What to Watch: 17 Great New Shows on Netflix, Max, Hulu, Prime Video and More (2025)

It’s been three years since Andor first premiered, but fans can relax now that the second and final season has finally premiered. (The end of Andor will lead directly into the beginning of Rogue One.) This season picks up one year after the events of last season’s jaw-dropping finale, with Maarva’s death (Fiona Shaw) and Cassian’s (Diego Luna) breathless escape into space. Cassian is still fighting Rebel troops while Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) engages in covert diplomatic battles in the political realm. Ben Mendelsohn joins the cast this season, reprising his Rogue One role as Orson Krennic, and Adria Arjona returns as Cassian’s partner-in-arms, Bix Caleen.

Season 2 is structured in four three-episode parts released weekly. Episodes 1, 2 and 3 are available to watch now, while episodes 4, 5 and 6 will be out on April 29, episodes 7, 8 and 9 will be released on May 6 and episodes 10, 11 and 12 will stream on May 13. Season 2 promises to be just as good — if not better — than season 1, making Andor one of the best Star Wars stories ever told.

1923 ended a few weeks ago, and Yellowstone’s return isn’t happening for a while. If you’re still craving a Western drama with lots of conflict, some romance and a few hunky cowboys gazing at the horizon, then saddle up with Netflix’s Ransom Canyon. The new 10-episode first season stars Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland, a Texas rancher who is still recovering from the recent death of his wife. His present troubles include trying to save his ranch from greedy developers and the return of his childhood sweetheart, Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly).

Quinn is back in Ransom Canyon to run the town’s dance hall, but will she be able to handle a potential rekindled romance with the stoic Staten? And can Staten open up his heart enough to allow Quinn in?

This Western series leans more into romance than other shows in the genre, and it could appeal to viewers who like the streamer’s female-focused hits Virgin River and even Sweet Magnolias. Each episode runs about 60 minutes, and all are available to stream right now.

Nathan Fielder is television’s reigning prince of weird. The Canadian comedian got his start writing for Important Things with Demetri Martin before headlining his own successful Comedy Central series, Nathan For You. He received widespread critical acclaim for his HBO show The Rehearsal, a strange docuseries where Fielder, who plays himself, helps strangers rehearse for potentially upsetting situations by building elaborate sets and hiring actors to rehearse them before it actually happens.

It’s been three years since that first season came out, and Fielder — who made another splash opposite Emma Stone in last year's sublimely bizarre The Curse on Showtime — is back with another round of increasingly awkward staged encounters with strangers who don’t quite know what’s real and what’s fake. Season 2 is six episodes long, and a new episode streams every Sunday until May 25.

It seems like one female English author is responsible for supporting the British television industry. No, not J.K. Rowling — it’s Agatha Christie. The legendary mystery novelist wrote so many famous books that hardly a year goes by without a new adaptation being available to watch.

The latest is Agatha Christie’s Toward Zero, a three-episode series that adapts the 1944 novel of the same name. Oscar winner Angelica Huston stars as Lady Tressilian, a rich widow who invites some guests to her seaside property for a house party. When an old family friend is found murdered, suspicion naturally falls on the party’s guests, which include a disgraced tennis star (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his new wife (Mimi Keene). Inspector Leach (Matthew Rhys) has his hands full, and he’ll have to act quickly before the murderer strikes again.

Towards Zero is a faithful adaptation that changes just enough to make the series feel modern without being too stodgy. Huston has fun playing an aristocratic bitch while Rhys is solid as the show’s designated detective.

No, Government Cheese isn’t about the awful, industrial dairy product —it’s about an ex-convict’s attempt to strike it rich by inventing a self-sharpening power drill named the “Bit Magician.” If that sounds a bit far-fetched, that’s because Government Cheese leans into surreal absurdity to generate its laughs.

David Oyelowo stars as Hampton Chambers, the ex-con/inventor who wants to do right by his wife and two teenage sons. His plans are jeopardized by the Prevost brothers, small-time criminals who want to collect on a long-standing debt that Hampton owes them.

With its candy-colored visuals and out-there comedic flourishes, Government Cheese feels like a cross between a Tim Burton suburban fantasy and a Coen Brothers comedy. That’s high praise, so if you’re willing to watch a show that looks and feels a little bit different from the rest, Government Cheese is worth it.

Who knew the zombie genre had some life left in it? After years of mediocre Walking Dead sequels, spinoffs and ripoffs, TV audiences fell back in love with the undead, or in this case, “the infected,” in early 2023 with The Last of Us. The first season was a fairly faithful adaptation of the 2013 Naughty Dog game, telling the story of outbreak survivors Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they cross a postapocalyptic United States.

Season 2 appears to be adapting only part of The Last of Us Part II, with Ellie now in her late teens and Joel still as world-weary as ever. Some major new characters this season include Isabela Merced as Ellie’s love interest Dina, Catherine O’Hara as Joel’s therapist and Kaitlyn Dever as the soldier Abby. The latter plays a pretty big role in the game, and it will be interesting to see how the series interprets the divisive character. Season 2 starts streaming April 13, with weekly episodes every Sunday until May 25.

Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Jon Hamm) has it all: a nice house in the country, a fancy car, two kids in private school and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife, Mel (Amanda Peet). But all that is threatened when he loses his job and his savings won’t sustain his luxurious lifestyle for more than six months. Jobless and desperate, Coop decides to steal from the rich — his friends and neighbors — to give to himself. How long can Coop keep selling chic Chanel handbags and stolen jewels on the black market before someone finds out?

has an intriguing hook, but what makes the show so watchable is what it does with it. The show works best as a social satire of the wealthy class, who are oblivious to one of their own stealing from them. As Coop, Hamm has his best role since Mad Men’s Don Draper. Like Don, Coop is amoral and reckless, even if his intentions are good. Your Friends & Neighbors is nine episodes long and streams a new installment every Friday until May 30.

One of the best comedies around is Hacks, HBO’s hit series about the combative relationship between a veteran comedian and her Gen Z writer. Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) has been a successful stand-up for decades, but her jokes have become too routine and irrelevant. Enter Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), who has a quick wit and her pulse on the zeitgeist. The two women don’t really like each other, but they need to team up to succeed in a business that’s often cruel and unforgiving.

Season 3 ended on a bit of a cliffhanger with Ava blackmailing Deborah to land the head writer job that her boss had promised her. The fragile friendship the two forged all last season is now destroyed, so what happens when they have to work together to make Deborah’s new late show a hit? Hacks season 4, which begins streaming its 10-episode season on April 10 through May 29, promises new developments in that complicated relationship, plus appearances by Jimmy Kimmel and Carol Burnett as themselves.

Since its debut in 2011, the sci-fi series Black Mirror has captured the imaginations of millions of Netflix subscribers. It’s also haunted them with its bleak and sometimes prophetic look at humanity’s near future. The rise of AI, the increasing dominance of social media in pop culture, the possibility of a digital afterlife — Black Mirror usually did it first or, if not, covered those topics better than any show around.

Season 7 promises more of the same, with two of its seven episodes sequels to earlier stories in its run: “USS Callister: Into Infinity,” which is a follow-up to season 4’s much-acclaimed “USS Callister,” and “Plaything,” which features Will Poulter’s Cameron from the show’s only full-length movie, Bandersnatch. Other episodes feature Paul Giamatti, Issa Rae, Awkwafina, Rashida Jones and Emma Corrin. All episodes are now available to stream.

Judging from the trailer, the remaining episodes will feature more gunfights, some long-buried secrets revealed, and coyotes … lots and lots of coyotes. It’s worth a watch for many reasons, but it’s Mirren who is the primary draw here.