Whether they're brand new series or new seasons of existing shows, there is a ton of fantasy and sci-fi TV coming our way in 2025. I keep waiting for the pace of new releases to slacken but it never seems to happen. A good problem to have, overall.
Still, keeping up with all this TV can be exhausting. That's why, for the New Year's Day episode of our Take the Black podcast, we're running through 20 of the biggest sci-fi/fantasy shows on the horizon and putting them in order of how excited we are to watch them. Click below to see if your picks match up with ours! And maybe we'll remind you of a few shows you forgot were even coming that you're psyched to see:
After much discussion, here's how our rankings broke down, together with where you can watch them and release dates (when we know them):
- The Wheel of Time season 3 (Prime Video, March 13)
- Stranger Things season 5 (Netflix, TBA)
- The Last of Us season 2 (HBO/Max, TBA)
- Severance season 2 (Apple TV+, January 17)
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO/Max, TBA)
- Star Wars: Andor season 2 (Disney+, April 22)
- Squid Game season 3 (Netflix, TBA)
- One Piece season 2 (Netflix, TBA)
- Invincible season 3 (Prime Video, February 6)
- Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+, March 4)
- IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO/Max, TBA)
- The Sandman season 2 (Netflix, TBA)
- The Witcher season 4 (Netflix, TBA)
- Outlander season 8 (Starz, TBA)
- Gen V season 2 (Prime Video, TBA)
- The Handmaid's Tale season 6 (Hulk, Spring)
- Black Mirror season 7 (Netflix, TBA)
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 (Disney+, TBA)
- Wednesday season 2 (Netflix, TBA)
- Devil May Cry (Netflix, TBA)
Agree with our list? Disagree completely? All opinions are welcome!
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