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The Shannara Chronicles
The Shannara Chronicles is an MTV fantasy series (2016-2017) created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, adapting Terry Brooks's The Elfstones of Shannara; two 10-episode seasons, filmed in New Zealand, Metascore 52, canceled after season 2.
The Watch (TV series)
The Watch (TV series) is a 2021 BBC America eight-episode fantasy comedy-drama inspired by Terry Pratchett's Discworld City Watch novels, starring Richard Dormer as Sam Vimes. Not the Netflix series The Watcher; never renewed for a second season after fan and family criticism.
The Wayfinders
The Wayfinders is a 2025 Angel Studios fantasy adventure TV series created by Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin, directed by Glen Winter, about three high schoolers transported to a medieval world; filmed in Limerick, Ireland.
The Wheel of Time (TV series)
The Wheel of Time (TV series): Prime Video fantasy adaptation of Robert Jordan's 14 novels, developed by Rafe Judkins with Sony Pictures Television, starring Rosamund Pike; three 8-episode seasons 2021-2025, canceled May 2025.
The Witcher (TV series)
The Witcher is a Netflix fantasy drama created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich from Andrzej Sapkowski's novels, starring Henry Cavill then Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia; it premiered December 20, 2019 and ends with a fifth and final season expected in 2027.
The Witcher: Blood Origin
The Witcher: Blood Origin is a four-episode Netflix prequel miniseries (premiered December 25, 2022) set 1,200 years before The Witcher, following seven outcasts, the first prototype witcher, and the Conjunction of the Spheres; created by Declan de Barra, starring Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown, and Laurence O'Fuarain.
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series): British-Canadian ITV children's show, 1998-2001, 40 episodes, based on Jill Murphy's books, starring Georgina Sherrington as Mildred Hubble, distinct from the 1986 film and 2017 CBBC reboot.
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia is Guillermo del Toro's Netflix CGI-animated fantasy series (2016–2018, 52 episodes) about teen Jim Lake Jr., chosen by a magic amulet as Trollhunter; first of the 3Below and Wizards trilogy.
Warrior Nun (TV series)
Warrior Nun is a 2020 Netflix supernatural drama created by Simon Barry, based on Ben Dunn's Warrior Nun Areala comics. It follows Ava Silva (Alba Baptista), revived with an angel's halo, fighting demons with the Order of the Cruciform Sword; canceled December 2022 after two seasons.
Willow (TV series)
Willow (2022) is a Disney+ live-action fantasy series by Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment, a sequel to the 1988 film, starring Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood; eight episodes ran November 2022 to January 2023 before cancellation and removal from streaming.
Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place (Los Magos de Waverly Place) is a Disney Channel fantasy sitcom (2007–2012) created by Todd J. Greenwald, starring Selena Gomez as wizard-in-training Alex Russo; 106 episodes, three Emmys, sequel Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (2020) is a 10-episode Netflix CGI limited series by Guillermo del Toro, the third Tales of Arcadia entry after Trollhunters and 3Below, following Merlin's apprentice Douxie in a time-travel Camelot adventure.
Wolf Pack (TV series)
Wolf Pack (TV series), Paramount+ supernatural teen drama created by Jeff Davis from Edo van Belkom's novels, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar; one season of 8 episodes aired January–March 2023 and it was canceled in January 2024.
Wolfblood
Wolfblood is a British CBBC/ZDF children's fantasy drama (2012–2017, five series, 62 episodes) created by Debbie Moon, about teenage part-wolf shape-shifters Maddy Smith and Rhydian Morris who keep their abilities secret; it won RTS and BAFTA children's awards.
Wu Assassins
Wu Assassins is a 2019 Netflix action-crime series, 10 episodes, starring Iko Uwais as chef Kai Jin, the Wu Assassin recovering the five Wu Xing powers from criminals in San Francisco Chinatown; canceled after one season, continued in Fistful of Vengeance.
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001) is an American syndicated action-fantasy series, a spin-off of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys starring Lucy Lawless as a reformed warrior with Gabrielle (Renée O'Connor); known for its queer subtext, cult following, and cancelled 2015–2017 NBC reboot.