Imagine for a moment that the television was never invented. How would your life be changed? Absolutely, unequivocally for the worst. You’d spend your downtime reading books (like a nerd), and/or walking around outside, like, sipping little coffees and listening to birdsong, mind utterly unpolluted by daytime talk shows and prestige dramas about the mob and science teachers gone wild. Imagine!
TV gives us something to look forward to, not least as the world creeps further towards dystopia and each revolution around the sun feels a little more taxing than the last. Though the year in TV has been a little underwhelming, survey the moments that have nevertheless broken through: Fallout was a nuclear-grade spring highlight, House of the Dragon has left summer feeling a little more lit, and what did anyone talk about for like a month other than Baby Reindeer?
So we’re turning our optimistic gaze towards the next year, with some of our most hotly anticipated shows across streaming and broadcast set to arrive in 2025. There’s (probably) The Last of Us season two, the concluding season of Stranger Things, and new Black Mirror. All reasons to live. Rejoice in her benevolent glow!
Stranger Things Season 5 to Black Mirror Season 7, 10 upcoming shows of 2025 that you need to bookmark right away
WWE on Netflix
January 2025
In recent years professional wrestling has enjoyed a social media-led renaissance unlike anything we’ve seen for sports entertainment since its ‘90s heyday. Smart money says that will only spread further when WWE moves to Netflix and its audience of nearly 270 million, with ample opportunities for cage matches, hells-in-cells and chair shots galore. But it’s not just Raw and SmackDown — from January 2025 you’ll be able to watch WrestleMania, SummerSlam and the Royal Rumble with a streaming subscription. Forget the days of having to pay 40-odd quid on Sky Box Office. It’s a stunner of a deal.
Daredevil: Born Again
March 2025
