Matt Roush's TOP 10 of 2025

1 The Pitt

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Wyle now runs the ER in The Pitt

Hour by grueling hour of an unsparing shift in a Pittsburgh emergency room, this emotionally gripping series (Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama) fuses the urgency of 24 with the gritty procedural realism of ER, which made Noah Wyle a star in the 1990s. He now heads The Pitt's ER as the overwhelmed Dr. Robby, leading a remarkable ensemble as they tackle heartbreaking and harrowing crises. Stream on HBO Max

2 The Studio

Hooray for Hollyweird in Seth Rogen's rollicking and masterful satire (Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy) about the unsentimental education of an idealistic and hapless new movie-studio boss, played by Rogen. Hilarious cameos by real-life Hollywood legends (Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard) pepper this affectionately savage skewering of 21st century corporate filmmaking. Stream on Apple TV

3 Alien: Earth

In our living rooms, everyone could hear us scream—in delight—at Noah Hawley's smart, scary and impressively epic reimagining of the sci-fi horror franchise. A Peter Pan metaphor takes root in Sydney Chandler's star-making performance as human-robot hybrid Wendy, a child in an adult body who forges an intriguing psychic connection with the drooling Xenomorph monster that crash-lands on Earth along with other creepy cargo. Stream on Hulu