In cultural criticism, every year ends the same way—with a deluge of top 10 lists for every imaginable art form, as though ...

TV Guide’s Matt Roush says he had to sift through an embarrassment of riches of shows that he watched online or on TV this year. But he did manage to narrow them down to pick his favorites from 2025.

In 2025, even a challenged television landscape was rife with transportive stories. From streamers to broadcast networks, these narratives immersed viewers in different time periods, alternative ...

In real life, 2025 has been a chaotic year. We've navigated the beginning of a divisive presidential term, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, witnessed a pope from Chicago get elected, a ...