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Aeterna
Aeterna (Этерна) is a 2025 Russian fantasy series on Kinopoisk, adapted from Vera Kamsha's cycle Otbleski Eterny; a reboot of the poorly received 2022 pilot film, six episodes directed by Sergei Trofimov.
American Gods (TV series)
American Gods: Starz fantasy drama series (2017–2021, 26 episodes) adapted from Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel, developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, starring Ricky Whittle and Ian McShane; Metacritic scores fell from 77 to 47 then rose to 69.
Angel from Hell
Angel from Hell is a 2016 CBS single-camera sitcom starring Jane Lynch as Amy, a self-declared guardian angel to Maggie Lawson's dermatologist Allison. Cancelled February 8, 2016 after five of 13 episodes; premiered to 8.1 million viewers.
Atlantis (TV series)
Atlantis (2013–2015) is a BBC One/BBC America fantasy series by Urban Myth Films' Johnny Capps, Julian Murphy, and Howard Overman, the Merlin creators, starring Jack Donnelly as Jason in a myth-mixing Bronze Age Greek city; cancelled after two series.
Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)
Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990) is Ron Koslow's CBS romantic fantasy drama starring Ron Perlman as tunnel-dwelling Vincent and Linda Hamilton as ADA Catherine Chandler; 56 episodes, 6 Emmys, George R.R. Martin among its writers.
Bitten (TV series)
Bitten is a Canadian supernatural drama TV series (2014–2016, 3 seasons, 33 episodes) on Space and Syfy, adapted from Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld novels, starring Laura Vandervoort as Elena Michaels, the world's only female werewolf.
Boo, Bitch
Boo, Bitch is an American teen comedy limited series released on Netflix in 2022, starring Lana Condor as a high school senior who believes she has become a ghost.
Carnival Row
Carnival Row is a Prime Video fantasy-noir series (2019-2023) created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne as detective and faerie refugee in the neo-Victorian city the Burgue, adapted from Beacham's unproduced 2005 Blacklist script A Killing on Carnival Row.
Castlevania (TV series)
Castlevania: Netflix adult animated series (2017–2021, 32 episodes) by Warren Ellis and Adi Shankar, adapted from Konami's Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse; Powerhouse Animation; 79% Rotten Tomatoes.
Castlevania: Nocturne
Castlevania: Nocturne is a Netflix adult animated spin-off of the Castlevania series, following Richter Belmont against vampire aristocracy in 1792 France during the French Revolution; Season 1 premiered September 28, 2023, Season 2 on January 16, 2025.
Catweazle
Catweazle: British children's fantasy comedy series (ITV, 1970–71, 26 episodes) created by Richard Carpenter for LWT, starring Geoffrey Bayldon as an 11th-century magician stranded in the 20th century; not the 2021 German Otto Waalkes film.
Charmed
Charmed: The WB supernatural drama (1998-2006) about the Halliwell witch sisters, created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling; also the 2018-2022 CW reboot with the Vera sisters and Macy Vaughn.
Charmed (2018 TV series)
Charmed (2018 TV series) is a CW supernatural drama reboot of the 1998 series, developed by Jennie Snyder Urman; it follows Vera sister witches Macy, Mel, and Maggie in Hilltowne, ran four seasons, 72 episodes, and was cancelled in 2022.
Cursed (2020 TV series)
Cursed is a 2020 Netflix fantasy drama, 10 episodes, reimagining Arthurian legend through Nimue (Katherine Langford), based on the Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler illustrated novel; cancelled July 2021 after one season.
Emerald City (TV series)
Emerald City was a 2017 NBC ten-episode fantasy drama, also billed as a dark Wizard of Oz reboot; developed by Matthew Arnold and Josh Friedman, directed by Tarsem Singh, starring Adria Arjona and Vincent D'Onofrio, cancelled May 5, 2017.
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island is an American television drama series that ran on ABC from 1978 to 1984, starring Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as Tattoo on an island where guests' fantasies come true.
Fantasy Island (2021 TV series)
Fantasy Island (2021–2023) is a Fox drama sequel to the 1977 ABC series, created by Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, starring Roselyn Sanchez as Elena Roarke, filmed in Puerto Rico, canceled after two seasons and 23 episodes.
Fate: The Winx Saga
Fate: The Winx Saga is a Netflix live-action teen fantasy drama (2021–2022), a dark reimagining of Iginio Straffi's Italian cartoon Winx Club, created by Brian Young, starring Abigail Cowen as Bloom at Alfea, canceled after two seasons.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) is a syndicated fantasy action series starring Kevin Sorbo as a mortal Hercules, with Michael Hurst as Iolaus; 116 episodes, five 1994 TV movies, and spin-offs Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules.
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series (1992–1998), a Franco-Canadian syndicated science fantasy series starring Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod, cousin of film hero Connor MacLeod, set in an alternate timeline where the Gathering still continues.
His Dark Materials (TV series)
His Dark Materials is a BBC One and HBO fantasy series adapted by Jack Thorne from Philip Pullman's trilogy, produced by Bad Wolf, starring Dafne Keen as Lyra, across three seasons ending with The Amber Spyglass.
House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon is a fantasy drama on HBO, co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, which serves as a prequel to Game of Thrones.
I Am Not Okay with This
I Am Not Okay with This: 2020 Netflix coming-of-age dark comedy, 7 episodes, based on Charles Forsman's graphic novel, starring Sophia Lillis as Sydney Novak; renewed then canceled in August 2020 due to COVID costs.
I'm a Virgo
I'm a Virgo is a 2023 Prime Video absurdist coming-of-age comedy-drama, seven half-hour episodes created and directed by Boots Riley, starring Jharrel Jerome as Cootie, a 13-foot-tall 19-year-old Black man in Oakland.
Kaos (TV series)
Kaos is a 2024 Netflix fantasy comedy-drama, 8 episodes, created by Charlie Covell, reimagining Greek mythology with Jeff Goldblum as a paranoid Zeus. Premiered August 29, 2024; Metacritic 70; canceled after one season in October 2024.
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a syndicated American fantasy TV series (2008–2010, two seasons, 44 episodes) based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth novels, starring Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, and Bruce Spence, filmed in New Zealand by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert.
Lucifer (TV series)
Lucifer (TV series), also called Lucifer Morningstar series, is a Fox-then-Netflix urban fantasy crime drama created by Tom Kapinos from DC Vertigo characters, starring Tom Ellis, 2016-2021, six seasons, canceled by Fox and revived by Netflix.
Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
Lucifer Morningstar is the Devil character from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, expanded in Mike Carey's 75-issue Vertigo comic, and played by Tom Ellis in the TV series Lucifer (Fox 2016, Netflix 2019-2021), an LAPD consultant who abandons Hell for Los Angeles.
Maya and the Three
Maya and the Three (Maya y los tres) is a 2021 Netflix animated limited series in nine chapters by Jorge R. Gutiérrez, about a Mesoamerican warrior princess who recruits three warriors against the god of war; Metascore 90, Annie and Emmy winner.
Merlin (2008 TV series)
Merlin (The Adventures of Merlin) is a BBC One fantasy drama, 2008-2012, five series and 65 episodes by Shine TV, starring Colin Morgan as a young warlock hiding his magic while serving Prince Arthur in Camelot.