Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025

In these final weeks of 2025, The Sunday Special is looking back
at the year in culture.


Today, we’re talking about the TV we watched this year — the best
shows, the most popular ones and the ones that allowed us to just
enjoyably veg out. Gilbert Cruz talks with the TV critic James
Poniewozik and the culture reporter Alexis Soloski about the year
in television.


TV shows discussed in this episode:


“Severance”


“Common Side Effects”


“Too Much”


“Nobody Wants This”


“Dying for Sex”


“The Hunting Wives”


“The White Lotus”


“Dr. Odyssey”


“Long Story Short”


“Heated Rivalry”


“Andor”


“The Lowdown”


“Platonic”


“Pluribus”


“The Pitt”


“Adolescence”


On Today’s Episode:


James Poniewozik is the chief TV critic for The New York Times.


Alexis Soloski is a culture reporter for The Times.


Background Reading:


Best TV Shows of 2025


The Best TV Episodes of 2025


Photo Credit: Apple TV+; Netflix; Lucasfilm/Disney+; HBO


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