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With 2024 now firmly in the rearview, it\u2019s time to start looking ahead at what fantastic shows the new year will bring. This year we\u2019re looking at 50 shows in 2025 that we think you should be excited about, including a nice mix of favorites returning for new seasons as well as new shows and miniseries that are on the way.<\/p>\n

Those shows include returns to dystopian societies in Severance <\/em>and Squid Game<\/em>, the return of TV lawyers with Daredevil <\/em>and Suits: LA<\/em>, a new Robert De Niro miniseries, and a new show from Breaking Bad<\/em> creator Vince Gilligan. Here are the shows from 2025 we\u2019re on the lookout for: <\/p>\n

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Harley Quinn season 5 <\/h2>\n

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Release date:<\/strong> Jan. 16
Where to watch:<\/strong> Max<\/p>\n

The funniest show in the DC Universe returns for a fifth season this January, and moves the action to Metropolis. That means Aisha Tyler joining the crew as Lena Luthor, Stephen Fry as Brainiac, and most likely a bigger role for Superman. And with a new DC Universe around the corner<\/a>, you can be sure there will be a lot of meta gags about James Gunn, who was last seen directing an in-universe Thomas Wayne biopic starring Clayface pretending to be Billy Bob Thornton. \u2014Pete Volk<\/em><\/p>\n

Severance season 2<\/h2>\n

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Release date:<\/strong> Jan. 17
Where to watch:<\/strong> Apple TV Plus<\/p>\n

Season 1 of Severance<\/em> left all of us with one of the most daring, conniving, and frankly annoying (non-derogatory) cliffhangers in TV<\/a>: The innies in open rebellion; Mark (Adam Scott) discovering his wife was still alive and (somehow?) being kept in the bowels of Lumon. Now, season 2 has to pick up the pieces \u2014 which you can certainly trust them to do in the way Lumon does: orderly and liminal. \u2014Zosha Millman<\/em><\/p>\n

Prime Target <\/h2>\n

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Release date:<\/strong> Jan. 22
Where to watch:<\/strong><\/strong> Apple TV Plus<\/p>\n

Leo Woodall (The White Lotus<\/em>) stars in this original miniseries from Sherlock<\/em> writer Steve Thompson as Edward Brook, a brilliant postgraduate mathematician on the verge of a breakthrough that could upend the entire field of global cybersecurity. Consisting of eight episodes, Prime Target<\/em> will follow Brook as he teams up with Taylah Sanders (Quintessa Swindell), an NSA agent tasked with reporting on him, as they attempt to unravel the conspiracy he finds himself inadvertently at the heart of. \u2014Toussaint Egan<\/em><\/p>\n

Watson <\/h2>\n

\"Morris<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> Jan. 26
Where to watch:<\/strong><\/strong> CBS<\/p>\n

It\u2019s another Sherlock Holmes adaptation! This time, though, the focus is on Dr. John Watson, so it\u2019s more of a medical drama with detective elements than a detective drama with medical elements. This version is set in Pittsburgh and kicks off a year after Sherlock Holmes\u2019 \u201cdeath.\u201d Watson (played by Morris Chestnut) has started a new clinic for patients with strange issues \u2014 but the medical mysteries get even more complicated when Watson\u2019s past surfaces. \u2014Petrana Radulovic<\/em><\/p>\n

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man<\/h2>\n

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Release date:<\/strong> Jan. 29
Where to watch:<\/strong><\/strong> Disney Plus<\/p>\n

Disney Plus has the newest member of the Animated Spider-Man Series family in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man<\/em>. The new show, designed after the style of Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr.<\/a>, is set to feature not just Spider-Man but lots of other Marvel characters, including deep cuts like Nico Minoru. \u2014Susana Polo<\/em><\/p>\n

Cobra Kai season 6 part 3<\/h2>\n

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Release date:<\/strong> Feb. 13
Where to watch:<\/strong><\/strong> Netflix<\/p>\n

Cobra Kai<\/em><\/a> is back \u2014 for those keeping score at home, this will be the third<\/em> part of its sixth<\/em> season, and the final<\/em> batch of episodes for the show ever. No surprise, this is being billed as the Cobra Kai legends\u2019 biggest battle yet. And with five episodes on the horizon in February, it seems like it\u2019s anyone\u2019s game. \u2014ZM<\/em><\/p>\n

Yellowjackets season 3 <\/h2>\n

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Release date:<\/strong> Feb. 14
Where to watch:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Showtime<\/p>\n

After a terrific first season to establish this show\u2019s plane-crash mystery, season 2 was a little too meandering. But hopefully season 3 will dive deeper into the mystery and weirdness that makes this show great. \u2014AG<\/em><\/p>\n

The White Lotus season 3 <\/h2>\n
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