When I say that 2025 will be a veritable avalanche of TV, know that I'm not exaggerating in the slightest.
That's because 2025 is chock-full of major returning shows, with everything from Severance, Stranger Things, Squid Game, The White Lotus, and The Last of Us kicking off new seasons. Not to mention The Bear, You, Yellowjackets... the list goes on and on.
But 2025 also shepherds in some new shows, like Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, several brand-new Marvel shows, and the Tim Robinson comedy The Chair Company. And that's just scratching the surface!
To help you sort through the barrage of TV that's coming our way, we've put together a guide of 62 titles to keep an eye out for, be they drama or comedy, fantasy or sci-fi. We've also sorted everything by streaming service, so you can figure out which shows you'll have access to, or which streamer you'll need to get in order to catch an upcoming series that strikes your fancy. So without further ado, here are the TV shows you should keep an eye out for in 2025.
AppleTV+'s 2025 offerings include the return of some favorites, like the highly anticipated Severance Season 2, Mythic Quest Season 4, and its spinoff series Side Quest. Satires like The Studio and thrillers like Prime Target round out this promising slate. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Apple TV+ series to keep an eye out for.
Peter Craig and Ridley Scott bring a brand new crime drama to Apple TV+ with Atlanta's Brian Tyree Henry in the lead. Based on Dennis Tafoya’s book, Dope Thief hinges around two friends from Philadelphia who pose as DEA agents to commit a robbery. But what they actually uncover during their heist is way more serious than a mere snatch-and-grab job. The series is promising eight episodes of nail-biting thrills, with a kickass cast supporting Henry. Plus, Scott might be executive producer but he directs one episode too. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor
Starring: Brian Tyree Henry, Wagner Moura, Marin Ireland, Kate Mulgrew, Nesta Cooper, Amir Arison, and Ving Rhames
How to watch: Dope Thief premieres March 14 on Apple TV+.
David Oyelowo stars in Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr's upcoming comedy Government Cheese, which will transport you to San Fernando Valley in 1969 and introduce you to the Chambers family. The Silo star plays Hampton Chambers, the patriarch of the family, who is reunited his wife Astoria (Simone Missick) and sons (Evan Ellison and Di’Allo Winston) after a stint in prison. But it's not an easy landing by any means. — S.C.
Starring: David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Evan Ellison, Bokeem Woodbine, Jeremy Bobb, Louis Cancelmi, Julien Heron, Thomas Beaudoin, Kyle Mac, and Adam Beach
How to watch: Government Cheese premieres April 16 on Apple TV+.
A fourth season of Apple TV+'s beloved game industry workplace comedy Mythic Quest is coming, with creators Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Megan Ganz back with more shenanigans from the office floor. After the declarations of love, company rivalry, valiant launch attempts, and general GrimPop Studios chaos last season, Season 4 sees the team reunited and faced with a full set of new challenges. But fans have more than Season 4 to look forward to, with anthology spinoff series Side Quest (formerly known as Mere Mortals) set to debut in March. — S.C.
Starring: Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, David Hornsby, Danny Pudi, Ashly Burch, Imani Hakim, Jessie Ennis, and Naomi Ekperigin
How to watch: Mythic Quest Season 4 premieres Jan. 29 on Apple TV+.
A world-changing mathematical breakthrough? A sprawling conspiracy? One Day's Leo Woodall? You're going to need to sign us up, and pronto. Steve Thompson's eight-episode series follows a postgraduate student (Woodall) whose prime number discovery (yes, hence the show's title) could have massive cybersecurity ramifications for the whole globe. Obviously, this means it draws the attention of some shadowy saboteurs, and a cat-and-mouse game ensues. Quintessa Swindell and David Morrissey also star. — Sam Haysom, Deputy UK Editor
Starring: Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee, and Joseph Mydell
How to watch: Prime Target premieres Jan. 22 on Apple TV+.
It's been almost three years since we first became obsessed with Dan Erickson's surreal workplace series Severance, which means it's been almost three years since we saw Severance's Innies break free of Lumon's severed floor. Now, we finally get to see what happens next. Praise Kier!
Based on the trailer, Severance Season 2 picks up right after the Innies' rebellion, which has apparently made Mark S. (Adam Scott), Helly R. (Britt Lower), Irving B. (John Turturro), and Dylan G. (Zach Cherry) the faces of "severance reform" in the outside world. (We've got our doubts.) Reunited, our core four continues to try to uncover Lumon's secrets, with Mark in particular trying to free his Outie's late wife Gemma, whom Lumon somehow revived as wellness counselor Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman). Outside of Lumon, Mark tries to find out what his Innie meant by "she's alive!" Plus, we're in for more facetime with Helly, Irving, and Dylan's Outies as well, not to mention some new Lumon employees joining the picture. So as Severance's world gets bigger, brace yourselves for more strange office politics, more questions to be answered, and more goats. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter
Starring: Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, and Sarah Bock
How to watch: Severance Season 2 premieres Jan. 17 on Apple TV+.
For those not content to play in the sandbox of Mythic Quest and keen for an expansion pack, spinoff anthology series Side Quest is coming in March. Coinciding with the finale of Season 4 of Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Megan Ganz's Apple TV+ series, the aptly titled Side Quest (formerly known as Mere Mortals) will be four episodes exploring the lives of people impacted by the game Mythic Quest — whether that's former workers or players at home. — S.C.
Starring: Rob McElhenney, Anna Konkle, Derek Waters, William Stanford Davis, Bria Henderson, Rome Flynn, Leonard Robinson, Gary Kraus, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, and Shalita Grant
How to watch: Side Quest premieres March 26 on Apple TV+.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (The Boys) satirize the movie studio system in The Studio, about a new studio head (Rogen) who must deal with narcissistic actors, greedy corporate overlords, and his own insecurities as he tries to get great movies made. As if a star-studded cast including Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn wasn't enough, The Studio's first teaser shows Rogen taking a beating from Ron Howard and a verbal slamming from none other than Martin Scorsese. — B.E.
Starring: Seth Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, and Bryan Cranston
How to watch: The Studio premieres March 26 on Apple TV+.
Jon Hamm stars in and executive produces the upcoming drama Your Friends and Neighbors, which Apple has already renewed for a second season. Hamm plays Andrew "Coop" Cooper, a disgraced hedge fund manager who's struggling following his firing and his divorce. He resorts to stealing from his neighbors' homes in his extra-affluent neighborhood, but uncovers some shocking — and potentially dangerous — secrets along the way. — B.E.
Starring: Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Marie Gravitt, and Donovan Colan
How to watch: Your Friends and Neighbors premieres April 11 on Apple TV+.
It's all franchises, all the time for Disney+ in 2025. Star Wars series Andor makes a triumphant return (and exit). Over on the Marvel side of things, we're looking several live-action and animated series, including the return of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) in Daredevil: Born Again. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Disney+ series to keep an eye out for.
The best Star Wars series returns for its second and final season in 2025. And while we know where Cassian Andor's (Diego Luna) story ends, his journey up to the events of Rogue One remains a mystery — one we can't wait to unpack.
In Season 2, Andor is fully committed to the Rebellion against the Empire. Elsewhere, Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly) will continue her political machinations on Coruscant. But while we know these two characters survive up until Rogue One, there are several other characters' fates on the line, from Rebel Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) to Ferrix mechanic Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) and fascist Empire lackey Dedra Meero (Denise Gough). What lies in store for them? When will droid K-2SO (voiced by Alan Tudyk) enter the fray? And just how many banger monologues will showrunner Tony Gilroy give us in Season 2? — B.E.
Starring: Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Ben Mendelsohn, and Forest Whitaker
How to watch: Andor Season 2 premieres April 22 on Disney+.
Since the end of Netflix's Daredevil, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) has been no stranger to the MCU. He made a quick cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home and romanced Jen Walters (Tatiana Maslany) in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Now, he's back for his highly anticipated solo series Daredevil: Born Again, which sees Matt continuing to fight for justice in the courtroom and on the streets of New York City. Once again, he'll face off against mob boss-turned-politician Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) — but Wilson's not the only familiar face returning from Netflix's Daredevil. We'll also see Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), Vanessa Fisk (Ayelet Zurer), and Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal). — B.E.
Starring: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Margarita Levieva, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki M. James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini, Ayelet Zurer, and Jon Bernthal
How to watch: Daredevil: Born Again premieres March 4 on Disney+.
The four-episode long animated miniseries Eyes of Wakanda takes us back into the history of Wakanda and the MCU. Directed by Todd Harris and executive produced by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, the series follows the Wakandan warriors known as the Hatut Zeraze as they retrieve dangerous vibranium artifacts from across the globe. Maybe we'll even see the Black Panthers who preceded Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa, or older iterations of the Dora Milaje warriors. — B.E.
Starring: Winnie Harlow, Cress Williams, Patricia Belcher, Larry Herron, Adam Gold, Lynn Whitfield, Jacques Colimon, Jona Xiao, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Gary Anthony Williams, Zeke Alton, Steve Toussaint, and Anika Noni Rose
How to watch: Eyes of Wakanda premieres Aug. 6 on Disney+.
Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) steps into the spotlight in Ironheart, created by Chinaka Hodge. First introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Riri is a genius inventor who's hoping to make a mark on the world. Honestly, she already has! As an MIT student, she built a suit of armor on par with Tony Stark's — and she's just getting started. In Ironheart, she returns to her hometown of Chicago, where she'll cross paths with the mysterious Parker Robbins (Anthony Ramos), aka The Hood. What comes next is a collision between magic and technology that will lead Riri down a dangerous path. — B.E.
Starring: Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam, and Anji White
How to watch: Ironheart premieres June 24 on Disney+.
In 2021, What If…? asked the question, "What if heroes and villains from the MCU were infected with a zombie virus?" That premise initially spanned one episode, but now it's spawned a four-episode animated series aptly titled Marvel Zombies. The show follows a group of surviving heroes fighting zombified MCU staples, with Simu Liu, Iman Vellani, Florence Pugh, and more reprising their film and TV roles in voiceover. — B.E.
Starring: Awkwafina, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Elizabeth Olsen, Randall Park, Florence Pugh, Hailee Steinfeld, Dominique Thorne, Iman Vellani, and Todd Williams
How to watch: Marvel Zombies premieres Oct. 3 on Disney+.
Get excited, demigods! We're headed back to Camp Half-Blood for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2, which adapts Rick Riordan's The Sea of Monsters. Book readers know that there will be no rest for Percy (Walker Scobell) after he successfully returned Zeus's Master Bolt in Season 1. Now, he faces another dangerous quest: Find the Golden Fleece in the Bermuda Triangle — and hopefully save his missing bestie, Grover (Aryan Simhadri), on the way.
Luckily, he won't be alone: Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) is along for the ride, as well as Percy's half-brother Tyson (Daniel Diemer). Expect larger roles for Clarisse (Dior Goodjohn) and Luke (Charlie Bushnell) too, and the arrival of more monsters straight out of Greek myth. Scylla and Charybdis, here we come. — B.E.
Starring: Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, Dior Goodjohn, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Toby Stephens, Virginia Kull, Daniel Diemer, Tamara Smart, Andra Day, Timothy Simons, Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho
How to watch: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 premieres in 2025 on Disney+. The release date has yet to be announced.
After 2024's Dream Productions, Pixar continues its foray into the TV game with original series Win or Lose, all about the highs and lows of youth softball. Over the course of the show, you'll get to know the Pickles softball team — and everyone in their orbit — as they gear up for a championship game. From insecure players to their helicopter parents to a lovesick umpire, Win or Lose looks to paint a charming portrait of a team that's hungry for victory. However, Win or Lose also became a source of controversy in December of 2024 over Disney's decision to pull a storyline about a transgender character. * — B.E.
Starring: Will Forte
How to watch: Win or Lose premieres Feb. 19 on Disney+.
The MCU gets meta with Wonder Man, a miniseries about struggling actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) auditioning for the role of a superhero, only to become a superhero himself. Created by Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton and 30 Rock and Community writer Andrew Guest, Wonder Man is a show under the "Marvel Spotlight" banner, meaning you won't need to watch other MCU shows to understand what's going on. Still, that doesn't mean you won't be seeing any familiar faces from the MCU. Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), of Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi fame, will be popping up, presumably as another actor in Simon's circle. — B.E.
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley, Demetrius Grosse, Ed Harris, Lauren Glazier, Josh Gad, Byron Bowers, and Manny McCord
How to watch: Wonder Man premieres in December on Disney+. The release date has yet to be announced.
Hulu (and FX on Hulu) has a lot of range going for it in 2025, boasting new comedies like Chad Powers and Adults, Season 4 of The Bear, and an intriguing Alien prequel series. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Hulu series to keep an eye out for.
Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), Adults is an ensemble comedy about five twentysomethings in New York trying to become good people, even if they're barely fully fledged "people" yet. Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao), and Anton (Owen Thiele) all crash together in Samir's childhood home, where they experience the highs and lows of early adulthood together. From dating drama to work woes, Adults looks to paint a heightened picture of a pivotal moment in everyone's lives — and the groups of friends who are able to see us through. — B.E.
Starring: Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, and Owen Thiele
How to watch: Adults premieres this spring on Hulu. The release date has yet to be announced.
The Alien franchise comes to TV with Alien: Earth, a prequel series from Fargo's Noah Hawley. Set two years before the events of the original Alien, the show kicks off when a mysterious spaceship crash lands on Earth. As a group of ragtag tactical soldiers investigates, they'll come face to face with Earth's greatest threat. We're guessing face-hugging, chest-bursting, and more delicious sci-fi horror is in store. We’re also guessing the Weyland-Yutani corporation is going to be totally normal about this! — B.E.
Starring: Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, Kit Young, David Rysdahl, Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille, Adrian Edmondson, Moe Bar-El, and Sandra Yi Sencindiver
How to watch: Alien: Earth premieres on Hulu in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Perhaps The Bear can overcome its underwhelming third season and get back to top form in Season 4. After all, Season 3 left us with a ton of unanswered questions: What did the restaurant review of The Bear really say? Will Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) finally talk things over with Claire (Molly Gordon)? Did Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) accept a job offer at another restaurant? Who knows! One thing’s for sure: I bet we’re in for a healthy serving of mouthwatering cooking scenes. Here’s hoping they just come with a side of much-needed evolution. — B.E.
Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, Matty Matheson, Edwin Lee Gibson, Corey Hendrix, Oliver Platt, Molly Gordon, Ricky Staffieri, and Jamie Lee Curtis
How to watch: The Bear Season 4 premieres on Hulu in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Remember when Eli Manning went undercover as a man named Chad Powers at Penn State’s walk-on football tryouts? Well, that video is now the basis for a entire TV show, starring Glen Powell (Hit Man, Twisters). The move (and the show's sports focus) calls to mind the creation of Ted Lasso, since the character originally starred in ads for NBC's coverage of the premier league.
Created by Michael Waldron (Loki) and Powell, Chad Powers introduces quarterback Russ Holliday (Powell), whose bad behavior puts an unceremonious end to his college career. To get back in the game, Russ walks onto a struggling Southern football team disguised as the charming Chad Powers. (Of course he's charming — he's played by Glen Powell.) Could Russ' alter ego help the team turn over a new leaf, and improve his own behavior? — B.E.
Starring: Glen Powell, Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, Perry Mattfeld, Clayne Crawford, Wynn Everett, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Colton Ryan, Keese Wilson, Xavier Mills, and Quentin Plair
How to watch: Chad Powers premieres on Hulu in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman turns to political thrillers with Paradise, starring Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) as Xavier Collins, head of security for U.S. President Cal Bradford (James Marsden, Jury Duty). When Cal is murdered, Xavier becomes the prime suspect, resulting in a twisty interrogation that will guide us between the past and the present until we get the truth. — B.E.
Starring: Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, and Percy Daggs IV
How to watch: Paradise premieres Jan. 28 on Hulu.
Whenever Steven Knight has a new show out, it's always worth marking it in the calendar — and that goes double when Stephen Graham has a leading role. The Peaky Blinders creator's A Thousands Blows follows Hezekiah (Black Mirror's Malachi Kirby) and Alec (Small Axe's Francis Lovehall), two friends who come to the UK from Jamaica, only to get mixed up with violent boxer Sugar (Graham) in 1880s London. — S.H.
Starring: Malachi Kirby, Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters, Francis Lovehall, Daniel Mays, Adam Nagaitis, Gary Lewis, Tom Davis, and Robert Glenister
How to watch: A Thousand Blows premieres Feb. 21 on Hulu.
Where do we even start with Netflix's 2025 slate? This year we'll be getting the final seasons of Netflix heavy hitters like Stranger Things, Squid Game, and You, along with new seasons of Black Mirror and Wednesday. But keep an eye out for original programming as well, like mystery The Residence and basketball comedy Running Point. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Netflix series to keep an eye out for.
Netflix has witnessed what a hit Yellowstone has been for Paramount, and before that Deadwood for HBO. Now, the streamer is offering its own gritty-as-hell Western show from Peter Berg, who developed the hit ensemble drama series Friday Night Lights and has unleashed a slew of very manly Mark Wahlberg movies like Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, Mile 22, and Spenser Confidential. That may give you a sense of what Berg's brand of the Wild West has in store, if the name alone wasn't enough of a clue.
The six-part limited series American Primeval is set in 1857, on a territory where gun-slinging white settlers, Indigenous communities, and Mormon missionaries collide over culture, religion, and fatal conflicts. The trailer gives a hint of the dangers any man might face. Yet at the series center is a city-sprung mother (GLOW's Betty Gilpin) and her young son, forging through every wild obstacle to find her far-off husband. Such a precarious position can make for strange bedfellows, including a gruff loner, played by Friday Night Lights' Taylor Kitsch. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Jai Courtney, Shea Whigham, Betty Gilpin, and Dane DeHaan
How to watch: American Primeval premieres Jan. 9 on Netflix.
Netflix loves tales of true crime and social media scandals, be it Inventing Anna, Escaping Two Flames, or The Tinder Swindler. Well, this based on a "true-ish" series is about to join their ranks.
Apple Cider Vinegar stars Kaitlyn Dever as Belle Gibson, an Australian wellness influencer who became (in)famous for her claims over conquering brain cancer through her unique wellness treatments. And wouldn't you know it, she had an app for that! Unfurling the story of Gibson and her Whole Pantry app, Apple Cider Vinegar brings prestige TV polish to the tale of an Instagram star's rise and fall, from inspiring to appalling. — K.P.
Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Mark Coles Smith, Ashley Zukerman, and Susie Porter
How to watch: Apple Cider Vinegar premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
We don't know too much about the upcoming season of Black Mirror, but we do have a few clues. Creator Charlie Brooker spoke a bit about the sci-fi anthology series' new episodes during Netflix's Geeked Week, telling Tudum that they're going to be "a little bit OG Black Mirror."
"You can expect a mix of genres and styles," Brooker said. "We've got six episodes this time, and two of them are basically feature-length. Some of them are deeply unpleasant, some are quite funny, and some are emotional."
The other thing we know is that the cast is ridiculously stacked, including the likes of Barbie's Issa Rae, The Crown's Emma Corrin, and many, many more. — S.H.
Starring: Awkwafina, Milanka Brooks, Peter Capaldi, Emma Corrin, Patsy Ferran, Paul Giamatti, Lewis Gribben, Osy Ikhile, Rashida Jones, Siena Kelly, Billy Magnussen, Rosy McEwen, Cristin Milioti, Chris O'Dowd, Issa Rae, Paul G. Raymond, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jimmi Simpson, and Harriet Walter
How to watch: Black Mirror Season 7 premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 reunites us with our merry band of vampire hunters, including Richter Belmont (voiced by Edward Bluemel) and sorceress Annette (voiced by Thuso Mbedu). But this time around, there's a big addition to the crew: Dracula's son Alucard (voiced by James Callis), a key character from the original Castlevania series.
With Alucard by their side, Richter, Annette, and co. hope to take down the Vampire Messiah Erzsebet Báthory (Franka Potente) before she can plunge the world into eternal darkness. Based on the trailer, we can expect more incredible fight sequences, dark magic, and even a dragon. — B.E.
Starring: Edward Bluemel, Pixie Davies, Thuso Mbedu, Sydney James Harcourt, Nastassja Kinski, Zahn McClarnon, Franka Potente, James Callis, Richard Dormer, Iain Glen, Elarica Johnson, and Aaron Neil
How to watch: Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 premieres Jan. 16 on Netflix.
Can confirm, consistently awake Night Agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) actually did have a little nap since Season 1 landed on Netflix in 2023. But after that massive season finale, we're back in action, with plenty more nocturnal espionage ahead of us with the second season of The Night Agent on the way. Season 2 of Shawn Ryan's series, based on Matthew Quirk's novel, promises to plunge Peter and us back into the midnight world of Night Action, the secret organisation with that all-important landline in the White House basement. But who exactly can Peter trust? — S.C.
Starring: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Michael Malarkey, Keon Alexander, Brittany Snow, Teddy Sears, Navid Negahban, and Rob Heaps
How to watch: The Night Agent Season 2 premieres Jan. 23 on Netflix.
It's been years since Shonda Rhimes wove political intrigue through the White House with Scandal, and now, Shondaland is taking us right back with The Residence, from former Scandal writer Paul William Davies. But this time, it's a whodunnit murder mystery! Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba is in the lead as Detective Cordelia Cupp, a spectacularly alliterative detective name, quite frankly. When something goes awry around the high-stakes White House State Dinner, she's called in to investigate. It seems like an impossible case. But have you met Cordelia Cupp? She's got this. — S.C.
Starring: Uzo Aduba, Randall Park, Giancarlo Esposito, Al Franken, Andrew Friedman, Julian McMahon, Edwina Findley, Molly Griggs, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Al Mitchell, Dan Perrault, Bronson Pinchot, Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mary Wiseman, Spencer Garrett, Kylie Minogue, Jane Curtin, James Babson, Eliza Coupe, Izzy Diaz, Paul Fitzgerald, Ros Gentle, Chris Grace, Juliette Jeffers, Sumalee Montano, Nathan Lovejoy, Taran Killam, Julieth Restrepo, Mel Rodriguez, Brett Tucker, and Rebecca Field
How to watch: The Residence premieres March 20 on Netflix.
Kate Hudson gets her Ted Lasso moment with Running Point, a new series from Mindy Kaling (Never Have I Ever) about a woman who unexpectedly becomes the president of a famed basketball team.
Hudson plays Isla, the one daughter in a male-dominated family. When her brother resigns as president of the Los Angeles Waves basketball organization, it's up to Isla to step up to the plate. Now, she'll have to prove herself to skeptical family members, the board, and everyone in sports. How hard can it be? — B.E.
Starring: Kate Hudson, Scott MacArthur, Drew Tarver, Max Greenfield, and Brenda Song
How to watch: Running Point premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comics is back for a second season, where we'll see more of Dream (Tom Sturridge) and his Endless family. Based on casting news, this season looks to adapt the Brief Lives and Season of Mists storylines from the comics. It will also be the first season released following the news of allegations of sexual assault against Gaiman. — B.E.
Starring: Tom Sturridge, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Adrian Lester, Esmé Creed-Miles, Barry Sloane, Ruairi O’Connor, Freddie Fox, Clive Russell, Laurence O'Fuarain, Ann Skelly, Jack Gleeson, Indya Moore, and Steve Coogan
How to watch: The Sandman Season 2 premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Still reeling from the cliffhanger ending of Squid Game Season 2? Don't worry, you won't have to wait another three years to find out what happens next. The show's third and final season is already shot, and it premieres in 2025.
Hopefully, this season will gives us some answers to our biggest questions: What are the full consequences of Gi-hun's (Lee Jung-jae) rebellion? What happens when he finds out the Front Man's (Lee Byung-hun) true identity? And perhaps most importantly, will Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) ever get off that damn boat? — B.E.
Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Wi Ha-jun, Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo, Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Park Sung-hoon, Jo Yu-ri, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, and Roh Jae-won
How to watch: Squid Game Season 3 premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Get ready to say goodbye to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Joyce (Winona Ryder), Hopper (David Harbour), and the whole Hawkins crew, because the fifth and final season of Stranger Things is just around the corner. That means it's time for one last stand against Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) in all his tentacled glory. Season 4 ended with him unleashing the Upside Down in the real world, so we're guessing our heroes will need a lot more than some Kate Bush bangers to put an end to this mouth-breather. — B.E.
Starring: Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Charlie Heaton, Maya Hawke, Cara Buono, Priah Ferguson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Brett Gelman, Linda Hamilton, Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, and Alex Breaux
How to watch: Stranger Things Season 5 premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Da-da-da-da! Click click! We've been tormented by the tiny clues and behind-the-scenes snippets from Season 2 of Tim Burton's Netflix series, but finally, Wednesday is returning to Netflix. Jenna Ortega is back in the braids and pinstripes as our spooky eponymous queen, returning to the spooky Nevermore Academy with her best teen werewolf friend Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) and siren Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday). But what lies in store for the students this time around? We don't know much, but we do know there's going to be a bunch of new faces (just check out that cast list). Remember that dance? It's probably time to break it out again. — S.C.
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Bianca Barclay, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Victor Dorobantu, Hunter Doohan, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Jamie McShane, Fred Armisen, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O'Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, and Joonas Suotamo
How to watch: Wednesday Season 2 premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before spin-off XO, Kitty is back, this time with more love triangle drama and a super special guest. It's a new semester at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS), and Kitty Song Covey (Anna Cathcart) is ready to buckle down and study. She might be a little distracted though, given her romantic feelings for Yuri (Gia Kim) and Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee), and her confusion on what to do next. You know what'll cheer her up though? A surprise visit from Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo) himself, who appears briefly in Season 2's trailer to give her a sweet pep talk. — B.E.
Starring: Anna Cathcart, Minyeong Choi, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Anthony Keyvan, Peter Thurnwald, Regan Aliyah, Audrey Huynh, Sasha Bhasin, and Joshua Lee
How to watch: XO, Kitty Season 2 premieres Jan. 16 on Netflix.
Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is back for one last hurrah in You Season 5, which marks the end of Netflix's twisted serial killer journey. This time, Joe's back in New York, living happily ever after as the husband to the ultra-rich Kate (Charlotte Ritchie). But when the ghosts of his past (and his own dark side) come calling, they threaten to bring his fairy tale ending crashing down. Will Joe finally get his comeuppance? Or will he slide away once again? — B.E.
Starring: Penn Badgley, Charlotte Ritchie, Griffin Matthews, Anna Camp, and Madeline Brewer
How to watch: You Season 5 premieres on Netflix in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Prime Target isn't the only cyber attack-themed thriller coming to streaming this year. Hot on its heels will be Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Michael Schmidt's Zero Day, a conspiracy-filled limited series that follows a former U.S. President (Robert De Niro) heading up a commission to track down the cyber-criminals responsible for a devastating attack. Angela Bassett, Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, and more star in this political thriller that places the world of disinformation at its centre. — S.H.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Angela Bassett, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, McKinley Belcher III, Gaby Hoffmann, Clark Gregg, and Mark Ivanir
How to watch: Zero Day premieres Feb. 20 on Netflix.
HBO and streaming service Max have a lot coming our way in 2025. We get new seasons of The White Lotus and The Last of Us, as well as highly anticipated genre series like the Westeros-set A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and IT prequel It: Welcome to Derry. There's so much more where that came from though. Here, in alphabetical order, are the HBO and Max series to keep an eye out for.
And just like that...there's a third season of the Sex and the City reboot. After those major cameos, anti-Android sentiments, strangely minimal use of Carrie Bradshaw's voiceover, and those big moments of the finale, And Just Like That... Season 2 threw a lot at us. The plot of Season 3 is pretty under lock and key but as you can see from the cast list, there's plenty of your favourites returning.
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Mario Cantone, Sarita Choudhury, Evan Handler, David Eigenberg, Nicole Ari Parker, John Corbett, Sebastiano Pigazzi, Dolly Wells, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Cake, and Logan Marshall-Green
How to watch: And Just Like That... Season 3 premieres on Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave) and his writing partner Zach Kanin bring their infinitely meme-able, anxiety-inducing comedy stylings to HBO with The Chair Company. The half-hour comedy stars Robinson as a man who, after an embarrassing incident at work, finds himself investigating a conspiracy theory. We can only imagine how much we'll be cackling (and cringing) at whatever comes next. — B.E.
Starring: Tim Robinson, Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Will Price, and Joseph Tudisco
How to watch: The Chair Company premieres on HBO and Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Crime drama Duster promises high-octane thrills courtesy of J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan (Shameless, The Walking Dead). Set in the American Southwest in the 1970s, the series centers on the FBI's first Black female agent (Rachel Hilson, Red, White & Royal Blue), who teams up with a getaway driver (Josh Holloway, Lost) in order to take down a formidable crime syndicate. — B.E.
Starring: Rachel Hilson, Josh Holloway, Keith David, Sydney Elisabeth, Greg Grunberg, Camille Guaty, Asivak Koostachin, Adriana Aluna Martinez, and Benjamin Charles Watson
How to watch: Duster premieres on Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
The 1800s-set period series The Gilded Age returns for more old money vs. new money squabbles, gorgeous gowns, and lauded Broadway stars sinking their teeth into Julian Fellowes' scripts. Here's hoping that we get more petty beefs between America's uber-wealthy, and that Bertha and George Russell (Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector) get whatever they damn well want. — B.E.
Starring: Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Morgan Spector, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Harry Richardson, Taissa Farmiga, Blake Ritson, Taylor Richardson, Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jordan Donica, Victoria Clark, Merritt Wever, Bill Camp, Leslie Uggams, LisaGay Hamilton, Paul Alexander Nolan, Hattie Morahan, Andrea Martin, Jessica Frances Dukes, Dylan Baker, Kate Baldwin, Michael Cumpsty, John Ellison Conlee, Bobby Steggert, and Hannah Shealy
How to watch: The Gilded Age Season 3 premieres on Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Over four seasons, Harley Quinn has dumped her bad boyfriend Joker, built her own kick-ass gang of villains, won the heart of Poison Ivy, and even joined the Batfamily as a vigilante hero. So, where could Season 5 of this gleefully grown-ups-only animated series take fans? Why not Metropolis?
That's right. Harlivy is leaving Gotham behind (it's been a dump since that whole tree zombie thing anyway) to move to Superman's turf. But they're bringing their friends like Clayface, Frank the Plant, Bane, King Shark, and his rambunctious brood of shark pups with them! Of course, there'll be new friends and foes to face too, including Lois Lane, Enchantress, and some deeper-cut DC characters primed for a madcap makeover. — K.P.
Starring: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Ron Funches, Tony Hale, and Jason Alexander
How to watch: Harley Quinn Season 5 premieres Jan. 16 on Max.
Fresh off its Emmy win for Best Comedy, Hacks is back with a vengeance. Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) both ended Season 3 with seemingly everything they wanted. Deborah finally gets to host a late night talk show, and Ava is at her side as her head writer. The only problem? Deborah didn't want Ava to have that job in the first place. Ava blackmailed her into it, reversing the power dynamic that's been in place since Season 1. Will tensions between the two give their collaboration an extra edge and help their talk show flourish? Or will it cause their dreams to implode before they take off? Either way, we're ready for the showdown. — B.E.
Starring: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Kaitlin Olson, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Mark Indelicato, Christopher McDonald, Rose Abdoo, and Poppy Liu
How to watch: Hacks premieres on Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
No, It: Welcome to Derry isn't about Pennywise the clown (Bill Skarsgård) joining up with the Derry Girls crew. (But wouldn't that be delightful?) Instead, this prequel to Andy Muschietti's IT films takes us back to Derry, Maine in 1962, when Pennywise last awoke to frighten the living daylights out of the children of Derry. According to Entertainment Weekly, It: Welcome to Derry draws inspiration from Mike Hanlon's interludes in Stephen King's It, which means book fans can look out for key moments like the racially motivated burning of the Black Spot, a Derry club that served Black customers. — B.E.
Starring: Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, Taylour Paige, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Bill Skarsgård, Madeleine Stowe, Alixandra Fuchs, Kimberly Guerrero, Dorian Grey, Thomas Mitchell, BJ Harrison, Peter Outerbridge, Shane Marriott, Chad Rook, Joshua Odjick, Morningstar Angeline, and Rudy Mancuso
How to watch: It: Welcome to Derry premieres on HBO and Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
House of the Dragon Season 3 may be a ways away, but fret not! We’re heading back to Westeros in 2025 anyway, thanks to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Based on George R.R. Martin's Dunk and Egg novellas, the series takes place a century before Game of Thrones, when hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his squire Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) wander the Seven Kingdoms in search of work and tournaments. The two are an odd pair if there ever was one: one tall, one small; one lowborn, one highborn. Yet their fast friendship will overcome any differences they may have, and guide them through some truly perilous adventures. — B.E.
Starring: Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell, Finn Bennett, Bertie Carvel, Tanzyn Crawford, Daniel Ings, Sam Spruell, Ross Anderson, Edward Ashley, Henry Ashton, Youssef Kerkour, Daniel Monks, Shaun Thomas, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Steve Wall, and Danny Webb
How to watch: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres on HBO and Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are back to break our hearts in the highly anticipated second season of The Last of Us. Like in the games, the show will pick up after a time jump. Joel and Ellie are now comfortably situated in Jackson, Wyoming. But the difficult choice Joel made at the end of Season 1 still haunts him — and it's not long before demons from his past come back to bite. Prepare your tissues accordingly.
On top of the returning cast, Season 2 introduces several major new characters, including former Firefly Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), Ellie's girlfriend Dina (Isabela Merced), and Jackson resident Jesse (Young Mazino). According to the season's first teaser, Catherine O'Hara also joins up as Joel's therapist. — B.E.
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, Kaitlyn Dever, Young Mazino, Isabela Merced, Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord, Catherine O'Hara, and Jeffrey Wright
How to watch: The Last of Us Season 2 premieres on HBO and Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
James Gunn's Peacemaker was a refreshing standout in a sea of same-y superhero shows, so here's hoping he can pull off the same magic trick twice with Season 2. John Cena returns in the titular role, alongside fellow castmates Steve Agee, Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Holland, and Freddie Stroma. Plot details are under wraps for now, but we do know Season 2 will feature a totally new intro sequence. Bring on the dancing! — B.E.
Starring: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Robert Patrick, Frank Grillo, Sol Rodríguez, and Tim Meadows
How to watch: Peacemaker Season 2 premieres on Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
ER's Noah Wyle returns to an onscreen hospital in The Pitt, from ER and The West Wing producer John Wells. Wyle plays Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, chief attendant in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital's emergency room. The 15-episode season plays out in real time, with each episode following one hour in Robby's 15-hour shift at a Pittsburgh hospital. Based on the trailer alone, we're looking at a highly stressful ride, one that hopes to shed light on the challenges facing American healthcare workers. — B.E.
Starring: Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez, and Katherine LaNasa
How to watch: The Pitt premieres Jan. 9 on Max.
Season 1 of Nathan Fielder's (The Curse) docu-comedy The Rehearsal saw Fielder offering real-life people the chance to "rehearse" key moments of their life in order to predict every possible outcome. Inevitably, though, this already-strange concept morphed into something stranger, examining everything from parenthood to empathy to how we view reality TV. Whatever Fielder has cooked up to top that in Season 2, you can bet it will be uncomfortable as all get out. — B.E.
Starring: Nathan Fielder
How to watch: The Rehearsal Season 2 premieres on HBO and Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
American's most beloved (and totally not self-serving at all) televangelists are back in The Righteous Gemstones Season 4. Get ready for more Gemstone family dysfunction, more opulent megachurch issues, and hopefully more Baby Billy (Walton Goggins, Fallout) bangers. I can't help it that "Bible Bonkers" is a bop. — B.E.
Starring: Danny McBride, John Goodman, Walton Goggins, Edi Patterson, Adam Devine, Tony Cavalero, Cassidy Freeman, Tim Baltz, and Skyler Gisondo
How to watch: The Righteous Gemstones Season 4 premieres on HBO and Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Mark Ruffalo stars in Task, a new miniseries from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby. Ruffalo plays the head of an FBI task force sent to the working class suburbs of Philadelphia. There, he'll try to put an end to a series of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man. — B.E.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Martha Plimpton, Mireille Enos, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Thuso Mbedu, Raúl Castillo, Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley, Fabien Frankel, Alison Oliver, Owen Teague, Dominic Colón, Margarita Levieva, Raphael Sbarge, Mickey Sumner, Brian Goodman, Elvis Nolasco, Colin Bates, Isaach de Bankole, Phoebe Fox, Silvia Dionicio, and Coral Peña
How to watch: Task premieres on HBO and Max in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Mike White's Emmy–winning satire The White Lotus travels to Thailand for Season 3, where you can expect to see more rich people behaving badly, and more resort staff lamenting the fact they have to cater to the guests' every whims. Other plot details — including whether this season will open with yet another death — are still under wraps.
You know what's not under wraps? This season's star-studded cast, which sees the return of spa manager Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) from Season 1. (Hopefully she lasts longer than Season 2's returning character, Jennifer Coolidge's Tanya.) New cast members include Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age), Walton Goggins (Fallout), Leslie Bibb (Juror #2), Michelle Monaghan (MaXXXine), Parker Posey (Thelma), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V), Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), and Blackpink's Lisa. We won't have to wait too long to see this cast in action, as The White Lotus reopens its doors this Feb. — B.E.
Starring: Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Dom Hetrakul, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Morgana O’Reilly, and Shalini Peiris
How to watch: The White Lotus Season 3 premieres Feb. 16 on HBO and Max.
Whether you love solving the mysteries of the wilderness or exploring space, the final frontier, Paramount+ has you covered. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Paramount+ and Showtime series to keep an eye out for.
Paramount+ has a dazzling array of Star Trek shows and movies old and new, including 2025's film spinoff Star Trek: Section 31 starring Michelle Yeoh. But only one of these series can be called the delightfully horniest of the bunch, and that'd be Strange New Worlds.
Centering on a time when Spock (Ethan Peck) was not only young and hot, but also everyone (including Carol Kane as a flirtatious engineer) was hot for him, Strange New Worlds doesn't take itself as seriously as some of the classic Trek shows. To that point, this series has already offered a musical episode that including move-busting Klingons and a crossover episode with the animated comedy Lower Decks, which resulted in all kinds of epic adventure and hilarity.
What does Season 3 have in store? Paramount gave a glimpse of some of the action and drama to come out of New York Comic Con last fall. But we suspect the show's biggest surprises are being held close to their coms badges. We can't wait to see them. —K.P.
Starring: Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, Bruce Horak, Rebecca Romijn, and Martin Quinn
How to watch: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 premieres on Paramount+ in 2025.
I hope you're hungry for more teen cannibalism, because Yellowjackets Season 3 is on the way. And this time, Hilary Swank is along for the ride!
Unluckily for her, Swank joins the Yellowjackets in a time of crisis, in both the past and present. Season 2 ended with the young Yellowjackets losing their cabin, and with the present-day Yellowjackets experiencing a heart-wrenching death. How will each group respond to these tragedies? My money's on cannibalism and crime — and I can't wait to see where the wilderness takes us next. — B.E.
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Simone Kessell, Sophie Nélisse, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Sarah Desjardins, Elijah Wood, Joel McHale, and Hilary Swank
How to watch: Yellowjackets Season 3 premieres Feb. 14 on Paramount+ with the Showtime plan.
Peacock's got tons of thrillers and mysteries in store in 2025, from the return of Rian Johnson's Poker Face to suspenseful crime stories like Long Bright River. Plus, the return of The Traitors promises some exquisite reality TV backstabbing. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Peacock series to keep an eye out for.
Sarah Snook taking the lead in a new show? It absolutely needed to happen. Given how good she was in Netflix's underrated horror film Run Rabbit Run, the Succession star should be perfect for her role in Megan Gallagher's All Her Fault, in which she plays a mother who goes to pick up her young son from a playdate only to find out he's disappeared. Based on Andrea Mara's novel of the same name, this one also stars The White Lotus' Jake Lacy, IT's Sophia Lillis, and Ant-Man's Michael Peña. — S.H.
Starring: Sarah Snook, Jake Lacy, Sophia Lillis, Michael Peña, Dakota Fanning, Abby Elliott, Jay Ellis, and Thomas Cocquerel
How to watch: All Her Fault premieres on Peacock in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
In 1988, a bomb destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 as it flew over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. All passengers and crew members died in the explosion, while debris from the aircraft killed an additional 11 Lockerbie residents. That true story is the basis for Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, which stars Colin Firth as Jim Swire, the real-life father of one of the Lockerbie victims who sought justice for those who perished in the bombing. — B.E.
Starring: Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton, Jemma Carlton, and Harry Redding
How to watch: Lockerbie: A Search for Truth premieres Jan. 2 on Peacock.
Liz Moore's Long Bright River gets the TV treatment in this upcoming Peacock limited series of the same name. The thriller stars Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout) as police officer Mickey, who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood that was especially impacted by the opioid crisis. When a string of murders hits the neighborhood, she learns that her family history may have something to do with it, kicking off a suspenseful case. — B.E.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson, John Doman, Dash Mihok, Britne Oldford, Matthew Del Negro, Harriet Sansom Harris, Patch Darragh, and Perry Mattfeld
How to watch: Long Bright River premieres on Peacock in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne put a delightful spin on Columbo in Poker Face, which sees Lyonne sniffing out crime as "human lie detector" Charlie Cale. In Season 1, she solved murders everywhere from racetracks to dinner theaters, so who knows what's in store for her next?
One thing's for sure: Like in Season 1, Poker Face Season 2 will be packed with high-profile guest stars. Among the faces you can expect are John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live), Sam Richardson (Veep), Giancarlo Esposito (The Boys), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Kumail Nanjiani (Only Murders in the Building), and Margo Martindale (The Sticky). There's even more where those came from, and that's no lie. — B.E.
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim, Sam Richardson, Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann, Kumail Nanjiani, Sherry Cola, Kevin Corrigan, Ben Marshall, Kathrine Narducci, Cynthia Erivo, BJ Novak, and Margo Martindale
How to watch: Poker Face Season 2 premieres on Peacock in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
If you love reality TV, Alan Cumming, or social deduction games, The Traitors is the perfect treat for you. Each season throws famous reality TV stars into a Scottish castle, where the "traitors" among them will seek to murder the "faithful." It's basically a game of high-budget mafia, with Cumming as narrator. In Season 3, contestants include Selling Sunset's Chrishell Stause, The Real Housewives of New York City's Dorinda Medley, Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval, RuPaul's Drag Race winner Bob the Drag Queen, and King Charles III's second cousin, Lord Ivar Mountbatten. Truly, anything could happen. — B.E.
Starring: Alan Cumming, Bob Harper, Bob the Drag Queen, Britney Haynes, Carolyn Wiger, Chanel Ayan, Chrishell Stause, Ciara Miller, Danielle Reyes, Dolores Catania, Dorinda Medley, Dylan Efron, Gabby Windey, Jeremy Collins, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Nikki Garcia, Rob Mariano, Robyn Dixon, Sam Asghari, Tom Sandoval, Tony Vlachos, and Wells Adams
How to watch: The Traitors Season 3 premiers Jan. 9 on Peacock.
Peacock's adaptation of the Twisted Metal games continues in Season 2. Based on the end of Season 1, we'll be seeing the titular tournament in action, so strap in for some serious car-on-car violence. Plus, get ready to learn more about John's (Anthony Mackie) mysterious sister Dollface, last seen on the hunt for her brother. — B.E.
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Samoa Joe, Will Arnett, Michael James Shaw, Saylor Bell Curda, Lisa Gilroy, Anthony Carrigan, Richard de Klerk, Patty Guggenheim, and Tiana Okoye
How to watch: Twisted Metal Season 2 premieres on Peacock in 2025. The release date has yet to be announced.
Looking for superheroes or high fantasy? Prime Video's got you covered in 2025. Here, in alphabetical order, are the Prime Video series to keep an eye out for.
In Invincible Season 3, Mark Grayson (voiced by Steven Yeun) is on track to become Earth's greatest defender. According to the trailer, he's already increased his speed, endurance, and strength by leaps and bounds. He's also got a new, "serious" suit. (But is it too serious?) Mark's training comes with some major baggage, though, as he keeps butting heads with Global Defense Agency Director Cecil Stedman (voiced by Fallout's Walton Goggins) over Cecil's methods for protecting Earth. The trailer even sees Mark beating Cecil up before cutting any ties with him. Could we be seeing Mark go fully rogue this season? — B.E.
Starring: Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Walton Goggins, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Zazie Beetz, Grey DeLisle, Zachary Quinto, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Andrew Rannells, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ben Schwartz, Clancy Brown, Jay Pharoah, Mark Hamill, and Melise Jow
How to watch: Invincible Season 3 premieres Feb. 6 on Prime Video.
It's a tale as old as time: Veteran police officer and rookie team up and gradually learn more about one another. That's the case in On Call, a half-hour police drama series that follows a longtime training officer (Troian Bellisario) and rookie (Brandon Larracuente) as they patrol Long Beach. The series incorporates a mixture of bodycam, dashcam, and cell phone footage in order to create a more grounded effect. — B.E.
Starring: Troian Bellisario, Brandon Larracuente, Lori Loughlin, Rich Ting, and Eriq La Salle
How to watch: On Call premieres Jan. 9 on Prime Video.
Looking to satisfy your high fantasy cravings? Then look no further than The Wheel of Time. Prime Video's adaptation of Robert Jordan's epic series continues in 2025 — and according to the teaser, things are darker than ever. Sure, Dragon Reborn Rand (Josha Stradowski), Aes Sedai Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), and the rest of our heroes won the Battle of Falme in Season 2. But the Forsaken's hunt for Rand continues, and the villainous Aes Sedai faction known as the Black Ajah are stepping out of the shadows.
Worst of all? Moiraine keeps getting visions of thousands of possible futures. In every future where she survives, Rand dies, and vice versa. If the two can't both survive the season, who could we be parting ways with in Season 3? — B.E.
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Zoë Robins, Madeleine Madden, Marcus Rutherford, Dónal Finn, Ceara Coveney, Kate Fleetwood, Natasha O’Keeffe, Ayoola Smart, Kae Alexander, Laia Costa, Olivia Williams, Luke Fetherston, Callum Kerr, and Nuno Lopes
How to watch: The Wheel of Time Season 3 premieres March 13 on Prime Video.
