The best TV series of 2025
The top 3 according to 220 votes from people: Andor (season 2) · Adolescence · Pluribus. (Updated Mar 10, 2026.)
Metacritic's best-reviewed new shows of 2025 together with the returning seasons critics loved most (Andor, Hacks, Severance), ordered by consensus.
Top 20
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Andor (season 2)
Disney+. Tony Gilroy's final season of the Star Wars spy drama; Metascore 92.
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Adolescence
Netflix. Stephen Graham and a 13-year-old arrested for murder, each episode a single take; Metacritic's best new show of 2025 (91).
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Pluribus
Apple TV. Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn in a sci-fi thriller about the unhappiest woman on a suddenly happy Earth; Metascore 87.
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Long Story Short
Netflix. Raphael Bob-Waksberg's animated comedy about the Schwooper family across the decades; Metascore 89.
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Hacks (season 4)
HBO Max. Deborah Vance finally gets her late-night show; Metascore 91.
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The Pitt
HBO Max. Noah Wyle leads an ER shift in Pittsburgh, one hour per episode in real time.
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7
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
BBC/PBS. Mark Rylance's Thomas Cromwell in the adaptation of Hilary Mantel's final novel; Metascore 89.
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8
Alien: Earth
FX. Noah Hawley brings the xenomorphs to Earth, produced by Ridley Scott; Metascore 85.
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9
The American Revolution
PBS. Ken Burns' 12-hour documentary series on America's founding.
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Best Interests
BBC/Acorn TV. Jack Thorne's drama with Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen as parents of a seriously ill daughter.
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The Studio
Apple TV. Seth Rogen as a newly appointed head of a struggling Hollywood studio; an Emmy-winning comedy.
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12
Dying for Sex
FX/Hulu. Michelle Williams explores her sexuality after a terminal cancer diagnosis; Metascore 83.
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Mr. Scorsese
Apple TV. Rebecca Miller's five-part documentary on Martin Scorsese; Metascore 84.
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14
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Prime Video. Justin Kurzel and Jacob Elordi in Richard Flanagan's Second World War novel.
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15
Death by Lightning
Netflix. The assassination of President James Garfield, from the producers of Game of Thrones.
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16
Severance (season 2)
Apple TV. The innies of Lumon return after a three-year wait.
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17
The Chair Company
HBO. Tim Robinson unravels a conspiracy after a chair collapses under him at work.
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Forever
Netflix. Mara Brock Akil reimagines Judy Blume's novel as a first love in 2018 Los Angeles.
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The Lowdown
FX. Sterlin Harjo and Ethan Hawke as a self-styled 'truthstorian' in Tulsa; Metascore 85.
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20
Toxic Town
Netflix. Jack Thorne on the Corby toxic-waste scandal and the families who took on the council.
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Comments (5)
Adolescence at #1, the one-take episodes are a technical marvel and the acting is unreal.
Andor season 2 is the best Star Wars has ever been.
Pluribus at #3, Vince Gilligan did it again
Severance season 2 finale 🤯
The Pitt is the most realistic medical drama ever made, my nurse friends agree