Best 2025 TV Shows for writing quality

#1 What It Feels Like For A Girl, Season 1
4.8

Screenplay praise is narrower but positive, with the forum response calling the script amazing. It reinforces the broader sense that the show’s voice is one of its strengths.

Pros: story quality, main cast performance

Cons: audience appeal, age appropriateness

#2 Spartacus: House of Ashur
4.3

One enthusiastic video review singles out the script writing as a major strength, praising the franchise’s distinctive verbal style.

Pros: franchise connection, character development

Cons: story quality, sexual content level

#3 Pluribus, Season 1
4.3

Writing is widely praised for trusting the audience, subverting familiar science-fiction tropes, and building character and ideas patiently, even when the pacing becomes divisive.

Pros: acting quality, story quality

Cons: season pacing, character likability

#4 The Seduction
4.0

The screenplay draws opposite reactions: one take praises an airtight, fast-moving narrative, while another argues that a movie-sized script has been stretched across six episodes.

Pros: visual style, character development

Cons: faithfulness to source material, season pacing

#5 The Beast In Me
3.0

The script can be effective in tense exchanges, but one strongly negative assessment calls out conspicuous clunkers that undercut the prestige tone.

Pros: bingeability, main cast performance

Cons: plot twists, writing quality

#6 Amadeus
2.7

Writing gets sharply mixed reactions: some praise exquisite exchanges and big swings, while harsher reviews call the script banal or less substantial than earlier versions.

Pros: entertainment value, soundtrack quality

Cons: plot originality, season pacing

#7 IT: Welcome To Derry
2.5

Script reactions are mixed, ranging from a strong pilot to complaints about contrivance and implausible dialogue.

Pros: genre satisfaction, acting quality

Cons: writing quality, CGI quality

#8 The Abandons
2.0

Direct screenplay commentary is limited but negative where it appears, with the script described as wobbly and the dialogue often carrying too much exposition.

Pros: main cast performance, production design

Cons: character development, season pacing

#9 Summerwater, Season 1
2.0

The screenplay struggles to put private anguish on screen. Critics describe the script and dialogue-light passages as slow, unclear, or unable to express the characters’ inner torment.

Pros: suspense

Cons: entertainment value, story quality

#10 Emily in Paris season 5
1.9

Screenplay-level issues show up most clearly in heavy exposition and brand-driven plotting, which can make scenes feel functional rather than natural.

Pros: character development, entertainment value

Cons: character balance, story quality

#11 The Witcher, Season 4
1.6

Writing is the most persistent broad complaint. Reviewers repeatedly cite weak dialogue, clumsy exposition, uneven characterization, and source changes even when they enjoy the action or cast.

Pros: action quality, villain quality

Cons: entertainment value, faithfulness to source material