Dec 30, 2025

The Top 12 TV Shows of 2025

Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood in White Lotus; Tom Pelphrey in Task; Tim Robinson in The Chair Company; Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus
Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood in White Lotus; Tom Pelphrey in Task; Tim Robinson in The Chair Company; Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus

Movies are my first love, but I still love culture. And hanging out with my wife. My wife who will watch three one-hour TV episodes back-to-back-to-back but claim a movie is too long. So I watch a lot of TV, too.

12

The Beast in Me

Netflix

Pretty gripping, loses a little steam, infamous lip quiver.

11

The Last of Us s2

HBO Max

Through the Valley’s infected horde battle is the reason we sign up for HBO Max.

10

I Love LA s1

HBO Max

I might have genuinely laughed the most at True Whitaker’s lines than anything else this year.

9

Severance s2

Apple TV

8

The Bear s4

Hulu

Stop wanting the same thing from every season!

7

Pluribus

Apple TV

6

Dept Q

Netflix

Hidden gem?

5

The White Lotus s3

HBO Max

Stop wanting the same thing from every season!

4

Adolescence

Netflix

3

The Chair Company

HBO Max

I thought I was going to watch a show about Tim Robinson working in a chair company. High on the list of things I’ve been wrong about in my life. I loved never knowing, on any level, what was about to happen.

2

Task

HBO Max

Tom Pelphrey’s beard made my wife like beards.

1

The Pitt s1

HBO Max

I have never watched a medical drama before this, and now I feel like I’m spoiled.