16. **Severance (season 2)** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Apple TV. The innies of Lumon return after a three-year wait.
17. **The Chair Company** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — HBO. Tim Robinson unravels a conspiracy after a chair collapses under him at work.
18. **Forever** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Netflix. Mara Brock Akil reimagines Judy Blume's novel as a first love in 2018 Los Angeles.
19. **The Lowdown** (2 · ▲6 ▼4) — FX. Sterlin Harjo and Ethan Hawke as a self-styled 'truthstorian' in Tulsa; Metascore 85.
20. **Toxic Town** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Netflix. Jack Thorne on the Corby toxic-waste scandal and the families who took on the council.

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