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These are the best TV shows of 2025 (so far)

June 11, 2025, 6:02 a.m. ET
From the hazy humidity of Thailand to the frigid cold of the Arctic, the best shows of 2025 transport us around the world (and galaxy) for superb storytelling and characters. You don't want to miss a single one of these excellent series. 10. "The White Lotus" (HBO): HBO's anthology wealth satire, set at a different luxury resort each year, remains one of the best shows on television, even when it's not perfect. This year's trip to Thailand was an exercise in incivility and taboo-breaking, a cacophonous symphony of troubled souls colliding amid Mai Tais and monkeys. Pictured (from left): Carrie Coon as Laurie, Leslie Bibb as Kate and Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn.
From the hazy humidity of Thailand to the frigid cold of the Arctic, the best shows of 2025 transport us around the world (and galaxy) for superb storytelling and characters. You don't want to miss a single one of these excellent series. 10. "The White Lotus" (HBO):HBO's anthology wealth satire, set at a different luxury resort each year, remains one of the best shows on television, even when it's not perfect. This year's trip to Thailand was an exercise in incivility and taboo-breaking, a cacophonous symphony of troubled souls colliding amid Mai Tais and monkeys. Pictured (from left): Carrie Coon as Laurie, Leslie Bibb as Kate and Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn.
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9. "Severance" (Apple TV+): The long-awaited second season of Apple's mind-boggling workplace drama brought just as much mystic strangeness and corporate jargon as fans were expecting. "Severance" always gets its emotions right, in no small part thanks to its talented cast, including Adam Scott, Britt Lower and the magnetic and (pictured) magnificent Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick.
9. "Severance" (Apple TV+):The long-awaited second season of Apple's mind-boggling workplace drama brought just as much mystic strangeness and corporate jargon as fans were expecting. "Severance" always gets its emotions right, in no small part thanks to its talented cast, including Adam Scott, Britt Lower and the magnetic and (pictured) magnificent Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick.
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8. "North of North" (Netflix): This coming-of- age comedy is set in a tiny Arctic village that's, well, north of what you think of as North. Gleeful and bubbling with energy, "North" stars the instantly magnetic Anna Lambe as Siaja, unhappily married to Ting (Kelly William).
8. "North of North" (Netflix):This coming-of- age comedy is set in a tiny Arctic village that's, well, north of what you think of as North. Gleeful and bubbling with energy, "North" stars the instantly magnetic Anna Lambe as Siaja, unhappily married to Ting (Kelly William).
Jasper Savage, Netflix
7. "Apple Cider Vinegar" (Netflix): As Australian "wellness" influencer Belle Gibson, who faked cancer so she could claim she cured it with the special recipes she was hawking, Kaitlyn Dever excelled at being odious and hateful.
7. "Apple Cider Vinegar" (Netflix): As Australian "wellness" influencer Belle Gibson, who faked cancer so she could claim she cured it with the special recipes she was hawking, Kaitlyn Dever excelled at being odious and hateful.
Ben King, Netflix
6. "Overcompensating" (Prime Video): Underpinning every thigh-slapping comedy bit in Amazon's raucous and irreverent college comedy "Overcompensating" is a deeply real understanding of the messy and imperfect way that human beings transition from flailing young teens into flailing young adults. The hilarious series was created by and stars comedian Benito Skinner (right).
6. "Overcompensating" (Prime Video):Underpinning every thigh-slapping comedy bit in Amazon's raucous and irreverent college comedy "Overcompensating" is a deeply real understanding of the messy and imperfect way that human beings transition from flailing young teens into flailing young adults. The hilarious series was created by and stars comedian Benito Skinner (right).
Jackie Brown, Prime
5. "Matlock" (CBS): Who knew that what seemed like an unremarkable broadcast reboot (of the 1980s Andy Griffith legal drama) could be so darn inventive and creatively ambitious? Led by "Jane the Virgin" creator Jennie Snyder Urman, the new "Matlock" is everything you hope for in a CBS procedural and so much more: Surprising, heartfelt, witty, thrilling and deeply thoughtful. The cast includes Kathy Bates as Madeline Matlock, David Del Rio as Billy Martinez, Leah Lewis as Sarah Franklin and Skye P. Marshall as Olympia Lawrence.
5. "Matlock" (CBS):Who knew that what seemed like an unremarkable broadcast reboot (of the 1980s Andy Griffith legal drama) could be so darn inventive and creatively ambitious? Led by "Jane the Virgin" creator Jennie Snyder Urman, the new "Matlock" is everything you hope for in a CBS procedural and so much more: Surprising, heartfelt, witty, thrilling and deeply thoughtful. The cast includes Kathy Bates as Madeline Matlock, David Del Rio as Billy Martinez, Leah Lewis as Sarah Franklin and Skye P. Marshall as Olympia Lawrence.
Sonja Flemming, CBS
4. "Sirens" (Netflix): Netflix's limited series from "Maid" creator Molly Smith Metzler is a delight, a chewy melodrama about the haves and the have-nots unwillingly clumped together, including stunning performances from Milly Alcock ("House of the Dragon") and Julianne Moore.
4. "Sirens" (Netflix):Netflix's limited series from "Maid" creator Molly Smith Metzler is a delight, a chewy melodrama about the haves and the have-nots unwillingly clumped together, including stunning performances from Milly Alcock ("House of the Dragon") and Julianne Moore.
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3. "Adolescence" (Netflix): The moment you set your eyes on the four-part limited series, in which each episode is one tantalizingly long single shot, you can't look away from the everyday horror of the story of middle schooler Jamie Miller's (Owen Cooper) brutal murder of a female classmate, and his father's (Stephen Graham) anguish.
3. "Adolescence" (Netflix):The moment you set your eyes on the four-part limited series, in which each episode is one tantalizingly long single shot, you can't look away from the everyday horror of the story of middle schooler Jamie Miller's (Owen Cooper) brutal murder of a female classmate, and his father's (Stephen Graham) anguish.
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2. "Andor" (Disney)+: As impeccable and devastating as its sublime first season, Disney+’s mature “Star Wars” series is the best thing the franchise has turned out since the original trilogy, and the heart-rending second and final season, starring Diego Luna, only affirms that.
2. "Andor" (Disney)+:As impeccable and devastating as its sublime first season, Disney+’s mature “Star Wars” series is the best thing the franchise has turned out since the original trilogy, and the heart-rending second and final season, starring Diego Luna, only affirms that.
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1. "The Pitt" (Max): In this tumultuous and uncertain year, no series has captured our national mood better than Max’s “The Pitt,” a medical drama built for these interesting times. Pictured: Ayesha Harris as Dr. Ellis, Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby Robinavitch and Ken Kirby as Dr. Shen.
1. "The Pitt" (Max): In this tumultuous and uncertain year, no series has captured our national mood better than Max’s “The Pitt,” a medical drama built for these interesting times. Pictured: Ayesha Harris as Dr. Ellis, Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby Robinavitch and Ken Kirby as Dr. Shen.
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