This upcomingNetflixsci-fi series is already one of the greatest TV shows of the 21st century and is bound to make an even bigger splash with its finale rollout over the course of this year. It also remains one of Netflix’s oldest and longest-running original series after initially premiering back in 2016.
While it’s not necessarily one of those greatNetflix shows you can easily binge-watch in a weekend, this show will forever be cemented in not only Netflix history but television history. It provided a platform for several lesser-known actors who are now global superstars andcatapulted its creators to the level of sci-fi legends such as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
Stranger Things Season 5 Will Be The Biggest TV Event Of 2025
Three separate parts ofStranger Things 5are all releasing on major holidays in 2025, concluding one of the absolute biggest TV shows of the past decade. The first four episodes will be released on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2025, followed by three episodes on Christmas Day and the series finale on New Year’s Eve.
Stranger Things 5has a rare advantage because of how long it’s been out, with its first season released in 2016 and its fourth released back in 2022.It’s the one show that nobody can really be late to watching, meaning that tens of millions of viewers will be ready to dive into the show’s legendary end of an era.
Squid Game’s Ending This Year Wasn’t The Major TV Event It Should Have Been
2025 was expected to be a remarkable year for Netflix, with the conclusion of not onlyStranger Thingsbut alsoSquid Game, which recently released its third and final season.Squid Gameseason 3’s viewership numbers, however, still don’t come close to seasons 1 and 2, and the show came and went pretty quickly for Netflix’s most-viewed show of all time.
Fortunately,Squid Game’sdecrease in viewership isn’t likely to be the case forStranger Things 5, which has the potential to breakWednesdayseason 1’s record for most-viewed English-language original Netflix series of all time.Stranger Things 4accrued more than 140 million views, so expectStranger Things 5to surpass that number, if not 200 million.
