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Motherland: Fort Salem
Motherland: Fort Salem is a Freeform supernatural drama (2020-2022, 3 seasons, 30 episodes) created by Eliot Laurence, set in an alternate America where Salem witches serve in the military using sound-based magic called "work".
Mystic Pop-up Bar (쌍갑포차)
Mystic Pop-up Bar (쌍갑포차, Ssanggabpocha) is a 2020 JTBC fantasy comedy-drama, 12 episodes, adapted from Bae Hye-soo's Daum webtoon; Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae, and Choi Won-young run a dream-visiting bar resolving Korean han grudges, streaming on Netflix.
Neverwhere
Neverwhere is Neil Gaiman's urban fantasy, first a 1996 six-part BBC TV series devised with Lenny Henry, then his 1997 first solo novel about Richard Mayhew in London Below; later adapted for BBC Radio 4 and Vertigo comics.
Once Upon a Time (TV series)
Once Upon a Time is ABC's fantasy drama (2011-2018) by Lost writers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis: 156 episodes, 7 seasons, about fairy-tale characters cursed in Storybrooke, Maine; now on Disney+.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a Disney+ live-action fantasy series adapting Rick Riordan's five-book Percy Jackson novels, one book per season, created by Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, starring Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri, premiering December 20, 2023.
Prue Halliwell
Prue Halliwell (Prudence Halliwell), oldest Charmed One in the TV series Charmed (1998-2006), played by Shannen Doherty in seasons 1-3; Warren witch with telekinesis and astral projection, killed by Shax in 2001 and replaced by half-sister Paige.
Renegade Nell
Renegade Nell is a 2024 British Disney+ action-fantasy series by Sally Wainwright, starring Louisa Harland as 18th-century highwaywoman Nell Jackson; eight episodes premiered March 29, 2024, and it was cancelled after one season.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996-2003) is an ABC/WB sitcom created by Nell Scovell, starring Melissa Joan Hart as a teen witch with aunts Hilda and Zelda and talking cat Salem; 7 seasons, 163 episodes.
Shadow and Bone (TV series)
Shadow and Bone is a Netflix fantasy series (2021-2023, 2 seasons, 16 episodes) adapting Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse novels, showrun by Eric Heisserer, merging the Shadow and Bone trilogy with Six of Crows, canceled November 2023.
Shadowhunters
Shadowhunters (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) is a Freeform supernatural drama, 2016-2019, adapted from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments novels; 55 episodes, three seasons, cancelled in 2018 over economics, ended with a two-hour 2019 finale.
Siren (TV series)
Siren (2018-2020) is a Freeform mermaid drama set in Bristol Cove, starring Eline Powell, Alex Roe, and Rena Owen; canceled after three seasons, noted for dark, predatory mermaids and ecological themes.
Supernatural (American TV series)
Supernatural (2005–2020) is Eric Kripke's American fantasy horror series about Sam and Dean Winchester, monster-hunting brothers in a '67 Chevy Impala; 15 seasons, 327 episodes on The WB and The CW.
Sweet Tooth (TV series)
Sweet Tooth is a Netflix fantasy drama (2021–2024, 3 seasons, 24 episodes) adapted from Jeff Lemire's DC Vertigo comic, developed by Jim Mickle and Beth Schwartz for Team Downey, starring Christian Convery as deer-boy Gus in a pandemic-ravaged world.
Tales of Arcadia
Tales of Arcadia is Guillermo del Toro's Netflix animated science fantasy trilogy from DreamWorks: Trollhunters (2016–2018), 3Below (2018–2019), and Wizards (2020), set in Arcadia Oaks, concluding with the 2021 film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans.
The 10th Kingdom
The 10th Kingdom is a 10-hour NBC fantasy miniseries (2000) written by Simon Moore, in which New Yorkers Virginia and Tony enter the Nine Kingdoms of Grimm fairy-tale descendants; it won one Primetime Emmy and later gained a cult following.
The Almighty Johnsons
The Almighty Johnsons: New Zealand TV3 fantasy comedy-drama (2011–2013), created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang for South Pacific Pictures; brothers reincarnated as Norse gods quest for Frigg.
The Bureau of Magical Things
The Bureau of Magical Things is an Australian children's fantasy drama by Jonathan M. Shiff, 2018–2021, two 20-episode seasons, about Kyra, a Tri-ling uniting fairies, elves, and humans.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a 10-episode 2019 Netflix prequel series to Jim Henson's 1982 film, made by The Jim Henson Company with puppetry, following Gelflings Rian, Brea, and Deet against the Skeksis; cancelled in 2020 after one season.
The Dragon Prince
The Dragon Prince is a Netflix animated fantasy series (2018–2024, seven seasons) created by Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond at Wonderstorm, set in Xadia and following princes Callum, Ezran, and elf Rayla; it won a 2020 Daytime Emmy and continues as The Dragon King.
The Gryphon
The Gryphon (Der Greif) is a 2023 German Prime Video fantasy series, six episodes, adapted from Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein's 1989 novel; three teens enter the Black Tower to fight the Gryphon.
The Legend of Vox Machina
The Legend of Vox Machina is a Prime Video adult animated fantasy series adapting Critical Role's first D&D campaign. Funded by a record $11.3 million Kickstarter in 2019, produced with Titmouse, it premiered January 28, 2022 and runs toward a fifth and final season.
The Letter for the King (TV series)
The Letter for the King is a 2020 Netflix six-episode fantasy adventure series, also called De brief voor de Koning, adapted by Will Davies from Tonke Dragt's 1962 Dutch novel; it premiered March 20, 2020, was filmed in New Zealand and the Czech Republic, and ended after one season.
The Librarians (2014 TV series)
The Librarians is a TNT fantasy-adventure series (2014–2018, 4 seasons, 42 episodes) spun off from The Librarian TV movies, following Flynn Carsen, Guardian Eve Baird, and recruits Stone, Cassandra, and Ezekiel protecting magical artifacts, created by John Rogers with Dean Devlin.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter
The Librarians: The Next Chapter is a TNT fantasy-adventure spinoff of The Librarians, premiering May 25, 2025. It follows Vikram Chamberlain, a Librarian stuck after time-traveling from 1847, whose leaked magic must be cleaned up by a new team.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is Amazon's Prime Video fantasy series set in Middle-earth's Second Age, created by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, premiering 2022; the most expensive TV show, with season 3 on November 11, 2026 covering Sauron forging the One Ring.
The Magicians (American TV series)
The Magicians (American TV series), Syfy fantasy drama 2015-2020, five seasons, adapts Lev Grossman's trilogy; created by Sera Gamble and John McNamara, starring Jason Ralph as Quentin Coldwater at Brakebills University; Tomatometer 91%.
The Outpost (TV series)
The Outpost (TV series), American fantasy drama on The CW 2018-2021, created by Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin; 49 episodes in 4 seasons; Jessica Green as Talon, the last Blackblood.
The Owl House
The Owl House is an American animated fantasy-comedy series created by Dana Terrace, running on Disney Channel from 2020 to 2023 and featuring Disney's first bisexual lead character.
The Pirates of Dark Water
The Pirates of Dark Water is a Hanna-Barbera animated fantasy series created by David Kirschner, aired 1991–1993 in 21 episodes; prince Ren's quest for the Thirteen Treasures of Rule ended unfinished with eight collected.
The Secret Circle (TV series)
The Secret Circle is a 2011–2012 CW supernatural teen drama, one season of 22 episodes, adapted from L.J. Smith's witch novels, created by Andrew Miller with Kevin Williamson as executive producer, starring Britt Robertson and Phoebe Tonkin.