New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- 2025 has stumbled on. While the world around us-and the people in charge-may routinely disappoint, as the air becomes less breathable and the news bleaker, we do still have bingeable opiate. TV shows continue to compel, entertain and provoke. Some force us to pay attention and reward us for watching closely.

Here, then, are the shows of the year. Why does this list have 11 entries? I wrote about This Is Spinal Tap here last week, a film where a rockstar famously shows off an amplifier where the volume knobs don't end at 10. Happy new TV year, fellow viewers. May we all go "one louder".

Ramy Youssef's animated post-9/11 satire about a Muslim family trying to "fit in" amidst an intensely Islamophobic America is a min...