It's been another packed year of terrific TV shows. Indeed, the world's best streaming services have given us plenty of must-see series to watch over the past 12 months – and we thought we'd tell you what our favorite ones were.
To book a spot on this list, shows had to meet one or more of these criteria: be one of the most-watched series of 2025, hold a critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes (RT) above 90%, and/or just be one that our experts thoroughly enjoyed in spite of their viewing figures and critical reception.
Two final bits of housekeeping: one, you'll find our choices categorized by the streamer they released on. And, two, we couldn't write about every program we enjoyed this year, so you'll find a 'best of the rest' selection at the end of each section. If your favorite show of 2025 might be highlighted there instead. So, without further ado, here are TechRadar's 34 top TV picks for the year that was. – Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter
Best Apple TV shows of 2025
Foundation season 3
Murderbot season 1
Pluribus season 1
Severance season 2
Slow Horses season 5
The Studio season 1
- Honorable mentions: Berlin ER, Chief of War, Platonic season 2
Best Disney+ shows of 2025
Andor season 2
Daredevil: Born Again season 1
- Honorable mentions: Star Wars: Tales From the Underworld, Win or Lose, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 1
Best HBO Max shows of 2025
The Gilded Age season 3
The Last of Us season 2
Peacemaker season 2
The Pitt
- Honorable mentions: Duster, Heated Rivalry season 1, IT: Welcome to Derry, The Righteous Gemstones season 4, Task season 1, The Chair Company season 1, The White Lotus season 3
Best Hulu shows of 2025
A Thousand Blows
Alien: Earth season 1
The Bear season 4
High Potential season 2
Only Murders in the Building season 5
Paradise
Welcome to Wrexham season 4
- Honorable mentions: Dying for Sex
Best Netflix shows of 2025
Adolescence
Long Story Short
Squid Game season 3
Stranger Things season 5
Toxic Town
Wednesday season 2
- Honorable mentions: Big Mouth season 8, Boots, Death by Lightning, Dept. Q, The Eternaut, Forever, Last Samurai Standing, Million Dollar Secret, The Night Agent season 2
Best Paramount+ shows of 2025
Landman season 2
MobLand
- Honorable mentions: Stans
Best Peacock shows of 2025
The Celebrity Traitors UK
Twisted Metal season 2
- Honorable mentions: Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, Poker Face season 2
Best Prime Video shows of 2025
Fallout season 2
Gen V season 2
The Girlfriend
Invincible season 3
The Mighty Nein season 1
- Honorable mentions: Overcompensating, Reacher season 3
