10 Most Talked About TV Shows of 2025
The hits, the hype, and the shows we couldn't shut up about
Yes, our screens are smaller than ever and so is our goldfish like attention span. But our obsession to binge a Tv show? That's colossal. The shows that we love immediately find themselves discussed, cut into small 2-minutes reels and memefied for relatability.
Let’s break down the shows that had us hitting play again and again in 2025 and for sure were amongst the most talked about storylines we loved, hated and maybe even secretly wished had. Here are the 10 Tv Shows of 2025:
Most Talked TV Shows in 2025
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
If your 2025 personality included saying “I don’t like true crime, but…” this was the show you meant. This chilling deep-dive into Ed Gein’s life wasn’t the gore-fest some feared, it was unnervingly psychological, stylishly crafted, and at times disturbingly intimate. The kind of show that makes you double-check your locked doors but also weirdly contemplate the fragility of upbringing, loneliness, and sanity.
Squid Game 3
By the time Squid Game 3 dropped, we all had a ritual: phone on silent, snacks ready, emotional insurance prepared.
Season 3 took the franchise’s moral dilemmas and stylish brutality and dialed them to “Are we… okay?” The games felt bigger. The betrayals felt sharper. The commentary hit harder. And the cliffhangers? Personally targeted.
We didn’t just watch this show we survived it together.
Adolescence
This series came out of nowhere and promptly picked up every coming-of-age trope in a never before seen light. Having won several Emmys, Adolescence is one of those rare shows that's got the cinematography, the story, the director and the cast perfectly right.
Severance
When Season 2 finally arrived in 2025, fans did what fans do best: immediately forgot how to behave.Severance remained the smartest show on television. This season expanded the world with surgical precision, gave us answers we didn’t expect, and then handed us ten new questions just to keep the group chats chaotic. It was art, anxiety, and existential philosophy wrapped in a bow of “Good lord, what is Lumon doing?”
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Meanwhile, on planet Feelings™, The Summer I Turned Pretty continued its reign as the reigning monarch of emotions.
2025’s season brought bigger heartbreaks, deeper friendships, more seaside glows, and the kind of romantic tension that makes you pause the show to yell at fictional people like they’re roommates who forgot to buy milk again.
It remained warm, wistful, and beautifully humane.
The White Lotus (Season 3)
Ah yes, the return of HBO’s crown jewel of vacation-gone-wild. The White Lotus Season 3 brought its trademark brand of dark satire to a luxurious Thai resort where sun, surf, and simmering class conflict collided in glorious, dramatic fashion. Expect awkward spiritual retreats, clutch-your-drink plot twists, and the kind of social commentary that makes you laugh… and then quietly analyse your own vacation donations. It even dominated awards chatter, leading the Golden Globe TV nominations this season. It’s that rare show that feels like a guilty pleasure, yet somehow still gets your brain doing back-flips at 2 AM. Casual? No. Brilliant? Also no question.
Pluribus
Vince Gilligan — yes, the Breaking Bad brain behind movies like Better Call Saul took a sharp left turn into sci-fi with Pluribus. Critics and fans alike were gobsmacked: its pilot scored perfect on Rotten Tomatoes, and viewers everywhere were talking about it like it’s 2025’s “big conversation piece.” In a nutshell: an alien virus links humanity into a single hive mind. Sound cheerful? Not exactly. Throw in Rhea Seehorn (utterly phenomenal) as one of the emotionally immune few, and you get joy, dread, and philosophical pondering about individuality vs. collective bliss all wrapped in smart storytelling that makes discussions around the office watercooler feel a little weirdly intense. Fun fact: Pluribus even delivered the cameo of the year when John Cena popped up unexpectedly and nailed his monologue.
American Primeval
If classic Western vibes are your jam but with grit, plume-smoke tension, and moral complexity American Primeval was your Netflix rendezvous in January. The six-episode miniseries dropped us squarely into the Utah War of 1857, where survival wasn’t only about bullets but about identity, ambition, and the very soul of a nation. Sure, critics were mixed. some found its pacing slow, others praised its brutal beauty. But audiences searched for it like crazy, and its gritty, frontier storytelling made it one of 2025’s most talked-about period pieces. It’s the perfect “wrap your hands around a blanket and chew on the moral weight of humanity” kind of show.
Alien: Earth
Who said you can’t have suspense, horror, AND critical acclaim in the same package? Alien: Earth made its much-anticipated TV debut this year, returning to the universe that taught us all to never, ever trust a xenomorph. Set just before the original Alien’s timeline, this FX/Hulu series blended intense world-building with genuine scares, earning a high score from critics and drawing huge streaming numbers. It’s exactly what sci-fi lovers were craving in 2025: thoughtful, tightly written, and just disgusting enough to keep you glued to your sofa and maybe with one eye closed.
Landman
Not all the year’s hits were futuristic or fantastical. Landman proved that real-world grit can grip just as hard. This West Texas oil industry drama, starring Billy Bob Thornton, became a massive streaming success so much so that it’s already renewed for Season 3 and breaking viewership records.