10 Greatest Prime Video TV Exhibits Of 2025 (So Far)

TV followers with a Prime Video subscription weren’t wanting for binge-worthy exhibits to take pleasure in all through 2025. Would you like an action-driven exhibits the place the tallest, hardest man within the room solves issues together with his fists? How a couple of thriller collection that serves as an extension of the streaming service’s different hottest detective present? If you need superheroes, you might have your selection: animated and gritty or live-action and satiric? Animation and abroad imports? In fact.

These titles symbolize the very best Prime Video exhibits of 2025 to this point, with every of them providing one thing for each taste of TV fan.

The debut episode of “#1 Blissful Household USA” is about on September 10, 2001, introducing the Hussein household as they navigate life in America whereas making an attempt to protect their cultural roots. The occasions of 9/11 shortly shifted their priorities, pushing them to slot in greater than ever. Patriarch Hussein Hussein (sure, that is his identify, and he is voiced by present creator Ramy Youssef) doubles down on being patriotic, whereas matriarch Sharia (Salma Hindy) urges the household to remain true to their religion. Their daughter Mona (Alia Shawkat), a pushed overachiever, is set to develop into class president and excels at adapting to completely different social settings. In the meantime, teenage son Rumi (additionally voiced by Youssef) is extra desirous about pirated music and personal time in his room than anything.

Co-created by Pam Brady — identified for “South Park” and “Scorching Rod” — and Youssef, the collection embraces irreverent, boundary-pushing humor that is far edgier than Youssef’s earlier work. Half absurd household sitcom, half coming-of-age story, “#1 Blissful Household USA” presents a surreal however nostalgic tackle post-9/11 adolescence. Its offbeat humor consists of oddities like Rumi’s imaginary good friend, a suicidal lamb named Lamby, and his ghostly grandfather, who not often seems within the flesh. Regardless of its weird moments, the present delivers sharp, laugh-out-loud comedy, particularly for anybody who got here of age throughout the early 2000s. (BJ Colangelo)

Typically, there’s nothing like an excellent police procedural to loosen up the day, particularly if the present has an excellent premise and a terrific, various solid. If that is the type of factor that will get your blood pumping, “Ballard” is right here for you.

In a balanced mixture of case-of-the-week present and a serialized, gradual burn crime drama, Detective Renée Ballard’s (Maggie Q, “Mission: Unimaginable III”) chilly case unit digs into previous, unsolved crimes that always tie into one thing far bigger and extra nefarious than it initially seems. The present is an offshoot of the long-running “Bosch,” and followers of that present will likely be proper at residence when people like Titus Welliver’s Harry Bosch and Mimi Rogers’ DA Honey Chandler wander into the proceedings. But, “Ballard” has its personal vibe: It is comparable sufficient to belong in the identical franchise as “Bosch” and “Bosch: Legacy” however completely different sufficient to face by itself two legs.

Together with Q, “Ballard” boasts a superb solid that features people from Courtney Taylor (“Abbott Elementary”) and Michael Mosley (“Ozark”) to Rebecca Area (“A Star Is Born”) and John Carroll Lynch (“American Horror Story”). It is a strong addition to Prime Video’s crime drama assortment that is each simple to binge and complicated sufficient to maintain you guessing. (Pauli Poisuo)

“Gen V” season 1 was a enjoyable, if barely acquainted YA-ish spin on the violent, late-stage capitalist superhero world of “The Boys.” Season 2 takes all that was good in each its predecessor and its mother or father present, and supercharges it.

Earlier than I noticed Hamish Linklater’s chilling Dean Cipher, I’d have sworn that “Gen V” could not have probably produce a villain corresponding to Homelander (Antony Starr). Earlier than I witnessed a goat known as Elon Musk exploding in a mass of gore and Godolkin College internet hosting televised scholar MMA fights, I’d have sworn that “Gen V” could not hope to surpass the mother or father present’s ruthless commentary/parody of the actual world. Earlier than the sophomore season began particularly addressing the continued supe takeover, I used to be of the opinion that “Gen V” was largely inconsequential within the grand scheme of the mother or father present’s issues. Season 2 has proved me fallacious on all accounts, taking nice pains to tie the exhibits’ occasions collectively to the purpose that “Gen V” is successfully “The Boys” season 4.5.

The best factor about “Gen V” season 2, nonetheless, is not any of the above. It is how the present manages to carry on to its “youngsters fixing a thriller” coronary heart even when it is continuously upping the stakes. Not like “The Boys” and its gazillion storylines, “Gen V” has a manageable core solid with an easy-to-follow central mission, which permits the collection to manage its narrative whereas nonetheless reveling within the many obscenities of this world. It is a disgrace that the present is just about destined to finish with the sophomore season, seeing as “The Boys” will come to an finish with its upcoming season 5 and it is onerous to see “Gen V” persevering with past that. Given time, the spin-off may simply surpass the unique. In some ways, it already has. (Pauli Poisuo)

Tailored from a novel of the identical identify by Michelle Frances, “The Girlfriend” is a deliciously darkish story about disastrous in-laws with an ending you may by no means see coming. Led by veteran actress Robin Wright alongside “Home of the Dragon” star Olivia Cooke, the miniseries introduces us to Wright’s Laura Sanderson, a profitable and well-regarded artwork gallery proprietor in London who has, to place it calmly, a weirdly intimate relationship along with her massive grownup son Daniel, performed by Laurie Davidson. (I used to be frankly horrified by what number of occasions the present exhibits Laura going into Daniel’s room whereas he is shirtless to have a quiet and personal dialog, as a result of the vibe between them is so unsettling.) Laura principally by no means likes Daniel’s girlfriends, so when he introduces her to his new flame, the absurdly named and extremely stunning Cherry Laine (Cooke), Laura tries to determine the best way to preserve the 2 of them aside. To say she goes to excessive lengths is an excessive understatement.

“The Girlfriend” is admittedly fairly foolish, however throughout six episodes, Wright and Cooke are glorious of their recreation of cat-and-mouse, at the same time as you begin to type of hate each Laura and Cherry (every episode, save for the finale, makes use of a intelligent storytelling system the place we see the identical occasions from Laura and Cherry’s opposing factors of view, and neither of them are in the best). Give this Amazon authentic an opportunity, even when Laura by no means even considers giving Cherry an opportunity. (Nina Starner)

Three seasons on and “Invincible” stays probably the greatest superhero tales on the market. It is obtained all of the style hallmarks, however not one of the model administration that forestalls actual threat or narrative change like at Marvel or DC.

“Invincible” is a present equally well-calibrated for followers of Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley’s authentic “Invincible” comics and for brand spanking new followers experiencing the story for the primary time as a cartoon. Previous followers know what to anticipate, however get to relive the story with the added emotion of nice actors enjoying the scenes. Steven Yeun, as hero Mark Grayson/Invincible, is as glorious as ever this season carrying that emotional weight.

The third season noticed “Invincible” attain its biggest highs but. Two seasons of ready and we lastly obtained to see Mark hook up together with his meant-to-be, Eve “Atom Eve” Wilkins (Gillian Jacobs). Season finale “I Thought You’d By no means Shut Up,” delivered the hotly anticipated battle between Invincible and Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), strongest and most vicious of the alien Viltrumites. With that battle, “Invincible” sustained a half-hour lengthy motion scene with none lapse in rigidity or dread; Conquest appears to be the actual invincible one till the very finish.

The gore has at all times set “Invincible” aside from most superhero tales (it’s written by the man who wrote “The Strolling Useless”). When super-strong males throw punches, blood and guts fly, and “Invincible” by no means pretends in any other case. (Devin Meenan)

Among the best exhibits on Prime Video is definitely a present that has been kicking round worldwide territories for years. It is known as “Final One Laughing,” and it is solely the most recent adaptation of a present that originated in Japan.

In Japan, the collection “Documental” takes 10 comedians and places them in a “Huge Brother”-esque lounge studio with hidden cameras watching them for six hours. The aim? Make one another giggle whereas making an attempt your hardest to not crack up your self. This has been tailored with the “Final One Laughing” moniker throughout the likes of Russia, Australia, India, Italy, Iran, South Africa, and extra for a complete of over two dozen variations. Nonetheless, 2025 was the primary time that the UK has tailored the collection, and that is the model that makes for probably the greatest iterations out of all of them.

Opponents embody comedians Bob Mortimer, Daisy Might Cooper, Joe Lycett, Judi Love, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe, Lou Sanders, Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kemsley, and “Submarine” director Richard Ayoade, who’re all regulars on beloved British comedy panel exhibits like “8 out of 10 Cats,” “The Huge Fats Quiz of the Yr,” and “Taskmaster.” Jimmy Carr provides extra hilarity because the present’s host, and there are some particular visitors ready within the wings too.

This present will make you giggle time and again, and you will possible have some new favourite comedians to hunt out. Fortunately, a second season of the UK model is on the way in which, so ensure you take pleasure in this primary season and a number of other of the opposite diversifications obtainable on Prime Video now. (Ethan Anderton)

Prime Video’s “Reacher” has been a banger since its premiere, however the present’s newest season (which adapts Lee Kid’s “Persuader” from his “Jack Reacher” novel collection) surpasses expectations. For starters, season 3 offers Reacher (an excellent Alan Ritchson) the chance to flex his undercover expertise, due to the involvement of DEA agent Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy). It’s at all times a pleasure to look at Reacher — who normally towers over everybody else — beat the residing daylights out of unhealthy guys, however this story additionally leans into the farcical shenanigans that spotlight his deadpan humor. Furthermore, Reacher is now not the tallest dude in a room, because the season’s antagonist, Paulie (Olivier Richters), shatters this expectation whereas establishing an insanely chaotic one-on-one showdown.

Within the books, Reacher is a one-man military, able to getting out of unimaginable conditions just because he is constructed completely different. Season 3 explores this in ridiculously enjoyable methods, the place Reacher casually swims cross a turbulent ocean (!) a number of occasions to keep up his cowl throughout the mission. When he is not flexing his ungodly energy, Reacher is seen looking for the weak Richard Beck (Johnny Berchtold) and avenging somebody he deeply revered/admired again within the day. The payoff for these emotional features are large, elevating the stakes for our titular vagabond who sticks to his private code whereas nonetheless standing up for what’s proper. To prime it off, Neagley (Maria Sten) makes a memorable look, reminding us why she deserves her personal spin-off collection. (Debopriyaa Dutta)

Think about a collection the place Stephanie Hsu stars as Dr. Sleech, a hyper-confident and hyper-competent surgeon with a secret illness and Keke Palmer performs her greatest good friend Dr. Klak, a neurotic however equally competent doc with severe mommy points, after which set it in outer house and make everybody a wacky alien, and you’ve got type of obtained the idea for “The Second Greatest Hospital within the Galaxy.” Created by “Russian Doll” and “Baymax!” author Cirocco Dunlap, “Second Greatest Hospital” encompasses a author’s room that is solely ladies and nonbinary writers that helps the present really feel actually genuine to the queer expertise and relatable regardless of happening in such a bonkers setting. Whether or not they’re making an attempt to assist separate sufferers who’ve gotten embroiled collectively in a mutant “The Factor”-esque alien sickness, discover the remedy for Sleech’s genetic situation, or simply survive the awkwardness of courting their co-workers, Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak are at all times there for each other, like J.D. and Turk from “Scrubs” with some additional appendages (and gills).

The sufferers and workers on the hospital are a colourful, wildly various bunch, with some nice vocal performances by Kieran Culkin as Dr. Sleech’s hyper-empathetic however bird-brained ex-boyfriend Dr. Plowp, Natasha Lyonne because the no-nonsense head Nurse Tup, and Sam Smith as chief surgeon and Dr. Klak’s ex, Dr. Azel. “Second Greatest Hospital within the Galaxy” is as humorous as it’s emotionally resonant, with some wonderful animation besides. (Danielle Ryan)