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Future Fest is in full swing here at Popverse, and we've already peeked into the future to try to determine the best TV coming up in 2026. But let us remind you - we've still got a couple of months left in 2025, a year that's been huge for fans of all kinds of television. To prove it, we've gathered together the opinions of your friendly neighborhood Popverse staff to cover The Best TV of 2025.

So far, at least.

Go ahead and take a look at the recs that the gang has put together and see if you agree with what we've determined are the standout TV shows from this year. And if you think we missed one or disagree with a couple that we've included, don't worry - you can always let us know in the comments or just keep an eye out should we decide to update this.

As we said, 2025 isn't over yet.

Best TV 2025: The Pitt, season 1

Growing up, I was the type that didn't enjoy taking medicine - despite knowing it would be good for me. That's what happened with Noah Wyle's The Pitt. I was an ardent E.R. fan, and the backstage politics that led to The Pitt when an E.R. sequel failed led me to sticking my tongue out when the show first came out. But thanks to a long flight and bad wifi, I ended up overdosing on The Pitt in one sitting. Here I now sit, conflicted but thoroughly enthused by this 'inside baseball' story about working in a hospital emergency room. Sometimes, the best medicine heals like that. - Chris Arrant, Popverse Editor-in-Chief

Best TV 2025: Daredevil: Born Again, season 1

This is going to seem controversial because even I think this was an uneven show. The opening two episodes are lame and the ending is frustrating. However, that bit in the middle? An utter delight. Matt Murdock gives one of the best courtroom performances I’ve ever seen on TV and there are, once again, some great fights mixed throughout the show. This season was good enough that I’m already looking forward to what season two can do when it isn’t held back by needing to be done halfway through. - Trent Cannon, Senior Contributing Writer

Best TV 2025: Severance, season 2

Long-form TV mysteries, when done well, are an absolute miracle. Think of how difficult it must be to trickle out exactly the right amount of information to your audience to make sure they are both A.) informed enough to feel present in the story and B.) in the dark enough to keep them coming back. The sophomore chapter of Apple TV+’s workplace sci-fi thriller proved that Ben Stiller & Co. know exactly what they’re doing in this regard, which is to say nothing of the satisfying character arcs for every major character on the show. - Grant DeArmitt, Popverse Staff Writer

Best TV 2025: The Studio, season 1

Sure, Seth Rogan’s sitcom about Hollywood studio executives and just how dysfunctional the movie business is is packed to the gills with enough in-jokes, cameos, and Easter Eggs that even a Variety subscriber might get lost — but that doesn’t overwhelm the fact that it’s also a perfect successor to Curb Your Enthusiasm: a show that is really about how neurotic and messy the main character is, and how his friends are just as bad. Despite the title, the show isn’t really about a studio at all; it’s about Rogan’s Matt Remick, a man who really doesn’t think he’s good enough for the job he’s got but really doesn’t want to screw up so publicly that everyone else realizes it too. There’s something universal in that — and something hilarious in watching how badly he manages everything in his day-to-day, too. Let’s have much more of this… and much more of Bryan Cranston’s Griffin Mill in the second season, as well. - Graeme McMillan, Popverse Editor

Best TV 2025: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3

You know when a show hits its groove. One of the many signs is the hair gets just the way you like it. In the case of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, this (technically) spin-off show to Star Trek: Discovery has easily lapped and then some of its mothership leading into its 2025 season, and with the episodes so far (as I write this on August 21) it is now giving banger after banger with assured confidence, from the wonky science episodes, to the empathy in space themes, and even meta episodes like the Holodeck episode. If you're looking for just one, I'd recommend 'The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail.' While not the best episode, it works in many ways as a standalone mini-movie with high stakes, drama, and the feels. - Chris Arrant, Popverse Editor-in-Chief

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