Best 2025 TV Shows for production design

#1 Squid Game: The Challenge, Season 2
5.0

The physical production is a standout strength, with sets repeatedly described as stunning, top-notch, immaculate, and highly faithful to the original visual world.

Pros: world-building, visual style

Cons: pilot episode quality, directing quality

#2 The Seduction
4.8

Production design is one of the most consistent strengths, from detailed rooms and salons to the broader sense of aristocratic wealth and decadence. The series often looks more assured than...

Pros: episode structure, cast chemistry

Cons: character consistency, editing quality

#3 Pluribus, Season 1
4.7

Production design and scale help the premise feel global while retaining a distinct Albuquerque identity, with locations, built environments, and physical staging drawing repeated praise.

Pros: dialogue quality, franchise connection

Cons: season finale quality, finale satisfaction

#4 Amadeus
4.6

Production design is consistently admired for opulent settings, detailed locations, lavish sets, and an immersive sense of courtly spectacle.

Pros: finale satisfaction, acting quality

Cons: renewal interest, family friendliness

#5 What It Feels Like For A Girl, Season 1
4.5

Production design strongly sells the Y2K Nottingham world. The clubs, flats, period details, and nostalgic backdrop are often described as vivid, accurate, and polished.

Pros: genre satisfaction, main cast performance

Cons: family friendliness, violence level

#6 The Abandons
4.2

Production design is among the strongest technical areas, with frequent praise for sets, locations, scenery, and period scale. Some critics still find parts too polished or visibly constructed.

Pros: cast chemistry, renewal interest

Cons: episode structure, character consistency

#7 The Beast In Me
4.0

Production design is often handsome and richly detailed, with particular praise for the interiors and wallpaper. One dissenting view finds the finish a little too glossy for the material.

Pros: plot clarity, series finale quality

Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness

#8 Spartacus: House of Ashur
3.4

The gritty Roman look and lighting earn praise, but green-screen use, variable sets, and limited open-air scale draw criticism from several reviews.

Pros: episode structure, finale satisfaction

Cons: makeup quality, family friendliness