4 returning TV crime dramas we can't wait to see in 2025

With 2025 just around the corner, it's time to look at the TV crime dramas we can't wait to return.

WILL TRENT - ÒDo You See the Vision?Ó - Will, Faith and Angie find themselves embroiled in a series of cases where a similar marker links the murders of several sex offenders. Meanwhile, Angie grapples with an unexpected proposition from Amanda. TUESDAY, MAY 21 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.) 
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WILL TRENT - ÒDo You See the Vision?Ó - Will, Faith and Angie find themselves embroiled in a series of cases where a similar marker links the murders of several sex offenders. Meanwhile, Angie grapples with an unexpected proposition from Amanda. TUESDAY, MAY 21 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.) RAMîN RODRIGUEZ, JAKE MCLAUGHLIN

There are certainly a lot of great shows to look forward to in 2025. Not only do we have new TV crime dramas gracing out screens, but we also have some familiar dramas coming back.

Of course, there are all the fall shows that we watched between September and December. Many of them are back in January or February, and we can’t wait. This isn’t just about them, though. There are TV crime dramas returning with new seasons, and that’s what we’re looking at with this post.

So, yes, while we can’t wait to see NCIS and Chicago PD come back, there are others in 2025 that we’re excited about bringing new seasons and new storylines.

Will Trent

The third season of Will Trent is going to premiere in 2025, and we can’t wait. This was a series that we hoped to see in fall 2024, but ABC made a strategic decision that is for the benefit of the series. With a January return, it means there won’t need to be many breaks in the schedule.

The third season picks up off the back of Will Trent arresting Angie. It looks like there is a time jump with Angie released, but what does this mean for their relationship moving forward? There are some new faces coming into the season, with Gina Rodriguez and Scott Foley confirmed so far.

Will Trent premieres on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 8/7c on ABC.

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You. (L-R) Charlotte Ritchie as Kate, Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 409 of You. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

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Not all TV crime dramas see the bad guy get his just desserts. For the last four seasons, we’ve watched Joe Goldberg kill and get away with it. He’s even faked his own death. However, his time has to eventually come to an end, right? It looks like that’s going to happen with this season as it is the last.

That’s what partially makes us excited. We’re ready to see how Joe’s story will come to an end. Will it be one of those disappointing ones where he gets away with it, or will we get to see the law catch up to him?

You season 5 will drop on Netflix sometime in 2025.

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The White Lotus season 2. Image courtesy HBO

The White Lotus

The third season of The White Lotus is finally on its way. Who would have thought that I’d want a limited series to continue? Well, The White Lotus has done it right by moving the story around the world and bringing new characters into it. This third season will see us in Thailand.

We’re sure to see some sort of death happen, and it leads to us wondering who did it and why. Technically, the show isn’t a crime drama as we’re not solving the crime. We’re seeing how it all played out instead, and that’s what makes this so much more interesting than your average crime drama.

The White Lotus season 3 premieres on Sunday, Feb. 16 on HBO and Max.

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Officer Reina Vasquez (Denise G. Sanchez) and Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) in season two of Bosch: Legacy (Photo Credit: Warrick Page)

Bosch: Legacy

The third and final season is set to arrive on Prime Video in 2025, and it is most definitely a series we’re excited to see. Granted, we don’t want the show to end, but it comes to a close organically, and that’s what we love. I’m all for a show that gets to end on its own terms.

Very little is known about the third season, but it has to pick up off the back of the cliffhanger from the second season. Maddie has learned that her father is more than willing to step over that line of the law to protect her, and the family will need to deal with that fallout.

Bosch: Legacy season 3 premieres in March 2025 on Prime Video.

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