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Tom's Guide Names Five Standout TV Shows of 2025 Across Major Streamers

The year-end pick spotlights how franchise-heavy genre series dominated streaming this year.

Overview

  • Published December 27, Tom's Guide's senior streaming writer shares a personal top-five list and notes where each series is available to watch.
  • IT: Welcome to Derry, a 1962 prequel set in Derry, Maine, headlines the picks and streams on HBO Max.
  • Alien: Earth, set in 2120 two years before the original film’s timeline, brings the franchise to television on Hulu.
  • Andor season 2 continues Cassian Andor’s path toward Rogue One and is streaming on Disney+.
  • Stranger Things season 5, billed as the final chapter set in 1987, is on Netflix, while Fallout season 2 continues its wasteland journey on Prime Video.