I've watched enough film and TV this year to merit separating them, so here's my list of Favorite Shows I've Discovered. Some are new to 2025, while others are years old. All of them have some merit, in my not-so-humble opinion.
Give it a couple of episodes, and there's a good chance you'll be hooked on this little dystopia, in which a group of office workers are literally never off the clock - they remember nothing that happens outside of their work hours. Rating: NR…
If you enjoy the complex interpersonal dynamics of Breaking Bad or the camaraderie of The X-Files (or the sound of Hank Hill's voice!), you HAVE to check out Common Side Effects. A man discovers a cure-all mushroom in South America and tells his…
Okay, okay, everyone loved The Pitt this year - but there's a reason. The creators of ER and Scrubs (and actor Noah Wyle) return to the classic hospital drama format with a twist: Each season is a single shift, one hour at a time. What the…
After I ran out of The Pitt, I said to myself, "What if I go back and watch ER?" It's bizarre to watch after The Pitt - a number of storylines are near-identical but done worse, giving the sense that the showrunners really wanted to take a second…
Alexander Skarsgård heads up a lovable sci-fi comedy that leans on taut pacing and tight writing. The titular Murderbot is a security robot who's broken his code - he's newly autonomous - to ensure he's not melted down for scrap, while also…
Seth Rogen and a ton of his friends have created a riotously funny satire of modern Hollywood in The Studio, which is exactly as artful as its titular movie company isn't. Standout episodes include a one-take episode about the difficulties of doing…
A Liverpudlian family deals with the unthinkable: Their 13-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a classmate. Stephen Graham's crime drama is a slow, tense mystery that unfolds around a loving father and his quiet, volatile son. It…
Wolf Hall gives Thomas Cromwell a glowup he may or may not actually deserve - but it's stylish, well-acted, and arguably more enjoyable than the book it's based on. Cromwell and Henry VIII are real standouts in a cast stacked with talent. Rating:…
The anti-Star Trek - where aliens aren't solely humanoid, people are mean to each other, and resolutions aren't always upbeat - holds up as a great piece of scifi media. Claudia Black's wayward space fascist Aeryn Sun is electric to watch. Rating:…
Don't be scared off if you aren't an Anne Rice fan (I'm not!). AMC's reinvention of the classic novel is a sumptuous gothic horror that focuses on the very human desire to control the story of our pasts - and its historical setting is incredibly…
When a circus performance goes tragically wrong, a group of adventurers are thrown together...and eventually, they might just save the world. If you enjoy your fantasy epics with a big helping of bawdiness, you'll eat up the animated adaptation of…
