The TV Shows I Watched in 2025

This list is a bit sad again. I have plans to watch more shows this year. There’s so much I have to catch up on. But from what little I did watch last year, I pretty much enjoyed everything.

#4 – Squid Game (S1)

This almost got left off the list. A combination of watching it so early in the year and also the ending being so annoying that I wiped it from my memory. I finally gave the show that took the world by storm years ago a full watch, and it was so good until it wasn’t. It’s not fully fair to say that the last episode of this season ruins everything, because I do think it was on a steady decline as it went on, and there were some aspects that were downright bad that became more prominent as the season progressed. With that being said, the last episode is pretty bad, and the fact that this show spawned two more seasons says a lot about some things. Regardless, what’s great in this show is great. There’s no denying how captivating it can be and how much impact this has had since its release. It’s not bad, just could’ve been better.

#3 – Abbott Elementary

Knowing of Quinta Brunson and some of the other people involved with this show, I knew it would be good. It had to be good from all of the memes I was seeing from season one. And it is actually great. I only reviewed the first season, even though I watched the first few, because I felt like there wasn’t too much for me to talk about season over season. I’d just be rehashing the same points that this show is real, hilarious, the serious notes are perfect, and the chemistry between the entire cast is amazing. For a certain demo of people, this is their office, and I think it hits that bar. I still need to finish the most current season, and I’ll definitely be talking about this show more in the future.

#2 – Big Brother 27

So, on this list in particular, I have tried to steer away from talking about the reality TV/game shows I watch because I just feel like they fall into different categories than the other stuff. Usually, I turn my brain off more while consuming them. This is the exception. I have been a BB fan since BB15. I watched like a hawk for a few years, then fell off it. I ended up watching a few seasons a couple of years ago to get back into it, and this was my first season fully back. This is the so bad it’s good season. The cast, the gameplay, the twists. It is all a mixture of great and awful. This season was such a catastrophic mess that I couldn’t look away from it. I became a feed watcher this season. Like, the cast was actually batshit insane. From the Mickey (Rest in Peace) dictator arc. To the Frenimies drama back and forth (Keanu is my goat), and man, Vince and Morgan might actually be insane people, and I’m more insane because I spent hours of my life listening to them spend hours of their lives talking in circles. If anything else, this was the most entertaining season of maybe anything I’ve ever watched for all the right and wrong reasons. What a beautiful mess this was. Big Brother is so back.

#1 – Adolescence

Shifting gears to something more serious. This show is important. Coming into it, I heard a lot of praise for its acting and filming techniques. Which all deserve it. The performances in this show are nothing short of award-worthy. In my review of this, I really wanted to hammer home how important this show is. How are real children being affected by the topics that this show discusses? Lives are being ruined and taken in real life over these things. Children’s minds are being severely warped by these stigmas. And it feels like there’s no solution, but at the very least, identifying the problem is the first step, and this show does that. If you’re a parent, a sibling, or have any younger children in your life, I think this is a must-watch. Not only is it amazing television, but it is a very important piece of media.