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Looking for the best new TV shows to watch right now? You’re in the right place.
In this article we’re running down the 25 highest-rated shows that released in 2025, ranked by Rotten Tomatoes according to both critical and audience review scores.
That includes brilliant limited series like Netflix’s Toxic Town and Adolescence, fantasy epics like Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time Season 3, and spectacular superhero animations like Disney+’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Expect quality, as well as a few surprise wildcard entries.
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The year is far from finished, but there’s hours upon hours of amazing content to watch on TV. So scroll down to see the perfect shows to stream, ranked in order of their review scores, and which streaming service you can catch them.
Best TV Shows 2025
1: Poker Face: Season 2 Tomatometer 100% Popcornmeter 64% Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Katie Holmes, John Mulaney, Cynthia Erivo Where to watch: Peacock
2: Common Side Effects Tomatometer 100% Popcornmeter 89% Starring: Dave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Martha Kelly Where to watch: Adult Swim, Max, and Max’s Amazon Channel
3: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light: Season 2 Tomatometer 100% Popcornmeter 78% Starring: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Timothy Spall, Claire Foy Where to watch: PBS
4: The Narrow Road to the Deep North Tomatometer 100% Popcornmeter 68% Starring: Jacob Elordi, Odessa Young, Masa Yamaguchi, Max Berkman Where to watch: Prime Video
5: Murderbot Tomatometer 98% Popcornmeter 76% Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu Where to watch: Apple TV+
6: Get Millie Black Tomatometer 100% Popcornmeter 74% Starring: Tamara Lawrance, Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Chyna McQueen Where to watch: Max
7: North of North Tomatometer 100% Popcornmeter 79% Starring: Anna Lambe, Maika Harper, Tanya Tagaq, Jay Ryan Where to watch: Netflix
8: Toxic Town Tomatometer 100% Popcornmeter 83% Starring: Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Claudia Jessie, Robert Carlyle Where to watch: Netflix
9: Adolescence Tomatometer 99% Popcornmeter 73% Starring: Ashley Walters, Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Faye Marsay Where to watch: Netflix
10: Andor: Season 2 Tomatometer 97% Popcornmeter 88% Starring: Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’Reilly, Forest Whitaker Where to watch: Disney+
11: Dying for Sex Tomatometer 98% Popcornmeter 80% Starring: Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Rob Delaney, Jay Duplass Where to watch: Disney+, Hulu
12: Reacher: Season 3 Tomatometer 98% Popcornmeter 73% Starring: Alan Ritchson, Willa Fitzgerald, Malcolm Goodwin, Sonya Cassidy Where to watch: Prime Video
13: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Tomatometer 97% Popcornmeter 62% Starring: Hudson Thames, Eugene Byrd, Grace Song, Hugh Dancy Where to watch: Disney+
14: Hacks: Season 4 Tomatometer 97% Popcornmeter 64% Starring: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Rose Abdoo Where to watch: Max
15: Ludwig Tomatometer 97% Popcornmeter 85% Starring: David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola, Sophie Willan Where to watch: Britbox, BBC iPlayer
16: The Rehearsal: Season 2 Tomatometer 97% Popcornmeter 94% Starring: Nathan Fielder Where to watch: Max
17: The Wheel of Time: Season 3 Tomatometer 97% Popcornmeter 83% Starring: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Madeleine Madden Where to watch: Prime Video
18: High Potential Tomatometer 96% Popcornmeter 81% Starring: Kaitlin Olson, Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, Deniz Akdeniz Where to watch: Disney+
19: Deli Boys Tomatometer 96% Popcornmeter 86% Starring: Frank Rizzo, John Fiorentino, Andrew B. Lipson, Zimbo Gessert Where to watch: Disney+
20: Mo: Season 2 Tomatometer 96% Popcornmeter 91% Starring: Mohammed Amer, Teresa Ruiz, Farah Bsieso, Omar Elba Where to watch: Netflix
21: #1 Happy Family USA Tomatometer 96% Popcornmeter Pending Starring: Ramy Youssef, Alia Shawkat, Salma Hindy, Randa Jarrar Where to watch: Prime Video
22: Doctor Who: Season 2 Tomatometer 96% Popcornmeter 58% Starring: Ncuti Gatwa, Varada Sethu, Millie Gibson, Michelle Greenidge Where to watch: Disney+, BBC iPlayer
23: The Last of Us: Season 2 Tomatometer 95% Popcornmeter 39% Starring: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey Where to watch: Max
24: The Pitt Tomatometer 95% Popcornmeter 84% Starring: Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif Where to watch: Max
25: Forever Tomatometer 96% Popcornmeter 92% Starring: Xavier Mills, Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Gabriella Martinez Where to watch: Netflix
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