2025 Year-In-Review: TV I Watched
Jan. 3rd, 2026 08:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chuckroI feel like I have relatively little to talk about from my TV watching this year, because so much of it was ongoing series or sequels that I’ve been watching for years already. So rather than group by genres, I’ll group by category.
I opened this year continuing the Star Trek kick from last year, with five more seasons: one of Discovery, two of Picard, one of Lower Decks, and a rewatch of season 4 of Next Generation.
I finished out a bunch of series I’d been watching for a while, all of which managed to land the plane reasonably well: Superman & Lois, The Dragon Prince, What We Do in the Shadows, and The Sandman. On the whole, Superman & Lois and The Sandman both got a little compacted from what would have been ideal; and Dragon Prince and What We Do in the Shadows were both a little long in the tooth by the time they wrapped up; but they all told their complete stories and ended well.
I watched another season each of various ongoing shows that I’m likely to watch additional seasons of if/when they make them: The Sex Lives of College Girls, What If, Harley Quinn, Wednesday, Peacemaker, and Poker Face. Pretty much all of them can be summed up as “more of the same, if you liked it before you’ll still like it.”
The two new standouts: Dying for Sex was a limited series based on a podcast which is a kinky black comedy/tragedy about a woman dying of cancer but determined to find sexual fulfillment before she goes; and Michelle Williams sells it. The first season of Murderbot was a downright delight and very true to the spirit, if not always the letter, of the books. I heartily recommend that.
Going into 2026 I’ve got the final season of Stranger Things, which I need to watch before it gets totally spoiled. I’ve got a couple more seasons of various Star Treks backed up, and then…not much I’m really excited about? I may need to go spelunking in the archives of the various streaming services I pay for and figure out what I’m actually interested in (or, as necessary, cancel them!)
(ARR watched virtually no TV this year, interestingly.)
I opened this year continuing the Star Trek kick from last year, with five more seasons: one of Discovery, two of Picard, one of Lower Decks, and a rewatch of season 4 of Next Generation.
I finished out a bunch of series I’d been watching for a while, all of which managed to land the plane reasonably well: Superman & Lois, The Dragon Prince, What We Do in the Shadows, and The Sandman. On the whole, Superman & Lois and The Sandman both got a little compacted from what would have been ideal; and Dragon Prince and What We Do in the Shadows were both a little long in the tooth by the time they wrapped up; but they all told their complete stories and ended well.
I watched another season each of various ongoing shows that I’m likely to watch additional seasons of if/when they make them: The Sex Lives of College Girls, What If, Harley Quinn, Wednesday, Peacemaker, and Poker Face. Pretty much all of them can be summed up as “more of the same, if you liked it before you’ll still like it.”
The two new standouts: Dying for Sex was a limited series based on a podcast which is a kinky black comedy/tragedy about a woman dying of cancer but determined to find sexual fulfillment before she goes; and Michelle Williams sells it. The first season of Murderbot was a downright delight and very true to the spirit, if not always the letter, of the books. I heartily recommend that.
Going into 2026 I’ve got the final season of Stranger Things, which I need to watch before it gets totally spoiled. I’ve got a couple more seasons of various Star Treks backed up, and then…not much I’m really excited about? I may need to go spelunking in the archives of the various streaming services I pay for and figure out what I’m actually interested in (or, as necessary, cancel them!)
(ARR watched virtually no TV this year, interestingly.)
