Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. L to R: Bridgerton (Netflix), Hijack (Apple TV), The Pitt (HBO ...

The next 12 months will feature the return of beloved series (both recent and from long ago) and a host of buzzed-about new shows featuring top-tier casts and creative teams. By Lexi Carson, Nicole ...

Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal star in this limited drama series based on an adaptation of author Alice Feeney’s 2020 novel of the same name. The sultry, Southern-set thriller follows a journalist ...

In the age of streaming, it can be hard to get a solid grasp of any given show’s overall popularity. But Nielsen is widely seen as providing the most accurate streaming service data, and it has now ...

The streaming era has produced its share of pathologies, including bloated running times and narratives padded with filler. The best dramas of 2025, though, are a reminder that television has become ...

We are allegedly beyond the namesake apex of peak TV, yet the television landscape remains far too vast for anyone to watch it all; there’s only so many hours in a day, let alone free ones. With so ...

Of everything I saw on TV in 2025, the one show I thought was the very best, and has haunted me ever since, was the four-part Netflix drama Adolescence. It's the story of a young teen accused of ...

What if the most embarrassing moment you've ever experienced helped you uncover an international criminal conspiracy? That's the premise of the weirdest, if perhaps not the scariest, TV show of 2025.

Owen Cooper in "Adolescence," Skye P. Marshall in "Matlock" and Noah Wyle in "The Pitt" (Netflix, CBS, HBO) The TV landscape of today may be smaller than a few years ago, but its ability to captivate ...

Was it me or was it the medium? 2025 was not the greatest year for television, for me at least, and I felt myself let down more than once by both shows that I loved and new ones that I thought I would ...

On the small screen, 2025 was all about money—the ostentatious peacocking of wealth on shows such as Sirens, And Just Like That, Selling Sunset, and With Love, Meghan; the spiraling production costs ...

Not to be dramatic, but 2026 is the year you've been waiting for no matter what kind of TV you like. So many of the biggest shows are going to be back. So many of your favorite creators have new shows ...