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Crack the backbone of your 2025 planner and begin filling in some dates, as a result of we’ve rounded up all the most important new and returning reveals of subsequent yr.
2024 has seen the dying of loads of TV reveals, some by design—like Larry David’s long-running Curb Your Enthusiasm, the vampire comedy What We Do within the Shadows, and essentially the most unlikely spin-off hit of all time, Young Sheldon. Then there have been those who had the rug pulled out from below them, just like the Star Wars sequence The Acolyte, Netflix’s Greek god epic Kaos, and Taika Waititi’s fan-favorite Our Flag Means Death.
Still, the place some TV doorways shut, new browser home windows open, and subsequent yr appears to be like to be packed to the rafters with big-budget swings like a brand new Game of Thrones prequel and a positively stacked Apple TV+ originals slate, in addition to extremely anticipated returning faves like The White Lotus, The Bear, and The Traitors.
We’ve narrowed down the reveals we expect will probably be on everybody’s lips in 2025.
Brand new
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Peacock)
Jan. 2
Just days earlier than Christmas in 1988, the UK noticed its deadliest terror assault in historical past when a Pan Am flight was blown up over the small Scottish city of Lockerbie, killing 270 individuals. In Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Colin Firth takes on the position of Jim Swire, who misplaced his daughter within the explosion and have become the spokesperson for households who misplaced family members on board. He believes the federal government is masking up what actually occurred on the flight, however as 36 years of historical past reveal, the story is rarely clear.
American Primeval (Netflix)
Jan. 9
If the title of Netflix’s gritty new drama implies one thing harmful and evil, nicely, that’s the thought. American Primeval chronicles the start of the American West, with all of the perils and violence that got here with warring cultures and religions vying for dominance. Taylor Kitsch leads Peter Berg’s sequence as a traumatized man traversing the terrain, with the at all times glorious Betty Gilpin as a mom on the lookout for a information throughout the nation. They hope for freedom, however within the frontier, the perfect they’ll ask for could also be survival.
The Pitt (Max)
Jan. 9
Noah Wyle as an ER doc? In 2025? It’s extra probably than you assume. The Pitt sees Wyle return to the fluorescent-lit hospital halls because the chief attendant at a Pittsburgh hospital. More 24 than ER, every episode of the sequence follows one hour in Wyle’s 15-hour shift and goals to indicate the relentless situations for modern-day healthcare staff in America, from crammed ready rooms to nursing shortages.
Prime Target (Apple TV+)
Jan. 22
After the sob-fest that was One Day, we’re grateful that Leo Woodall’s follow-up sequence appears to be like to be extra adrenaline-spiking than tear-jerking. Prime Target follows Woodall’s Edward Brooks, a math genius (therefore the reference to prime numbers) on the point of a significant breakthrough who senses somebody could also be making an attempt to thwart his discovery. He and the FBI agent despatched to spy on him (Quintessa Swindell) will try to unravel the conspiracy on the coronary heart of each of their work.
Watson (CBS)
Jan. 26
If there are three issues that the common TV viewer loves, they’re medical dramas, police procedurals, and modern spins on recognizable IP. Enter Watson, the brand new sequence about Sherlock Holmes’ physician sidekick, which payments itself as half medical thriller, half detective present. Morris Chestnut takes the mantle of John Watson (following Lucy Liu’s run within the character’s final primetime procedural outing in Elementary), who, after the dying of Sherlock Holmes, units up his personal apply devoted to unusual and strange medical points.
Paradise (Hulu)
Jan. 28
Sterling Okay. Brown is teaming again up with This Is Us creator Dan Fogleman for this sequence centered across the homicide of the President of the United States (performed by James Marsden, at all times a pleasure to see pop up in issues). Brown performs the pinnacle of safety, who simply so occurs to have been the final individual to see him alive after being let in on one thing high secret and probably world-altering. Cue the intrigue, espionage, gripping mysteries, and Brown doing what he does greatest: expertly enjoying a personality we don’t know whether or not to root for or towards.
SNL fiftieth Anniversary Special (NBC)
Feb. 16
SNL’s birthday bash has been a full-season affair up to now, with legacy hosts and returning solid members galore. The precise huge five-oh celebration for Lorne Michaels’ comedy brainchild will probably be a three-hour dwell particular devoted to the sketch present’s half-century run. Details up to now are skinny on the bottom, with no phrase but on who will tackle internet hosting duties and who from the present’s illustrious run will probably be again for some nostalgic commemoration. Based on the present’s fortieth anniversary particular 10 years in the past, we are able to actually count on a carousel of massive names and a number of musical friends.
Zero Day (Netflix)
Feb. 20
Zero Day, Netflix’s upcoming political thriller, marks Robert De Niro’s first step into the world of status TV, a powerful feat to carry off on contemplating so lots of his A-list friends have made the leap over the previous couple of years. He’ll be joined by Jesse Plemons, Dan Stevens, Lizzy Caplan, and Angela Bassett within the sequence, a couple of beloved and former United States president (De Niro, naturally) as he leads the investigation right into a catastrophic cyberattack.
The Americas (NBC)
Feb. 23
Move over David Attenborough, Tom Hanks is coming in your bag. Hanks takes on narrating duties for this expansive docuseries that reveals the fantastic thing about nature spanning essentially the most distant components of each North and South America. The sequence was filmed over 5 years, taking viewers from the highest of the world within the Arctic to the underside within the Antarctic.
Suits LA (NBC)
Feb. 23
If there’s one factor that L.A. has in abundance, it’s legal professionals. So it is smart that the primary spin-off of Suits, the wildly fashionable, Meghan Markle-starring sequence about NYC attorneys that turned a behemoth streaming hit after it resulted in 2019, would decamp for the West Coast. The sequence stars Stephen Amell as a federal prosecutor from New York who strikes to Hollywood to symbolize a few of Los Angeles’ strongest purchasers. Maggie Grace may even star.
Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+)
March 4
It’s been an extended, lengthy highway to get us to Daredevil: Born Again’s launch. The long-awaited solo return for Charlie Cox’s blind superhero outdoors of the short-lived Marvel-Netflix partnership was first introduced in 2022, however by 2023 it was endeavor an enormous inventive overhaul with The Punisher’s Dario Scardapane introduced in as showrunner. The present, which has been billed as a continuation of the character’s preliminary three-season Netflix run quite than a reboot, will convey again sequence originals Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio as villain Kingpin, and Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson and Karen Page to the gritty streets of New York’s Hell’s Kitchen.
Dope Thief (Apple TV+)
March 14
Dope Thief is one other crime novel adaptation set to hit the small display screen subsequent yr. Top Gun: Maverick screenwriter Peter Craig’s 2009 story will star Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura as a duo that runs a grift posing as DEA brokers to rob an unknown home within the countryside, solely to comprehend they’ve stumbled throughout the most important narcotics hall on the East Coast. Ridley Scott will govt produce.
The Residence (Netflix)
March 20
So far, Netflix’s greater than $100-million cope with Shonda Rhimes has given us the bodice-ripping behemoth Bridgerton, its spin-off Queen Charlotte, and the Anna Delvey miniseries Inventing Anna. The latest jewel within the crown is The Residence, a homicide thriller set throughout the partitions of the White House. Described as an “upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs” story, the sequence stars Uzo Aduba because the eccentric detective alongside Giancarlo Esposito and Randall Park.
The Studio (Apple TV+)
March 26
The signal of actually making it in Hollywood isn’t an award or a mansion within the hills, it’s wracking up sufficient caché to get Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, and Kathryn Hahn to berate you on display screen. The Studio stars Seth Rogen as a film studio head on the point of existential disaster as he tries to toe the road between making artwork and “motion pictures with a capital M.” The trailer alone is sort of a rolodex of big-name cameos enjoying heightened variations of themselves, which, when executed nicely, may be pleasant.
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+)
April 11
Jon Hamm as a considerably sociopathic businessman conning his manner by way of New York? We assume we’ve seen this one earlier than. In Your Friends & Neighbors, Hamm will lead his first TV sequence since Mad Men and swimsuit again up as a hedge fund manager who, after dropping his job and marriage, begins stealing from the rich residents of his suburb. Naturally, the con will get out of hand, and when he steals the incorrect factor from the incorrect home, his new lifetime of petty crime begins to unravel. The sequence may even star Olivia Munn and Amanda Peet.
Government Cheese (Apple TV+)
April 16
Another sequence in Apple TV+’s loaded slate is Government Cheese, starring and executive-produced by David Oyelowo. The surrealist comedy is about in 1969 and revolves round a unusual household in L.A. Oyelowo performs its patriarch who, after being launched from jail, tries to curry favor along with his spouse and children who resent his absence and have seemingly constructed an odd life round lofty pursuits and odd hobbies within the time he’s been away. The present is created by Paul Hunter, dubbed one of the crucial influential hip-hop music video administrators of all time. Unsurprisingly, early pictures of the sequence look attractive.
Alien: Earth (FX)
Summer TBA
The Alien franchise has had an extended and storied existence in cinema (the newest installment, Alien: Romulus, got here out this yr), however Alien: Earth will probably be its first live-action iteration on TV. They’ve introduced within the huge weapons for the xenomorph’s small-screen debut, roping in Fargo sequence creator Noah Hawley to helm the (house) ship. The sequence is a prequel to the unique 1979 Ridley Scott movie starring Sigourney Weaver and takes place on Earth after a mysterious vessel containing a harmful entity (three guesses for what it may be!) threatens life as we all know it.
Stick (Apple TV+)
TBA
Owen Wilson is pitching on the inexperienced in Stick, a comedy about golf. He stars as Pryce Cahill, an ex-pro golfer who, after having his profession prematurely minimize quick, turns into the coach for a troubled however gifted 17-year-old. If you’ve seen Eddie the Eagle (2016) or The Karate Kid (1984), you would possibly get a way of what we’re in for. There’s nonetheless lots of thriller round this sequence, however we do know that Timothy Olyphant and Judy Greer may even star.
Smoke (Apple TV+)
TBA
Taron Egerton will group again up with Black Bird creator Dennis Lehane for Smoke, a fictionalized tackle the true-crime podcast of the identical identify concerning the hunt for an arsonist who appeared to admit their crimes in a novel manuscript. Egerton will star as an enigmatic arson investigator on the hunt for 2 serial arsonists terrorizing the realm. The sequence may even star Jurnee Smollet, John Leguizamo, and Rafe Spall.
Chief of War (Apple TV+)
TBA
Jason Momoa wears a number of hats in Chief of War, a sequence he wrote, govt produced and stars in. It tells the story of the bloody and brutal colonization of Hawaii from the indigenous viewpoint, and Momoa stars because the warrior Ka’iana, often called the “most well-known Hawaiian on the planet.”
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO)
TBA
The Game of Thrones universe continues to broaden its attain. Along with House of the Dragon, 2025 will see one other prequel come our manner. The sequence is about 100 years earlier than House of the Dragon’s Targaryen turf conflict and is predicated on the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas in George R. R. Martin’s authentic A Song of Ice and Fire sequence. It revolves round a naive knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire often called Egg. Martin will write the sequence and has stated it is going to have a distinct tone to its successors but it surely’s nonetheless Westeros so “No one is actually protected.”
Chad Powers (Hulu)
TBA
“Glen Powell Summer” is extending its run into 2025 with Chad Powers, a comedy sequence Powell co-created with Michael Waldron based mostly on Eli Manning’s character of the identical identify. Taking inspo from Manning’s ESPN docuseries wherein he went undercover throughout faculty soccer tryouts, Powell will play a disgraced faculty quarterback who tries to get a second shot at his huge break by disguising himself on a brand new faculty group below a distinct id (unhealthy wig and prosthetics included!).
The Four Seasons (Netflix)
TBA
For these pleading for the return of fine old school traditional rom-coms, you could be in luck with The Four Seasons, Tina Fey’s remake of the 1981 Alan Alda and Carol Burnett comedy, which was a love story about friendship as a lot because it was a romance. The story follows three {couples} who trip with one another every season, however their concord is thrown off stability when one in all them will get divorced and brings a brand new accomplice into the fold. Fey will lead the present and reunite along with her Date Night co-star Steve Carrell. Elsewhere within the solid, we’ve got Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Erika Henningsen.
IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO)
TBA
The snapshots of the child-murdering sewer clown Pennywise’s historical past that we obtained in It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) inform the story of Welcome to Derry, the prequel sequence about Maine’s most haunted city. Taking place 27 years earlier than Stephen King’s authentic novel (as a result of Pennywise solely reveals up in 27-year intervals), the present will discover the city’s first sightings and experiences with the dancing clown. Set within the Sixties, count on all of the hallmarks of King’s penchant for classic vignettes, together with the looming worry of the Cold War in addition to no matter monsters dwell beneath the sewer grates.
Long Bright River (Peacock)
TBA
Liz Moore’s novel Long Bright River topped a number of year-end critics lists and was named one in all Barack Obama’s favourite books of the yr when it was launched in 2020, so naturally, it’s heading to the small display screen with an adaptation. Amanda Seyfried will star within the sequence which follows a beat cop working because the opioid disaster grips the streets of Philadelphia. Her sister, who she’s roughly estranged from, battles on the fringes of habit and the newest hazard that sweeps town, a killer who targets intercourse staff.
Running Point (Netflix)
TBA
After Mindy Kaling wrapped up her Netflix highschool rom-com Never Have I Ever final yr, questions turned to the place she’d go subsequent. The reply just isn’t very far. She is again with the streamer for her subsequent creation, Running Point, a Kate Hudson-starring sequence a couple of girl who inherits the highest seat of her household enterprise—one of many largest basketball franchises within the nation. Sitcom lovers will rejoice on the present’s supporting solid, which incorporates Drew Tarver, of the sublimely hilarious The Other Two, Brenda Song, whose renaissance the web is cheering on enthusiastically, and Max Greenfield, who’s not enjoying Schmidt from New Girl however who will at all times be Schmidt in our hearts.
Too Much (Netflix)
TBA
If you, like seemingly the remainder of the world in 2024, determined to rewatch Girls and now yearn for extra of Lena Dunham’s particular lens on the world of friendship and romance, you’re in luck! She’s again with Too Much, a sequence she’s written along with her husband Luis Felber, a couple of New Yorker who strikes to London after a painful breakup and meets a good-looking and sort native. Considering Dunham herself moved from the Big Apple to the opposite facet of the pond and married a sizzling Brit, we sense there may very well be some autobiographical license. If the premise wasn’t sufficient, Dunham has roped in Meg Stalter, constantly one of many funniest individuals on display screen (watch Hacks!) and The White Lotus Season 2’s hunky nerd Will Sharpe. We’re so again, child!
Victoria Beckham docuseries (Netflix)
TBA
Although Netflix’s mononymous David Beckham 2023 docuseries targeted on the footballer’s ascent to “Golden Balls” standing, it was his spouse Victoria, the style designer and former Spice Girl, who got here out as the actual star. The sequence reminded viewers that behind the pout, Victoria has at all times had a razor-sharp wit and isn’t treasured on the subject of joking about herself (as seen in her earlier satirical actuality present Victoria Beckham: Coming to America). Unsurprisingly, the streamer has jumped on that goodwill and greenlit one other sequence, this time targeted on Victoria and her shift from extravagant pop star to quiet luxurious vogue mogul.
Returning
The Traitors Season 3 (Peacock)
Jan. 9
The most gripping actuality TV sequence on the market, The Traitors is fortunately returning very early on in 2025. Happy New Year to us! The present the place celebrities are pitted towards one another in a high-stakes party sport of Mafia, wherein some are designated secret “traitors” who’re vying to get others eradicated to steal the highest prize, is heading again to the Scottish Highlands with Alan Cumming as host (we’d riot if not!) and the likes of Bob the Drag Queen, Chrishell Stause, Dorinda Medley, and Tom Sandoval competing within the combine.
Severance Season 2 (Apple TV+)
Jan. 17
The wait between Seasons 1 and a pair of of Ben Stiller’s high-concept office drama felt longer than that stretch between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the workplace on any given Wednesday, however lastly, it’s upon us. Adam Scott is again as Mark, an worker of Lumon, the place workers can separate their work reminiscences from their real-life reminiscences. Season 1 gave us loads of mysteries about what Lumon is definitely as much as; let’s hope Season 2 offers us some solutions earlier than it clocks out for the top of its shift.
The Night Agent Season 2 (Netflix)
Jan. 23
After its first season launched as one of the crucial watched reveals in Netflix’s historical past, it was solely a matter of time (a month, to be precise) earlier than The Night Agent was greenlit for a second (and third) sequence. Gabriel Basso’s FBI agent Peter Sutherland is again for extra explosive twists and turns as he will get additional immersed in Night Action, a secret group filled with hazard.
Mo Season 2 (Netflix)
Jan. 30
Mo Amer’s semi-autobiographical comedy sequence about his life as a Palestinian refugee in Houston is again for a second season. The present, which is co-created by Ramy Youssef, will decide up with Mo’s continued makes an attempt at looking for asylum within the U.S., however in Season 2 he’s stranded throughout the border in Mexico with out a passport.
Yellowjackets Season 3 (Showtime)
Feb 14
What higher option to have fun Valentine’s Day than with a little bit of survival-based cannibalism? Season 2 of Yellowjackets, the dual-timeline sequence a couple of group of teenagers who obtained stranded within the wilderness, created much more stress and questions than its first outing. In Season 3, it appears to be like just like the group is getting hunted by somebody who is aware of their secret—however everybody who is aware of the story is “us or dead.”
The White Lotus Season 3 (HBO)
Feb. 16
The third installment of Mike White’s resort-based homicide thriller is likely one of the most anticipated reveals of 2025, particularly after the culture-shifting ending of its second season in late 2022. Following from Hawaii after which Italy, this sequence takes place on the White Lotus department in Thailand. Naturally, White has cobbled collectively a killer (actually, maybe) solid together with Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, and Lisa from the Okay-pop lady group Blackpink.
Andor Season 2 (Disney+)
April 22
Star Wars spin-off reveals haven’t had essentially the most success recently, however Andor is a shining jewel among the many expansive galaxy’s choices. The present chronicles the occasions main as much as 2016’s Rogue One, with intelligence officer Cassian Andor anchoring the sequence. While Season 1 happened over a single yr, Season 2 will span 4 years.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 (Hulu)
Spring TBA
It could have been nearly three years for the reason that final season of The Handmaid’s Tale by the point Season 6, the present’s final, lands in our laps subsequent yr, however the creators have promised that the wait could have been value it. Season 5 left us with an unlikely team-up and an more and more authoritarian menace in Canada.
The Bear Season 4 (FX)
TBA
The Bear’s reputation has bubbled over like a pot of boiling water since its debut. Its second season swept each award going and whereas its third season was met with a extra combined bag of evaluations, it is nonetheless one of the crucial talked about reveals on TV proper now—not least as a result of it is banging out seasons in a manner we haven’t seen in a long time. Four seasons in 4 years? We forgot we might dwell like this!
Black Mirror Season 7 (Netflix)
TBA
Charlie Brooker’s satirical anthology about know-how’s chokehold on us will probably be again for a seventh season, so be ready to start out taking a look at your mobile phone or air fryer with some suspicion once more. The sequence will embody Emma Corrin, Paul Giamatti, Rashida Jones, Cristin Milioti, and Chris O’Dowd.
The Buccaneers Season 2 (Apple TV+)
TBA
Apple TV+’s reply to Bridgerton is The Buccaneers, the story of 5 formidable high-society American ladies navigating the tradition conflict of 1870s London. Greg Wise and Leighton Meester will probably be becoming a member of the present’s second season.
Euphoria Season 3 (HBO)
TBA
Never has a TBA been extra TBA than on the subject of Euphoria, Sam Levinson’s dive into the drug-addled, sex-fueled lives of youngsters. While its solid, together with Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, and Sydney Sweeney, have entered bonafide Hollywood A-list standing since its hiatus started in 2022, Levinson has confirmed that the present will probably be again for a 3rd season that’s as a result of begin filming in January. It’s stated there will probably be a time leap from final season, that means the characters could have aged out of being youngsters.
The Gilded Age Season 3 (HBO)
TBA
Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age, set in late-1800s New York, proves that nice drama may be discovered wherever, even in high-society quibbles over who has the superior opera home. Season 3 will see an evolving New York, the place the outdated guard has been usurped and new socialites run the city.
The Last of Us Season 2
TBA
The Last of Us turned one of the crucial fashionable and gripping reveals with its 2023 debut, placing to mattress the concept video video games can’t be efficiently tailored to the display screen and solidifying Pedro Pascal’s “Internet Daddy” standing. Season 2 will probably be based mostly on the sport’s second installment, Part II, that means we’re time-jumping a number of years into the long run with Bella Ramsey’s Ellie being 19 quite than 14.
Poker Face Season 2 (Peacock)
TBA
Rian Johnson has actually cornered the market in whodunits or, as he calls Poker Face, a howcatchem. Natasha Lyonne will return as Charlie Cale, a case-of-the-week Las Vegas detective, pointing fingers in any respect method of big-name visitor stars. Kumail Nanjiani, Katie Holmes, John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim, and Sam Richardson will all pop by this season.
Stranger Things Season 5 (Netflix)
TBA
It’s been so lengthy since Stranger Things’ final season that we’re nearly able to convey “Running Up That Hill” for its second cultural renaissance simply to really feel one thing. Still, the wait will hopefully be value it as we get able to say goodbye to Hawkins, the Upside Down, and all of the characters who’re undoubtedly nonetheless presupposed to be 15-year-olds regardless of this present nearing its tenth anniversary. After Hawkins gave option to Vecna’s destruction final season, the gang should pool collectively one final time to avoid wasting their city from its largest villain but.
Wednesday Season 2 (Netflix)
TBA
Wednesday Season 1 launched to unprecedented ranges of recognition in 2023, usurping Stranger Things’ chokehold when it got here to streaming numbers. Its second installment has rather a lot to dwell as much as, but when Jenna Ortega’s sardonic tackle the traditional pigtail-braided character has taught us something, it’s that we must always by no means underestimate The Addams Family (and that black actually does look good with every little thing).
You Season 5 (Netflix)
TBA
Will Joe Goldberg lastly get what’s coming to him? That’s the query we’ll all be asking as we head into You’s closing season. After murdering his manner by way of New York, California, and London with various levels of success, Penn Badgley’s stalking serial killer is again on dwelling turf, though this time he’s obtained a multi-millionaire spouse to cover behind.
