The Top 10 TV Shows of 2025

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Andy talk about the tragic passing of legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner and his indelible impact on Hollywood over the years (3:30). Then they look back at this year in TV (14:14), run through a handful of honorable mentions (28:49), and reveal their top 10 shows of 2025 (55:41). Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Additional Production Supervision: Jon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Think about cheese.
0:02.0	Make your thoughts cheesier.
0:04.2	Now add 100% chicken breast fillet,
0:06.3	Chipotle sauce and Amadea cheese melt.
0:08.3	And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.
0:12.0	Did we mention it's cheesy?
0:13.9	Cheese.
0:15.8	Availments at the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11am.
0:18.1	Plus and participation may vary.
0:19.2	Subjects availability.
0:27.5	I need sports to have to clear the room.
0:30.7	Stand up and walk now.
0:32.8	Hello, and welcome to The Watch.
0:34.2	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:36.8	I am an editor at the ringer.com.
0:39.8	And joining me in the studio, the best of the year every year in Sandy Green World. Do you want to do a top... I did a little Liam Gallagher there.
0:47.1	Did you? You know, just like a little, like, oh, backed away from the microphone.
0:50.4	Oh, but were you leaning in, looking slightly constipated and then leaning back? Yeah.
0:53.4	I'm going to go out on this year the way I came into it. Provoking Oasis fans. I saw... But were you leaning in, looking slightly constipated and then leaning back? Yeah.
0:54.2	I'm going to go out on this year the way I came into it.
0:56.2	Provoking Oasis fans.
0:57.8	I saw what might have been a fake Liam Gallagher tweet where he said, I'm doing Pilates,
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