Favorite TV Series & Films 2025

 

Of all of these shows my top picks are The Pitt, Shrinking, Bad Sisters, Black Doves, and Severance. The Diplomat is very good, but I didn't love the third season. Train Dreams is an exceptional, albeit heartbreaking, film. 

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Favorite TV Series Viewed in 2024

 

We watch an episode of a TV series almost every night, and this past year there were quite a few winners. I'd be hard pressed to say which of these is my favorite as they are all outstanding. 

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Favorite Movies & TV Series Viewed in 2023

We stream a lot more TV series than movies throughout the year, but this past year we had winners in both categories. The Bear is probably my favorite of the lot, and I'm thrilled that there will be a third season. I've written about each of these shows and movies in my monthly summaries. You can find those here (as well as in the link in the sidebar).

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Favorite TV Series Viewed in 2021

 

Last year I shared several collages of my favorite TV series. (Click here to see that post.) We probably watched the same amount of TV in 2021 as in 2020, but either we've become more picky discerning or we simply didn't discover as many winners this time around. 

Favorite Shows

Someday in the distant future, when asked how we spent all those long months of isolation during the Great Pandemic, we'll probably respond as most everyone we know will: We watched A LOT of TV. Sure, we worked on puzzles, read, tried new recipes, exercised from home and stayed in touch via Zoom, but TV was our big distraction. Binge-watching TV shows isn't really a new thing, though, is it? The main difference now is that we're able to stream our favorite series (from a wide variety of services), whereas back in the olden days we had to wait for the DVDs to arrive in the mail.  Even more so now, we're always on the lookout for something new to watch, asking friends and family for recommendations, as well as subscribing to The New York Times Watching newsletter. We've viewed a lot of great shows (some of which I'd love to watch again) and I thought I'd share them with all of you. Please feel free to leave a comment with your favorites so I can add them to our watchlist. 

The following are shows we've watched, but not this past year! I've included them for my own reference and would love to watch them again. Maybe someday.