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In 2025, streaming platforms continued to dominate entertainment, but the year’s most-watched original shows revealed an unexpected trend—every top performer was a returning favorite rather than a new ...

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In 2025, corporate America backed away from DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) promises, and Hollywood quietly cut back on diversity programs. But Black talent refused to be erased from TV screens.

The streaming era has produced its share of pathologies, including bloated running times and narratives padded with filler. The best dramas of 2025, though, are a reminder that television has become ...

“Your life is your own,” says Rhea Sheehorn’s misanthropic Carol in Pluribus in what may be the small-screen line if the year, in more ways than one. Certainly in 2025 in more ways than one control ...

Apple TV proved throughout 2025 that quality trumps quantity. While its lineup may be smaller than competitors’ catalogs, the high quality receives top marks from viewers. The streaming service ...

The 2025 year was fantastic for television, and 2026 plans to keep pace, as series begin to announce new season release dates ahead of the new year. The year 2026 will see the return of hit series ...

Was it me or was it the medium? 2025 was not the greatest year for television, for me at least, and I felt myself let down more than once by both shows that I loved and new ones that I thought I would ...

Watch those skies! In 2025, quality television really did come from outer space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As we barrel ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. With so much TV out there, it definitely can be overwhelming to figure out what to bingewatch. And 2025 ...

On the small screen, 2025 was all about money—the ostentatious peacocking of wealth on shows such as Sirens, And Just Like That, Selling Sunset, and With Love, Meghan; the spiraling production costs ...