Though 2023 may feel like a lifetime ago to many, the effects of that year’s dual writers’ and actors’ strikes are still being felt in Hollywood—as well as by fans eagerly anticipating the premiere (or return) of their favorite TV series.

While the bulk of strike-delayed programs made their triumphant debuts/returns this year (see: Abbott Elementary, The Penguin, True Detective: Night Country, and Yellowstone), there are still more long-awaited titles, both new and returning, on the schedule for the next 12 months. Here are 15 shows we can’t wait to watch in 2025.

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

On the evening of December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was traveling over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, when a bomb exploded onboard—killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members, plus another 11 on-the-ground witnesses to the terrorist attack. Jim Swire (portrayed here by Oscar-winner Colin Firth) has spent the decades since the incident, which claimed the life of his 23-year-old daughter Flora, looking for answers about exactly what happened on that tragic day in an attempt to bring those responsible to justice. This five-part series was adapted from The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice, the 2021 book Swire cowrote with Peter Biddulph. Though the bombing took place nearly 40 years ago, it’s still very much in the news—and is about to make even bigger headlines once again: Abu Agila Mas’ud, who the US authorities allege made the bomb used in the attack, is set to go on trial in Washington, DC in May 2025.

US release date: January 7, Peacock

American Primeval

Thanks to Taylor Sheridan, Westerns are hot again—and Netflix is leaning into the genre with this six-part period drama. It’s 1857 and Sara Rowell (Betty Gilpin) is a wife and mother attempting to make her way to Philadelphia to reunite with her husband. Realizing her chances of surviving the journey are slim, she hires a mysterious man named Isaac (Taylor Kitsch) to serve as her guide and protector. But American Primeval is about more than just one woman’s journey: It’s a gritty retelling of the American West, and the violent extremes people went to in order to maintain control of the land with gender, religion, and race all playing a part in the fight. Shea Whigham, Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Shawnee Pourier, Derek Hinkey, and Joe Tippett round out the cast.

US release date: January 9, Netflix

Severance

Nearly three years after Severance first wowed viewers in early 2022 with its dystopian take on work-life balance, the employees of Lumon Industries are back. After learning the true nature of their work, and that a surgical procedure has allowed them to completely separate their work and personal lives, coworkers Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry), and Irving (John Turturro) are forced to reckon with their new knowledge of the outside world—and the price they might end up paying for their discovery. The series is upping the ante in terms of its already-phenomenal cast in Season 2, with Alia Shawkat, Bob Balaban, Merritt Wever, and Gwendoline Christie joining the team.

US release date: January 17, Apple TV+

Prime Target

After delivering a flawless performance in Netflix’s One Day, Leo Woodall’s leading-man streak continues. Edward Brooks (Woodall) is a brilliant young mathematician who may have just cracked the code on how to gain control over every computer on earth—which isn’t something the National Security Agency wants to see happen, and why they send in one of their own, agent Taylah Sanders (Quintessa Swindell), to keep an eye on Brooks. But the more Sanders gets to know Brooks, the more she begins to understand that he—and she—might be at the center of a massive conspiracy that threatens both their lives, and the safety of every citizen with Wi-Fi access.

US release date: January 22, Apple TV+

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

If there’s one thing Marvel Cinematic Universe creatives love, it’s an alternate universe. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man—which was first announced back in 2021 (when it was known as Spider-Man: Freshman Year)—is a gorgeously illustrated exploration of Peter Parker’s formative years. It also imagines what would happen if our little Spidey (Hudson Thames) were taught to harness his superpowers not by supermentor Tony Stark/Iron Man, but by Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Colman Domingo). Let chaos reign!

US release date: January 29, Disney+

The Pitt

It’s hard to resist a good medical drama—especially one that lures Noah Wyle back into the emergency room. Michael Robinavitch (Wyle) is just one of the medical professionals who keeps things moving in the ER of a Pittsburgh hospital, where anything can happen. The 15-episode series will take place in real-time, following the facility’s employees and patients over a single 15-hour shift. It’s just the kind of experimental idea we like to see from HBO, but also somewhat unexpected, as its robust episode count (HBO series generally top out at about 10 episodes per season) feels like something more in line with one of the Big Three networks. The Pitt will also reunite Wyle with John Wells and R. Scott Gemmill, both of whom served as executive producers on ER.

US release date: January 9, Max

The White Lotus

While Jennifer Coolidge will most definitely be missed, Mike White has assembled yet another stacked cast for Season 3 of The White Lotus, including HBO’s unofficial king, Walton Goggins. Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Aimee Lou Wood, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Jason Isaacs, and Nicholas Duvernay are among the other series newcomers, while Natasha Rothwell—who played spa manager Brenda in Season 1—will be returning. No firm details have been released, but expect death to be on the menu.

US release date: February 16, HBO

Daredevil: Born Again

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) has been through a lot in the past decade: a Netflix series that was unceremoniously canceled after three seasons; a reboot series at Disney that then got a major reboot of its own after several episodes had already been shot; and a writers strike that delayed the project even further. Good thing this guy has got superpowers, and that Cox has kept busy keeping his Daredevil in the conversation with a cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home and appearances in She-Hulk and Echo (plus the aforementioned and upcoming Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man). Expect to see Murdock’s blind lawyer kick ass in the courtroom and beyond when he goes toe-to-toe with notorious New York City crime boss Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio).

US release date: March 4, Disney+

Dope Thief

Brian Tyree Henry trades Atlanta for Philadelphia and comedy for drama in this limited crime series based on Dennis Tafoya’s 2009 novel of the same name. Ray (Tyree Henry) and Manny (Wagner Moura) are longtime pals whose preferred way of getting drugs is to pose as DEA agents and rob local drug dealers. But when they decide to take their grift outside of the city, they fail to realize that the “small-time” dealers they thought they were getting one over on happen to be a part of one of the nation’s largest, and most dangerous, criminal enterprises. Oops.

US release date: March 14, Apple TV+

Stranger Things

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen the kids of Hawkins, Indiana. So long, in fact, that calling them “kids” might be a bit of a stretch. Nearly a decade after it made its debut in the summer of 2016, Stranger Things is back for its fifth and final season. As usual, the Duffer Brothers are keeping a lid on any of the major details of the upcoming season. What we do know is that The Terminator’s Linda Hamilton will be joining the cast; that it will be set in the fall of 1987, a year after the events of Season 4; and that the final episode (there are eight in all) is titled “The Rightside Up,” which seems like a happy ending could be in sight.

US release date: 2025, Netflix

Alien: Earth

By now, you know the elements of every piece of the Alien franchise: a ragtag group of space travelers are alerted to a vessel in distress, only to arrive and encounter an array of homicidal aliens who have a lot of imagination when it comes to inventive ways to knock off the human race. Except in Alien: Earth, as the title indicates, it’s a ragtag group of earthbound humans who encounter the aforementioned aliens. This prequel series is set two years before the events of the original Alien movie. And with Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley at the helm, we’re expecting great things.

US release date: 2025, FX/Hulu

The Last of Us

More fungi, more action, and Catherine O’Hara. Those are the three big takeaways one quickly gleans from the trailer for The Last of Us’ hotly anticipated second season. Set five years after the events of the first season, the world is still a post-apocalyptic mess as the Cordyceps fungus continues to wreak havoc on the world, which has been in a perpetual pandemic state. Though survivors Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) have fallen into a comfortable routine, they’ve also grown apart—and frequently find themselves butting heads—as they each attempt to reconcile the events of the past several years, and what they’ve lost.

US release date: 2025, HBO

Black Rabbit

Jake (Jude Law) and Vince Friedkin (Jason Bateman) are brothers with seemingly nothing in common. While Jake is the owner of one of New York City’s hottest nightclubs, Vince is more of a perpetual lost soul. But when he suddenly reemerges, Jake does the brotherly thing and lets Vince back into his life—which turns out to be a decision that could lead to Jake losing everything he has worked to build. In addition to his starring role, Bateman is also executive producing the series and directing the first two episodes in what is turning out to be a bit of an Ozark reunion. Laura Linney is scheduled to direct the limited series’ second two episodes, while Ben Semanoff—who directed Bateman and Linney in Ozark—will direct the third pair of installments.

US release date: 2025, Netflix

Death By Lightning

You may not have had “historical drama about the presidency of James Garfield” on your bingo card as must-watch TV in 2025, but Death by Lightning promises to be different for a few different reasons. Game of Thrones cocreators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are back as executive producers on this adaptation of Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, with Michael Shannon starring as the 20th president of the United States and Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Guiteau, one of Grant’s most ardent admirers—and the man who would eventually assassinate him. Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin, Bradley Whitford, Shea Whigham, Paula Malcomson, Željko Ivanek, Kyle Soller, and Vondie Curtis-Hall costar.

US release date: 2025, Netflix

The Rehearsal

Few people in history do awkward comedy as well as Nathan Fielder, and those skills were put on full display in The Rehearsal, which began as a semi-reality show in which Fielder “helped” people “rehearse” for what might be some of the defining moments of their lives. Ultimately, Fielder became a part of his own experiment when he found a woman (via Craigslist) who wanted to rehearse parenthood. Details on what to expect from Season 2 are still largely under wraps—but even if there were an official logline, it’s one Fielder would no doubt quickly turn on its head.

US release date: 2025, HBO