Year-End Lists

James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2025, as published by The New York Times and arranged somewhat alphabetically but in pairs

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Andor
• Pluribus
• Common Side Effects
• The Lowdown
• Dying for Sex
• Long Story Short
• Pee-wee as Himself
• The Rehearsal
• The Pitt
• Severance

Honorable mentions

• Alien: Earth
• The American Revolution
• The Chair Company
• Death by Lightning
• Hacks
• Hal & Harper
• King of the Hill
• Murderbot
• North of North
• Platonic
• South Park
• The Studio

Flawed but fascinating

• The Bear
• Foundation
• Paradise