{"id":22371,"date":"2026-01-22T05:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=22371"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:11:16","slug":"2025-the-year-in-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/2025-the-year-in-television\/","title":{"rendered":"2025: The Year In Television"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With fewer good productions airing on network and cable networks and instead moving to the various streaming platforms, that seems to have taken over as my main form of non-game show or sports television watching. Now that I work from home full time, I have plenty of time to take in whatever they have to offer. Since we cover the network and cable shows that I watch elsewhere, let\u2019s take a look at the 17 seasons of shows I streamed on eight different platforms this year.<\/p>\n

Based on a True Story Season Two (Peacock)<\/strong>
\nA copycat killer starts terrorizing LA.<\/p>\n

Black Doves Season One (Netflix)<\/strong>
\nWhen a spy’s lover is killed, she puts her undercover identity in jeopardy to find out what happened.<\/p>\n

Black Mirror Season Seven (Netflix)<\/strong>
\nThe British anthology returns with a strong six-episode season, including a sequel from a previous favorite.<\/p>\n

Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 18 (Paramount+)<\/strong>
\nThe BAU returns once again, following up on plot threads from the previous season.<\/p>\n

Doctor Who Season Two (Disney+)<\/strong>
\nNcuti Gatwa exits what was intended to be a new era for Doctor Who<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ginny & Georgia Season Three (Netflix)<\/strong>
\nGeorgia’s past comes back to haunt her, and her kids pay the price.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mercedes Seasons One – Three (Peacock)<\/strong>
\nAn adaptation of the Bill Hodges trilogy of novels by Stephen King.<\/p>\n

On Call Season One (Amazon Prime)<\/strong>
\nA training officer and her rookie try to keep the streets of Long Beach safe.<\/p>\n

Only Murders in the Building Season Five (Hulu)<\/strong>
\nSteve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez return for another investigation into a murder in their building.<\/p>\n

The Pitt Season One (Max)<\/strong>
\nNoah Wylie returns to the emergency room.<\/p>\n

Pluribus Season One (Apple TV)<\/strong>
\nA space virus has turned the human race into a single hive mind, save for a handful of immune survivors.<\/p>\n

Poker Face Season Two (Peacock)<\/strong>
\nRian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne return after more than a year for a second installment.<\/p>\n

The Sex Lives of College Girls Season Three (HBOMax)<\/strong>
\nThe final season sees Rene\u00e9 Rapp move on for a music career and a new roommate move in to take her place.<\/p>\n

Shrinking Season Two (Apple TV+)<\/strong>
\nBrett Goldstein joins the cast as the drunk driver who killed Jimmy’s wife.<\/p>\n

The White Lotus Season Three (HBOMax)<\/strong>
\nThe third season action moves to Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With fewer good productions airing on network and cable networks and instead moving to the various streaming platforms, that seems to have taken over as my main form of non-game show or sports television watching. Now that I work from home full time, I have plenty of time to take in whatever they have to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[5037,9953,11704,12237,7579,12241,224,8533,2957,10827,9168,5699,6226,11565,5028,10050,1642,6686,12238,9947,9618,9937,12240,10829,12048,8715,4294,10832,718,4920,12239,9949,11768],"class_list":["post-22371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-amazon-prime","tag-apple-tv","tag-based-on-a-true-story","tag-black-doves","tag-black-mirror","tag-brett-goldstein","tag-criminal-minds","tag-disney-plus","tag-doctor-who","tag-ginny-georgia","tag-hbo-max","tag-hulu","tag-martin-short","tag-mr-mercedes","tag-natasha-lyonne","tag-ncuti-gatwa","tag-netflix","tag-noah-wylie","tag-on-call","tag-only-murders-in-the-building","tag-paramount-plus","tag-peacock","tag-pluribus","tag-poker-face","tag-renee-rapp","tag-rian-johnson","tag-selena-gomez","tag-shrinking","tag-stephen-king","tag-steve-martin","tag-the-pitt","tag-the-sex-lives-of-college-girls","tag-the-white-lotus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22371"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23633,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22371\/revisions\/23633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}