My Favourite TV Shows of 2025
Happy holidays, everyone. It’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas, I am talking about my list of favourite TV shows I saw in 2025. Looking back, I am quite surprised by just how many series I watched. For those who kept up with my monthly TV power rankings, you probably have a good idea of how my list will go, but I have to admit, there are a few shake-ups upon reflection. Before moving forward, I want to get one thing out of the way. I did not watch Severance. That’s why it’s not there. Beyond that, this list is entirely a subjective look at what I truly enjoyed. We had a historic year for television, and if your favourite show isn’t here, it’s not because it was bad; it’s probably just because I was too busy watching Tires for the third time to get to it. Now, let’s get into my list of favourite TV shows of 2025.
I Miss When Instagram Was About Photos
This is going to sound like the kind of complaint that starts with “back in my day,” so let’s just get that out of the way.
Those who know me know I don’t love change, especially when the old thing worked just fine.
There was a time when Instagram felt simple. You posted a photo. People who followed you actually saw it. If they liked it, they tapped like. Everyone went about their day.
No pressure to perform. No expectation to entertain. No need to turn dinner into a short-form action movie.
That version of Instagram was why I joined over twelve years ago.
What Canada Should Learn From Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban
Australia is about to run a bold social experiment: a national social media ban for anyone under 16. It’s the kind of policy that sounds clean and decisive in a government announcement and instantly chaotic the moment it meets real families, real teenagers, and real technology.
For the record, I’m not opposed to a world with far less social media. If someone pulled the plug tomorrow, I don’t think civilization would crumble. In fact, it might improve. But this specific approach raises a pile of questions that no one seems ready for.
Parents Did Stuff Before AI: A Reminder That We Weren’t Always Helpless
There’s a strange narrative floating around these days that modern parents would crumble without AI, apps, or a device telling them what to do next. It’s as if daily life used to be impossible before we could fire off a prompt like “make me a meal plan that doesn’t involve cilantro.”
The truth is both simpler and funnier: parents used to do absolutely everything without any of this technology. Life wasn’t smoother, but it still worked. Kids got raised, jobs got found, dinners got made, and somehow everyone survived using tools like paper, memory, and pure improvisation.
Can you tell I am getting close to being an old man on the porch?? (Please don’t look at the photo on my homepage)
Tech helps. AI is handy. But parents were never helpless. Here’s a look back at how things actually got done before ChatGPT, before smartphones, and even before the internet.
Silent Parenting: Why Sometimes Saying Less Is Actually Saying More
If you’re raising teens (not Raising Cane’s), you already know the soundtrack of the house. Some days it’s loud, chaotic, full of random noises, and half-finished stories. Other days, you get the famous closed door, headphones on, minimal eye contact. In that mix, there’s a growing concept people keep talking about: silent parenting.