With 2024 now firmly in the rearview, it’s time to start looking ahead at what fantastic shows the new year will bring. This year we’re looking at 50 shows in 2025 that we think you should be excited about, including a nice mix of favorites returning for new seasons as well as new shows and miniseries that are on the way.
Those shows include returns to dystopian societies in Severance and Squid Game, the return of TV lawyers with Daredevil and Suits: LA, a new Robert De Niro miniseries, and a new show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. Here are the shows from 2025 we’re on the lookout for:
Harley Quinn season 5
Release date: Jan. 16
Where to watch: Max
The funniest show in the DC Universe returns for a fifth season this January, and moves the action to Metropolis. That means Aisha Tyler joining the crew as Lena Luthor, Stephen Fry as Brainiac, and most likely a bigger role for Superman. And with a new DC Universe around the corner, you can be sure there will be a lot of meta gags about James Gunn, who was last seen directing an in-universe Thomas Wayne biopic starring Clayface pretending to be Billy Bob Thornton. —Pete Volk
Severance season 2
Release date: Jan. 17
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
Season 1 of Severance left all of us with one of the most daring, conniving, and frankly annoying (non-derogatory) cliffhangers in TV: The innies in open rebellion; Mark (Adam Scott) discovering his wife was still alive and (somehow?) being kept in the bowels of Lumon. Now, season 2 has to pick up the pieces — which you can certainly trust them to do in the way Lumon does: orderly and liminal. —Zosha Millman
Prime Target
Release date: Jan. 22
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) stars in this original miniseries from Sherlock writer Steve Thompson as Edward Brook, a brilliant postgraduate mathematician on the verge of a breakthrough that could upend the entire field of global cybersecurity. Consisting of eight episodes, Prime Target will follow Brook as he teams up with Taylah Sanders (Quintessa Swindell), an NSA agent tasked with reporting on him, as they attempt to unravel the conspiracy he finds himself inadvertently at the heart of. —Toussaint Egan
Watson
Release date: Jan. 26
Where to watch: CBS
It’s another Sherlock Holmes adaptation! This time, though, the focus is on Dr. John Watson, so it’s more of a medical drama with detective elements than a detective drama with medical elements. This version is set in Pittsburgh and kicks off a year after Sherlock Holmes’ “death.” Watson (played by Morris Chestnut) has started a new clinic for patients with strange issues — but the medical mysteries get even more complicated when Watson’s past surfaces. —Petrana Radulovic
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Release date: Jan. 29
Where to watch: Disney Plus
Disney Plus has the newest member of the Animated Spider-Man Series family in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. The new show, designed after the style of Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr., is set to feature not just Spider-Man but lots of other Marvel characters, including deep cuts like Nico Minoru. —Susana Polo
Cobra Kai season 6 part 3
Release date: Feb. 13
Where to watch: Netflix
Cobra Kai is back — for those keeping score at home, this will be the third part of its sixth season, and the final batch of episodes for the show ever. No surprise, this is being billed as the Cobra Kai legends’ biggest battle yet. And with five episodes on the horizon in February, it seems like it’s anyone’s game. —ZM
Yellowjackets season 3
Release date: Feb. 14
Where to watch: Showtime
After a terrific first season to establish this show’s plane-crash mystery, season 2 was a little too meandering. But hopefully season 3 will dive deeper into the mystery and weirdness that makes this show great. —AG
The White Lotus season 3
Release date: Feb. 16
Where to watch: Max
Mike White’s luxury resort mystery series is back for another season, this time set in Thailand. And of course, it wouldn’t be a new White Lotus season without a new all-star cast, which this time includes Walton Goggins, Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Lisa, and many, many more. —AG
Win or Lose
Release date: Feb. 19
Where to watch: Disney Plus
Soon after the launch of Disney Plus, Pixar announced a streaming show called Win or Lose, which sounded like a sort of animated softball Rashomon: Each week, viewers would see the same events surrounding a coed middle school softball team, but from a different team member’s perspective. Fast forward a few years, and the show is finally coming to the platform. Most appealing is how that premise will be reflected in the visual approach of the series, as each episode is supposed to have a different animation style. But news that Disney pulled a transgender storyline from the season continues a troubling pattern, and will give some viewers pause about diving in. —PV
Reacher season 3
Release date: Feb. 20
Where to watch: Prime Video
Everyone’s favorite “swole Sherlock” show returns for a third season, and this time there’s a secret weapon: Yes, Reacher somehow found an even bigger dude. Seven-foot-two, 350-pound Dutch bodybuilder Olivier Richters has joined the show as an antagonist, and the early teaser shows that Richters’ presence somehow makes the massive Alan Ritchson look like a small child. That’s going to set up one hell of a throwdown. —PV
Zero Day
Release date: Feb. 20
Where to watch: Netflix
We don’t know much about this new series, but the premise of a political thriller centered around a massive cyberattack sounds pretty interesting. Even better, it stars Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, and Angela Bassett, which gives it one of the most stacked casts of any show this year. —Austen Goslin
Suits: LA
Release date: Feb. 23
Where to watch: NBC
Suits is back and moving. The new reboot will pick up in (you guessed it) the City of Angels, with the Arrowverse’s Stephen Amell as Ted Black, a former prosecutor who’s reinventing himself in Los Angeles. What led his whole life to unravel, and where will that leave the firm now? Suit up and find out. —ZM
Daredevil: Born Again
Release date: March 4
Where to watch: Disney Plus
Charlie Cox returns to his role as Matt Murdock in Daredevil: Born Again. While his Daredevil has already appeared in the MCU with cameos in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and 2022’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, this will be his first time in the spotlight for Marvel. The nine-episode first season will see Murdock once again clash against his adversary, former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson are set to reprise their roles as Karen Page and Franklin “Foggy” Nelson from the Netflix version of the show as well, which aired from 2015 to 2018, along with Jon Bernthal, who will reprise his role as the vigilante Frank Castle, aka the Punisher. —TE
Devil May Cry
Release date: April
Where to watch: Netflix
Gaming’s sassiest demon slayer is coming to Netflix in a new animated series from creator Adi Shankar (Castlevania, Captain Laserhawk) that promises the same over-the-top, shoot-and-slash-’em-up action that’s made the Devil May Cry games so great. Early trailers that show Devil May Cry star Dante jumping out of exploding planes and kicking all kinds of ass sure seem promising. —Michael McWhertor
Andor: A Star Wars Story season 2
Release date: April 22
Where to watch: Disney Plus
We know where this story ends: a cataclysmic explosion of a citadel. But Andor season 2, if it’s anything like season 1 (and I suspect, hope, and anticipate it will be!), will make the journey well worth it. —ZM
Ironheart
Release date: June 24
Where to watch: Disney Plus
The long-delayed Ironheart series, which wrapped principal photography all the way back in 2022, will finally get in front of audiences this year. Spinning out of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, it will follow Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams, a teen who reverse engineered her own Iron Man suit. —SP
Eyes of Wakanda
Release date: Aug. 6
Where to watch: Disney Plus
Marvel’s new animated series for Disney Plus, Eyes of Wakanda, will follow agents of the Hatut Zaraze throughout Wakandan history as they reclaim vibranium that falls outside of Wakanda’s borders. —SP
Dexter: Resurrection
Release date: Summer
Where to watch: Paramount Plus
We’ve got way more questions than answers about this spinoff Dexter sequel series, which, as the title implies, seems to be about bringing the titular serial killer back from the dead, with Michael C. Hall back in the lead role. —AG
Adults
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: FX
Originally titled Snowflakes, this new FX comedy follows a group of 20-something housemates trying to navigate life and learn to be good people. Despite the fact that at this point they’re pretty awful. —AG
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Release date: Late 2025
Where to watch: HBO
The second big Game of Thrones spinoff takes place between House of the Dragon and the original series, but the stakes are a whole lot smaller than the fate of Westeros this time around. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms follows the adventures of Sir Duncan the Tall and young Prince Aegon Targaryen, better known as Egg, as they wander the kingdom looking for odd jobs and deeds of valor. —AG
Alien: Earth
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Hulu
Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley is heading back to television for a new series set in the Alien universe. But while last year’s Alien: Romulus kept the xenomorphs firmly in the stars, Hawley’s new FX series will bring the iconic monster to Earth, which sounds like a whole new kind of nightmare. —AG
The Bear season 4
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Hulu
The third season of tense restaurant drama (or comedy, if you ask the Emmys) The Bear season 3 was a disappointment to many audiences after the extremely high bar the show set in its first two seasons. But a down season of The Bear is still better than a lot of other television out there, and the show is always worth a spot on your TV calendar. FX head John Landgraf has said he hopes The Bear keeps going beyond a fourth season, but there’s been no news yet of any plans beyond this one. —PV
Black Rabbit
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
What’s there to say about the mysterious Black Rabbit? Well, here’s what we know: It’s a limited series executive produced by and starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman. The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot whose chaotic brother is gate-crashing his life and threatening everything he’s built. That’s about all we know! Count us in! —ZM
Black Mirror season 7
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology series is back to deliver another concentrated dose of dystopian heartache. Black Mirror season 7 will consist of six episodes, with Brooker claiming that the stories will return to the basics of what made the series so appealing in the first place. Peter Capaldi, Rashida Jones, Paul Giamatti, and more are anticipated to make appearances this season. We also know that season 7 will feature a sequel to the season 4 episode “USS Callister,” which starred Jesse Plemons in a dark satirical riff on Star Trek. —TE
Blood of Zeus season 3
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Gaia is not pleased: Hades was selfish, and now she has decided that the Olympians no longer deserve the power they hold. And so she has broken the Eleusinian Stone, unleashing the most dangerous adversaries yet: the Titans. —ZM
Chad Powers
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Hulu
Apple TV caught lightning in a bottle with Ted Lasso, successfully converting a hacky commercial into a mega successful TV show. ESPN and Hulu are trying to do the same thing with Chad Powers, which started as a prank on YouTube and now finds itself as a bona fide scripted TV show. Glen Powell stars (and co-creates with Loki’s Michael Waldron) as a former hotshot college quarterback who wears a disguise and takes on a fake name in order to walk onto a struggling smaller school’s team. —PV
It: Welcome to Derry
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Max
It’s been nearly five years since It Chapter Two was released, and it seems like Pennywise has been busy since then. This new It spinoff series is a prequel to the main story, and based on established lore, it seems like it could take place quite a few years before the plot we know. Of course, this means a whole new cast, with the exception of Bill Skarsgård, who’s back as Pennywise himself. —AG
For All Mankind season 5
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
For All Mankind season 4 took the series into the new millennium, rocketing things ahead to 2003 as the new Martian colonies were thriving. But with this series’ habit of jumping several years into the future with each new season, who knows when season 5 might take place or what it will be about. —AG
Foundation season 3
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
After an explosive finale to season 2, Foundation season 3 will continue to jump many years into the future, setting up a whole new plot for us with many new characters and a few returning faces. And while much of this season’s plot remains a mystery, we’re sure to see a little bit more of The Mule, the series’ big bad this time around. —AG
Hacks season 4
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Max
One of our favorite shows of 2024 returns after the stunning conclusion to the third season. The showrunners have always planned a five-season arc for the show about intergenerational comedian conflict, and the fourth season will start a brand-new stage in the careers of both Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels. And this time, the legendary Carol Burnett will be joining as a guest star. —PV
Interview with the Vampire season 3
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: AMC
Interview with the Vampire season 3 brings four words and a helluva promise: rockstar Lestat de Lioncourt.
Adapting Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat, the show is taking one of the internet’s preeminent babygirls and putting him on the big stage. He’s already got an extratextual feud with Swifties, so what could go wrong? —ZM
The Last of Us season 2
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Max
Get ready for a grim season 2 of The Last of Us, which will see the repercussions of the series’ debut season play out in devastating ways. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey return as series leads Joel and Ellie, who are settling into their new lives in Jackson, Wyoming, but are about to see their relatively peaceful existence upended. —MM
Long Story Short
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman, is back with a brand-new animated sitcom premiering on Netflix. Not much is known about Long Story Short, aside from the fact that it follows the story of a dysfunctional family’s shared history as it chronicles the passage of time. If it’s anything like BoJack Horseman, be prepared to cry and cringe… a lot. —TE
Rambler & the Birdie Machine
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
Fresh off television success with his memorable role as Mobius M. Mobius in Loki, Owen Wilson returns to the small screen as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill former golf pro who teams up with a rising golf star (Insidious: The Red Door’s Peter Dager) to try and turn his life around. The show comes from playwright and screenwriter Jason Keller (Machine Gun Preacher, Ford v Ferrari), who, as the son of former Minnesota Twins pitcher Ron Keller, is no stranger to the world of professional sports. The supporting cast includes Marc Maron, Judy Greer, and Timothy Olyphant. —PV
The Righteous Gemstones season 4
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: HBO
This very well could be the funniest show on television. Danny McBride’s opus on American failsons returns after a riotous third season that included giant styrofoam thrones, monster trucks, and literally thousands of real bugs. There are so many reasons to praise the heavens for the return of Gemstones, but I’ll stick with just one: Baby. Billy’s. Bible. Bonkers. —PV
Sandman season 2
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Tom Sturrdige returns as Lord Morpheus in the new season of Netflix’s The Sandman. Netflix hasn’t revealed exactly which of the comic storylines will feature in this season, but we do know that the world will grow, stretching through Dreaming, hell, and beyond. And this season introduces three more Endless — Destiny (Adrian Lester), Delirium (Esmé Creed-Miles), and Destruction (Barry Sloane) — to the lineup of immortal personifications. —PR
Slow Horses season 5
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
Consistently one of the best shows on television since its release in 2022, Slow Horses is gearing up for another season, but since season 4 didn’t come with the show’s regular preview of what’s next, we’re left guessing here. The good news is, whoever the bad guys are and whatever their plot, Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) and the rest of Slough House are sure to get called to clean up the mess. —AG
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Paramount Plus
Star Trek boldly goes where no series has gone before: Starfleet Academy. Reportedly filmed on the biggest soundstage ever built for a Trek show, Academy’s crew of cadets will be joined by Paul Giamatti, Tatiana Maslany, the Academy Award-winning Holly Hunter, and Tig Notaro and Robert Picardo reprising their roles from Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Voyager respectively. —SP
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Paramount Plus
Captain Pike and the crew of the Enterprise return for a third season of Paramount Plus’ now-flagship Trek series. That is, if the crew can extract themselves from last season’s Gorn-based cliffhanger. —SP
Stranger Things season 5
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Seems like just yesterday that Mike Wheeler and his friends were playing Dungeons & Dragons in his basement! But now Will Byers has returned from the Upside Down, and the paranormal danger in Hawkins, Indiana, has only gotten worse. After various delays, the fifth and final season will finally tie up Stranger Things this year — though the Duffer brothers are allegedly working on a spinoff in the same world. —PR
Star Wars: Visions season 3
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Disney Plus
Star Wars: Visions is back with a new season in 2025! After veering into uncharted territory with a second season that saw another smattering of episodes by a selection of world-class studios, the animated sci-fi anthology is returning to its roots with its upcoming third season. Featuring nine short episodes produced by several acclaimed anime studios, including Trigger (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners), Wit Studio (Attack on Titan), David Production (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure), and more, anticipation is high for Star Wars: Visions to raise the bar for what audiences can expect from the landmark sci-fi series. —TE
Squid Game season 3
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Just when he thought he was out, they he pulled himself back in. With season 2’s attempted rebellion squashed, and the dreams of Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) seemingly dashed, season 3 has one heckuva mess to clean up. Will the Squid Game finally fall when it returns in 2025? —ZM
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: AMC
Hard to pick what is the best part of the new season of The Terror: that it’s coming from Chris Cantwell (of Halt and Catch Fire fame) and Victor LaValle (who wrote the novel the season is based on), or that it’s using The Terror’s marriage of horror and grounded drama to explore a story at a psychiatric hospital. But all of them together? That’s a hit, baby. —ZM
Vince Gilligan’s new show
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
The new show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan — known only by its working title, Wycaro 339 — is about as shrouded in mystery as they come. It’s set in a present-day Albuquerque, has “no crime, and no [meth]”, stars Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn, and features a world that “changes very abruptly in the first episode, and then it is quite different.” I’d say “say less,” but that’s hard to do; either way, I’m in. —ZM
Wednesday season 2
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Tim Burton’s take on the Addams family was a match made in heaven (or hell). We’re not entirely sure about the second season’s plot details, but it’ll likely follow Wednesday in her second year at Evermore Academy. This time, her brother Pugsley will join! And Gomez and Morticia will also play bigger roles. The rest of the cast is stacked, with Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton, Billie Piper, Christopher Lloyd, and Lady Gaga among the newcomers for the new season. —PR
Widow’s Bay
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
Widow’s Bay follows the residents of a small New England town that seems to be suffering from a curse and the mayor that’s trying to get them all through it. This mystery series is based on a book that’s adapted by Parks and Rec writer Katie Dippold, with the first episode directed by The Bear producer and Atlanta director Hiro Murai. —AG
The Witcher season 4
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
The Witcher is back after taking a year off, and this time with a brand-new Geralt: Liam Hemsworth. While it’s hard to imagine the series without Henry Cavill, it’s likely that Ciri (Freya Allan) will take on a larger role this time around, so hopefully we won’t miss our old Witcher too much. —AG
Wonder Man
Release Date: TBA
Where to watch: Disney Plus
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is finally making his MCU debut in Wonder Man, the new TV miniseries from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton. The series will follow Simon Williams, a superpowered actor and stunt person who auditions for the lead role in a superhero TV series. There’s not much else to go off on at the moment, but with a premise like that we can probably expect some Wandavision-esque fourth wall-breaking shenanigans. Ben Kingsley is set to reprise his role as Trevor Slattery, the failed actor who impersonated the “Mandarin,” aka Xu Wenwu, and was later abducted by the Ten Rings. —TE
X-Men ’97 season 2
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Disney Plus
After a surprise-hit first season, X-Men ’97 season 2 will hopefully air on Disney Plus this year, having wrapped production before the first season even ended. With the X-Men scattered through time, the second season is expected to feature the threat of the villain Apocalypse. —SP
You season 5
Release date: TBA
Where to watch: Netflix
Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is out in the open and more exposed than he’s ever been. Ostensibly, his crimes have been wiped away with the power of money and influence, and he’s putting his murderous tendencies behind him. In reality — well, this is You’s final season, and he’s now up on a very high pedestal… —ZM
Source：https://www.polygon.com/tv/493214/best-new-tv-2025-release-calendar-schedule-shows-series
