They say it never rains, but it pours. If that’s the explanation for 2025’s apparent glut of new TV series, then shake off your umbrella because it’s going to be a wet – and busy – year. From the highly anticipated true story Apple Cider Vinegar, to wild studio formats like The Floor and Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, Suits: L.A., Todd Sampson’s Why? and the Sherlock Holmes drama Watson, this is 2025.
2.6 Seconds (SBS)
A documentary series from Blackfella Films, presented with NITV, which explores the death of Kumanjayi Walker, a 19-year-old Warlpiri and Luritja teenager shot by police, and its impact on families, communities, and race relations.
Sarah Snook will star in All Her Fault. Credit: Charlie Gray
All Her Fault (Binge/Foxtel)
Sarah Snook stars in this series, adapted from Andrea Mara’s 2021 novel and filmed in Melbourne, about a mother whose life spirals into chaos after she goes to pick up her son from a play date, only to discover that he’s missing.
And Just Like That …, Season 3 (Max, launching in 2025)
The third season of the sequel to the iconic series Sex and the City, about friends in New York– Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) – dealing with the complexities of their romantic and family lives.
Andor, Season 2 (Disney+)
The second and final chapter of the story of thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), a young man who becomes enmeshed in a movement against the Galactic Empire and paves the way for the formation of the Rebel Alliance.
Apple Cider Vinegar (Netflix)
Inspired by the book The Woman Who Fooled the World by journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, an Australian drama series, produced by See-Saw Films, about the rise of wellness guru Belle Gibson who would ultimately be exposed as a fraud.
Diego Luna as Cassian Andor in Andor. Credit: Disney+
The Assassin (Stan)
From writer/producers Harry and Jack Williams (The Tourist, The Missing), the story of a retired assassin (Keeley Hawes) whose past catches up to her, and her son (Freddie Highmore) on an island in Greece.
Australia: An Unofficial History (SBS)
Jackie Weaver presents a “playful” documentary series from Stranger Than Fiction Films, which cracks open a forgotten vault of Australian films to explore the social and political change of the 1970s.
Billion Dollar Playground (Binge/Foxtel)
An unscripted reality series from Ronde Media, set in the world of “opulence, palatial real estate, and high-stakes drama”, about a team of on-call concierges who work for ultra-rich clients, following the philosophy “if it’s legal, make it happen”.
Chateau DIY Australia (Nine)
The television version of everyone’s Instagram fantasy: renovating an abandoned palace in the French countryside. A five-part series which follows Australians embarking on a tough real estate dream, and dealing with crumbling ceilings and termite invasions.
Kaitlyn Dever as Belle in Apple Cider Vinegar. Credit: Netflix
Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+)
Charlie Cox returns to the role of Matt Murdock, alias Daredevil, in the latest addition to Marvel’s suite of TV series. (High points: Wandavision, Agatha All Along.) The series originated on Netflix but is getting a reboot on the parent platform, Disney.
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Binge/Foxtel)
A dramatisation of the crimes of one of America’s most notorious serial killers – played here by Michael Chernus – and the investigation that brought him down. The series also stars Gabriel Luna and James Badge Dale.
Do Not Watch This Show (ABC)
Andy Lee brings his best-selling book series – eight books written by Lee and illustrated by Heath McKenzie – to television. The story of a blue monster who tries to discourage kids from reading on, with varying degrees of success.
Eyes of Wakanda (Disney+)
An animated series, set in Wakanda, the setting of the Black Panther films, about the Hatut Zeraze, an elite group of Wakandan warriors who have, throughout history, retrieved vibranium artefacts from around the world.
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The Family Next Door (ABC)
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