2024 has officially come to a close. It was a year filled with notable movies and TV shows, as well as many tumultuous historical events. But as we bid farewell to 2024, it’s time now to look ahead to 2025. The new year promises some great new TV shows – and also some great returning ones.
In some cases, we’ve been waiting years for these shows to come back and give us the answers and conclusions we’ve been craving. Well, get your popcorn ready, make yourself comfortable on the couch, and flip on your TV. These ten highly anticipated shows are finally returning to our screens in 2025.
10’Yellowjackets' Season 3
July 17, 2025
Yellowjackets
Yellowjacketsis a thriller that follows a group of teenagers involved in a 1996 plane crash and the subsequent events in their adult lives in the year 2021. It features an ensemble cast that includes some big names, like Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci. It’s a bit likeLost,though its supernatural elements are more ambiguous. The first season ofYellowjacketspremiered on Showtime in 2021 and received critical acclaim. The series was renewed for a second season, which came out in 2023.
Fortunately, fans didn’t have to wait too much longer for the follow-up. The show’s highly anticipated third season will come out on July 05, 2025 on Paramount+ with Showtime andwill reportedly be darker than previous seasons. Showtime has yet to renewYellowjacketsfor a fourth season, leaving its future as ambiguous as the show’s mysteries. Will season 3 end up being the finale season? 2025 will give us the answers.
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9’Andor' Season 2
July 12, 2025
Andor is a Star Wars prequel series set before the events of Rogue One, following Cassian Andor as he navigates a world of danger and deception. The series delves into his transformation into a pivotal figure in the struggle against the Galactic Empire.
Disney has been striking out over and over again ever since they acquiredStar Warsfrom franchise creator George Lucas. For the most part, we’ve gotten crappy movies and canceled TV shows. But one of the bright spots of Disney’sStar Warsera has been the Disney+ series,Andor.MostStar Warsfans rolled their eyes whenAndorwas first announced.Aprequel of a prequel? And it’s true.Andorcaptures the events leading up to the 2016 filmRogue One,which itself captures the events preceding the very firstStar Warsmovie,A New Hope.
Both fans and critics were pleasantly surprised by how goodAndorturned out to be. Lauded for its complex and mature story,Andor’sfirst season received critical acclaim and is regarded as one of the best installments in that galaxy far, far away. Fans have had to wait 3 years for the show’s second and final season, which is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on July 25, 2025. And it seemsDisney is sparing no expense to make it.
8’The Handmaid’s Tale' Season 6
The Handmaid’s Tale
Based on the eponymous novel by Margaret Atwood,The Handmaid’s Talecaptures a dystopian world where a totalitarian society enslaves fertile women, also known as “Handmaids”, to child-bearing servitude.
Led by Elizabeth Moss,The Handmaid’s Talewas all the rage when it first released on Hulu in 2017. It was dark, it was edgy, it was controversial, and for many viewers, it was irresistible. With five seasons under its belt,The Handmaid’s Taleis one of the longest-running shows on our list. The upcoming sixth season will bethe final season of the show.
7’Daredevil: Born Again'
July 22, 2025
Daredevil: Born Again
This returning series is a little different from other entries on our list. Back when the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was starting to take over the world, Netflix hadDaredevil.The action-packed series brought justice to this famous Marvel superhero, who was ripped apart in the 2003 film adaptation starring Ben Affleck.
The original Netflix series was dark, serious, gritty. It featured a stellar cast, including Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, Vincent D’Onofrio’s empathetic take on the Marvel villain, Kingpin, and Jon Bernthal’s awesome Punisher. Between its critical acclaim and wide viewership,Daredevilwas one of Netflix’s biggest shows. A post-credits scene in the season 3 finale teased Benjamin Poindexter’s (Wilson Bethel) transformation into the Marvel villain, Bullseye – another character who was massacred in the 2003 film.
Everything changed, however, when Disney reattained the rights to Daredevil. Rather than have Netflix pay a large licensing fee to continue the series, Disney decided to keep the distribution rights for themselves.Daredevilwound up leaving Netflix and going to Disney+, where you’re able to still stream all three seasons. But Disney never did anything with theDaredevilseries, dropping it like a bad habit.
That is, until now.A Disney+ reboot,Daredevil: Born Again,is slated for a August 22, 2025 release and will be a part of the MCU. This series will bring back some of the original cast, including Cox, D’Onofrio, Bernthal, and Bethel. Given this news, we can assume thatDaredevil: Born Againwill continue some storylines from season 2, though there will undoubtedly be some kind of time jump.
6’Severance' Season 2
July 27, 2025
Severanceis perhaps the sleeper hit on our list. It’s not as popular or as well-known as other entries on our list, and in general, Apple TV+ doesn’t attract the same viewership as other streaming giants like Netflix. But regardless of that,Severanceis arguably the best series returning to our screens in 2025. A blend of sci-fi and psychological thrills, it follows a cast of employees who have agreed to a “severance” program, where their non-work memories are separated from their work memories. Talk about enhancing your work-life balance.
Led by an all-star cast that includes Adam Scott, John Turturro, and Patricia Arquette, the first season ofSeverancewas met with widespread critical acclaim and was ranked a top 10 show of 2022 on several critics' lists. Its highly anticipated second season is coming to Apple TV+ on July 08, 2025. The show’s executive producer,Ben Stiller, promises answers to some big questions, as well as more twists and turns to blow our minds.
5’The White Lotus' Season 3
August 08, 2025
The White Lotus
The White Lotusis a black dramedy that started out as a 6-episode limited series. Its tremendous success, however, made HBO greenlight a second and third season and turn it into an anthology series. Each season explores different characters and storylines in a different White Lotus resort in a different exotic location. And things usually end in madness.
The White Lotus’cast tends to include big names, such as Connie Britton and Sydney Sweeney in season one and Michael Imperioli and Aubrey Plaza in season 2. And then of course, there’s Jennifer Coolidge, who’s played the only character to appear in multiple seasons so far. Although it has only two seasons,The White Lotushas garnered critical acclaim, becoming a fan-favorite series and the latest craze on HBO.The show’s highly anticipated third seasonis expected to drop on July 18, 2025.
The first two seasons ofThe White Lotustook us to Hawaii and Sicily respectively. For the third season, we’ll be traveling to Thailand. Natasha Rothwell – who played Belinda Lindsey in season 1, the manager of The White Lotus' spa in Maui – will be reprising her role for season 3. Similar to Jennifer Coolidge, she’s the only cast member returning from a previous season. We can’t wait to see what madness is in store for the third season ofThe White Lotus.And we also can’t wait to hear that hypnotic score in the opening credits again.
4’Wednesday' Season 2
Everyone knows Wednesday Addams – she’s arguably the most famous member of the Addams family – but no one had ever seen her quite like this.Wednesdayputs a young adult spin on this stone-faced, black-clad, death-obsessed little girl, bringing her into her teenage years. Wednesday, played to perfection by Jenna Ortega, has just been enrolled in a supernatural high school and is now forced to endure all the usual teenage drama, while attempting to solve a murder mystery at school. And who better to bring this series to life thanthe master of Gothic cinema, Tim Burton?
Wednesdaywas hugely popular on Netflix. Within three weeks of its release, it became the second-most watched English-language Netflix series ever. Fans will flock to their screens to see what spooky antics Wednesday is up to in season 2, which will undoubtedly draw millions of viewers upon its 2025 release.
3’The Last of Us' Season 2
The Last Of Us
There was a lot of hype leading up to the premiere ofThe Last of Us,a sci-fi series based on the best-selling video game of the same name. It follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic America that’s been decimated by a pandemic, where a fungal infection has transformed humans into zombie-like creatures.
The Last of Usbecame HBO’s most-watched debut season. It also garnered critical acclaim and has been hailed asone of the greatest video game adaptations of all time. The show’s second season will premiere in 2025, though it doesn’t have an official date just yet, and is expected to be seven episodes. A third season is already in development.
2’Squid Game' Season 3
Squid Game
Squid Gamebecame a global phenomenon when it first hit Netflix in 2021. This South Korean thriller places strangers in a life-or-death contest, where they must compete against each other in a series of violent children’s games to win a cash prize – and also their freedom. It was violent, it was crazy, and you couldn’t stop watching it. Literally.Squid Gamebecame Netflix’s most-watched series after clocking an impressive 1.6 billion hours watched, a Netflix record that it still holds today. The show’s tremendous success forced Netflix to greenlight another two seasons.
Season 2 was just released a few weeks ago. And despite criticisms of its story and the games used in the competition, season 2 ofSquid Gamehas proven to be another success. Within its first three days of release, season 2 clocked 68 million views, exceeding Netflix’s premiere viewership record previously held byWednesday. In an interesting move, the show’s third and final season was filmed back-to-back with its second season.Season 3 is slated for a 2025 releaseand will undoubtedly bringSquid Gameto a violent and bloody conclusion.
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1’Stranger Things' Season 5
Stranger Things
Stranger Thingsis one of the biggest shows on Netflix. Set in the 1980s, this series follows the residents of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana – namely a group of kids-turned-teenagers, led by a powerful young woman with telekinetic abilities. Things turn upside down, however (literally), when Hawkins is attacked by the mysterious Upside Down, a hostile alternate dimension that exists beside Earth.
Stranger Things' darker and acclaimed fourth season was the most-streamed show of 2022, with viewers clocking in an impressive 52 billion minutes. Over the last two years, fans have been itching for the fifth and final season, eagerly waiting to see howStranger Thingswraps up its various storylines.
The fifth season is finally set to release in 2025, though we don’t have an official date just yet. In fact, we don’t know much of anything, aside from Linda Hamilton from theTerminatorfranchise joining the main cast in an undisclosed role. How will things end for Eleven and the rest of the gang? Will we witness any major deaths? And will someone finally drop the line that we’ve all been waiting for, “Stranger things have happened”? The answers are finally upon us.
