Metacritic (Style) - Best of 2025: Television Critic Top Ten Lists

 This is a continuation of the old Metacritic year-end round up aggregate list. While these scores were calculated by me, and not Metacritic, I used the same scoring structure that Metacritic used to. This list is the result of combing 118 criics' "Best TV Shows of 2025" lists.

• 3 points for each 1st place ranking
• 2 points for each 2nd place ranking
• 1 point for being ranked 3rd - 10th, or for being included on an unranked list
• 0.5 points for being included on an unranked list of 11-20 titles (rather than 10), or for each item on split comedy/drama lists of 10 titles apiece (regardless of ranking on those lists)

Rank	Show	# First Place	# Second Place	Other Mentions	Total Points	# of Lists
1	The Pitt (HBO)	17	5	58	113.5	80
2	Andor (Disney+)	19	10	38	110.5	67
3	Adolescence (Netflix)	16	8	51	109.5	75
4	Pluribus (AppleTV+)	3	9	66	87.5	78
5	The Studio (AppleTV+)	2	7	56	71	65
6	Severance (AppleTV+)	4	3	50	64	57
7	The Rehearsal (HBO)	4	3	32	48	39
8	Dying for Sex (FX)	1	4	27	35.5	32
9	The Lowdown (FX)	1	1	29	31.5	31
10	The Chair Company (HBO)	0	2	29	30	31
11	Alien: Earth (FX)	0	0	29	25.5	29
12	Long Story Short (Netflix)	1	3	17	24.5	21
13	Task (HBO)	0	2	22	23.5	24
14	Hacks (HBO)	0	2	22	23	24
15	The White Lotus (HBO)	1	1	13	16.5	15
16	Paradise (Hulu)	0	1	14	15	15
17	Dept. Q (Netflix)	0	0	15	13.5	15
18	Pee-wee as Himself (HBO)	0	3	8	13.5	11
19	Common Side Effects (Adult Swim)	0	1	12	12.5	13
20	It: Welcome to Derry (HBO)	0	0	12	11.5	12
21	The Last of Us (HBO)	0	0	13	11	13
22	Heated Rivalry (Crave)	0	2	8	10.5	10
23	The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One)	1	0	8	10	9
24	Death by Lightning (Netflix)	0	0	11	9.5	11
25	Forever (Netflix)	0	0	10	9.5	10​