If you’re anything like me, you’ve already binged everything new on Netflix in August and are ready to move onto something else. As much as we might like to, we can’t magically release upcoming shows onto the platform before they’re ready, so we’ve got to explore the jungle that is Netflix’s back catalog to find a TV show that perfectly suits our tastes.
Surprisingly, some series that were tipped to be the biggest releases of 2025’s first half have scored much lower with Rotten Tomatoes critics than expected. As far as TV shows are concerned, Wednesday season 2 came in at 83%, Squid Game season 3 is still sitting around 80% and the new medical series Pulse crashed out at 48%. With very little broaching the 90% threshold, where have all the good shows gone (and where are all the stars, to paraphrase Bonnie Tyler)?
