The Best Urban Fantasy TV Series

Ranker TV
Updated October 19, 2023 3.2K votes 552 voters
Over 500 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Fantasy Shows Set in the Modern World
Voting Rules
Vote up your favorite shows that blend urban and fantastical elements for a supernaturally supreme subgenre.
Latest additions: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, Interview with the Vampire, The Changeling
Most divisive: Warrior Nun

Urban fantasies as a genre promise a lot of fun. Where else can you get witches, vampires, magic, and monsters, but in modern or urban settings! If you’ve been looking for the best urban fantasies, this list of the best urban fantasy series of all time will help you figure out what needs to go into your queue.

Just because a show has vampires and cellphones at the same time doesn't necessarily make it urban fantasy. There needs to be more drama and less horror than most vampire shows and if there are other supernatural characters or situations, that helps a lot. Lucifer, set in the City of Angels with demons and complicated romances, is definitely an urban fantasy - as is Once Upon a Time, which has just about every fantastical element sent in as dramatic a contemporary series as possible.

Which urban fantasy shows bring the drama? Vote up the best fantasy series set in an urban or contemporary environment, then vote down the shows that are fantastical but not fantastic to watch.

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