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10 Best Time-Travel TV Shows You Shouldn’t Miss

By Chris Pearson

Who doesn’t love time travel shows? The concept itself is magical. As we cannot go back or forward in real life, watching shows that make this happen gives a whole different kind of excitement. There are many such time travel shows that will make you feel out of the world. However, very few shows have succeeded. The main reason for this is the failure of handling the concept when it comes to a logical explanation. Most shows mess up with narration and hence fail to reach a larger audience. That is why we decided to list the best time travel shows to make your life easy when it comes to picking the next show to watch.

All the shows mentioned here are available on a variety of streaming services. While Netflix has most shows from the list, you will be surprised to know that some of the best shows are even available on Hulu as well. Let’s look at them in detail.

10 Best Time Travel Shows

• Umbrella Academy
• The Time Traveller’s Wife
• Legends Of Tomorrow

1) Umbrella Academy

Umbrella Academy is one of the most-watched shows on Netflix. The show sets a unique screenplay in which seven siblings reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death. These siblings are from different mothers, adopted by billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and possess a superpower ; Luther Hargreeves is known for super strength; Diego Hargreeves has trajectory manipulation meaning he can control projectiles; Allison Hargreeves can influence people to her command with the phrase “I Heard a Rumor”, followed by what she wants to happen; Klaus Hargreeves can communicate with and summon the dead; Five Hargreeves can teleport and time travel; Ben Hargreeves can summon monstrous tentacles from his torso; and Viktor Hargreeves can control sound waves. These unique superpowers make them strong in finding the truth about their father’s death and they also work in unison to stop the imminent global apocalypse. The story runs between the past, present, and future making it binge-watch-worthy!

Currently, three seasons are available on Netflix. The fourth and final season will be released in 2023 or 2024 as per the statement released by Netflix.

Dark is one of the best Netflix TV Shows you should watch! Dark stands unique and best because of its successful implementation of the time travel concept with top-notch quality. It runs in three timelines, past, present, and future making it a perfect trilogy.

The show begins with the disappearance of a child in the small German town of Winden. As many children start vanishing in the air, they try to follow the connection by gathering information from all those families. As they continue their investigation, they will learn about the conspiracy of time travel and its link with several generations. People have been comparing Dark with Stranger Things which completely makes sense but deep down Dark is a completely different show. It is a completely unpredictable show with its mysteries, suspense, supernatural, and family drama. It set the bar high with its tone, visuals, acting, casting, musical score, ambition, and complexity of its narrative. 

Three seasons are available on Netflix. Season three is the final season of the Dark so the show has officially ended.

3) Outlander

Outlander is an award-winning show based on the concept of time travel with a bit of historical touch. It is based on the  Outlander  novel series by Diana Gabaldon.

Claire Randall (Caitríona Balfe ) is a former Second World War military nurse living with her husband in Scotland in 1945. She finds herself transported back in time to 1743. In this world, she feels threatened and the situations make her marry a Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). She keeps traveling forth and back and hence her emotions are shared between her two lives.

A prequel of Outlanders, “Blood of my blood” is in the making. Six seasons have been released so far and Netflix has only the first five seasons. The latest season was aired on Stars from Mar 6 to May 1, 2022. The seventh season of Outlanders is supposed to be released in the summer of 2023.

4) The Time Traveller’s Wife

The Time Traveler’s Wife is the debut novel by American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. This is the story about a Chicago librarian who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that causes him to drift uncontrollably back and forth through time.

The Time Traveler’s Wife showcases love, loss, relationships, and most importantly how we are bound to time. It is a love story between Clare and Henry. Clare meets Henry when she is 6 years old but Henry is from the future. Fourteen years later a beautiful girl walks into the library where Henry is working and claims she knows him very well. She also says that she is his future wife! As Henry keeps disappearing into the past and future, Clare does everything to save her love.

HBO has the first season with six episodes. The next season of ‘The Time Traveller’s wife” has been cancelled as stated by HBO.

5) Manifest

Manifest is about a mysterious plane that lands years after takeoff, the people onboard return to a world that has moved on without them and face strange new realities.

In this series, the time froze when they were in the air. A plane with 191 passengers and crew was flying from Jamaica to New York, and on the way, it experiences severe turbulence. When they land they surprisingly find out that they have been presumed dead for five and a half years. Their family is happy to reunite but they find many things have changed in this time period.

Manifest is available to watch on Netflix and currently, there are three seasons available. Manifest’s fourth and final season was released in November 2022.

6) Travelers

‘Travelers’ is one of the gripping shows based on science fiction and time travel. IThe show will you want to binge it as quickly as possible with its gripping plot.

The storyline is; hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. They secretly work as a team to save humanity from the horrific future. Six of them have their own lives along with this secret mission. The show keeps you hooked up with its fast-moving, engrossing plot. Though there are a few flaws in the storyline there is no doubt that Travelers is purely entertaining.

Netflix has three seasons of Travelers and the fourth one has been canceled for unknown reasons.

7) Legends Of Tomorrow

If you are a fan of Disney comics then you will definitely love this one. A time-traveling rogue and a ragtag team of famous heroes and villains battle an immortal threat that could destroy not only Earth but all of time.

Legends of Tomorrow is a spin-off featuring characters introduced in Arrow and The Flash along with new characters, set in the Arrowverse. Time traveler rogue Rip Hunter has been given a new task. To prevent an apocalypse he has to recruit a rag-tag team of heroes and villains. This team has to stop the threat that is impacting both the earth and time.

Netflix has 7 seasons of Legends Of Tomorrow DC Show. The series officially ended after the cancellation of season 8.

8) Doctor Who

One of the classic and long-running British shows broadcasted in 1963. The series is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science-fiction television series in the world, as well as the most successful science-fiction series of all time

Doctor Who depicts the adventures of a Time Lord. This doctor who looks like a human is an extraterrestrial being meaning he has an alien life. The doctor works for the people facing troubles and saves civilization as he explores the universe in his time traveling space ship TARDIS. He has stolen this ship from the planet of the Time Lords where he was staying before beginning this adventure. In the long history of this series, a total of 6 actors have played the role of a doctor.

All 13 seasons of Doctor Who are available to watch on HBO max. Season 14 is set to release in 2023 with Neil Patrick Harris as the new addition to the cast.

9) Timeless

Timeless is a historical science fiction highlighting historical facts with accuracy. To know the history you should watch Timeless. The show is comparatively dark and gets more violent at the end of the first season.

In Timeless, one of the organizations is trying to change history through time travel. A team of three Lucy Preston, Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan, and Rufus Carlin try to prevent it from happening. They have to travel back to critical events using the prototype of the state-of-the-art time machine which has been stolen.

Hulu has two seasons of Timeless. Season 3 has been canceled as per the latest update.

Looking for the best time travel show to binge-watch? Here it is. Lost on Amazon Prime is 6 seasons long and consists of a total of 121 episodes! This series has everything! Supernatural elements, science fiction, and time travel concept hence because of all these factors it is one of the best shows available on Amazon Prime video .

A flight flying from Sydney to Las Angeles crashes in between an island located somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean.  From there the story unfolds focusing on the past, present, and future. There is a lot to see in the show so go for it if you love such dramas.

Lost is one of the greatest television series of all time known for its fast-paced, suspenseful, and surreal action. Seson 6 is the final episode of Lost.

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The Best Time Travel Shows to Watch on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Amazon, and More

We've all dreamed of living in another period

Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, Outlander

At this point, there's no shortage of shows that deal with time travel in some capacity. It's a popular subject, and for good reason! Now more than ever you might be looking for an escape from your daily life, or from this era altogether, and no one in their right mind could blame you for that. If you're of the belief that existing in one timeline is overrated, you've arrived at the right list.

Some of the shows here are action-packed dramas, while others take a more whimsical approach to history, but all of them are absolutely binge-worthy masterpieces. Whether you want to travel back hundreds of years or just a couple of decades, you'll find the perfect time travel show recommendation in the list below!

Looking for more recommendations of what to watch next?  We have a ton of them!  And if you're looking for more hand-picked recommendations based on shows you love,  we have those too .

Tom Hiddleston, Loki

Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU for short) already know that Loki ( Tom Hiddleston ) is a master trickster. He is literally the god of mischief, and for years his role in these movies was relegated to villain, nuisance, and foil to his brother Thor (Chris Hemsworth), but with Loki , he races through time and space in a series that puts him at the forefront of his own story. The series is a crime thriller that follows an alternate version of Loki who stole the Tesseract in  Avengers: Endgame , an event that basically broke reality. And, as these things go, it's now his responsibility to fix what he started. He's recruited by  Owen Wilson 's Mobius M. Mobius at the mysterious Time Variance Authority (TVA) to travel through history and correct the timeline he messed up. The series is the closest thing to putting an actual comic book on screen, full of madcap twists and turns, and seemingly self-contained, without having to place so much emphasis on setting up for future MCU installments. - Allison Picurro   [Watch on  Disney+ ]

Jodie Whittaker, Doctor Who

This one is a gimme, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention Doctor Who , and honestly, if you haven't watched this long-running British sci-fi series already, we're not sure you can even call yourself a fan of time travel. Doctor Who follows a centuries-old alien known as the Doctor who has the ability to regenerate and take on different faces (hence the "long-running" bit). The Doctor, currently portrayed by Jodie Whittaker , takes unsuspecting ladies (and a few dudes) on ridiculous trips through time and space. Yep, this one checks the space travel box too! If you do choose to watch Doctor Who though, be warned -- you will end up in a fight with someone on Tumblr about which Doctor is the best. It's unavoidable.  [Watch on   HBO Max ]

Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, and Reilly Dolman, Travelers

Netflix's   Travelers , initially a co-production with Canada's Showcase, doesn't get even half the recognition it deserves for constructing impossibly complex time travel mythology that is still understandable and engaging for its audience, so we're recognizing it by putting it on this list. In the series, squads of elite soldiers travel to the present from hundreds of years in the future in order to change history and save the human race. If that doesn't sound cool enough, let us just add that they do so by sending their consciousnesses into the bodies of people about to die and assuming their identities. So. Freaking. Cool.  [Watch on  Netflix ]

Aaron Stanford and Amanda Schull, 12 Monkeys

Based on the 1995 movie with the same name, 12 Monkeys follows a time traveler who travels from 2043 to 2015 to stop a deadly virus from wiping out most of the planet's population. However, what starts out as a simple mission to the past turns into a mind-boggling journey through some of the biggest historical events of the 20th century and a pretty epic love story. This series really digs into the rules of time travel like causation and paradoxes, so while it may give you one of the aforementioned headaches, it's seriously worth it.  [Watch on  Hulu ]

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Olivia Swan, Dominic Purcell and Nick Zano, DC Legends of Tomorrow 

In a sea of series that focus on saving the world with time travel, DC's Legends of Tomorrow easily could have gotten lost in the shuffle. Luckily, this CW series quickly established itself as one part nonsense, two parts pure fun, which set it apart from all the rest. If you're looking for a lighter series to help you while the days away, this one is definitely for you. The Legends team does end up saving the world quite a few times, but most of the time they just wind up turning themselves into singing puppets or fighting giant stuffed animals.  [Watch on  Netflix ]

If you're looking for something a little more romantic to binge-watch, Outlander is your ticket. This series follows Claire Beauchamp ( Caitriona Balfe ), an English WWII nurse who accidentally travels from 1945 back to 1743 while on a trip to Scotland with her husband ( Tobias Menzies ). Thrown into the past and desperate to get home, Claire finds herself embroiled in a Scottish uprising while slowly but surely falling in love with a ruggedly handsome redhead named Jamie Fraser ( Sam Heughan ).  [Watch on   Netflix ,  Starz ,  Hulu with Starz add-on ,  Amazon Prime with Starz add-on ]

Abigail Spencer, Malcolm Barrett, Matt Lanter; Timeless

Though Timeless was canceled twice , its devoted fanbase, known as Clockblockers, were so passionate that the NBC series ended up getting a two-hour series finale to wrap things up, so you won't have to worry about a cliffhanger ending. The show follows a history professor ( Abigail Spencer ), a soldier ( Matt Lanter ), and an engineer ( Malcolm Barrett ) who use a government-created time machine to track down a mysterious villain who is trying to rewrite American history. This series pairs the whimsy of DC's Legends of Tomorrow with the high stakes of 12 Monkeys , making it the perfect "middle of the road" option for time travel fans.  [Watch on  Hulu ]

Though it was canceled after just one season, we're still including Terra Nova on this list because DINOSAURS. Set in a dying world where overpopulation has humans on the brink of extinction, scientists have found a way to send people back in time to the Cretaceous Period where the air is breathable, food is plentiful, and the human race can start over. Unfortunately, it's also where dinosaurs are hungry for human flesh, so that's a problem. This show wasn't executed very well (hence its cancellation), but it's worth a watch anyway just to see hot people running away from raptors.  [Watch on  Amazon ]

Lost in Austen

Jemima Rooper, Elliot Cowan, Alex Kingston, Gemma Arterton, and Hugh Bonneville, Lost in Austen

When you're ready to take a break from all the action and adventure, Lost in Austen is a great time travel alternative. Rather than traveling through time per se, lead character Amanda Price ( Jemima Rooper ) travels into the world of her favorite novel, Pride & Prejudice . Caught up in the Georgian Era -- and the fictional lives of Mr. Darcy ( Elliot Cowan ) and the Bennet family -- Amanda unwittingly ends up as a character in the story she loves so dearly, and falling in love with Darcy herself.  [Watch on  BritBox ]

The critically acclaimed Netflix series  Dark  is not only a complicated time travel drama, it's also a German series, so get ready to turn those subtitles on! The series, which just wrapped up its third and final season, follows multiple generations of four interconnected families living in the German town of Winden (once you've finished the show, our family tree will help explain how everyone is connected ), which just so happens to be home to an underground tunnel and wormhole. Time travel and family drama make for an extremely complicated series (we don't recommend just having this one on in the background, folks), but once you get into it, you'll never look back.  [Watch on  Netflix ]

The 27 Best Sci-Fi Shows on Amazon Prime Video Right Now

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In the mood for a series that takes you to new worlds and impossible destinations? Sounds like it's time for some sci-fi. Because when you need to get away, sometimes a little genre storytelling is just the ticket. After all, if you want to get away, you might as well go all the way to space. If you're looking for something streaming right now, we've got you covered with the best sci-fi TV shows on Prime Video . From superheroes to space sagas, whatever you're in the mood for, we've got a recommendation below.

Don't see what you're looking for here? Check out our list of the best shows on Prime Video , sci-fi shows on Netflix or Hulu , or the overall best sci-fi shows of the 21st century .

Disclaimer: These titles are available on US Prime Video.

'Upload' (2020 - Present)

Rotten tomatoes: 92% | imdb: 7.9/10.

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Set in the near-future, technology has really ramped up. We now have even smaller phones, more daily conveniences, self-driving cars, oh, and we can now upload ourselves into a virtual afterlife, essentially becoming immortal. Upload follows Nathan ( Robbie Amell ) after his unexpected death and upload into the very expensive afterlife called Lakeview. Uploaded by his controlling girlfriend Ingrid ( Allegra Edwards ), he finds comfort in befriending his still-living customer service rep Nora ( Andy Allo ). Soon, inevitably, sparks fly between Nora and Nathan as they spend more time together in a virtual utopia. But problems arise in the real world where looming issues like large corporations taking over control and human rights violations are hitting far closer to home. Soon it becomes about more than just relationship problems between the alive and dead, and a fight for the future of humanity. All of that and more is wrapped up in the humor and romance of Upload . — Therese Lacson Watch on Prime Video

'Gen V' (2023 - Present)

Rotten tomatoes: 97% | imdb: 7.8/10.

A spinoff of the worldwide hit superhero series The Boys , Gen V centers on a group of first-generation superhero teenagers as their everyday adolescent lives come head-to-head with their superhuman abilities. The likes of Jaz Sinclair , Chance Perdomo , Lizze Broadway , and Maddie Phillips excel in the lead roles, perfectly blending action-packed drama with the sort of teen angst one could expect from a John Hughes movie. Packed full of narrative twists, Gen V takes the same tonal aspects that made The Boys such a success and welcomes in a new audience with its tackling of very real teenage social issues. - Jake Hodges Watch on Prime Video

'The Twilight Zone' (1959 - 1964)

Rotten tomatoes: 92% | imdb: 9.1/10, the twilight zone (1959).

The Twilight Zone is one of the most influential television shows of all time. Created by Rod Serling in 1959, the anthology series utilized science fiction to present tales of morality and human nature, as well as social commentary on racism, war, and gender roles. It has spawned three revival series, a film, and a theme park attraction, not to mention it inspired series like Twin Peaks , The X-Files , and Black Mirror . Some episodes of the acclaimed series have directly inspired films across all genres, from Us to Toy Story 4 , lending not only its trademark supernatural plot devices but also its dark take on human nature. - Jenna Gurka Watch on Prime Video

'Person of Interest' (2011 - 2016)

Rotten tomatoes: 92% | imdb: 8.5/10, person of interest.

Person of Interest is a science-fiction series inspired by a fascinating concept. Created by Jonathan Nolan , Person of Interest stars Michael Emerson ( Saw ) as Harold Finch, a reclusive billionaire and computer genius who creates a program that identifies people planning terrorist attacks. Similar in foundation premise to Minority Report , Person of Interest explores themes of privacy, as well as the conflicts between technology and morality. An espionage procedural series co-starring Jim Caviezel , Person of Interest attracted a wide audience resulting in five seasons of intriguing mysteries, as well as captivating characters . – Yael Tygiel Watch on Prime Video

'I’m a Virgo' (2023)

Rotten tomatoes: 96% | imdb: 7.1/10, i'm a virgo.

A coming-of-age joyride about Cootie, a 13ft tall young Black man in Oakland, CA. Having grown up hidden away, Cootie soon experiences the beauty and contradictions of the world for the first time. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, a real life superhero named The Hero.

Director and series creator Boots Riley ( Sorry to Bother You ) uses his signature surrealist style to produce a modern folktale set in Oakland, CA. I’m a Virgo follows Cootie ( Jharrel Jerome ), a 13-foot-tall Black teen who finally ventures outside the confines of his adoptive parents’ home to find a world that is eager to embrace, exploit, and possibly eradicate him. The series literalizes some of the struggles that Black teens face in a society that projects so many things onto them even though they just want to be normal kids. Riley creates a visually unique and stunning coming-of-age story that feels just as grounded as it does magical. – Tauri Miller Watch on Prime Video

'Dead Ringers' (2023)

Rotten tomatoes: 85% | imdb: 6.5/10, dead ringers.

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.

Rachel Weisz ( Black Widow ) is absolutely magnetic in a deeply disturbing reimagining of David Cronenberg ’s 1988 film Dead Ringers . An unhinged horror series, Dead Ringers captivates with Weisz in the lead, playing twins Elliot and Beverly Mantle alongside a stellar supporting cast that includes Emily Meade ( The Leftovers ), Jennifer Ehle ( She Said ), and Michael Chernus ( Orange is the New Black ) . Through vivid, graphic imagery, spine-tingling suspense, and an intriguing plot, Dead Ringers is six episodes of unsettling twists and turns baked into a gripping mystery and undeniably stylish visual aesthetic. – Yael Tygiel Watch on Prime Video

'The Power' (2023)

Rotten tomatoes: 74% | imdb: 6.6/10.

Toni Collette stars in The Power as the mayor of Seattle, who is forced to handle an inexplicable situation where teenage girls around the world suddenly and mysteriously develop electrical powers. Adapted from Naomi Alderman ’s clever book by Sarah Quintrell and Claire Wilson , The Power is a fascinatingly refreshing approach to the currently oversaturated superhero genre. Built on a foundation of reality, specifically from the perspective of young women, The Power deliberately explores imbalances of sex and class. Through carefully crafted intertwining stories, The Power features incredible performances from Collette and Auli'i Cravalho ( Moana ), along with co-stars Toheeb Jimoh from Ted Lasso and John Leguizamo. – Yael Tygiel Watch on Prime Video

'Fringe' (2008 - 2013)

Rotten tomatoes: 90% | imdb: 8.4/10.

Fringe is a highly underrated series with deep and complex worldbuilding containing layers upon layers of lore. Initially an episodic scientific monstrosity of the week sci-fi drama like its spiritual predecessor, The X-Files , the series quickly spins out into a serialized character-driven ensemble show following the FBI’s secret Fringe Division. Agent Olivia Dunham ( Anna Torv ) is assigned to investigate a wave of unexplained occurrences that all deal with elements of fringe science known as “The Pattern.” Unfortunately, she is forced to enlist the help of institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop ( John Noble ) and his con artist son Peter Bishop ( Joshua Jackson ). Fringe is one of the best sci-fi series of the last decade that gets better with every rewatch. – Tauri Miller Watch on Prime Video

'The Rig' (2023 - Present)

Rotten tomatoes: 67% | imdb: 5.8/10.

Emily Hampshire ( Schitt’s Creek ) and Iain Glen ( Game of Thrones ) star in a brand-new drama called The Rig from newcomer David Macpherson . The Rig is a tense series that blurs the line between science fiction thriller and workplace drama, as it follows a stranded oil rig crew cut off from help while off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea. Supporting Hampshire and Glen are Martin Compston and Mark Bonnar , heating up the interpersonal tensions through The Rig ’s survival story, which is emphasized by the dangerous environment of oil rigs, along with the threats arising from man’s interference with nature. – Yael Tygiel Watch on Prime Video

'Three Pines' (2022)

Rotten tomatoes: 72% | imdb: 7.2/10, three pines (2022).

Created by Emilia di Girolamo and based on Louise Penny ’s novel series, Three Pines follows Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec police force, played stoically by Alfred Molina ( Spider-man: No Way Home ). Di Girolamo’s choice to spread four murder mysteries in the small idyllic town across two episodes each allows the Chief Inspector to both uncover the truths of the crimes as well as truths about himself. Although featuring Rossif Sutherland ( Reign ) and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers , Three Pines leans heavily on Molina’s detective, whose uncanny perception reveals what others cannot see in the shadows of crime. Critically acclaimed and compared favorably to Agatha Christie and Columbo , Three Pines is an unexpected Canadian-based hit. – Yael Tygiel Watch on Prime Video

'Grimm' (2011 - 2017)

Rotten tomatoes: 89% | imdb: 7.9/10, grimm (2011).

Grimm began its six seasons as a procedural monster-of-the-week type show centered around homicide detective Nick Burkhardt ( David Giuntoli ), who discovers his familial lineage of monster hunters who protect humanity from the monsters who walk among them. Truly an underrated gem, Grimm served as a launchpad for stars like Bitsie Tulloch , who currently dominates on Superman and Lois , as well as The L Word: Generation Q ’s Jacqueline Toboni . Over the course of the series, Grimm evolved into a fun and creative ensemble with an incredibly complex and rich mythology. Creators Stephen Carpenter, David Greenwalt , and Jim Kouf cultivated a series that progressed with their audience, letting Grimm lean into what worked without compromising quality, engrossing storytelling. – Yael Tygiel Watch on Prime Video

'The Peripheral' (2022)

Rotten tomatoes: 79% | imdb: 7.6/10, the peripheral.

Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.

Chloë Grace Moretz stars in The Peripheral , a lofty science-fiction thriller set in the not-too-distant future where society has become manipulated by technology. With a mysterious premise that forces viewers to question everything, The Peripheral explores the idea that virtual reality systems may actually be windows to alternate timelines or even our future. Centrally placed in a gripping puzzle, Moretz’s Flynne flows through realities, approaching fascinating questions about time, destiny, and truth. Created by Scott Smith and based on William Gibson ’s novel, The Peripheral is a mind-bending series with a great cast wrapped up in a riveting adventure . – Yael Tygiel Watch on Prime Video

'American Horror Story' (2011 - Present)

Rotten tomatoes: 77% | imdb: 8.0/10, american horror story.

An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.

A horror show from the creators of Glee and Pose ? Yup, you heard us right. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk offer up a plethora of scares in anthology series American Horror Story . In its decade-long run, the show has covered everything from a haunted house to a creepy hotel, a coven to a cult. It’s served up countless screams and memes alike and featured some memorable performances from Lady Gaga in one of her first acting roles and veterans Sarah Paulson and Jessica Lange . – Taylor Gates Watch on Prime Video

'Paper Girls' (2022)

Rotten tomatoes: 87% | imdb: 7.3/10, paper girls.

Finished Stranger Things but are still craving some 80s nostalgia? Add Paper Girls to your watchlist! Based on the comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan, the show follows four very different girls — super-smart Tiff ( Camryn Jones ), new girl Erin ( Riley Lai Nelet ), tomboy Mac ( Sofia Rosinsky ), and well-off KJ ( Fina Strazza ) – as they get caught in a war of time travelers and must band together to save the world. As they meet their future selves, questions about destiny pop up, and they must decide whether to accept or fight against their fate. The show has been praised for the performances of its young talent and sharp writing. – Taylor Gates Watch on Prime Video

'Undone' (2019 - 2022)

Rotten tomatoes: 97% | imdb: 8.2/10.

After she very narrowly survives a serious car accident, a woman discovers that she has a new relationship with time.

Undone is a unique show for a myriad of reasons, the first of which is its visuals. The show employs a technique called rotoscoping, which uses live-action footage as a basis for its animation style. This allows the show to look more fluid and realistic than even the best CGI. The second of which is its plot. The show centers around Alma Winograd-Diaz ( Rosa Salazar ), a woman who’s bored with her life. After she survives a car accident than nearly kills her, however, things get a lot more interesting, as her relationship with time and reality is changed, allowing her to find out the truth of her father’s death. With excellent performances, breathtaking effects, and a fascinating plot, Undone is an underrated gem you don’t want to miss. – Taylor Gates Watch on Prime Video

'Utopia' (2020)

Rotten tomatoes: 50% | imdb: 6.7/10.

In a thrilling mix of mystery and adventure, a group of strangers, connected by their obsession with a mysterious comic book called Utopia, find themselves targeted by a deadly organization. The comic, believed to predict catastrophic events, becomes a key to uncovering a vast conspiracy. As they unravel the secrets within its pages, the group must navigate a perilous journey to save humanity, with danger lurking at every turn.

Adapted from a British program of the same name by Gillian Flynn , the mastermind behind Gone Girl and Sharp Objects , Utopia explores what happens when a group of online friends find a cult underground comic book – and shortly after become tasked with saving the world. The show explores themes of a deadly virus and eugenics, and those subjects, combined with the violent nature of the show, sometimes make for a difficult watch. However, fans of gritty shows like The Boys or Hunters are sure to be intrigued. – Taylor Gates Watch on Prime Video

'Solos' (2021)

Rotten tomatoes: 44% | imdb: 6.0/10.

Amazon Prime sci-fi anthology 'Solos.'

Solos is an anthology series that tells seven different stories with a common theme: what it means to be human. The show has a fascinating thesis exploring the fact that, even when we feel our most isolated, we are connected to many different people due to our shared experience of living. There is a broad range of sci-fi staples explored throughout the episodes, from space to new technology. The acting in the show has been lauded, particularly Anne Hathaway ’s depiction of a scientist attempting to time travel and Anthony Mackie ’s performance as angry businessman Tom. – Taylor Gates Watch on Prime Video

'Tales from the Loop' (2020)

Rotten tomatoes: 86% | imdb: 7.4/10, tales from the loop.

Nominated for two Emmys in 2020, Tales from the Loop follows a group of people in Ohio who live above an underground facility called the Mercer Center for Experimental Physics, where there’s a machine created to unlock and explore the world’s most intriguing mysteries. The shows acts as an anthology series in a way, as it follows various interconnected people affected by the Loop. Though the pace can be slow at times, Tales from the Loop is an intriguing surrealist watch. – Taylor Gates Watch on Prime Video

'Outer Range' (2022 - Present)

Rotten tomatoes: 79% | imdb: 7.1/10, outer range.

A rancher fighting for his land and family discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming's wilderness.

Ever wonder what would happen if someone smashed a VHS tape of an old sci-fi film together with one of your dad’s favorite Westerns? Well, if you were thinking Cowboys vs. Aliens , you’d be wrong. No, the result is Outer Range , Prime Video’s science-fiction neo-Western series that premiered in early 2022 and continues to leave audiences buzzing. Starring Josh Brolin as rancher and patriarch Royal Abbott, the series follows residents of a small town in Wyoming as strange happenings begin to complicate their daily lives, including the appearance of a massive, bottomless hole on the Abbotts’ west pasture. Even stranger is the appearance of a young woman ( Imogen Poots ), who seems to have answers about Royal’s life that even he doesn’t possess. The series is a slow-burn, surely, but boasts one of the best ensemble cast in Prime Video’s history, including standouts Tamara Podemski as Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk, the only sense of real authority in tiny Wabang, and Lewis Pullman as Rhett Abbott, the down-on-his-luck, bull-riding youngest son of Royal and his wife Cecelia ( Lili Taylor ). The desire for answers about the hole in the Abbott’s land makes the series perfect binge material, meshing together two of Hollywood’s most celebrated genres for something entirely unique. — Maggie Boccella Watch on Prime Video

'Lost' (2004 - 2010)

Rotten tomatoes: 86% | imdb: 8.3/10.

Lost follows the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, which crashes on a mysterious island in the South Pacific. The diverse group must work together to survive while uncovering the island's many secrets, including a hidden hatch, a smoke monster, and other supernatural elements. Known for its complex narrative structure, the series includes flashbacks and flashforwards that provide deeper insights into the characters' backstories and their lives off the island. As they navigate the island's dangers and mysteries, the survivors form bonds and face challenges that test their limits and reveal hidden truths.

If you were alive in the early 21st century, you probably remember the Lost fanfare – and the subsequent blowback. The addictive sci-fi mystery series kept its loyal fans guessing each week as to what the true role of the island was, who among the sprawling cast would make it, and what further secrets were in store. Whether or not Lost ended up justifying all of its mystery boxes is still up for debate, but it's hard to not get addicted. If you watched Lost just for the plot, you may have been let down. If you simply loved the characters, then it wrapped up perfectly. – Liam Gaughan Watch on Prime Video

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20 Best Time-Travel Shows Ranked

If you could travel back and forth through time, where would you go? What would you do? Who would you talk to? Even better, if you were writing a book, making a movie, or working on a television show about time travel, what would you include? The best TV shows about time travel all feature characters who visit other eras for various compelling (or even life-threatening) reasons. Maybe it's to prevent a coming apocalypse, maybe it's just to save one person's life — but as many of these shows teach, small changes can have big effects, and many of these characters learn that their time-traveling can change the world.  

Now, there are some great time travel-adjacent shows that don't quite fit this list. A fun romp like "Early Edition," for example, utilizes a time-traveling newspaper and potentially a time-traveling cat, but doesn't in and of itself feature a lot of time travel. Likewise, something like "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" is rooted in a time travel premise, but stays mostly in one time. With all that said, here's a look at our choices for the 20 best time travel shows on TV.

Save the cheerleader, save the world. That's what future Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) tells present-day Hiro when he appears to him from the future, and that's what establishes "Heroes" as way more than just a superhero show.

The NBC series follows a group of regular people who develop special powers, not unlike mutants in the "X-Men" series, after a mysterious worldwide eclipse. Each character gains their own individual abilities. Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere) develops the ability to heal from any injury. Senator Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) gains the ability to fly, while his brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) can temporarily absorb others' powers. Still, few of these characters have cooler abilities than Hiro, who can influence the space-time continuum. This means he can teleport, slow down time — and, of course, time travel.   

Understandably, Hiro's power set becomes a serious asset throughout the series, and his path to perfect his abilities is one of "Heroes'" strongest story arcs. The first few times he travels through time don't go as planned, and throughout the series, things can get in the way of him ending up where he wants to go or when he wants to be. While Hiro's time-traveling is just one part of the larger story, it's definitely one of the show's highlights – especially since Oka is so darn charming as the character.

19. 11.22.63

One of the best Stephen King TV series out there, the eight-episode "11.22.63" follows a man named Jake Epping (James Franco). He's a relatively normal guy who receives a chance to change history when his friend Al (Chris Cooper) tells him he's found a way to travel back in time. Al tells Jake that the portal he's discovered goes back to the year 1960 and that he's been working on a plan to stop the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Al's age and advancing cancer diagnosis prevent him from following through on the plan, however, and he asks Jake to take over for him. Jake agrees, but soon his quest is met with pushback from a mysterious source. As it turns out, the past doesn't want to be changed, and every step Jake takes toward preventing JFK's assassination leads to more cracks in the timeline. 

A charming and exciting time travel drama, "11.22.63" is a well-executed, twisty tale that only ranks so low on this list because it's in such great company. If you're looking for a quick, self-contained time travel miniseries that revolves around one of modern America's most notable events, this show is well worth a watch. 

When Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crash lands on a deserted island, wacky and scary things start happening to the survivors. ABC's "Lost" deals with flashbacks, flash-forwards, mysterious groups that already have a presence on the island, a black smoke monster — and, as it turns out, an ancient battle between good and evil. One of the great appointment television shows before streaming broke through, "Lost" had fans talking about it and theorizing about its mysteries on a weekly basis.

The sci-fi drama captivated viewers for six seasons, and though time travel is referenced throughout the entire series run, it plays the biggest role in Season 4. As the island itself leaps from place to place and from time to time, the main group of characters jumps with it, encountering previous versions of themselves and island events that occurred in the past, and suffering from the effects of temporal displacement. The most beloved episode dealing with time travel is undoubtedly "The Constant," in which fan-favorite Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) figures out a way to stop his consciousness from jumping through time by finding his constant — his true love, Penny (Sonya Walger).

Of course, "Lost" is not just a time travel show, and famously covers such a wide variety of mysteries and sci-fi concepts that viewers might find it hard to keep up. As such, it ends up with this relatively low ranking. 

Like "Lost", "Fringe" is considered one of the most binge-worthy sci-fi shows of all time  but the fact that it isn't exclusively about time travel means it lands near the tail end of this particular list. The ABC show revolves around a science-fiction conglomerate that dabbles with interdimensional travel, wormholes, and alternate realities. Anna Torv stars as FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, who heads up the bureau's Fringe Division. With the help of "mad scientist" Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble), his estranged son Peter (Joshua Jackson), and their lab assistant Astrid Farnsworth (Jakisa Nicole), Dunham explores cases involving fringe science — be they about time travel, mind control, experiments gone wrong or any other strange and obscure criminal activity.

Time travel is more of a looming presence early in "Fringe," particularly present in the character of the Observer (Michael Cerveris), a bald, pale, genetically advanced human from the future. While Season 1 and Season 2 deal with the battle between two dimensions and realities, time travel really becomes an element in Season 3. Seasons 4 and 5 then deal with alternate timelines and the Observers that infiltrate the world from the future, intent on wiping out humanity. As you might expect, things can get a bit confusing, but the show sure is fun.

16. The Umbrella Academy

You have to respect a show that's so high-concept that time travel doesn't even get top billing. "The Umbrella Academy" boasts mysterious events, family drama, dance numbers, a talking chimpanzee, some of the cleverest superpowers in superhero shows, and a robot mom — and that's just scratching the surface. Based on "The Umbrella Academy" comics created by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance fame, the Netflix show is a saga that exploits everything from the butterfly effect to the grandfather paradox for emotional and comedic impact.

The central Hargreeves family consists of a group of kids all born on the same day, adopted by the same eccentric billionaire (Colm Feore). He has trained them to protect the world with their various superpowers, but they aren't particularly great at it, and their strict upbringing has left them with a wide array of issues and deep rifts between them. The dysfunctional bunch starts out fairly estranged, but slowly bonds to save humanity from an apocalyptic event ... only to cause another potential apocalyptic event by sprinkling themselves across time.

In between the tears in the space-time continuum, "The Umbrella Academy" is ultimately an ensemble story about found (and re-found) family, as well as a truly unique superhero show where personal failure and the side-effects of costumed crimefighter life play a huge role. However, since Season 1 largely approaches time travel through Number Five (Aidan Gallagher) and the Temps Aeternalis agency, and much of Season 3 focuses on a present-day alternate reality, only the 1960s-themed Season 2 goes truly all in on the concept of sending all main characters to a different era. 

15. Sliders

"Sliders" is a 1990s sci-fi adventure series that features Jerry O'Connell and friends getting lost across the multiverse. O'Connell ("Stand By Me") plays boy genius Quinn Mallory, inventor of the Timer — a device that lets him and his friends "slide" through a wormhole vortex into different versions of Earth. The thing about wormhole vortexes, though, is that they like to misbehave, meaning Quinn and his buds never know where they're headed next on their adventures. This makes their quest to get back home to their own Earth a tricky one.

"Sliders" starts off fun and strong, and is at its best when having bonkers fun — like when Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) discovers a world where he could have been Elvis-level famous — and when it's exploring real-world issues in a high-concept dimension, like when the crew visits an Earth that treats men worse than women. Even if you've seen it before, it's definitely worth a re-watch, because "Sliders" is one  TV show that's better than you remember.

14. Continuum

On "Continuum," Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols) is a Protector – think futuristic government agent from even more futuristic equipment — from the year 2077. She gets transported to the year 2012 along with a group of murderous terrorists, forcing Kiera to remain in the past as she chases them down. Fortunately, her gadgets and knowledge of the past soon come in handy and she finds loyal allies. Unfortunately, her enemies also know their history and plan on altering it for their own gain. 

"Continuum" milks the premise for all it's worth, while avoiding the pitfall of becoming a run-in-the-mill procedural with an unchanging status quo. While Kiera does handle her share of case-of-the-week story arcs, they're often connected to the group she pursues, and she never lets go of her primary target of stopping the terrorists. In order to avoid disrupting the timeline, she also has to go to great lengths to avoid revealing that either she or her targets are time travelers — and when their actions inevitably end up changing the future, she has to deal with the consequences. 

13. Timeless

If ever there was a time travel show that was canceled too soon, it's Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan's "Timeless." The NBC sci-fi series stars Abigail Spencer as the historian Lucy, Matt Lanter as the soldier Wyatt, and Malcolm Barrett as Rufus, a scientist who makes up a team trying to prevent a mysterious organization from altering the courses of history through time travel. They're up againsts Garcia Flynn (Goran Višnjić), who travels throughout history intending to influence major events like the Hindenburg disaster. However, the team soon realizes that the villain they thought they were fighting is much larger and infiltrates the historical timeline in ways they never imagined. 

Instead of focusing on the usual historical suspects, "Timeless" often highlights forgotten people of color, women, and lesser-known historical figures, giving them their due and celebrating their contributions to society. This element of the show can be seen in the way Rufus, for instance, is reluctant to join the team because he knows how Black people are treated in the eras they visit. 

Despite its intriguing concept, the show was canceled after Season 1, but fans caused such an uproar that NBC reversed the decision of canceling "Timeless"  and renewed it for another season. After Season 2, NBC pulled the plug once more, and again, the fans cried foul. In a kind of compromise, NBC greenlit a special two-hour series finale that ties up loose ends and gives much-needed closure to the story. 

12. 12 Monkeys

The "12 Monkeys" SyFy series is based on the 1995 film of the same name that stars Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt — though the series makes a fair few changes to stretch the plot into a four-season sci-fi drama. The series stars Aaron Sanford as James Cole, a scavenger from the year 2024 who's tasked with traveling to 2015 in order to stop the release of a biological weapon. In the movie, James is helped by a psychologist named Kathryn Railly played by Madeleine Stowe, but here, he befriends a virologist named Dr. Cassandra "Cassie" Railly (Amanda Schull). Pitt's character, Jeffrey Goines, is also gender-swapped here, with Emily Hampshire playing Jennifer Goines.

Like the movie, the series deals with the Cassandra Complex, the idea that we have a hard time believing concerns about the future, no matter how likely and provable they are. It also deals with circular time and the idea that past events can be affected by future ones. If those aspects of the film lift your time travel antennae, the four-season show dives even deeper.

11. Paper Girls

"Paper Girls" is a brilliant time travel show that was canceled way ahead of its time. Based on the comics by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, this Amazon series tells the story of a group of 1990s tween girls who get attacked by futuristic invaders. They manage to escape into the future, where one of the girls, Erin (Riley Lai Nelet ), meets her adult self (Ali Wong).

The show dispenses with grandfather paradox hand-wringing and instead uses the concept of the girls confronting their past and future selves, to brutally honest and hilarious effect. Young Erin is horrified to find out how much of herself she's abandoned by the time she turns into Old Erin, and refuses to let life work out that way. It motivates Erin to want to return to her home time even more — this kid has a clock to beat. However, there are two sides to the coin, and Old Erin is also able to care for her young self in ways she never felt able to when she was younger. It's a beautiful and potent visual metaphor that other characters also make good on. 

All in all, "Paper Girls" is a feast for the eyes as much as its ensemble cast is a feast for the soul. Plus, Jason Mantzoukas playfully chewing scenery as the ominous Grand Father? This show could have lasted until the end of time — or at least until Season 2.

10. Timewasters

"Timewasters" is a time travel comedy about a Black British jazz band that accidentally time-slips back to 1920s London, among other timelines. The quartet stumbles into an earlier time perod via a disgusting elevator that, yes, doubles as a time machine. Once the crew shows up in the past, they're treated like freaks, but they gain some measure of success as musicians. While the crew eventually tries to return to the present, they also have a "Back to the Future" moment when they seemingly get stuck in the 1950s.

"Timewasters" is full of funny jokes and great music, and it's a groundbreaking show in a number of ways. "People like us never get to time travel — it's what white people do, like skiing or brunch," creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor told the Royal Television Society . "For me, race is so important." Taylor also stars in "Timewasters," along with Kadiff Kirwan ("Slow Horses"), Adelayo Adedayo ("Some Girls"), and Samson Kayo ("Our Flag Means Death"). The show is also an excellent destination if you're into spotting a variety of British actors and comedians ... including Joseph Quinn, who went on to rise to fame as Eddie Munson on "Stranger Things."

9. Outlander

Based on the series of novels by Diana Gabaldon, Starz's "Outlander" follows the story of a World War II nurse named Claire (Caitriona Balfe) who finds herself thrown back in time after visiting a circle of mysterious Druid stones. She arrives in 18th Century Scotland and, after being taken in by a band of gruff Scots, she marries the dashing young Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) in order to avoid being taken prisoner by her real husband's (Tobias Menzies) apparent evil ancestor, Black Jack Randall (Menzies). Claire lives through a time of great upheaval in Scotland when tensions with British control are rising and history-making battles loom in the near future. Despite being initially reluctant to stay, she and Jamie fall deeply in love, and their romance remains the backbone of the series.

The entire "Outlander" timeline  takes some time to explain, what with several 20th-century characters taking the trip to the 18th century and the show covering versions of notable real-world historical events. Without further spoilers, all there is to say is that if you enjoy time travel shows that lean heavily toward historical drama, "Outlander" is where it's at. Also, if you view Tobias Menzies as an incorrigible dweeb due to his performance as Edmure Tully on "Game of Thrones," his monstrous "Outlander" villain is guaranteed to erase that image.

8. Quantum Leap

"Quantum Leap" stars Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who invents a way to travel through time. When the corporation funding his project threatens to shut it down, Sam uses himself as a guinea pig to test out the method. He finds himself thrown back in time, but in another person's body. The only other entity aware of his 'leap" is a hologram of his colleague and best friend, Admiral Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell). Al tells Sam that he must correct things that went wrong in the past before being allowed to leap back to his own time and body, and can only use the resources of the project's supercomputer, Ziggy.

With Sam leaping back and forth into different bodies at different times, the show uses a variant of the traditional procedural set up. New characters turn up to guest star and Sam gets to save the day, have a fling, and learn something new before leaping to the next destination, which just might be home one of these days.  

The series ran on NBC from 1989 to 1993, but its combination of time travel and case-of-the-week antics has proved enduring enough that "Quantum Leap" even gets a shout-out in "Avengers: Endgame." Despite being over three decades old, it remains a cool time travel series worth checking out.

7. The 4400

In the opening scenes of "The 4400," an enormous ball of light drops 4,400 people at the foot of Mount Rainier in Washington. They soon realize that they were all taken from some other point in time and deposited into the year 2004, unaged and without any memories of where they'd been. At first, everyone assumes that these people have been abducted by aliens. However, it soon turns out that the truth is far more time travel-related.

The returned people soon start developing "Heroes"-style powers that range from telekinesis to telepathy and super-strength, which people from the future have entrusted with to prevent various catastrophic events that they want to avoid in their timeline. Unfortunately, the 2004 government considers the powered folks a threat, and inhibits their powers with a neurological drug. 

The stories that unfold from this setup are exactly as complex and entertaining as you'd imagine, with various members of the titular group treating their powers in different ways and society having a hard time dealing with them. Unfortunately, "The 4400" ended abruptly after four seasons on a somewhat ambiguous note, but even so, it's a fun show to revisit.

6. Travelers

In Netflix's "Travelers," time-traveling operatives from a post-apocalyptic future are tasked with preventing certain events that have led to the downfall of society in their own present day of 2018. The travelers' consciousness takes over a person in the desired time who's just about to die, and the operative then lives out the rest of that person's days though with the mission in mind ... and a strict set of rules they must follow. Apart from a list of ways they're not allowed to interact with the past, they're also strictly forbidden from communicating with other known travelers outside their team, save for special circumstances dictated by the Director, who communicates by temporarily taking over children. 

It's a unique and complex premise, and the way the travelers scope out potential targets for takeover and learn to live as them is as timely as it comes — they use social media, GPS locations, and other readily available online information for their time-travel tricks. This adds a layer of present-day dread to the show's fascinating take on time travel. 

Loki Laufeyson (Tom Hiddleston) meets his match when he comes up against the Time Variance Authority in one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most ambitious Disney+ shows, "Loki." The TVA is so dedicated to maintaining a particular sacred timeline that they purge all alternate realities where someone made a choice they deem wrong, which might not always make sense, but precision isn't the point here. It's the idea of playfulness versus control. 

The Loki we see here is an alternate-timeline variant of the one the audiences are familiar with, and thus starts the show in full "The Avengers" villain mode before life — and time — starts grinding him down. Working with TVA agent Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson), he starts redeeming himself by tracking down an apparently evil version of himself, Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) ... and ultimately tackling the biggest challenges time can offer.  

The God of Mischief's surprisingly human path of reckoning is the heart of a show that's deliciously stylish, silly, and sometimes scary. "Loki" takes a cops-and-robbers crime caper into time travel territory and explores hefty themes with a light touch, from mindless compliance to self-serving overseers to criminalizing anyone deemed different. "Loki" isn't just a time travel show — it's a show about everything time can offer and more, with characters dancing between eras as you might step from room to room. Also, it has Alligator Loki, who's objectively the best Loki of all. 

If "Loki" is too light-hearted for you, Netflix's "Dark" might be your jam ... provided you can make sense of its incredibly convoluted time travel storyline. Four families weave a tangled web of time travel in this German-language psychological thriller about missing kids, a rotten town, and how almost all of our secrets come out in time. In other words, it's a good time travel show, but it's definitely not a feel-good time travel show. 

"Dark" follows its many characters over the course of their lifetimes and, at one point, has three timelines going at once. Part of the intrigue and challenge of watching the show is trying to understand how (and when) each timeline threads into the other. If you decide to watch it, it's best to have an evidence board and plenty of red yarn ready to chart the relationships and betrayals the town of Winden sees over the years.

While "Dark" is as much a show about human connection and how frayed it can become as it is about time travel, it's also the MVP of using as many time travel paradoxes as possible during its three-season run. "Dark" is also an innovator in the field of wormhole placement. Wormholes are already not to be trusted, but a wormhole underneath a nuclear power plant? No, thank you.

3. Beforeigners

What happens when a bunch of Viking-era warriors, 19th-century figures, and Stone Age people pop up in modern-day Oslo? "Beforeigners" attempts to answer that question while navigating twisty murder mysteries with such efficiency that the Norwegian series may be best described as "crime travel." Adding to the intrigue is the way it focuses more on the present-day relationship between the time refugees and their modern counterparts than on how they showed up in the first place.

"Beforeigners" centers around the odd-couple partnership between hardened police detective Lars Haaland (Nicolai Cleve Broch) and eager new Viking police recruit Alfhildr Enginnsdóttir (Krista Kosonen), who investigate things like the murder of a Stone Age victim and even look into crimes with possible ties to Jack the Ripper.

The metaphor of time migration is an apt one for immigration, and this sci-fi show explores tricky real-life issues with plenty of scope. Creators Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin got their start in comedy writing, and their commitment to the bit is evident in the show, including the language used. "Early on, I contacted researchers, professors who helped us. We also constructed the language that Stone Age people spoke, and even with the language from the 19th century: We worked on it to make it sound right," Bjørnstad told Variety . "Why not invest in language, which is such a big part of a person's identity?"

2. Russian Doll

"Russian Doll" could be pitched as "Natasha Lyonne's 'Groundhog Day,'" but that still wouldn't hint at half of the show's charm and emotion. This Netflix offering is a mind-bending time loop dramedy that's a stylish and surreal exploration of life, death, and all the trauma in between. Season 1 of "Russian Doll" features Nadia (Lyonne) stuck reliving her 36th birthday until she inevitably dies and resets back to her friend's bathroom. Later in the season, she discovers a fellow time traveler (Charlie Barnett). They quickly realize that the way out of their dead ends and into a new life is through helping each other.

Season 2 takes some departures from the recursive reality set up in the first season, bending viewers' minds even more thoroughly. "Russian Doll" goes deep, but keeps a sense of humor even as it twists the knife in its characters' hearts — and their timelines. The show keeps audiences just oriented enough by linking its time loops to recognizable spaces and sound cues. You will never look at the subway the same way again, and you will probably never get Harry Nilsson's "Gotta Get Up" out of your head.

1. Doctor Who

Really, could any other show top a list like this?  The untold history of "Doctor Who"  goes all the way back to 1963, when the show premiered on the BBC. The series follows the adventures of a Time Lord who calls themselves the Doctor — an alien being from the planet Gallifrey who travels through space and time on a craft called the TARDIS, which is charmingly disguised as an old-fashioned British police call box and is famously bigger on the inside.  Every Doctor has their own companions  – humans who follow the Doctor throughout space and time, helping people, battling new and recurring villains, and dealing with the assorted wibbly-wobbly stuff on the Doctor's timeline .

The original series ran from 1963 through 1989 and established the neat trick of recasting the Doctor every few years or so, thanks to the premise that the character has multiple lives and can reincarnate himself into different physical bodies. The modern series was revived in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, and talented actors like David Tennant (twice), Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whitaker, and Ncuti Gatwa have followed in his footsteps. Even without the fact that no other show has time travel quite as integrated into its very premise as "Doctor Who," the show's sheer longevity and cultural impact are more than enough to make it the king of the time travel hill. 

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The 25 Best Time Travel TV Shows, From ‘Doctor Who’ to ‘Timeless’

There are a few reasons we’re obsessed with time travel TV shows. For one, the high-stakes adventures promise plenty of mystery and thrills. And better yet, they span across a variety of genres, from historical dramas and comedies to mystery thrillers.

So, for our next binge-watching session, we're living vicariously through our favorite characters as they journey through time, whether they're exploring a major period in history or visiting a futuristic society. From Doctor Who to Timeless, keep reading for the best time travel TV shows you can stream right now.

The 20 Best Time Travel Movies to Stream Right Now (That Aren’t ‘Back to the Future’)

1. Dc’s Legends Of Tomorrow

• Rating: TV-14
• Who’s in it: Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill. Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh

Set in the Arrowverse, this superhero series includes several familiar DC characters, like White Canary, Captain Cold, Firestorm and Vixen. But fortunately, you don’t have to be well-versed on all things DC comics to enjoy this one. The CW series documents the adventures of a diverse team of superheroes as they travel through time to prevent disasters. And naturally, there’s no shortage of epic combat scenes.

2. Doctor Who

• Rating: TV-PG
• Who’s in it: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, David Tennant

Given that Doctor Who has become synonymous with time travel, it would be a crime to not include this classic. Over the span of 13 seasons, the show offered several versions of the Time Lord as they step into the infamous TARDIS and get swept through time. Seeing these heroes fight to save humanity and protect history just never gets old.

3. Timeless

• Who’s in it: Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett

An unlikely team travels through time to stop the criminal mastermind, who stole an experimental time machine. And as they pursue him, they learn that he plans to change the course of history. Though it's not 100 percent perfect in terms of historical accuracy, it delivers plenty of action and thought-provoking themes.

4. Outlander

• Rating: TV-MA
• Who’s in it: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton

Set during World War II, Outlander tells the story of a married army nurse named Claire, who time travels to the year 1743 while in Scotland and starts a passionate relationship with a Highlander. Steamy intimate scenes, feminist themes and breathtaking scenery are just a few things you can expect from this beloved period drama.

5. Manifest

• Who’s in it: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, Athena Karkanis, J. R. Ramirez

Can you imagine hopping on a plane and landing five and a half years in the future? That’s exactly what happens to the passengers of a turbulent flight in this gripping supernatural drama. When they all return, they discover that their plane went missing and mysteriously returned years later. But what really happened? (You’ll have to wait until season 4 to get that answer, but until then, enjoy the first three seasons on Netflix.)

6. Beforeigners

• Who’s in it: Krista Kosonen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Stig R. Amdam

HBO Nordic's first-ever original series follows a group of people from different time periods, who mysteriously land in 21st-century Norway. Dubbed the "beforeigners," these migrants attempt to blend in with the modern-day world—although it proves to be more challenging for some than others.

• Who’s in it: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick

A cross between The X-Files and The Twilight Zone , Fringe follows the FBI's Fringe Division, where the team uses fringe science (a branch that explores the most bizarre or far-fetched theories) to investigate a series of mysterious cases—some of which are connected to alternate timelines. Fun fact: The show spawned three novels and a comic book series.

8. Quantum Leap

• Who’s in it: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt

Bakula plays the iconic Dr. Sam Beckett in this five-time Emmy Award-winning series, and his random adventures will give you major Doctor Who vibes. Join the physicist as he “leaps” through time to fix historical errors.

9. My Only Love Song

• Who’s in it: Lee Jong-hyun, Gong Seung-yeon, Lee Jae-jin

Soo-jung (Seung-yeon), a self-obsessed movie star, accidentally time travels to 6th-century Gogurye after falling into a portal. There, she meets the handsome On-dal (Jong-hyun), a guy who appears to be just as obsessed with his wealth as she is. But his generosity towards people in need forces her to reconsider her own values.

• Who’s in it: Yuki Furukawa, Mio Yuki, Jin Shirasu

Based on Kei Sanbe’s Japanese manga series of the same title, Erased revolves around a man named Satoru Fujinuma, who has the ability to go back in time and stop life-threatening events right before they happen. But when his mother gets murdered, he’s sent back nearly two decades, giving him the opportunity to save even more lives.

• Who’s in it: Tom Hiddleston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku, Eugene Cordero

Loki picks up right where Avengers: Endgame left off, with the God of Mischief accidentally creating a new timeline as a result of stealing the Tesseract. And now, the authorities present him with two options: to either accept his punishment or to travel back in time to correct his mistakes. Almost any Marvel fan will agree that this series is full of charm and a welcome change from the pacing and tone of the Marvel films.

12. Terra Nova

• Who’s in it: Jason O'Mara, Shelley Conn, Christine Adams, Allison Miller

Humanity gets a major do-over in this fascinating series, and there’s more than enough compelling themes to keep you invested (like Utopias gone terribly wrong). Terra Nova follows the Shannon family as they flee from a dying Earth in 2149 and travel to prehistoric Earth, where they join a colony of people known as Terra Nova and attempt to rebuild a civilization.

13. 11.22.63

• Who’s in it: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Cherry Jones

Inspired by Stephen King’s novel 11/22/63 , the show details one time traveler’s efforts to go back in time and stop the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy. But when he goes to the year 1960, he builds a new life that could threaten the success of his mission. It’s worth noting that James Franco gives an unforgettable performance as Jake Epping/George Amberson.

14. Making History

• Who’s in it: Adam Pally, Leighton Meester and Yassir Lester.

Pally, Meester and Lester star as three friends from different time periods, who take full advantage of their ability to time travel—until they realize the ramifications of their adventures. The show is humorous and silly in the best possible way.

15. Somewhere Between

• Who’s in it: Paula Patton, Devon Sawa, JR Bourne

Laura Price (Patton) has it all: a successful career, a loving husband and a delightful young daughter. But when a serial killer murders her child, she falls into depression and attempts suicide. After the incident, Laura is stunned to find that she time traveled to the week before her daughter’s death. Can she save her daughter?

16. Umbrella Academy

• Who’s in it: Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman

The Haragreeves have become our favorite dysfunctional family, and for good reason. In this Netflix series, the seven adopted superhero siblings team up to investigate their father’s death and save the world from an apocalypse. But when they try to travel back in time, they end up in different periods, which only complicates things.

• Who’s in it: Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee

Amy Poehler teamed up with Natasha Lyonne ( Orange Is the New Black ) and Leslye Headland ( Bachelorette ) to create this critically acclaimed comedy drama. The series follows a game developer named Nadia (Lyonne), who finds herself trapped in a time loop after she dies at a party. As she tries to escape this trap, however, she discovers that she isn’t the only one. Yes, it sounds a bit like a modernized version of Groundhog Day , but trust us, it’s unpredictable and incredibly refreshing.

18. Travelers

• Who’s in it: Eric McCormack, Mackenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson

A surviving group of humans, who live centuries in the future, have figured out how to send their consciousness back in time. Known as “Travelers,” they all go back to the 21st-century and assume the identities of random people with one mission in mind: to save the future of humanity.

19. Continuum

• Who’s in it: Rachel Nichols, Victor Webster, Erik Knudsen

The year is 2077, and the U.S. has officially become a corporatocracy. But three criminals, known as Liber8, are determined to go back in time and change the course of history by stopping corporations from replacing the government. As they time travel to the year 2012, a police officer joins them and does everything in her power to stop their violent plans—all while hiding that she’s from the future.

20. 12 Monkeys

• Who’s in it: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Barbara Sukowa

Follow the exploits of scavenger James Cole (Aaron Stanford) as he time travels from 2043 to the year 2015 to stop a deadly virus from wiping out most of the human race. Expect plenty of twists and complex themes that’ll spark interesting convos, from corporate greed to the downsides of technological progress.

21. The Ministry Of Time

• Who’s in it: Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Juan Gea, Francesca Piñón

Welcome to The Ministry of Time, a top-secret Spanish organization that’s responsible for guarding the doors of time and reporting all time travel incidents to the Prime Minister. The series focuses on the Ministry’s patrol as they carry out their assignments, and while there’s no shortage of thrills, the show also does a phenomenal job of weaving in bits of Spain's history.

• Who’s in it: Louis Hofmann, Julika Jenkins, Andreas Pietschmann, Maja Schöne

Set in the fictional German town of Winden, Dark centers on four families who are connected to the mysterious disappearance of two children. Aside from exploring their relationships, the show takes viewers on a wild journey that involves a major time travel conspiracy—one that spans multiple generations.

23. Always A Witch

• Who’s in it: Angely Gaviria, Sofia Bernal Araujo, Dylan Fuentes, Valeria Henríquez

The Colombian series follows Carmen, a 19-year-old 17th-century witch who gets sentenced to death for falling in love with her master's son. However, she escapes her fate by time-traveling to modern day Cartagena as part of a deal with a wizard. Her task? To help him break his curse.

24. Voyagers!

• Rating: TV-G
• Who’s in it: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, David Cadiente

Phineas Bogg (Jon-Erik Hexum) and his partner in crime, Jeffrey Jones (Meeno Peluce), are members of a secret group known as the Voyagers, who are tasked with making sure that history doesn’t change. The feel-good cult classic only lasted for one season, but all 20 episodes are simply delightful and worth the watch.

• Who’s in it: Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie

This animated drama revolves around a young woman named Alma (Rosa Salazar), who, per the official logline , explores "the elastic nature of reality" after surviving a dangerous car accident. She then uses her newfound ability to investigate her father's death. (Psst, look out for the second season, which premieres on April 29 on Amazon Prime.)

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From 'Timeless' to 'Quantum Leap': 9 adventurous time travel TV shows worth going back to watch

The time periods might get old, but these shows never do.

Get ready to travel back to 10,000 B.C., because the second half of  La Brea 's sophomore season is here. The first half of Season 2 ended with most of the main cast deciding to return to perhistoric times rather than stick around in the '80s, in the hopes that they might one day be able to return to their correct time period. And, we learned that the cause of all this time travel madness might lie in the future, in the year 2076.

The midseason premiere , which runs a full two hours and airs tonight, Jan. 31, on NBC at 9 p.m. Eastern, will only take place in the year 10,000 B.C., though, as will the rest of the season, according showrunner David Appelbaum . Even if this next string of episodes won't involve any actual time traveling, the occasion of the midseason premiere has us thinking about some of the best time travel TV shows around.

We aimed at time-travel shows that skew more toward letting us explore the past and (recent) present in new ways. So, not a lot of apocalypse action to be had here (though we definitely recommend you binge more apocalyptic/future-y fare like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 12 Monkeys , and Continuum , too!). Instead, we’re looking at shows with more of a time-travel adventure bent focused on the far-flung or recent past.

From the biggies to deep cuts, these are some great time machines to jump into and distract yourself from reality.

01 . Timeless

If you’re looking for a wild, fun time-travel adventure, look no further than the short-lived Timeless . The series was a modest hit on NBC, inspiring a fervent fanbase, but the love wasn’t enough to extend its run past two seasons (plus an extended special to wrap up the show’s dangling storylines).

The series followed a rag-tag team of heroes as they zipped through time to different periods, trying to avert changes to the timeline and stop a mysterious cabal out to twist time to its own ends. It visited some great periods, from the Alamo to the heart of the space race in the late 1960s. It was smart, fun, and had a ton of heart.

Plus, even though the run was cut short, it actually has a true ending — so no pesky cancellation cliffhangers here.

How to watch: Hulu

02 . Legends of Tomorrow

The CW’s weirdest and wildest superhero show is also one of the most ambitiously goofy time travel exploits ever attempted. The series follows a team of D-list heroes thrown together on a space ship as they fly through time to try and stop "anomalies" in the timeline (they also tackle monsters and evil escapees from Hell along the way, to boot).

The show is just silly enough to work, but features enough seriousness to really make those time travel stories resonate along the way. Even more fun, all that time travel is also infused with tons of nods to decades of DC Comics lore, so there’s something for everybody.

Meet young Obama one episode, then head back to the Wild West (with Jonah Hex!) the next.

How to watch: Netflix, The CW app

03 . Outlander

This is a time travel story that starts in the past then goes way further back, but it’s one heck of a lovely and compelling tale.

The show follows a young woman who is swept from the 1940s all the way back to the 1700s, where romance, intrigue, and fantasy all come into play. It’s a love story at its heart, while also a fascinating exploration of the differences in a life lived across the eras.

How to watch: Netflix, Starz

04 . Quantum Leap

The OG, baby. This beloved late-1980s, early-1990s sci-fi series follows a man out of time, bouncing from body to body as he tries to right wrongs across the time stream.

Starring Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, the show was smart, funny, and ahead of its time in a lot of ways. It also explored a ton of great periods in history, telling small-scale and world-shaking tales from the 1950s to the 1980s. With plenty of buzz about the reboot , it’s the perfect time to go back and enjoy those early adventures.

How to watch: Fridays on SYFY as part of SYFY Rewind.

05 . Making History

There’s a decent chance you missed this one the first go ‘round, and it’d be hard to blame you. The short-lived Fox comedy was burned off with little fanfare, having its initial 13-episode order chopped down to just nine before it was canceled.

But oh, what a fun nine episodes they were.

The show followed a slacker who figures out how to travel through time and does just that with his two pals. Think Doctor Who meets Bill & Ted , kinda? It also had a surprisingly rich pedigree, produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and starring Adam Pally, Leighton Meester, and Yassir Lester.

It was clever, hilarious, and really dug into the question of what you might really do with a time machine.

Watch it on : Amazon Prime (For Purchase)

06 . Doctor Who

The Doctor has been zipping around through history for longer than a lot of us have been alive and knows a thing or two about mucking around in the time stream.

Though the show often veers off into full-on sci-fi and fantasy, the time travel episodes are the meat and potatoes that make up the DNA of Doctor Who . The rotating regenerations of the Doctor have bounced everywhere from Pompeii to a trip back to hang out with Vincent van Gogh. Not to mention the fact that, if you’re looking for a very long binge, there are decades of Doctor Who going back to the early days, plus 12 seasons of the more modern run to keep you plenty busy.

Watch it on:  HBO Max

07 . Life On Mars (U.S.)

This one is based on a British series, but for our purposes, we’ll keep the focus on the U.S. version. The show starred Jason O’Mara as a present-day detective who wakes up in 1973 New York.

It’s a trippy, well-constructed cop and sci-fi series at its core, but more than that, it’s a compelling look at New York City in that much wilder era of the early 1970s. The vibe, the feel, the smell, even — it’s all there.

If you’re looking to disappear to the grittier, bell-bottomed world of NYC’s past, this should do the trick.

Watch it on: Amazon Prime (For Purchase)

08 . 11.22.63

This Stephen King-based miniseries was one of Hulu’s buzzy originals when it was still getting deeper into the original programming arena back around 2016. It follows a man, played by James Franco, who discovers the ability to travel back to the 1960s. So he takes on a mission to try and stop the assassination of JFK, forging a new life for himself in the 1960s in the hopes his efforts will make the world a better place. It also makes for an easy, concise binge, clocking in at eight episodes.

Watch it on: Hulu

09 . Journeyman

This short-lived 2007 series had all the makings of a sci-fi hit, except for the ratings. But despite its short run, the show was a smart, modern-day twist on the Quantum Leap formula.

It followed a newspaper reporter who suddenly starts jumping back in time, where he realizes he needs to help tweak the lives of those he meets for the better (sound familiar). But more than that, we get to see the impact these jumps make on his own life, as he reconnects with people from his past with the perspective and knowledge of his “future” life.

Sadly, it’s a bit hard to find on streaming, but well worth it if you can track it down.

Watch it on: Full series is available on DVD.

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80 of the Best Entertaining Time Travel TV Shows You Need To Watch

With romance, adventure, and fun plot twists, these time travel TV shows are sure to entertain.

The time travel trope is quintessentially romantic, with different themes and elements giving it a desperate, romantic air. There is the lone time traveler, bouncing across time in search of lost love. Or a group of travelers unable to return home due to a rift in the space/time continuum. Better yet, the star-crossed lovers fated only to get snatches of time together.  Swoon . There is so much to love about time travel TV shows!

At  The Silver Petticoat Review , we love time travel TV shows so much that we thought a list of binge-worthy shows was necessary.

Depending on your taste in time travel stories, below are 21 binge-worthy dramas, romantic comedies, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories (plus 59 bonus recommendations at the end). Not all are traditional versions of the trope, but each one includes an element of time travel.

Get ready! Your watch list is about to become longer!

Note:  Availability for the “Where to Watch” sections are for the US and are subject to change at any time. It was last updated in December 2022.

BINGE-WORTHY TIME TRAVEL TV SHOWS (#1-21)

(in no particular order).

#1 Timeless *

Synopsis:  With history threatened by an evil consortium, a historian, soldier, and scientist join forces to travel through time to save history.

Their adventures take them across history, where they cross paths with some famous and lesser-known figures in history. Yet, each time they save history, they risk changing the future.

Where to Watch:  The NBC series is available on Hulu or to buy on Digital and DVD.

* Timeless  is one of my favorite time travel shows! A lovely,  action-adventure romance  with time travel!

#2 Doctor Who

Synopsis:   Doctor Who   follows the trials of an extraterrestrial Time Lord. Known as the Doctor, he/she travels through time to solve problems and battle injustice across the universe.

Using the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space) to travel, the Doctor recruits companions to assist him/her. With various incarnations,  Doctor Who  is a sweeping adventure in space and time.

Note: There are many iterations of  Doctor Who . Any would make our list of time travel series. Pick your favorite! The newer Doctors include Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, and Jodie Whittaker. The new Doctor will be Ncuti Gatwa in 2023.

Where to Watch:  You can stream the classic series on Britbox and the 2005 revival on HBO Max. Both series are available to buy digitally and on DVD.

#3 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow   

Synopsis:  Time-traveler Rip Hunter sets out to save the world with the timeline in catastrophic danger. 

Rip brings together an unlikely group of heroes and villains previously seen in  Arrow  and  The Flash.  

These heroes and villains must come together before they can save the planet. But can they put their differences aside before time runs out?

See our  review of  Legends of Tomorrow .

Where to Watch:  Stream on Netflix or buy digitally and on DVD.

#4 12 Monkeys * 

Synopsis:  Cole travels from a post-apocalyptic future to save the world from a lethal plague. He meets Dr. Cassandra Railly, a virologist, who joins him in his crusade.

It’s a race against time, as they trace the epidemic to its source and discover that appearances are deceiving and time itself is an enemy.

Where to Watch:  Stream on Hulu or buy digitally and on DVD.

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*Another personal favorite! When it comes to time travel shows,  12 Monkeys  hits all the right notes!

#5 El Ministerio del Tiempo (The Department of Time)

Synopsis:  A secret government agency recruits three people from different eras to protect Spain’s history.

They bounce through time, chasing time-traveling intruders bent on manipulating history for their own purposes.

Where to Watch:  Stream on Pantaya or buy on DVD.

#6 Travelers 

Synopsis:  Several hundred years into the future, the last humans discover a way to send their consciousness back in time. These “travelers” assume the lives of random individuals.

With only their knowledge of history and social media profiles to guide their way, the travelers quickly discover that experience in the 21st Century is as challenging as their mission.

Content Warning:  Rated TV-MA, the show has strong language, violence, and implied nudity.

#7 Scarlet Heart / Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

Synopsis of Scarlet Heart : A near-fatal accident sends Zhang Xiao, a 21st Century woman, back in time to the Qing Dynasty. It is Kangxi Emperor’s reign, and Xiao is now the teenage daughter of a Manchu general.

Known as Ma’ertai Roux, Xiao attempts to return to the future. Navigating new relationships and love, Xiao adjusts to her new life until, one day, it disappears.

Where to Watch:  Stream on  Viki .

Note: There is also a Korean version of  Scarlet Heart  called Scarlet Heart: Ryeo .  Read our review here . It is only available to buy on DVD.

#8 Making History  

Synopsis:  Misunderstood college facilities manager Dan Chambers discovers time travel, using pop culture to become a beloved 18th Century figure. However, Dan fails to realize the impact time travel has on the present.

When Dan causes Paul Revere to delay his famous ride, he alters the events of the American Revolution. Dan then recruits well-liked history professor Chris Parish for help in correcting history.

Where to Watch:  Rent on Amazon Video or buy Digital.

#9 Sleepy Hollow  

Synopsis:  Ichabod Crane comes back to life 250 years in the future, where he must solve a mystery going back to the time of the founding fathers.

However, he is not alone. Due to a blood curse, the headless horseman also returns to the living. The headless horseman begins a slaying spree in present-day Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod realizes that the headless horseman is the first of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse.

Enter Detective Abbie Mills. Familiar with the supernatural, Abbie joins forces with Crane to stop the evil infecting Sleepy Hollow.

Where to Watch:  Stream  Sleepy Hollow  on Hulu, the CW app, CW Seed, and Tubi. You can also buy the series on Digital and DVD.

#10 Torchwood

Synopsis:  Former time agent, Captain Jack Harkness, leads the Torchwood Three to investigate unexplained extraterrestrial events on Earth.

The group, part of a covert agency called the Torchwood Institute, battles supernatural threats outside the protection of the British government and law enforcement.

Where to Watch:  Stream on HBO Max or buy on Digital and DVD.

Content Warning:  The series is TV-MA for strong language in a few episodes. It also includes occasional explicit sensuality, suggestive content, and violence.

#11 Being Erica *

Synopsis:  During therapy, Erica Strange shares her list of regrets with her therapist. In a twist in treatment, Erica goes back in time to those moments with a chance to make different decisions.

Faced with rewriting her past or leaving things as they are, Erica faces each moment with humor and a new appreciation for her choices.

Where to Watch:  Stream on Hulu, Roku, Hoopla, Plex, and Crackle, and buy digitally and on DVD.

*The writing in this show is fantastic!

Content Warning:  Rated TV-14, it is, at times, TV-MA. There is sensual content, as well as nudity and some bad language.

#12 Heroes 

Synopsis:  Around the world, a group of ordinary people is discovering they have superpowers. One man wants their powers for himself.

To protect themselves, they must learn to help each other before he destroys them all.

Where to Watch:  Stream the superhero series on Peacock or buy digitally and on DVD. 

#13 The Librarians * 

Synopsis:  Based on popular TV movies,  The Librarians  are a group of people who protect magical items throughout time.

Consisting of an art historian, a thief, a mathematician, and a warrior, they travel through time to find supernatural objects and bring them under the protection of the Library.

Related:  Read our  romantic moment between Eve and Flynn from  The Librarians .

Where to Watch:  Stream on Hulu, Hoopla, and Amazon’s Freevee. You can also buy it digitally and on DVD.

#14 Early Edition *

Synopsis:  Having lost his job and his marriage, Gary Hobson wakes up one morning to find a cat sitting on a newspaper bearing the next day’s date.

Gary quickly learns that this early edition allows him 24 hours to try and save many people’s lives.

Where to Watch:  All seasons are available for DVD purchase on Amazon Prime.

*This one is an outlier when it comes to time travel TV shows. The only thing that travels in time is the newspaper. Still, it’s Kyle Chandler….. swoon!

#15 Erased 

Synopsis:  Satoru goes back 18 years to prevent the passing of his mother and three classmates.

Where to Watch:  Netflix

#16 Outlander

Synopsis:  British Army Nurse Claire Randall is on her second honeymoon and looking forward to a career as an Oxford historian. Suddenly transported back to 1742, Claire finds her freedom and life are in danger.

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To survive, she marries Jamie Fraser. An unexpected passionate relationship develops, and Claire becomes caught between two very different men in two very different lives.

See  our review of  Outlander .

Where to Watch:  Stream on Netflix and STARZ or buy on Digital and DVD.

Content Warning:  TV-MA with   explicit sensual content, nudity, assaults, and graphic violence.

#17 The Eternal Love 

Synopsis:  Unhappy with a forced marriage, Qu Tan Er attempts to end her life. She awakens from her failed attempt with the spirit of another woman inside her body. The modern Xiao Tan is Tan Er’s opposite.

Stuck in the past world, she cannot return to the present day. Whenever one of the women lies, the other person takes control. Soon, complications in love arise as the differing women fall in love with two different men.

What will become of the foursome? And will Xiao Tan be able to find her way back to her own time?

Where to Watch:  Viki

#18 Lost in Austen *

Synopsis:  This smart take on Jane Austen’s  Pride and Prejudice  finds modern, working girl Amanda Price trading places with Elizabeth Bennet.

Unable to return to her time, Amanda must try her best to fit in among the Bennets, Bingleys, and Darcys. Yet, her presence in the lives of these beloved characters sets changes to the course of the classic tale.

See our  Lost in Austen review .

Where to Watch:  Stream on Britbox Amazon Channel, Freevee, and Pluto TV, and buy digitally on Amazon or DVD.

#19 Continuum 

Synopsis:  Detective Kiera Cameron, a cop from the year 2077, and a group of dangerous criminals called Liber8 are trapped in present-day Vancouver. Kiera must stop Liber8 before they destroy the corporate world, altering the future as she knows it. She enlists the help of tech genius Alec Sadler to find a way back home.

In the meantime, Kiera takes a job with the Vancouver Police Department. With help from her partner, detective Carlos Fonnegra, they keep tabs on Liber8. Different beliefs and backgrounds lead to suspicion, but slowly, Kiera and Carlos learn to trust each other.

Where to Watch:  Buy digitally from the Microsoft Store or on DVD.

#20 Frequency

Synopsis:  Detective Raimy Sullivan has lived with the pain and resentment of her father’s passing for 20 years. She believes her father, NYPD Officer Frank Sullivan, was corrupt, resulting in his passing. However, everything changes when she hears his voice coming from an old ham radio.

With Raimy’s warning in his ears, Frank survives the attempt on his life. Yet, the change in the past ends in tragedy for the future. Separated by time, connected by an old radio, the two detectives work together to find a way to rewrite the past without losing the ones they love.

Where to Watch:  Stream on the CW app and CW seed.

#21 Seven Days

Synopsis:  CIA Agent Frank Parker receives a special assignment from the NSA. He must travel back in time to prevent current-day catastrophes.

Yet, there is a catch – he must do so within seven days. Using a time machine built from alien technology, Frank races against time in the past to save the future.

Where to Watch:  Buy on DVD.

Whether you are a fan of pure romance or romantic comedies or love the adventure of time travel, there is something for everyone on our list of binge-worthy time travel TV shows. So dip in and travel back in time with some of the most swoon-worthy characters out there.

*Denotes a personal favorite of mine.

EVEN MORE TIME TRAVEL TV SHOWS TO WATCH (#22-80)

This section was updated in 2022 by Amber and Autumn (co-owners and editors of  The Silver Petticoat Review ). 

Numerous time travel TV series exist, and you can never have enough to watch! So, we thought adding a lot more to the list would be fun. 

Enjoy! We included a *star next to our personal favorites.

• #22:  356: REPEAT THE YEAR  (2020) – Korean Drama about ten people traveling back in time one year.
• #23: * THE 4400  (2004; 2021) – We recommend the original series over the reboot. Both shows have 4400 people appearing in the present day from different time periods, not having aged a day since they originally disappeared.
• #24: * AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.   (2013) – The later seasons of this fun Marvel series are all about time travel – and they are marvelous! The love story  between Daisy and Daniel Sousa  is perfect.
• #25:  ALCATRAZ  (2012) – Prisoners from Alcatraz disappeared in 1963 – only to reappear in the present day. The short-lived drama lasted only one season.
• #26:  ALICE  (2022) – A new time travel romance TV series on Kocowa and Viki.
• #27:  ALWAYS A WITCH  (2019) – A time-traveling witch in this Colombian series ends up in the present day.
• #28: * CHARMED (1998; 2018) – The original and new series about three sisters (and witches) include time travel episodes. Both shows are entertaining – but the original is superior.
• #29:  THE CROSSING  (2018) – Refugees from the future travel back in time to seek asylum.
• #30:  DARK  (2017) (TV-MA) – The German sci-fi thriller series deals with a time travel conspiracy in this hugely popular Netflix drama.

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• #31:  DIRK GENTLY/DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY   (2010; 2016) – Time travel is involved in these two versions of the story about a detective investigating supernatural cases.
• #32:  * A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES   (2018) (TV-MA – mild) – A witch and a vampire fall in love while trying to unravel the secrets of witches, vampires, and demons. She can time travel and much of  Season 2  takes place in Elizabethan times.
• #33:  FAITH  (2012) – Lee Min-ho stars in this time travel Korean series.
• #34: * FELICITY  (1998) – The coming-of-age romance drama from J.J. Abrams ends with a time travel twist.
• #35:  FIND ME IN PARIS  (2018) – A children’s show about an Edwardian ballet dancer who transports into the future with a mystical necklace.
• #36:  THE FLASH (AND OTHER ARROWVERSE SHOWS)  (2014)   – The CW superhero show is fun, likable, and regularly has time-travel storylines.
• #37:  FLASHFORWARD  (2009) – Joseph Fiennes stars in this canceled too-soon series about people having visions of their future.
• #38: * FRINGE  (2008) – An FBI agent explores unexplained fringe science with a scientist and his son in this brilliant sci-fi series.
• #39:  JOURNEYMAN  (2007) – Kevin McKidd stars in this show about a time traveler who helps people.
• #40:  KAIROS (2020) – The fantasy thriller K-drama series is available to stream on Viki and Kocowa.

• #41:  LA BREA  (2021) – A sinkhole in Los Angeles sends a group of people to an ancient world. Soon, a family becomes enmeshed in a time-travel conspiracy. It’s super fun (if illogical) and crazy – especially by Season 2.
• #42:  LEGION  (2017) (TV-MA) – Dan Stevens stars in this bizarre Marvel series about a man with abilities. Time travel becomes a significant element in Season 3.
• #43: * LIFE ON MARS/ASHES TO ASHES  (2006; 2008) (TV-MA – mild) – DCI Sam Tyler wakes up in 1973 after being in a car accident. The spinoff series  Ashes to Ashes  is about another Detective who wakes up in 1981.
• #44:  LIVE UP TO YOUR NAME (2017) – It’s a rom-com time travel K-drama series about a Joseon doctor transported into the present day.
• #45: * LOST  (2004) – Survivors of a plane disaster discover they’re stranded on a mysterious island. Time travel plays an essential role in the  brilliant romantic series .
• #46: * LOKI  (2021) – Loki ends up at the Time Variance Authority – agents who stop time variants and monitor the timeline. Loki soon must fight for his survival as he travels through time.
• #47: * MANIFEST (2018) – The mystery genre series begins when a missing airplane reappears five years later – and no one has aged.
• #48:  MY ONLY LOVE SONG (2017) – An actress time travels to the past in a magical van in this historical fantasy romance show.
• #49:  NINE: NINE TIMES TIME TRAVEL  (2013) – A TV anchorman tries to change his past in this romantic K-drama.
• #50:  THE OUTER LIMITS  (1963; 1995) – The sci-fi show includes episodes about time travel.

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• #51: * PRIMEVAL/PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD (2007; 2012) – Primeval and its spinoff (not nearly as good) follow a team of agents and scientists capturing prehistoric creatures traveling to the present day through mysterious anomalies.  Doctor Who  fans should like this one.
• #52:  * QUEEN IN-HYUN’S MAN   (2012) – A scholar travels into the future and connects with an actress in this charming Korean fantasy rom-com.
• #53:  QUANTUM LEAP  (1989; 2022) – A scientist (Scott Bakula) becomes trapped in the past and must leap between bodies and various times. The original show is superior to the new one, but the revival is still entertaining.
• #54:  THE PERIPHERAL  (2022) (TV-MA for violence and profanity) – Chloë Grace Moretz stars in this new science fiction series with an original time travel twist.
• #55:  ROOFTOP PRINCE  (2012) – The popular fantasy rom-com Korean drama follows a Crown Prince from the past transported to the present day.
• #56:  *ROSWELL  (1999) – Two episodes of the iconic paranormal romance series deal with time travel.
• #57:  RUSSIAN DOLL  (2019) (TV-MA for lots of profanity and some explicit content) – A woman from NYC finds herself stuck in a time loop in this Emmy-winning series.
• #58:  *THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES  (2007) – The  Doctor Who  spinoff is a teen series with fantastic writing about the Doctor’s former companion, journalist Sarah Jane Smith, and her adventures with a group of teens.
• #59:  SHINING GIRLS (2022) (TV-MA) – Time travel plays into this mystery/crime drama starring Elisabeth Moss. The ending could have been better, but it’s an intriguing, well-acted series.
• #60:  SIGNAL  (2016) – This is South Korea’s version of  Frequency .

• #61: SISYPHUS: THE MYTH  (2021) – A woman from a war-torn future journeys to the past to change future events.
• #62:  SLIDERS  (1995) – A group of friends travels into parallel worlds.
• #63:  SOMEWHERE BETWEEN  (2017) – A woman relives a week to stop tragic events from happening.
• #64:  *SPLASH SPLASH LOVE (2015) – This adorable rom-com miniseries follows a teenage girl as she travels back in time to the Joseon Era.
• #65:  *STARGATE: SG-1  (1997) – A military team and scientists are part of a secret group that travels to other planets and occasionally different times through Stargates.
• #66:  *STAR TREK TV SHOWS (INCLUDING THE NEW SHOWS, PICARD, AND STAR TREK: DISCOVERY)  (Some series are TV-MA)   – Time travel plays an essential role in the  Star Trek  universe.
• #67:  STEINS;GATE  (2011) – An animated series about time travel.
• #68:  *TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES ( 2008) – This is an underrated romantic sci-fi series starring Lena Headey.
• #69:  TERRA NOVA  (2011) – A family from a dying future is transported to the prehistoric era to a colony of humans trying to survive.
• #70:  THE KING: ETERNAL MONARCH  (2020) – A romantic K-drama series about two parallel worlds where time travel plays a part.

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• #71:  THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE  (2022) (TV-MA) – Steven Moffat’s new (but short-lived) romance series is about a married couple dealing with the problems of time travel.
• #72:  TIME AFTER TIME   (2017) – A short but sweet romantic series about a young H.G. Wells.
• #73:  THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1959) – The iconic classic series includes episodes about time travel.
• #74:  TOMORROW, WITH YOU  (2017) – A man can time travel with a subway and tries to avoid his future fate while also falling in love.
• #75:  TUNNEL (2017) – A detective travels 30 years into the future when chasing a suspect through a tunnel.
• #76:  *TRU CALLING  (2003) – A medical grad student develops an ability to relive the previous day and help people. 
• #77:  *THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY  (2019) – The quirky series follows former child heroes as they try to save the world.
• #78:  VOYAGERS!  (1982) – The classic family series follows a young boy and a team of time travelers as they fix history.
• #79:  11.22.63 (TV-MA for violence and profanity)   – James Franco stars in this mystery series based on the novel by Stephen King about a teacher who travels back in time to stop the JFK assassination.
• #80: MR. QUEEN (2020) – A chef is transported to the Joseon Era into the body of a queen in this Korean Comedy series.

What are your favorite time travel TV shows? What do you think is the best time travel show of all time? Drop me a line below!

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26 thoughts on “80 of the Best Entertaining Time Travel TV Shows You Need To Watch”

thank you – have beeen looking forever for timetravel— y r we soooo fascinated– et me out of here i do not belon in this time — beeen this wy sincei ws 9 and read a book of a little boy being sent to mars after climbing a tree—- love fairies also — ok i am an old fashioned girl they used to call my pollyanna – then i became an out law—- my son in law does not beleive in annnnnythin but $$$$ and power– borrrrrring give me a gooood romance to live in.. oxoxoxoxoxoxox

This is a great list! I love the Korean drama Time Travel series. My favorites are Faith, Rooftop Prince, I love Lee Tae Ri, Signal and Tunnel.

Have you ever seen “Voyagers!”? It was like a predecessor to Quantum Leap and lasted 1 season on NBC. It stared one of the most beautiful men to ever grace television, the late Jon-Erik Hexum. He’s a roguish time-traveling pirate, Phineas Bogg, a Voyager that travels throughout time with a smart young boy and they have to fix moments where history’s gone wrong. It was a fun show. It’s definitely binge-worthy and Hexum was such a charming young actor. Although it was made with kids and education in mind, (Co-Produced by Scholastic) there’s plenty of romantic moments for Bogg!

He and Meeno Peluce (the boy, Jeffrey Jones) made a great team. I run a fansite and FB page for the series. You can watch it on Amazon Prime, and it’s currently free on NBC.com.

I own the series and I was heartbroken when Jon died. I recently bought the 30 episode tv show from the 60’s The Time Tunnel…. Now this was where most time travel shows spawned from. Especially Quantum Leap.

Nice list! Back to the Future made me a sucker for time travel plots. So would the cartoon count as one?

How can Outlander be #16?

You NEED TO READ – It clearly states that the shows are in No Particular Order!

You forgot ‘The Time tunnel’ – The first American time travel show

Goodnight Sweetheart is THE ultimate time travel show!

Maybe you guys can help me….. I’m looking for a series perhaps a movie….. not sure. only saw a piece of it and have been searching ever since. I even looked trough all the male actors to cross reference, nothing. It seem to involve time travel an attempt to shift history. Almost achieve the goal by manipulating the son of the leader – I know its horribly vague…. but he ends up speaking to his son. He explains the situation from a watchmakers point of view- His hobby is watchmaking….the comparison he draws between ‘leading’ or directing humans where they need to be is similar to the watchmaker making a clock. its been almost two years…. but so far no luck finding this series. Help 🙂

think you may be thinking of inception (link removed)

How could you not have Netflix’s Dark on this list?

I agree. Dark is a pretty good series (3 seasons on Netflix). It’s a German show so you have to up with English lip syncing, but once you get used to it, it’s a good show.

Absolutely the best time travel show ever made imo

It is on the list (#30).

12 Monkeys needs to be #1 … Pretty sure it’s the only show that properly does time travel and causality! Love it

Continuum seems to be right on the money as we see a few corporations [e.g., Amazon] displacing small business, and taking over government. Science Fiction frequently becomes Science.

Looks like Continuum is no longer on Amazon Prime (unless you want to buy it. Is it anywhere else?

It looks like it’s only available to buy on Digital and DVD/Blu-ray now.

Netflix’s DARK is the best Time Travel show ever made. Never believe anything else!

Timeslip UK kids show from 60`s predates all these and deals with past , future, global cooling(remember that) and cloning.

I’ve never heard of it! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

It’s a indian movie named Time

Brødrene Dal og Spektralsteinene and Brødrene Dal og Mysteriet om Karl XIIs Gamasjer both have time travel as a key element. I prefer the former but both are pretty well planned out, although only the latter seems to remember concequences.

Thanks for the recommendations! 🙂

I like some others am trying to find a “Time Travel” movie that’s kind of like “If Only” Where a mans’ wife (Possibly Girlfriend) is killed in an auto accident an he keeps traveling back to that time to make her avoid it. He finds every time that it is avoided she is killed in another way. After so many attempts he goes back and gets in the car with her and they both die. So sort of like “If Only “ and sort of like the first part of “The Time Machine”(2002). I think the movie time-line was between 1970 and 2000 only guessing. I didn’t see the start of the movie. Always wanted to see it but the same accident happens or is averted only to have a new death.

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The 32 Best TV Shows About Time Travel

Time traveling is a popular topic when it comes to all types of entertainment from books to films. But in recent years time travel has also become a popular theme in TV.

So let’s take a look at this list of the best time traveling TV shows and find out how each of them handles time travel and all the history that comes with it.

Doctor Who, BBC One (1963 – 1989, 2005 – present)

When it comes to time traveling and TV, probably the most notable name in this niche is Doctor Who  because this time travel series has been around for 39 seasons and is still going strong.

Hailing from British television channel BBC One, Doctor Who tells the tale of the Time Lord aka The Doctor, and his companions as they travel to different times and try to prevent evil forces from changing history and hurting innocent lives.

Once the Time Lord gets hurt beyond healing, he can transform into a new body and continue saving the world. Hence why at this point 13 (soon to be 14) different actors have played The Doctor.

Doctor Who is not only a huge part of the fabric of British popular culture but by now this time travel show has found its way into the hearts of many people all over the world.

It has inspired many spin-offs in the form of TV shows, comic books, movies, novels, you name it. But more than that, by now it has become an industry standard both when it comes to science-fiction television series and shows about time travel.

No wonder that Doctor Who continues to be successful after countless actor changes and plot twists.

Where to watch Doctor Who:

Timeless, nbc (2016 – 2018).

Another time travel TV series that has already become a cult classic and is adored by fans all over the world is NBC’s Timeless . And despite the turmoil that this show has gone through, it still is time traveling at its best.

Starring Malcolm Barrett, Matt Lanter, and Abigail Spencer as Rufus, Wyatt, and Lucy, Timeless  details the trio traveling to different times in an effort to stop their adversaries from rewriting history.

But as it later turns out, the conspiracy goes deeper than them just changing history. Since the people who our trio is chasing are traveling through time to take down a dangerous and all-powerful organization. The same one that helped build the time machine that Rufus, Wyatt, and Lucy are using.

And although Timeless went on for just two seasons (and a two-hour wrap-up movie), you should still check out the show because it’s not only entertaining but will make you think and want to know more about the events that each episode is exploring.

Where to watch Timeless:

Dc’s legends of tomorrow, the cw (2016 – present).

If you are a fan of superhero TV shows, then you will probably have heard about DC’s Legends of Tomorrow . It is a show that is a huge part of The CW’s Arrowverse. And has crossed over with shows like Arrow , The Flash , and Supergirl multiple times now.

And even if you don’t like the rest of the superhero series but do enjoy a good old time travel TV show, then I suggest you still give Legends of Tomorrow a watch.

The plot of this show is based around a team of superheroes that are traveling through time in their time machine christened the Waverider to prevent different catastrophes from happening. Both ones made by others and those created by the team’s previous adventures.

At the forefront, there are well-known DC heroes like Rip Hunter, Firestorm, The Atom, Kid Flash, Steel, and Vixen. Joined by some original characters like Caity Lotz’s White Canary among others.

One of the defining characteristics of Legends of Tomorrow is how fun it is. Because adjectives like unapologetic, witty, and entertaining are frequently used to describe this time travel series.

However, more than that, it adds an interesting layer to the whole Arrowverse universe. And above all, it is just a hoot to watch.

Where to watch Legends of Tomorrow:

12 monkeys, syfy (2015 – 2018).

Then there also is SyFy’s 12 Monkeys , which is a little darker take on time traveling. One that comes with mystery, drama, and apocalyptic stakes. But that doesn’t lessen how good this time travel TV series is.

Split between two timelines, 12 Monkeys centers on Aaron Stanford’s James Cole, who is tasked to travel back in time and stop the distribution of a virus that has the ability to end the human race as we know it.

In Cole’s real timeline, the year is 2043 and people are struggling to survive because of the terrible mutations caused by the virus. So Cole travels back to 2015 to find virologist Cassie Railly, played by Amanda Schull, that can help him stop the release of the virus and the organization that is behind it called The Army of the 12 Monkeys.

If you think about it, the post-apocalyptic setting and time travel really do go hand in hand. Because if you can go back in time to stop history from being changed, why not go back to change it if it prevents something terrible from happening?

And that is what this show explores. Beautifully combining elements of mystery, drama, and science fiction, to form a great TV show.

Where to watch 12 Monkeys:

Outlander, starz (2014 – present).

Want another show that mixes time travel with historical events and does it flawlessly? Then you should put Outlander on your must-watch TV show list!

The show starts in the 1940s when a combat nurse Claire Randall visits Inverness, Scotland as part of her second honeymoon with her husband Frank. Claire accidentally happens upon the standing stones at Craigh na Dun which transport her back in time to 1743.

To return to her own time she first has to survive 18th-century Scotland. And she does so by joining a group of rebel Highlanders from Clan MacKenzie and marrying one of the Highlanders, Jamie Fraser. But eventually, she falls in love with her new husband and aids the clan in evading British redcoats that are pursuing them.

Over the five seasons of Outlander that are currently out (with the sixth coming soon), we see Claire jump back and forth between the 20th and 18th centuries and her two families as she faces two pregnancies, wars, and much more. But eventually, Claire finds her way back to Jamie.

Where to watch Outlander:

Travelers, showcase (2016 – 2018).

Then we have Travelers , a joint venture between Netflix and Canada’s Showcase that will tick all of your time travel TV show boxes.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world , this show depicts the adventures of travelers – operatives who go back in time to prevent the collapse of society.

These travelers are transferred into the bodies of our current-day humans, who otherwise would die, to blend in with twenty-first-century people. And with the help of their artificial intelligence boss from the future, travelers carry out missions in order to stop many catastrophic events from happening.

Travelers is a great mix of sci-fi and drama, featuring a great cast and spine-tingling storylines. So if you love all that and love a good time-travel series, then look no further than Travelers .

Where to watch Travelers:

Dark, netflix (2017 – 2020).

Netflix’s first German original series was the science fiction series Dark , which mixes in some mystery drama with sci-fi: time travel, the apocalypse, wormholes, and parallel worlds.

Dark takes place in Winden, a fictional German town, and begins in 2019 after children begin to disappear from the town. As the show progresses, however, timelines jump drastically between as early as 1921 to as late as 2053.

As four families in Winden investigate the disappearances to reunite with their lost loved ones, they discover a wormhole beneath the local powerplant that allows them to travel between timelines, thus uncovering a generations-long conspiracy involving the town and their families.

Where to watch Dark:

The umbrella academy, netflix (2019 – present).

Netflix brings another to the list with The Umbrella Academy .

On October 1, 1989, 43 infants were suddenly born from unsuspecting women despite them not even being pregnant the day before.

7 of them were raised together as the Hargreeve siblings and trained in their respective abilities until their relationship became strained as teenagers and they drifted apart.

Now, as adults, they’re brought back together by the death of their adoptive father – and the threat of the end of the world, of course.

They’re forced to travel back in time but end up in different times and places, and must find each other again to stop the nuclear apocalypse.

Where to watch The Umbrella Academy:

Seven days, upn (1998 – 2001).

We know that the National Security Agency has its share of secrets, but what if one of those secrets was a time-traveling machine?

In UPN’s Seven Days , the plot centers on one such device made from alien technology found at Roswell.

The Chronosphere, as it’s called, can only be used in times when national security is at risk – the limited capacity of the device allows for just one human to go back in time by seven days in order to avert disasters.

Thus, when the White House is attacked, the NSA employs former Navy SEAL and CIA operative Frank Parker to go back and prevent it from happening.

Where to watch Seven Days:

Loki, disney+ (2021 – present).

Yes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the greatest gifts to the cinema of our time. Now, the MCU has expanded even further into the television medium and we’ve got a few series to accompany it!

One of those is Loki , which of course, centers on the God of Thunder’s mischievous adopted brother.

After the events in Avengers: Endgame , particularly his stealing of the Tesseract, Loki inadvertently creates another timeline that began in 2012, making him a “time variant” version of himself.

When confronted by the authorities, Loki is given two choices: face punishment and cease to exist, or travel through time to fix his own mess and the threat that has emerged.

Where to watch Loki:

Making history, fox (2017).

The thing about traveling back in time is, you have to be very careful that your actions in the past won’t affect the future (which is essentially your actual present).

Most of the time, that’s something you wouldn’t know until you go back to your time. In Making History , however, Dan Chambers travels back in time to right before the American Revolution and sets off a series of events that seriously mess up the future.

Being able to constantly travel between time periods, Dan recruits the help of history professor Chis Parrish to travel with him and ensure that the American Revolution still takes place.

Where to watch Making History:

Quantum leap, nbc (1989 – 1993).

The title of NBC’s sci-fi comedy-drama Quantum Leap is also the name of the time travel machine that accidentally sends its creator, physicist Dr. Sam Beckett, back into the past.

Now, he’s stuck – and not as himself, either!

Sam discovers that he jumped into the body of a stranger and because he’s still himself, doesn’t know all the details of his current identity.

With the help of his friend Al, who appears as a hologram only he can see, he must fix something that went wrong so he can jump in time again and eventually get back to his own body.

Where to watch Quantum Leap:

Quantum leap, nbc (2022 – present).

Speaking of Quantum Leap , in 2022 NBC revived the 1989 series into a more modern take on the cult classic.

In this new Quantum Leap , thirty years have passed since Dr. Sam Beckett vanished into the Quantum Leap accelerator, and the Quantum Leap project was put to rest.

Now the project is restarted with a new team, who tries to puzzle together the mysteries behind Beckett and his time-traveling machine.

So, we follow Ben Song, the lead physicist of the Quantum Leap time travel project, who gets lost in the past after leaping back in time.

As he tries to return to the present he is helped by his fiancée Addison Augustine, who appears to him as a hologram during each leap, and the team back in the present time.

Where to watch Quantum Leap reboot:

The way home, hallmark channel (2023 – present).

Among the newest time travel shows on this list is Hallmark’s The Way Home which has already been renewed for a second season.

The Way Home follows three generations of Landry women who learn that they can time travel after discovering a magic pond on their family’s farm in Port Haven.

When Kat and her daughter Alice return to Port Haven and are forced to move in with Alice’s estranged mother Del, the three women use time travel to uncover their family history, including what really happened to Kat’s little brother Jacob and whether they can prevent his disappearance.

Where to watch The Way Home:

Russian doll, netflix (2019 – 2022).

Netflix’s Russian Doll deviates from the traditional time travel theme of a willing traveler in one specific timeline because Russian Doll’s protagonist Nadia Vulvokov not only has absolutely no choice or control over her so-called time traveling, but hers is also a time loop .

She wakes up every day having to relive the day of her 36th birthday party in New York City; every time, she dies and comes back to the exact same moment.

Every time, Nadia scrambles to figure out what happens to her and tries to prevent her death, leading her to find Alan, a man who is experiencing the same time loop.

Where to watch Russian Doll:

Undone, prime video (2019 – present).

Undone may be an animated series, but it certainly isn’t geared toward younger audiences; though there is a touch of comedy, the series leans more towards the psychological drama genre and “explores the elastic nature of reality”.

The series follows Alma Winograd-Diaz right after she gets into a near-fatal car accident.

Right before the crash, she has a strange vision of her dead father, and right after it, she finds that she now has the ability to manipulate and move through time.

Using this newfound power, she travels between time periods to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding her father’s death.

Where to watch Undone:

Voyagers, nbc (1982 – 1983).

Premiering back in the early 1980s, NBC’s Voyagers! Is set in a world where time travel already exists.

In fact, there’s already a secret society in place that trains its members, called Voyagers, to go back in time and make sure that historical events happen exactly the way they’re supposed to – otherwise it could affect the present in unexpected ways.

One such Voyager is Phineas Bogg, although he isn’t exactly the best at the job.

During an accidental trip to 1982, he meets the young Jeffrey Jones and ends up bringing him along on one of his missions.

Having lost his Guidebook, Phineas now needs to rely on the extremely smart Jeffrey to get history right.

Where to watch Voyagers!:

Fringe, fox (2008 – 2013).

Fox’s Fringe is a series that was well into the science fiction genre, with parallel universes, supernatural abilities, biotechnology, doomsday predictions, and of course, time travel.

The title is taken from fringe science, which is a branch that deals with scientific theories riddled with skepticism or even having been disproven already.

In Fringe , Special Agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to oversee the FBI ’s Fringe Division, which is run by Peter Bishop and his father Walter.

Together, the team uses both fringe science and Olivia’s knowledge in investigative techniques to explore the unexplained.

In the process, they discover a larger mystery involving parallel universes and alternate timelines .

Where to watch Fringe:

Time after time, abc (2017).

ABC’s Time After Time is based on the novel of the same name written by Kevin Williamson in 1979.

In addition to that, each episode takes its title from a line in Cyndi Lauper’s song, which was inspired by the film (and subsequently, the same book!).

In Time After Time , we are taken to H.G. Wells’ home in 1893.

During a dinner party, he reveals his time machine – right before his guest John Stevenson is arrested for actually being Jack the Ripper .

John escapes through the time machine and Wells follows him straight into the present: 2017. Thus begins a cat-and-mouse game as John attempts to gain control of the machine.

Where to watch Time After Time:

11.22.63, hulu (2016).

When you have anything with Stephen King involved, you know it’s going to be great.

Hulu’s eight-episode miniseries 11.22.63 is based on King’s novel 11/22/63 and is a science fiction thriller like no other.

Starring James Franco in the lead role, 11.22.63 follows Jake Epping, an English teacher from Maine .

His best friend Al reveals a time travel machine and asks him to take over the mission he’s been working on: to travel to the 60s and prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Will Jake be successful in changing a past that simply refuses to be changed?

Where to watch 11.22.63:

The 4400, usa network/sky one (2004 – 2007).

The 4400 is yet another slightly different take on the idea of time travel, in that there has been just one (fairly significant) shift forward in time, to the present.

Beginning in 1946, individuals who were easily overlooked or marginalized by society slowly began disappearing through beams of green light.

Now, all 4400 of them (hence the title) have been returned to the present day – without having aged a day and in some cases, even manifesting supernatural abilities like telekinesis, healing, and telepathy.

Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris are assigned to investigate the phenomenon and find out why the 4400 have returned.

NOTE: For a fresher take on the show, you can also check out the reboot of the original series which is currently airing on The CW.

Where to watch The 4400:

Somewhere between, abc (2017).

When tragedy strikes our lives, we always wish there was something we could’ve done to prevent it.

In ABC’s Somewhere Between we meet Laura Price, a successful news producer with a great career, a loving husband who’s a district attorney, and a beautiful daughter named Serena.

However, her life changes when the serial killer she is helping the cops to catch kills Serena.

Distraught with grief , Laura attempts to complete suicide but is unsuccessful, instead waking up having time-traveled to a week before Serena’s death.

She teams up with Nico, a former SFPD detective who experienced the same reset and wants to find the real killer to change his brother’s fate as well.

Where to watch Somewhere Between:

Terra nova, fox (2011).

Terra Nova takes its viewers to both extremes of the time-traveling timeline.

The present-day is 2149, where overpopulation has threatened to deplete the Earth’s resources.

In an attempt to save Earth and mankind, scientists have found a way to travel back in time, sending groups of humans back to the Cretaceous Period to set up colonies.

Terra Nova focuses primarily on Elisabeth and Jim Shannon, and their three children, who have joined the 10th pilgrimage to Terra Nova.

They offer their expertise as a trauma surgeon and former narcotics detective and help those in charge with stopping those whose intentions go against the greater good.

Where to watch Terra Nova:

Frequency, the cw (2016 – 2017).

One concept in time travel is known as “the butterfly effect”, wherein one small change in time may have great effects elsewhere.

Frequency demonstrates this concept perfectly.

Raimy Sullivan is an NYPD detective who, after a strange weather phenomenon, discovers that she can communicate with her dead father through his old ham radio.

Believing he was a corrupt cop, she learns the truth and warns him of his murder, thus saving his life.

However, this has profound effects on the future – Raimy’s present.

Now, they must work together across time to save her father and preserve the present.

Where to watch Frequency:

Life on mars, bbc one (2006).

In many of the shows on the list so far, the protagonists experience a time loop that’s triggered at the point of their death.

It’s no different for Sam Tyler, the main character in the British series Life on Mars .

Sam is a Detective Chief Inspector with the Greater Manchester Police, but one day he accidentally gets hit by a car.

When he awakens, he’s in 1973 and working at one rank lower than he was: Detective Inspector.

The selling point of Life on Mars , however, is that we’re left unsure if Sam’s predicament is due to his actual death, a comatose, or time travel.

Where to watch Life on Mars:

Always a witch, netflix (2019 – 2020).

Always A Witch (or Siempre Bruja in its original Spanish title) is a Colombian series that is set in both present-day Colombia and the 17th century .

The series follows Carmen Eguiliuz, a young 19-year-old witch who, after committing the crime of falling in love with a white man in 1646 colonial Colombia, is scheduled to be burned at the stake.

She gets a chance to escape to a new life when the mysterious wizard Aldemar makes a deal with her: he will save the man she loves if she travels into the future to find the woman who can break his curse.

Where to watch Always a Witch:

Beforeigners, hbo (2019 – present).

HBO’s Beforeigners is a Norwegian sci-fi crime drama series and the first Norwegian original from HBO Europe.

The title is a clever play on words centered on the general plot: a group of “foreigners” has suddenly shown up at a neighborhood in Oslo, and they are all from “before” times, or several different time periods in history.

Whether from the Viking period , the Stone Age, or the more recent 19th century , each of these ‘Beforeigners’ tries to integrate in modern-day Norwegian society.

One of them even partners with a detective to investigate first a murdered Stone Age woman, then a series of murderers tied to Jack the Ripper.

Where to watch Beforeigners:

Alice, sbs tv (2020).

Alice was a South Korean sci-fi series that aired in late 2020.

In the lead-up to the main plot, the show’s background is explained to its viewers.

Set in 2050, time travel is monitored by an agency called Alice, which sends its clients to the past to help find closure with deceased loved ones.

Alice one day sends two agents to 1992 in order to find the Book of Prophecy, but one of them disappears with the book and her unborn child.

In 2020, the child becomes a detective and in his investigation into his mother’s death in 2010, discovers the existence of Alice and time travel.

Where to watch Alice:

Live up to your name, tvn (2017).

Yet another South Korean time travel series , Live Up to Your Name initially takes its viewers some 400 years into the past, right in the middle of the Joseon dynasty.

There we meet Heo Im, a doctor of traditional Korean medicine who also specializes in acupuncture.

On one of his treatments of the king’s migraines, he made a mistake and was charged with treason.

Chased by the king’s soldiers, he’s shot with an arrow and presumed dead when he falls into the river – except he ends up waking up in present-day Seoul instead, where he meets cardiothoracic surgeon Choi Yeon-kyung.

Where to watch Live Up to Your Name:

My only love song, netflix (2017).

Our third South Korean series is Netflix’s My Only Love Song , which aired in 2017.

We start off in modern-day Korea where we meet Soo-jung, a talented and top-level actress.

However, it seems that the fame may have gotten to her head as she’s arrogant, and believes fame and money make the world go round.

When things don’t go her way on her new show, she winds up in a time-traveling van that takes her to the 6th century.

There, she meets a man much like herself in terms of arrogance, but his hidden soft spot and generosity towards the poor changes her perspective on her own life and self.

Where to watch My Only Love Song:

Signal, tvn (2016).

Signal is based on the 2000 American film Frequency , but another thing that sets this South Korean series apart from others is that the cases investigated in the series are also based on real-life crimes in the country.

Signal follows a cold case profiler from 2015 and a detective from 1989 simultaneously; they discover they’re able to communicate with each other through an old walkie-talkie.

Using this unique ability to provide much-needed foresight in investigations, they team up to both solve and in some cases, even prevent these horrific crimes.

Where to watch Signal:

Rooftop prince, sbs (2012).

Last but not least, South Korea brings its last time-traveling series to the table with Rooftop Prince , a comedy-drama filled with intrigue, mixed identities, and possible reincarnations.

Crown Prince Lee Gak from the Joseon dynasty accidentally time travels to 2012 with three others from his entourage, and their lives are thrown into a whirlwind.

He crosses paths with Se-na, who looks exactly like his recently deceased wife.

In the hopes of getting answers about his wife’s mysterious drowning, he assumes the identity of another man who he also looks exactly like and attempts to marry Se-na in this timeline as well.

Where to watch Rooftop Prince:

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We enjoyed Time Trap. Cheesy special effects, not great acting, but the story is so cool.

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You forgot The Time Tunnel, an Irwin Allen sci-fi show (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost In Space, Land of The Giants), all classic 60s sci-fi

Journeyman should also be on this list. It was only half a season on NBC but it wraps up to a satisfying conclusion.

Fantastic acting and interesting characters.

Glad someone else watched Journeyman. I thought I’d was a great spiritual successor to Quantum Leap.

Journeyman is one of the good shows u can watch but qunatum leap i watched and didnt like

Where is The Time Tunnel?????

Another show for your list is “Being Erica” (CBC, 2009-2011). Excellent writing, and very unique.

i was looking for this comment. such an underrated show

I concur. This was definitely a great one. It certainly provides a lot of food for thought.

Some of the information in the Doctor Who one is wrong. It started in 1963, it was only revived in 2005 (you put 2006), and it’s been going for 39 seasons, as of June 2022

Thanks for letting me know! I updated the article accordingly.

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8 Best Time Travel Romantic Movies

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• Despite a 7.7/10 rating on IMDB, 12 Monkeys is often overlooked in comparison to other time travel shows.
• The TV show expanded on the movie's narrative, delving into multiple timelines and giving characters depth.
• The show's complex time travel plots are navigated effectively and intelligently without feeling convoluted.

There has been a surge of time-travel sci-fi TV shows, and some of the best time-travel TV shows have come out in the last 10 years. Predictably, many of them have similar plots, like time traveling to warn against a future threat or having to stop something existential, but they are beloved by viewers regardless. However, there are many underrated time travel shows and movies that, despite often being forgotten about years after they have ended, are nonetheless worthy of recognition.

Part of the problem with complex time-travel sci-fi series is that, by virtue of their complex plots, they can be inaccessible to mainstream audiences. As a result, while they may very well be worth persevering with, a limited initial appeal may have disappointing consequences for their future reputation . This is certainly the case for one Syfy series that, despite spanning 4 seasons and continuing the legacy of an iconic genre franchise, remains criminally underrated – even by genre lovers.

The best time travel romance movies capture something essential about relationships and the impossible desire to go back and tamper with the past.

12 Monkeys Is An Underrated Sci-Fi TV Show

12 monkeys is not critically acclaimed, but is rated 7.7/10 on imdb..

Compared to other time travel shows, 12 Monkeys can be considered underrated. Exploring a plot to prevent the effects of a devastating future virus, the show was inspired by Terry Gilliam's hit 1995 movie. Debuting in 2015, 12 Monkeys season 4 ended with a happy ending for its lead characters, but even with its strong finale, the show doesn't have the hype as other time travel series. Scoring just 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, the show wasn't as critically acclaimed as other popular Syfy shows like The Magicians and Wynonna Earp . As it ran concurrently with these hits, 12 Monkeys often gets overlooked. Nevertheless, the show remains an underappreciated gem.

The 12 Monkeys movie stars Bruce Willis as James Cole and Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines, who gets changed to Jennifer Goines in the show, and is played by Emily Hampshire.

The storytelling techniques in 12 Monkeys are effective and intelligent, allowing the show to navigate complex time travel plots without feeling convoluted. By 12 Monkeys season 4, there had already been dozens of events in the show that spanned multiple timelines and dimensions, and in the season 4 finale, a new timeline. Entertainment Weekly called the show a " soulful cliffhanger opera ", and held it in high regard, and while there are some differences between the show and the movie, as a standalone project, the 12 Monkeys TV show has aged well.

How The 12 Monkeys Show Compares To The Movie

The red forest in the 12 monkeys tv show is non-existent in the movie..

Although the show and movie have a similar premise, there are differences. Willis' James Cole finds out that the origin of the virus comes from Pitt's Jeffrey Goines, as he is the founder of the Army of the 12 Monkeys, whereas, in the show, the leader of the 12 Monkeys and the origin of the virus is known simply as the Witness, and is revealed slowly over the 4 seasons. The structural timeline of the show is non-linear and there is the Red Forest where time stands still, compared to the movie, where no such thing exists.

Characters in the television show are pulled from the movie and reworked to feel humanized.

Characters in the television show are pulled from the movie and reworked to feel humanized. Jeffrey Goines is portrayed as mentally unstable and maniacal, whereas the gender-swapped Jennifer Goines in the show has the same mental issues, but is given a purpose through the visions she has of possible future events. The 12 Monkeys movie may have provided the source material that established the show's story, but the show expanded this narrative to cover multiple timelines and give the characters and world a depth that isn't possible in a 2-hour movie. These improvements only illustrate further how 12 Monkeys is an underrated sci-fi show.

Source: Entertainment Weekly .

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History keeps changing, yet its story remains the same

From Avengers: Endgame to Looper , any fictional story about time travel has to deal with one simple fact: time travel doesn’t make any sense. While aspects of time travel exist in the real world — like when scientists gaze deep into the far reaches of the Universe and see what ancient stars looked like — that's not what Doc Brown was talking about in Back to the Future .

In science fiction, time travel about physically transporting oneself into the past or the future — and then dealing with the consequences of those actions. And there's one underrated movie streaming on Amazon Prime that deals with these issues in a totally unique and amazing way.

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The History of Time Travel is a fun movie that puts the focus on those consequences. Through the lens of a faux documentary, it explores how one family continually wreaks havoc on the timeline of the 20th century. It’s a family saga meshed with a loving ode to time travel stories of the past, everything from H.G Wells to Back to the Future.

One note: The History of Time Travel was director Ricky Kennedy’s college thesis film, and it really does feel like it. Not that there’s anything wrong with college movies, but the lack of budget shows in the movie’s settings, props, and performances. No one would mistake this for the History Channel documentaries it parodies. But like The Vast of Night , another zero-budget sci-fi movie streaming on Amazon Prime, History of Time Travel makes up for its lack of polish by leaning into aesthetics.

For Vast of Night , that was its eeriness. For History of Time Travel , it’s an earnest love of its topic — and a willingness to get goofy.

History concerns itself with the saga of the Page family, who over two generations shape time travel and the course of human history. It all starts with patriarch Edward Page, a scientist who joins a World War II-era secret government project known as the Indiana Project. After the war ends, Page’s work consumes him, to the extent of ignoring his polio-stricken wife (credit where it’s due: the movie references a 1949 polio epidemic in Indiana which actually happened . Kennedy is clearly a fan of details).

At the center of the movie is Edward Page, whose family troubles keep leading to time-travel chaos.

She dies leaving behind a boy, Richard, who follows his father into physics and eventually builds a time machine using Edward’s notebook after his own death. Using this time machine, which incorporates an old Atari gaming system, Richard kicks off new timeline after new timeline. The movie illustrates this by having its documentary talking heads suddenly change their stories mid-interview.

It’s a cute gimmick that also plays out in the movie’s background. Slowly but surely, a globe in one interviewee’s background grows redder and redder, reflecting the Soviet Union’s growing dominance in the world thanks to their theft of the Page time machine. Portraits behind a military general change back and forth between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Talking heads mainly convey the information in History of Time Travel , but that information is always changing.

As the Pages grow more obsessed with righting the wrongs of their new timelines, the changes in the movie start becoming more elaborate and complex. These changes are never really explored—what does a Soviet-dominated world look like beyond certain historical moments being altered? Everything seems pretty much the same in The History of Time Travel .

That’s the challenge of time travel: the changes being explored here are so huge that getting into any detail would risk making a very plot-heavy story even more confusing. But at an hour and ten minutes, The History of Time Travel never wears out its welcome. There are fun alternate timelines, Easter eggs galore, and a family drama grounding it all together.

The History of Time Travel is streaming now on Amazon Prime in the U.S.

This article was originally published on Feb. 13, 2021

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Best travel shows to watch right now (on tv, netflix, amazon prime & other streaming services).

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And if you are looking for more travel related things to watch, here is a list of the best travel movies of all time .

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Best Travel Shows and Series

Best Travel Shows on Netflix

The following travel shows and series are available on Netflix only.

Ugly Delicious

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Ugly Delicious is a relatively new food focused travel show that follows celebrity chef David Chang, founder of Momofuku, as he explores both across the United States and internationally. The episodes are loose and casual, showing Chang investigating the history of different regional cuisines and food rivalries. His guests range widely including other chefs, writers, actors, and artists, but they tend to share similar air time to the restaurant owners and people off the street. The focus blurs between culture and personal, feeling like you’re the fly on a wall while interesting people who love food hang out and chat about it. There’s no way to watch it and not be itching to travel to a new region and try some of the foods they highlight!

Travels With My Father

Recommended by Lee from The Travel Scribes

From the moment they touchdown in Bangkok, Thailand and make their way to the famous Khao San Road, the Netflix series Travels with my Father  will capture your heart, and tickle your funny bone.

Chronicling the experiences of British father and son duo, Jack and Michael Whitehall, this laugh a minute series not only showcases some of the globe’s most famous destinations but features the offbeat, slightly sarcastic relationship between Jack, a 30-something comedian still longing for his backpacker days and Michael, his elderly ever-suffering dad. The drama (and the giggles) are mostly driven by the vastly different travel styles of the two: Jack, the singlet and loud shorts-wearing millennial who is most comfortable in questionable hostels and eating street food and Michael, a slightly uptight luxury traveller who insists on wearing his ‘Sunday best’ on the streets of Southeast Asia and checking into five star hotels.

The show, now in its third season, sees the unlikely pair traverse the globe with jaunts in South East Asia, Europe and, more recently, a tour of the USA. This is must-watch viewing for anyone who loves British comedy and travel, in each measure.

Somebody Feed Phil

Recommended by Amber from Food And Drink Destinations

From the creator of the hit comedy series, Everyone Loves Raymond, comes the Netflix food travel series, Somebody Feed Phil. Following the culinary journeys of Phil Rosenthal, Somebody Feed Phil presents food travel from the “average” travelers perspective. Phil is by no means a food professional like Anthony Bourdain or Andrew Zimmern. Phil is an easy going family man who just happens to LOVE food. Over 2 seasons and 12 episodes, Phil with his mall crew, including his brother, travel to some of the best food destinations around the world. Phil’s childlike enthusiasm for each new destination, cuisine and culinary experience is priceless. His inquisitive nature and ability to connect with people makes Somebody Feed Phil a one of a kind culinary travel show. For those interested in traveling for food, Somebody Feed Phil attempts to alleviate the fear of trying the local food. It’s certainly worth watching. Netflix has also previously announced a season 3 with episodes scheduled to air sometime in 2020.

Dark Tourist

Recommended by Martha from Quirky Globetrotter

Nowadays, travel is often painted as an Instagrammable pastime. Yet, there is a surge of tourists who are looking for quite the opposite and want to see the not-so-glamorous parts of the world. We’re not talking off the beaten path. We’re talking more about what happens behind closed doors and what rumors try to speculate. The trend of traveling and diving into the taboo and unknown comes to life in the Netflix show, “ Dark Tourist .”

Whether it’s visiting radioactive nuclear sites or learning about gruesome assassinations, it’s the sense of forbiddenness or coveted secrets that these tourists ache for. Have you ever wondered why people are so enthralled by serial killer documentaries? The same thrill takes place in these destinations. (Don’t worry, there’s a Jeffrey Dahmer tour for you true crime aficionados.) Dark tourism profits off exposing the occult or veiled history of these locales.

Recommended by Laura from What’s Hot?

Our Planet is one of David Attenborough’s latest documentary series and was made directly for Netflix. Like all his other series, this one is beautifully shot, highly informative and well-loved by all the family. What sets One Planet apart from some of the others however is the focus upon how human life and global warming are destroying these natural havens. Attenborough takes us to some of the most beautiful and peaceful places on Earth before showing us the tragic consequences that have left other, similar areas barren wastelands.

Alternating between land and sea, you’ll go to the desert, the depths of the ocean, the jungles and the coast. This is an important one for avid travellers because it will jointly inspires us to travel more of the world’s secluded locations but also to do so in a way which doesn’t disturb our planet.

Emily in Paris

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Emily in Paris is about a young American woman who lands a job in a Parisian marketing firm. The show was created by the same person as Sex and The City and has a similar vibe only instead of New York heavily features Paris. It is fun, somewhat campy and an easy watch. While I wouldn’t recommend it as an entirely accurate portrayal of French culture, the scenery is absolutely beautiful and reminds me why Paris is one of my all-time favorite cities.

Best Travel Shows on TV, Amazon Prime Video and Other Streaming Services

The following travel shows and series are available on TV, Amazon Prime Video and/or various streaming services (such as Hulu).

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An Idiot Abroad

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An Idiot Abroad is a hysterical British travel docu-series following Karl Pilkington, a man that one could call an “idiot savant”. What everyone has to know about Karl is, he really does not like to travel. Knowing this, his friends Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who one may know as famous British comedic actors, send Karl on epic adventures all across the world, with some twists and pranks along the way. These are the kind of trips that most people would kill for, but to Karl, he’d rather be home with a cup of tea. One of the highlights of the show is the Karl-isms along the way, such as: “The Great Pyramid is overrated. It’s a bad design. The lounge is going to be huge, but the bedroom is going to be tiny.” This is really not your typical travel show, and that’s what makes it a must-watch!

Where to Watch: This show is a few years old, so it is not currently airing anywhere in the US (it was created for Sky TV in the UK). In the US, you can buy it digitally on platforms such as Amazon Prime , Vudu , and iTunes .

The Layover

Recommended by Paula Morgan from Expert Abroad

The Layover was just one of the many travel shows that featured everyone’s favourite food traveller Anthony Bourdain. It aired for three seasons between 2011-2013 and after watching the very first episode on a 48-hour visit to New York it will likely change the way you travel forever.

No longer will you book the fastest trip to your destination. A stopover is not viewed as a hardship it is now something to embrace. The series covered 20 cities and racing against the clock Bourdain showed the audience the best things to eat, see and do, usually with a knowledgeable local as his sidekick.

The pace at times seems a little exhausting and you may not manage to cover as much in your 24 hours as the pro’s do but they make it easy for you to pick a few things for your next visit.

The team covered almost all of the main transit hubs across Asia, Europe and the USA including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco and NYC. Next time you find a cheap flight because of a long stopover check the series list and start making some plans.

Where to Watch: You can watch The Layover on Amazon Prime or The Travel Channel . Some episodes are also on YouTube .

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Recommended by Arrianne Guzman from Travel Habeat

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown is a travel and food show featuring an amazing chef exploring destinations less traveled by. As it inspires you to explore off-the-beaten paths, you’ll delve into intricate cultures, rich history, and beautiful people. You’d realize that a dish is more than what goes in a plate, it’s about tradition, heritage, and way of living. Catch Anthony tries a delectable Filipino dish called sisig and a scrumptious dessert fondly named “halo-halo” while grasping how the Philippines spend an extended Christmas season. Unravel with him the complicated past of Koreatown in Los Angeles and see what it was like to grow up Korean American. Or maybe you’d agree with him how a salad of fermented tea leaves can taste good in Myanmar.

Where to Watch: An original CNN series, it is available in digital media platforms including Amazon Prime , iTunes, and Vudu .

Expedition Unknown

Recommended by Albi from Ginger Around the Globe

Expedition Unknown is a TV show that will sparkle the heart of every traveler, who loves history. Josh Gates will take you around the globe and at the same time, you will see him and other archeologists, solving ancient mysteries. You will get to know about Kruger treasure, where is the tomb of last Inka king and more Indiana Jones mysteries like this. So you will see all kinds of places and at the same time, know their history and local culture. It is very informative, fun and wanderlusty.

Where to Watch: You can watch the show on the Discovery Channel or on the Travel Channel . If you prefer streaming services, you can also find the show on Hulu or Amazon Prime Video .

Rick Steves Travel Series

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One of my favorite travel shows that turned me onto traveling was watching the PBS travel programs with Rick Steve’s. Primarily focused on travels in Europe, Rick Steve’s showcased an amazing series of places to visit around Europe and each lovely country. He initially visits a destination and hops around with a local expert to show the highlights, enjoy some local food and drink and see some cultural treasures along with connecting with locals, merchants and everyday people. It makes it so fascinating to watch his programs and really shows audiences the connection with people, place, culture and food makes traveling to Europe so wonderful and fun. Rick Steve’s has created a lot of guide books about individual countries that you can purchase or just watch his TV series on PBS for inspiration for planning a trip to a specific country in Europe that has always been on your bucklist of places to visit. So if you are looking for inspiration about a particular country with all the bells and whistles of what makes each area so unique and special, check out any of his programs on TV. You’ll be hooked and wanting to binge watch all of his programs in a row.

Where to Watch: On TV at PBS and Amazon Prime Video

Booze Traveler

Recommended by Megan Starr

One of the best shows to watch for those that love combining travel with beverages and food is Booze Traveler, a show by The Travel Channel that showcases a host traveling around the world in search for special alcoholic drinks in countries that he visits. I actually helped with a couple of the episodes back in the day (Lithuania and Armenia ) and it really brought to light how many unique drinks exist in every place that you travel! They travel across the globe from Hawaii to Armenia to Nepal and beyond. It is a really refreshing show!

Where to Watch: The best way to watch Booze Traveler is to catch reruns on-demand from The Travel Channel in the US. You can watch it on Amazon Prime Video .

Recommended by Coni from Experiencing the Globe

Three Canadian friends decide to leave the Great White North behind and explore the world. They pack a bag, say goodbye to friends and family, and off they go. The initial plan is to spend a year traveling, but it quickly transforms into three whole years.

They spend a month in India, another in Japan, another in New Zealand. As they start feeling more comfortable on the road, the push their own boundaries and head to tougher destinations, like Libya and North Korea. They explore Greenland during winter, meet ancient tribes in Papua New Guinea and travel across the different scientific bases of Antarctica .

It’s impossible not to get inspired with the tons of wanderlust Departure sends our way.

Where to Watch: Available on Apple iTunes and Hoopla .

James May: Our Man in Japan

Recommended by Emma from Emma Jane Explores

Top Gear’s James May might seem like a strange choice for a travel show host, but the bumbling Englishman is an endearing host as he takes viewers on a comprehensive trip around Japan from North to South. Always happy to throw himself into any bizarre situation, Our Man in Japan sees May participate in all sorts of activities from dog sledding in Hokkaido to painting Mount Fuji with a renowned Japanese artist. Streaming on Amazon Prime, Our Man in Japan covers a whole lot of unique quirks that make the country a must-travel destination for all kinds of traveller types. Whether you’re a first timer to Japan or a serial visitor, Our Man in Japan will make you all kinds of eager to get back over to the land of the rising sun soon.

Where to Watch: You can watch on Amazon Prime Video only.

Planet Earth

Recommended by Roshni from The Wanderlust Within

The award-winning, BBC documentary series, Planet Earth was first shown in 2006. It took four years to film, using 71 cameramen in 64 different countries. The series was the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC and the first to be filmed in high definition. The 11 episode series is narrated by David Attenborough and celebrates the natural world in a way you’ve never seen it before. Each episode features a different biome or habitat on Earth and lasts 50 minutes plus an extra 10 minutes of behind the scenes footage showing the challenges of filming the episode.

Ten years after the first series, Planet Earth II was released showing how animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth. A third sequel is planned to air in 2022.

Where to Watch: All 11 episodes of Planet Earth , and all 6 episodes of Planet Earth II are available for streaming on BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime Video and iTunes.

Samantha Brown: Places to Love

Recommended by Francesca Makana of Homeroomtravel

Samantha Brown has been an icon in the travel world for my entire life. Back in the day, she was best known for her Passport series . Present-day she hosts Samantha Brown: Places to Love. In this show, Brown showcases some lesser-known destinations, like the Texas Hill Country, and covers things to do in that area. Although she does still cover larger, well-known cities, such as Shanghai, she will not just list the main tourist sites. Instead, she interacts with the locals and finds unique things to do in that location.

Where to Watch: Viewers can catch Places to Love on PBS and select episodes on the PBS website .

Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure

Recommended by Emily from Wander-Lush

There are few parts of the world that inspire wanderlust more than Central Asia. In this 2018 miniseries, British actress and supermodel, Joanna Lumley (you may recognize her from the 1990s comedy sitcom Absolutely Fabulous) retraces parts of the fabled Silk Road trading route from the perspective of a tourist.

Over four episodes, she travels from Venice to Uzbekistan via Iran, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, visiting caravanserais, fire temples and bazaars along the way. This series brings to life the cross-pollination of ideas and influences that characterizes this part of the world where East intersects with West.

Lumley’s dry British humor and insatiable curiosity make her a terrific host. Even if you’re never considered visiting Central Asia and the Caucasus before, this series will inspire you to follow the footsteps of Marco Polo on one of the most epic overland journeys of all time.

Where to Watch: Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure is currently available to stream via Amazon Prime UK . Some episodes are also on YouTube .

Recommended by Ruby from A Journey We Love

Travel Man is a 30 minute British TV show hosted by Richard Ayoade shown on Channel 4 (UK). Each week, he travels with someone for a quick getaway (48-72 hours) and breaks down tourist sites, what to eat, facts about the city and banters around with his co-presenter for the week. For people living abroad, you can watch some of the shows on Channel 4’s website, and there are also full episodes available on Travel Man’s official YouTube channel . What makes the show interesting is that the host, Richard Ayoade, is not a big traveler nor is he a big fan of trying new things. It makes for a great perspective on how to plan quick weekend getaways for those who are planning trips with people who don’t like to travel and how to make it interesting for them. It also makes the series very funny because watching the host’s reactions and monologues is absolutely priceless.

Where to Watch: For people living abroad, you can watch some of the shows on Channel 4’s website, and there are also full episodes available on Travel Man’s official YouTube channel . You can also find episodes on Amazon Prime Video .

The Amazing Race

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The Amazing Race is our favorite travel show and we have been watching it from the beginning. The American reality competition show has aired 32 seasons on CBS since its premiere in 2001. If you enjoy the drama of reality competition shows and are also a travel lover then you will love The Amazing Race . Each season takes place in a few different countries and in total The Amazing Race has visited over 90 different countries and six continents. Teams of two people (usually couples, friends, or family members) race around the world, solving clues and completing tasks and challenges along the way. Relationships are tested and there are sometimes arguments between teammates and with other teams. The last team to finish each leg is eliminated until three teams race to the finish line in order to win $1 million. Fun fact: We actually applied to be on the show as a sisters team (more than ten years ago and long before we started this blog) but alas we were not chosen!

Where to Watch: You can stream old seasons of the Amazing Race on CBS All Access , Amazon Prime Video and various streaming services such as Hulu .

Did your favorite travel show or series make the list?

Some good recommendations on this list for sure. James May also has some other travel shows that can be found on Netflix, Youtube, etc. Although it’s a Vlog and not a true TV show I would add Kara and Nate’s Vlog show from Youtube. They have visited over a 100 countries and it’s one of the best. If you’ve never watched them, just start with their first show and binge watch it through to today.

Thanks for the suggestion. Will check them out!

I’ll recommend a few new ones. AppleTV has “Long Way Up” from the “Long Way Down” and “Long Way Around” fame. Actor Ewan McGregor and his friend, Charley Boorman from the tip of South America to Los Angeles on electric Harley Davidson motorcycles. I pretty much hate AppleTV+ but this show is so very good. You might check out Max&Lee on Youtube which has recently continued on with Max&Occy. This is one of many Vanlife travel vlogs but it’s better than most. Start at the beginning with Max & Lee and work your way forward for good binge-watching. I will also add in a bonus travel vlog from YouTube and that is Sergio & Rhoda in Isreal. This couple travels around Isreal and shows details about various historical sites with a local flair. Very interesting for those that enjoy this region.

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Amazon Is Jumpstarting the Prime Day Savings With a Secret Early Sale — Shop the 61 Best Deals Up to 60% Off

Stock up for your next trip with these can't-miss deals starting at $9.

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Although Amazon Prime Day is still weeks away , there’s no need to wait to score on incredible deals. Get ahead of the crowd and take advantage of the early Prime Day sale going on right now; shoppers can save up to 60 percent on must-have travel gear and accessories. As someone who proudly embraces the “airport mom” nickname my friends gave me, I know firsthand the importance of being fully prepared for travel. From having the right suitcase and noise-canceling earbuds (because there's always a crying baby on your flight, right?) to ensuring your attire is both comfortable and stylish — every detail matters.

I’ve sifted through the thousands of products on sale and handpicked the best for you. Whether your summer travels include a grand European vacation or a local road trip, these 61 irresistible early Prime Day deals will become instant game-changers for your experience. There’s no time like the present to upgrade your travel gear, so dive into our curated guide below. And, while you're at it, make sure that you start a free 30-day Amazon Prime trial so you can be privy to exclusive deals during the two-day sale, which takes place on Tuesday, July 16 through Wednesday, July 17. 

Best Overall Amazon Travel Deals

The realm of travel products is vast, so while they’re organized by category, I’ve also highlighted overall Amazon favorites that have earned my stamp of approval. In the luggage department, Rockland steals the show with its incredible discounts: the Rockland Polka Luggage Set is 68 percent off, the Rockland Journey Luggage Set is 50 percent off, and the Rockland London Carry-on Luggage is 52 percent off. Beyond luggage, there are plenty of other standout deals that are sure to catch your eye, such as the Hanes V-notch Crewneck that's available for less than $10 and could be excellent airport attire. 

• Occer 12x25 Compact Binoculars , $26 with on-site coupon (originally $60)
• Rockland Polka Softside Upright Luggage Set , $91 (originally $280)
• Jxrev Noise-canceling Wireless Earbuds , $25 (originally $68)
• Samsonite Winfield 3 DLX Hardside Spinner , $122 (originally $200)
• Rockland London Carry-on Luggage , $58 (originally $120)
• Rockland Journey Luggage Set , $109 (originally $219)
• Crocs Women's LiteRide 360 Pacer Sneakers , $42 (originally $70)
• Hanes V-notch Crewneck Sweatshirt , $9 (originally $18)
• Rockland Melbourne Hardside Expandable Spinner Wheel Luggage , $56 (originally $140)

Rockland Polka Softside Upright Luggage

Best luggage deals.

As evidenced by the array of luggage included in our best overall travel deals section, Amazon boasts an impressive selection. Ranging from compact carry-ons that ensure your belongings are flight-ready to spacious two-piece luggage sets for a cohesive travel experience. For the overpackers, the Samsonite Freeform Hardside Two-piece Luggage Set is now 54 percent off for Prime Members and offers robust and reliable storage. However, if you prefer to travel light, the Canway 65L Travel Duffel Bag , currently 30 percent off, is calling your name.

• Samsonite Freeform Hardside Luggage Set , $220 (originally $480)
• U.S. Traveler Rio Rugged Fabric Expandable Carry-on Luggage , $35 (originally $70)
• Samsonite Winfield 2 Hardside Luggage , $119 (originally $200)
• Travelpro Platinum Carry-on Luggage , $330 (originally $440)
• Travelpro Maxlite 5 Large Check-in Luggage , $176 with on-site coupon (originally $250)
• Canway 65L Travel Duffel Bag , $28 (originally $40)
• Rockland Departure Hardside Spinner Wheel Luggage , $58 (originally $160)
• Bagsmart Carry-on Luggage , $97 (originally $103)

Samsonite Winfield 2 Hardside Luggage

Best travel accessory deals.

As an avid traveler, I could confidently say that plenty of these items have been lifesavers during my journeys. Wrinkled clothing is inevitable while traveling, but the HiLife Handheld Steamer — currently 25 percent off with over 75,000 glowing ratings — will ease your stress and smooth out any suitcase-induced creases. For the flight itself, the Kimkoo Sleep Mask , available for just $10, combined with the Sunany Travel Neck Pillow , now 27 percent off, will ensure you feel refreshed when you land.

• HiLife Handheld Steamer , $30 (originally $40)
• Beskar Airplane Footrest , $20 (originally $30)
• Bagail 8 Set Packing Cubes , $17 (originally $25)
• Kimkoo Sleep Mask , $10 (originally $15)
• Small Travel First Aid Kit , $20 (originally $25)
• Sunany Travel Neck Pillow , $22 (originally $30)

Sunany Travel Neck Pillow

Best comfortable shoe deals.

Traveling without comfortable shoes is a no-go — whether you're hiking through the mountains or simply walking through the airport terminal. With fantastic deals on top brands like New Balance, Skechers, and Dr. Scholls, Amazon's early Prime Day sale has everything you need in order to enjoy high-quality comfort without the steep prices. For example, the Dr. Scholl's Sheena Wedges are 47 percent off, while the Dr. Scholl’s Time Off Sneakers are 30 percent off. The shoes listed below include cushioned soles and adjustable straps — perfect for leisurely strolls to adventurous excursions.

• Dr. Scholl's Time Off Sneakers , $70 (originally $100)
• Rocket Dog Women's Cheery Plush Sneakers , $39 (originally $45)
• Dr. Scholl's Sheena Wedges , $50 (originally $95)
• New Balance Women's 577 V1 Lace-up Walking Shoes , $60 (originally $85)
• Skechers Women's Go Walk Joy Sneakers , $45 (originally $60)
• Under Armour Women's Charged Assert 9 Running Shoes , $57 (originally $75)
• Cushionaire Women's Lane Sandals , $30 (originally $50)
• Skechers Women's Reggae Slim Simply Stretch Sandals , $42 (originally $55)
• Clarks Women's Breeze Sea Sandals , $31 (originally $55)

Dr. Scholl's Shoes Women's Sheena Wedge Sandals

Best travel clothing deals.

Traveling in style and comfort is crucial to start your trip on the right foot. Personally, I prefer matching sets like the on-sale Anrabess Two-piece Sweatsuit because of their aesthetic; they’re easy to mix and match and they provide exceptional comfort. If you order the duo now, you can get it for 17 percent off, as well as other discounts on travel clothing pieces like the Dibaolong Yoga Pants — on sale for 57 percent off — and the Hanes Men's Solid Knit Sleep Pants that are marked down 53 percent. 

• Anrabess Two-piece Sweatsuit , $50 (originally $60)
• Automet Women's Three-piece Short-sleeve Shirt Set , $30 (originally $39)
• Dibaolong Women's Yoga Pants , $20 (originally $46)
• Ticticmimi Women's Casual Long-sleeve Top , $29 (originally $50)
• Trendy Queen Women's Oversized Sweatshirt , $30 (originally $46)
• Oqq Women's 3-piece Tank-top Set , $30 (originally $46)
• Hane's Mens Solid Knit Sleep Pants , $14 (originally $30)
• Dovava Dri-tech Compression Crew Socks , $20 (originally $25)

Hanes Men’s Solid Knit Sleep Pants

Best tech deals.

Having a dead phone on a flight can be a recipe for disaster, so it’s crucial to have a backup plan — namely, a portable charger. Consider the X55 Fast Wireless Charger , now up to 25 percent off with an on-site coupon, or the Iniu Portable Charger , which has over 16,000 five-star reviews and is 40 percent off. When traveling with tech items, you should aim to keep them light and compact — so the items we chose fit that category. Ensuring your entertainment is covered on a flight or car ride is also important, making the Apple AirPods (2nd Generation) Wireless Ear Buds sale at 31 percent off a real no-brainer.

• Rtops 3-in-1 Wireless Charger , $30 (originally $40)
• YMOO Bluetooth 5.3 Audio Adapter , $30 (originally $40)
• Iniu Portable Charger , $18 (originally $30)
• Beva Travel Power Strip , $18 (originally $24)
• X55 Fast Wireless Charger , $38 with on-site coupon (originally $50)
• Apple AirPods (2nd Generation) Wireless Ear Buds , $89 (originally $129)
• Apple AirTag 4-pack , $79 (originally $99)

Apple AirPods (2nd Generation) Wireless Ear Buds

Best home and kitchen deals.

We’ve curated a list of home and kitchen items that Amazon is featuring in its current sale to make life at home (and travel) easier. One standout is the PrepNaturals 4-in-1 Vegetable Chopper , a personal favorite of mine, which will make your homemade salads look professionally crafted in no time. Perfect for those busy work-from-home days when you don’t have time to chop all your ingredients by hand, this product will cut your prep time in half and is currently 29 percent off. If you’re looking to upgrade your kitchenware, consider the Keenstone Retro Stainless Steel Toaster , which adds a fun pop of color to your home without the hefty price tag. Grab it now for 33 percent off, a discount that brings the price down to $40.

• Watpot Acrylic Jewelry Box , $30 (originally $45)
• Keenstone Retro Stainless Steel Toaster , $40 (originally $60)
• Aqubt Ceiling Fans With Lights and Remote , $110 (originally $160)
• SpaceAid Bag Storage Organizer for Kitchen Drawer , $30 (originally $40)
• Sdpeia Under Sink Mat , $27 (originally $39)
• PrepNaturals 4-in-1 Vegetable Chopper , $17 (originally $24)
• Shower Caddy 5-Pack , $40 (originally $70)
• Asakuki 500ml Premium, Essential Oil Diffuser , $26 (originally $36)
• Hunter.Dual Knife Set , $70 (originally $100)

Hunter.Dual Knife Set

Best outdoor and camping deals.

From the Mereza Double Sleeping Bag that’ll keep you cozy on your next camping trip to the spacious and easy-to-set-up Coleman Carlsbad Dark Room Camping Tent — we have everything you need to plan the perfect outdoor adventure on a budget. We’ve also included the MalloMe Camping Cookware Set to our list, which conducts heat efficiently and is compact for easy packing. For golf enthusiasts, the Callaway Golf 300 Pro Slope Laser Rangefinder makes an ideal gift, especially with the 40 percent discount it's sporting ahead of Prime Day.

• Mereza Double Sleeping Bag , $60 (originally $90)
• Amacool Portable Camping Fan With LED Lantern , $26 (originally $36)
• MalloMe Camping Cookware , $20 (originally $25)
• Coleman Carlsbad Dark Room Camping Tent , $162 (originally $230)
• Callaway Golf 300 Pro Slope Laser Rangefinder , $180 (originally $300)

Callaway Golf 300 Pro Slope Laser Rangefinder

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Save on Prime Video Channels With This Early Prime Day Deal — 2 Months for $2

The 10th annual Amazon Prime Day kicks off in less than one week!

Amazon Prime members can score savings on thousands of products, but the deals won’t stop at physical products — right now, three-month free trials of Audible and discounts on Kindle Unlimited are already available.

In addition to all of that , a number of great deals on two-month subscriptions to Prime Video Channels , including Paramount+ , Starz , and BritBox are now available ahead of the actual kickoff to Prime Day. While you’re at it, why not add a Fire TV Stick to your cart so you have something to watch all your new channels with? Right now, these are 55% off as part of another early deal!

• Get 50% off two months of Paramount+ (ad-free) with Showtime
• Get 50% off two months of Discovery+
• Get two months of Starz for $1
• Get two months of Britbox for $1

What are Prime Video Channels?

Glad you asked!

Prime Video Channels allow Amazon Prime subscribers to subscribe to additional streaming services inside of Prime Video. Instead of having tons of apps for every service you subscribe to, the content for all of your Prime Video Channel add-ons will be available right inside of Prime Video.

That being said, you will need to be a Prime member to take advantage of these deals and more.

Below, we broke down all the deals along with how to get them, so you can get streaming ASAP.

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Take 50% off a Paramount+ subscription, which includes all of the series and movies that are part of Showtime’s catalog, in addition to originals, live sports like NFL on CBS, and next-day new CBS episodes from the Paramount+ side.

Stream all things TLC, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, and more with a discounted Discovery+ subscription. If you only subscribed to Max for these titles, now is the time to switch at a lower price.

Watch Interview with the Vampire and catch up now that Season 2 is over, plus everything Shudder, IFC Films Unlimited, and Sundance Now have to offer for 50% off over two months.

Catch new episodes of Outlander coming soon, plus all of the shows in Power series, The Serpent Queen , and new movies at a great discounted rate.

Two of the biggest broadcasters in the Great Britain teamed up to create BritBox , which lets users in America stream the best British soaps, talk shows, game shows, and more the same day they air in England, in addition to a library of top mystery series, comedies, and originals (like the recent Archie , starring Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant).

If you want even more British TV in the US and love mysteries, this is the service for you with classics like Midsomer Murders and originals like Agatha Raisin .

PBS Masterpiece

This one is for the period drama lovers, with full seasons of shows like Tom Jones , Sanditon , Marie Antoinette , and All Creatures Great and Small . You can also get your British mystery fix on Masterpiece.

Crunchyroll Fan

Catch up on all the latest and greatest in anime, including  One Piece ,  My Hero Academia , and  Jujutsu Kaisen .

Watch hit original series like Godfather of Harlem and FROM plus hit movies from the MGM catalog, like Bottoms and Challengers (streaming July 29!) all for one low price.

ViX Premium

ViX Premium, formerly known as ViX+, is the largest Spanish-language streaming service, full of original series and movies, live sports, and more.

BET+ has no shortage of movies, plus original series, reality shows like Love and Hip Hop , all things Tyler Perry and classics like Martin .

Hallmark Movies Now

Hallmark Channel lovers, this streaming service is for you. Stream full seasons of Hallmark originals like When Calls The Heart and The Way Home , plus take in all of your favorite romance and mystery movies including Christmas year-round.

Lifetime Movie Club

Fans of Lifetime channel’s dramatized true crime movies will love this deal for Lifetime Movie Club, which has a lot of the network’s TV movies available on-demand.

Up Faith & Family

Get access to faith-based family friendly movies, TV, and more, with Up Faith & Family.

PBS Documentaries

PBS is kind of known for their documentaries, right? This service is full of ’em, from history to nature to science and tech, including all of the films and series from documentarian Ken Burns.

With classics like  Arthur  and new shows like  City Island , keep kids entertained with fun, educational series for days.

Great American Pure Flix

Great American Pure Flix gives you an all access pass to Great American Family’s uplifting, family-friendly movies.

A&E Crime Central

Where Lifetime Movie Club features primarily dramatized movie-versions of true crime events, A&E Crime Central is full of documentaries and series like Cold Case Files, Nightwatch, and The First 48: Missing Persons.

History Vault

Ancient Aliens ,  Pawn Stars , and  American Pickers are just a few of the shows you can watch with a History Vault subscription. If you can’t get enough of the History Channel, this one is for you.

The best dramas, mysteries, comedies and more from all across the globe are available to stream on MHz Choice.

Cinemax is a service full of popular movies, new and old. Right now, you can check out films like First Man , Widows , The VVitch , and Aliens among many others.

Hidive is another anime service included in the sale, with titles like The Eminence in Shadow, Oshi No Ko , and  My Isekai Life available to stream.

The Great Courses

There’s so much to watch and learn on The Great Courses, with full series like The Real History of Secret Societies, World War II: The Pacific Theater,  and Baking Pastries and Desserts available to stream.

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First, you’ll have to subscribe to Amazon Prime for $14.99/month. From there, you can add Paramount+ as a channel add-on through Prime Video. Once you subscribe to Paramount+ through Prime Video, all of your content from both services will be available in the Prime Video app.

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Early Amazon Prime Day deals — here's 31 deals I’d get now

Amazon Prime Day is approaching — here's the 31 deals I recommend shopping before the event

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Prime Day is only a few days away, but a bunch of awesome deals have already arrived. Everything from TVs to outdoor apparel has been discounted, and shopping early is a great way to ensure you get the items you want before they sell out.

Right now the Hisense 55-inch U6N 4K Mini-LED TV is $448 at Amazon . It's $150 off, its lowest price ever and an excellent price for a Mini-LED TV in its size. It's the follow-up to our best budget TV of 2023, and this version is arguably even better value after all its upgrades.

You can also get Amazon devices on sale from $14 . I'd like to specifically call out a sale on our favorite Amazon streaming stick, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max for $34 at Amazon .

Keep scrolling for all my favorite Amazon deals ahead of Prime Day. For more, check out the last-chance deals I'd buy in Walmart's July sales event .

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• Amazon Essentials apparel: deals from $13
• Amazon devices: deals from $14
• Echo Pop:  was $39 now $17
• Adidas sale: deals from $17
• Crocs sale: deals from $22
• Echo Buds (2023): was $49 now $24
• Echo Dot (5th Gen):  was $49 now $24
• Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2023): was $59 now $34
• TV sale: deals from $64
• Ring Battery Doorbell Plus: was $179 now $99
• AirPods Pro 2 (USB-C):  was $249 now $169
• Hisense 55" U6N Mini-LED 4K TV: was $599 now $448
• Hisense 55" U8N Mini-LED 4K TV: was $1,099 now $798
• LG 42" C4 4K OLED TV: was $1,499 now $1,246

Echo Pop:  was $39 now $17 @ Amazon This is the most affordable Alexa speaker Amazon sells and it’s now been slashed to an even lower price. In our  Echo Pop review , we were impressed by the speaker's sound for its small size. It lacks the temperature and motion sensors of the Echo Dot, but the Echo Pop still allows you to set timers, control your other smart home devices and more. Price check:  $17 @ Best Buy

Echo Dot (5th Gen):  was $49 now $24 @ Amazon The 5th Gen Echo Dot is one of the best value Alexa speakers you can buy. It features a crisp, full sound with built-in Eero Wi-Fi as well as a room temperature sensor that can initiate certain Alexa smart home routines when your climate gets too cold or hot.  Price check:  $24 @ Best Buy

Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2023): was $59 now $34 @ Amazon EDITOR'S CHOICE! The new Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2023) is one of the best streaming devices available. It sports an upgraded 2GHz processor and faster Wi-Fi 6E tri-band support. You also get Dolby Vision/HDR10/HDR10+/HLG support on the video front and Dolby Digital Plus/Dolby Atmos support on the audio side. In our  Fire TV Stick 4K Max review , we said it offers excellent 4K HDR quality, fast performance, and access to every app you could want.

Eero Mesh WiFi Router: was $69 now $39 @ Amazon As we said in our Eero mesh router review , this device delivers reliable WiFi coverage across your whole home at a reasonable price. It's easy to set up and the router has a small footprint, making it easy to blend into the rest of your home decor. 

Echo Spot: was $79 now $44 @ Amazon Add a smart alarm clock to your bedroom for Alexa music, voice controls, and weather info at a glance. This new device is already 44% off for Amazon Prime members — although this sale is available in limited quantities, so get it while you can.

Ring Battery Doorbell Plus: was $179 now $99 @ Amazon Want vertical head-to-toe video and package detection missing on from the entry-level Ring Doorbell? Then this is the Ring doorbell you want. In our Ring Battery Doorbell Plus review , we found it delivered excellent sqaured video that shows what's happening closer to your front door, was easy to install, and its battery lasted a good long time, too.

Blink Outdoor 4 (5-pack): was $399 now $159 @ Amazon The Blink Outdoor 4 is one of the more popular models for keeping tabs on what's happening outside of the home. You don't need to worry about wires with the Blink Outdoor 4, and it promises up to years of battery life, so it'll keep tabs on what's going around your home for a long time. The bundle also includes one Sync Module, ten AA lithium batteries and five mounting kits, so you get everything you need to get going.

Amazon Essentials apparel: deals from $13 @ Amazon Amazon is knocking up to 50% off its line of Amazon Essentials apparel. The sale includes shorts, sweatshirts, jogger pants, t-shirts, socks and more.

Adidas sale: deals from $17 @ Amazon From t-shirts to sneakers, Amazon is offering a wide variety of Adidas deals on men's, women's and children's apparel. After discount, deals start as low as $17. Note that the Adidas Store is also offering a sale with up to 30% off. Price check: up to 30% off @ Adidas

Under Armour apparel: from $16 @ Amazon Under Armour is having a major sale on a lot of its apparel, including shorts, shirts, hoodies, underwear, leggings, gloves and more. 

Tommy Hilfiger sale: deals from $19 @ Amazon Amazon has Tommy Hilfiger men's apparel on sale from $19. The sale includes polos, caps, swim shorts, button down shirts and more.

Crocs sale: deals from $22 @ Amazon From clogs to sandals, Amazon is discounting a wide range of Crocs shoes with prices as low as $22. (Croc accessories are also on sale from $6). It's one of the biggest Crocs sales we've seen from Amazon. Note that Walmart also has an ongoing Crocs sale, but with different styles/colors than Amazon. Our recommendation: Browse both sales to see which one has the shoe you want on sale. Price check: from $22 @ Walmart

Asics sale: deals from $40 @ Amazon Amazon has a massive sale on Asics shoes and apparel right now. As part of the sale, you can score the excellent Asics Gel Kayano 30 Running Shoes from $99 (was $160, pictured). These running shoes are designed to provide advanced stability and soft cushioning for neutral runners and overpronators alike.

TV sale: deals from $64 @ Amazon Amazon has smart TVs on sale for as low as $64. Keep in mind, the cheap TVs tend to be smaller, 1080p models (which are more suitable for a children's room or guest room). However, the sale also includes larger sets. These are among the cheapest TVs we've seen from Amazon. Best Buy and Walmart are holding similar sales. Price check: from $64 @ Best Buy | from $74 @ Walmart

TCL 43" S4 S-Class 4K TV: was $279 now $199 @ Amazon The S4 S-Class is one of TCL's new budget TVs. Yet despite its budget friendly price, it packs Dolby Vision/HDR10/HLG support, DTS Virtual:X audio, built-in Chromecast, and Google TV Smart OS. You also get three HDMI ports, including one with eARC support.

Hisense 55" U6N Mini-LED 4K TV: was $599 now $448 @ Amazon This new budget-friendly TV from Hisense could take the crown for the best value TV in 2024. As the successor to the Hisense U6K, it delivers a Mini-LED display with great color and contrast at an incredible price. It comes with Dolby Vision, HDR 10+, HDR 10 and HLG support, a 60Hz refresh rate and Chromecast/Apple AirPlay. Price check: $449 @ Best Buy

Hisense 55" U8N Mini-LED 4K TV: was $1,099 now $798 @ Amazon The Hisense U8N Mini-LED 4K TV is one of the brightest TVs we've seen yet, hitting an incredible 3,469 nits in our tests. It also delivered excellent results for color accuracy and contrast. For gamers, it offers two HDMI 2.1 ports for 4K/144Hz gameplay and Dolby Vision Gaming support. It's our top choice for the best TV in 2024.

Samsung 55” QN90C QLED 4K TV: was $1,999 now $1,097 @ Amazon The Samsung QN90C Neo QLED offers best-in-class HDR brightness and excellent overall performance. This TV has HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG support, a 120Hz refresh rate and 4 HDMI ports (two are HDMI 2.1 ports). Also included are Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and SmartThings integration. Our Samsung QN90C QLED TV review said it best: "Thanks to its best-in-class HDR brightness, ample viewing options and strong picture performance, this is the QLED to beat." Price check: $1,099 @ Samsung | $1,599 @ Best Buy

LG 42" C4 4K OLED TV: was $1,499 now $1,246 @ Amazon The C4 is LG's new flagship OLED TV. It's powered by LG's A9 processor and features a 120Hz panel, Dolby Vision/ HDR10/HLG support, built-in Amazon Alexa, four HDMI 2.1 ports and Apple AirPlay 2 support. It's also one of the few OLED TVs that can natively accept a 144Hz input from a PC. In our LG C4 OLED TV hands-on review , we said content looked colorful and dazzlingly bright on the new C4 series. It's the best version we've seen of the company's top-selling OLED TV range. Price check: $1,246 @ Walmart

Samsung 48" S90D 4K OLED TV: was $1,599 now $1,299 @ Amazon The S90D is one of Samsung's 2024 OLED TVs. The OLED TV features Samsung's new NQ4 AI Gen2 processor, HDR10+/HLG support, 120Hz refresh rate, four HDMI 2.1 ports, and built-in Alexa. It also offers 4K AI Upscaling to ensure all programs are crisp and sharp. On the audio front, you get Dolby Atmos and Object Tracking Sound Lite for 3D surround sound. Price check: $1,399 @ Best Buy

Echo Buds (2023): was $49 now $24 @ Amazon Amazon's Echo Buds have dropped in price. These true wireless earbuds offer crisp audio, dual microphones, and an semi-in-design that helps reduce outside noise. These buds are rated for up to five hours battery, which can be boosted to 20 hours via the included charging case. They are also Alexa-compatible and sport customizable tap controls for quickly changing tracks or adjusting phone calls. 

JBL Tune 520BT:  was $49 now $39 @ Amazon A budget-friendly option, these wireless headphones offer playback for up to 57 hours, and recharge in as little as 2 hours. They also have JBL Pure Bass sound. Although we haven't tested this model, they receive 4.5 out of 5 stars from Amazon customers for sound quality and value for money.

Apple AirPods (2nd Generation): was $129 now $69 @ Amazon The Apple AirPods are one of the most beloved true-wireless earbuds on the market. They feature solid battery life, easy setup and good sound quality. The charging case is convenient and lets you keep your music and podcasts going even longer. At this price, they're definitely worth picking up if you're an iPhone owner. Price check: $79 @ Best Buy

Sony WF-C700N: was $119 now $95 @ Amazon The WF-C700N are Sony's budget active noise-cancelling earbuds. They feature excellent noise cancellation, ambient sound and up to 10 hours of battery life or up to 7.5 hours with ANC enabled. We rank them as the best wireless earbuds in terms of value.

AirPods Pro 2 (USB-C):  was $249 now $169 @ Amazon The AirPods Pro 2 pack Apple's H2 chip to provide 2x more noise cancellation than their predecessors. They also offer Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking for a more immersive audio experience. In our  AirPods Pro 2 review , we said they take everything we loved about the original AirPods Pro to the next level. This new model includes a USB-C charging case.

Fire TV Soundbar:  was $119 now $89 @ Amazon The Fire TV Soundbar is a great cheap option to boost your TV's audio. It supports DTS Virtual:X and Dolby Audio, plus Bluetooth connectivity so it won't hog a valuable HDMI port. There's no Dolby Atmos, but otherwise this is a good option for the low price.

JBL Pulse 5: was $249 now $199 @ Amazon This attention-grabbing Bluetooth speaker straddles the company's portable and party speakers ranges. Along with putting on a comprehensive light show, our JBL Pulse 5 review mentioned that it did a solid job at pumping out upbeat tunes. It's robust enough to take on your travels, and an eye-catching addition for a kid's bedroom. Price check: $199 @ Best Buy  

Bose Soundlink Revolve Plus (Series II): was $329 now $299 @ Amazon This Bluetooth speaker delivers 360-degree sound. According to Bose, it also has up to 17 hours of battery life, with louder and deeper audio than the Bose Soundlink Revolve II. You also get IP55-rated dust and water resistance and a built-in microphone for voice controls and taking voice calls.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024): was $329 now $291 @ Amazon The Samsung Galaxy S6 Lite has a bright display, long battery life, and a sleek design. Best of all, it comes with the S-Pen included. In our  Galaxy Tab S6 Lite review , we called it one of the best Android tablets and a solid competitor to Apple's entry-level iPad. 

10.9" iPad (WiFi/64GB): was $349 now $321 @ Amazon This iPad features a large 10.9-inch (2360 x 1640) screen, A14 Bionic CPU, 12MP rear/front cameras, USB-C connectivity, and Magic Keyboard Folio ($249) support. Although it received a considerable $120 price increase from its predecessor, it's now on sale. In our iPad 10th Gen review , we said it delivers almost everything you could want in a modern tablet.  Price check: $349 @ Best Buy | $349 @ B&H Photo

11" iPad Air (WiFi/128GB): was $599 now $564 @ Amazon The 2024 iPad Air packs Apple's M2 processor, an 11-inch LED (2360 x 1640) display, 128GB of storage, 12MP rear camera, and a new landscape-oriented 12MP front camera. You also get faster WiFi 6E support. In our iPad Air 2024 review , we said it brings impressive performance and power efficiency to a premium, sleek package.  Price check: $599 @ Best Buy

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The Best Prime Day Deals to Shop Early

We're in full shopping mode this summer, which means we only have one thing on our minds: Amazon Prime Day 2024. Amazon officially confirmed the dates for its highly anticipated sales event, which is slated to take place on July 16 and 17, with the event starting at 12:01 a.m. PDT on the 16th. While there are other major sales events to get excited for throughout the year (especially in the lead up to the holiday shopping season), few are surrounded by quite as much hype as Prime Day.

Even better, we don't have to wait, as Amazon is rolling out a slew of early Prime Day deals that span all major categories and feature some of the retailer's lowest prices of the season — much to our delight and our credit cards' dismay. In anticipation of the year's biggest shopping extravaganza, we curated a guide to the best early Prime Day deals that you can take advantage of now, before Prime Day 2024 even officially kicks off.

From fashion deals and savings on coveted home essentials to markdowns on cult-favorite wellness finds , cool tech gadgets, and so much more, we've discovered a bevy of early Prime Day deals that are so good, they make our shopping-savvy hearts skip an extra beat. Sign up for Amazon Prime to make sure you don't miss any of the action, and in the meantime, keep reading to see our shopping editor's expert picks for the best Prime Day deals that you can score on now — with standout finds coming from brands like Keurig, Dyson, Casper, Revlon, and more.

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Best Early Deals on Bestsellers

Cosrx Snail Mucin 96% Power Repairing Essence ($12, originally $25)

This nourishing skin-care product was one of the top sellers from Amazon's October Prime Day, and we have a hunch that it'll be just as sought after this time around, too. The essence is formulated with hydrating ingredients like snail mucin, which helps to rejuvenate skin and leave it with a long-lasting glow. One PS editor detailed her experience using the "viral" product in this review of the Cosrx Snail Mucin Essence .

Editor Quote: "Though I was worried the additional skin-care step would clog my pores over time, leading to pimples and what have you, my skin's texture has actually improved, and it feels way more even now. The hydration payoff is also huge, and I feel like it actually helps my moisturizer work better, too." — Kelsey Garcia, associate content director, Balance

The Gym People Sports Bra ($23, originally $27)

This bestselling style takes everything we love about the classic sports bra silhouette and elevates with a more lived-in, tank top-inspired design that's comfortable and supportive. The intimate has more than 28,000 five-star reviews on Amazon's site, with shoppers raving about everything from the piece's relaxed fit and breathable material to its styling versatility — you can wear it on its own or underneath a tank for a more layered look.

HiLife Portable Clothing Steamer ($30, originally $40)

Whether you're someone who despises wrinkled clothes or just a frequent traveler looking for a new way to keep your packed essentials looking fresh, this portable steamer will ensure your clothes will look good as new, regardless of where you go — even if you find yourself in a hotel room without an iron. The compact steamer is so effective, one editor even claimed she said "goodbye to wrinkled clothes forever" in this review of the HiLife Portable Clothing Steamer .

Editor Quote: "The steamer works wonders on most materials and clothes you'd have a hard time ironing, like sequin dresses or pearl-encrusted tops. I also like that it's lightweight, making it easy to hold and pack in your duffel bag or carry-on." — Shelcy Joseph, former PS contributor

JBL Clip 4 Portable Mini Bluetooth Speaker ($50, originally $80)

Gearing up for a summer full of pool parties, backyard barbecues, and endless beach days? You'll want a high-quality and portable speaker handy, that way you can blast your favorite music wherever you are. We love this tiny speaker from JBL because its waterproof, delivers crystal clear sound quality, and can easily be clipped onto a lanyard or belt loop, so it's much more low-maintenance than other bluetooth speakers.

Keurig K-Mini Single Serve Coffee Maker ($60, originally $100)

With this compact coffee maker, you can brew a high-quality cup of Joe from home, and all without having to sacrifice too much counter space. With its single serve design, the model is much more space-friendly compared to other market options — making it a great investment for small households, apartments, or dorms.

Best Early Prime Day Beauty Deals

Revlon One Step Volumizer Hair Dryer and Hot Air Brush ($40, originally $70)

If you've been looking for a way to simplify your morning routine, look no further than this all-in-one beauty tool from Revlon. The hot air brush features blow-drying capabilities in a wand frame that'll help you achieve a salon-like blowout at home.

Waterpik Cordless Advanced Water Flosser ($76, originally $100)

This dentist-recommended tool is exactly what you need to upgrade your oral care at home. Unlike other water flossers, this product has a cordless design that makes it easier for users to move the device around their mouth and clean all of their teeth thoroughly. With over 41,000 five-star reviews and a 4.3 rating, it's a purchase you can feel good about making.

Best Early Prime Day Home Deals

Casper Sleep Essential Pillow ($41, originally $45)

A better night's rest is only a purchase away — so long as you have this comfy Casper pillow in your shopping cart. Available to shop in a standard size and king size, this plush pillow has a cotton fill that's light and responsive. Best of all, the bedroom essential also has a three-chamber pillow design, which makes it ideal for all types of sleep positions — whether you're a side sleeper, stomach sleeper, or someone who sleeps on their back.

Google Nest Thermostat ($100, originally $130)

One of the easiest ways to streamline your living setup (and also keep your electricity bill down) is with a smart thermostat. This Energy Star-certified model from Google is especially popular right now because it features built-in WiFi capabilities that allow users to control the temperature right from their cell phone or smart device, as well as connect it to other voice-activated tools like Amazon Alexa. It has over 9,000 five-star ratings that also speak to its advanced capabilities.

Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner ($399, originally $470)

Vacuuming your home doesn't have to be a chore, so long as you have this top-rated model from Dyson. The cordless vacuum cleaner is hailed as one of the market's best, with reviewers raving about its powerful suction capabilities and lightweight design. The tool is best for dirt-prone homes with pets or kiddos, and it has a run time of 40 minutes when fully charged — giving you plenty of time to vacuum your home without having to plug it in again.

Casper Sleep Wave Memory Foam Hybrid Mattress ($2,631, originally $3,095)

We're suckers for a good mattress deal, which is precisely why this deal on Casper's top-rated hybrid mattress is high on our Prime Day shopping lists. The mattress boasts a medium-firm construction that's ideal for sleepers who like a plush yet supportive feel. Learn more about what makes this mattress so great in our guide to the best Casper mattresses .

Best Early Prime Day Fashion Deals

Ewedoos Tennis Dress ($38, originally $40)

Tenniscore fashion is all the rage this season (thank you Zendaya); the aesthetic encompasses plenty of lightweight styles that are perfect for summer — like leggy tennis skirts, cropped tanks, and playful workout dresses like this cute piece. You can wear the tennis dress from the gym to the courts, grocery store, and beyond. It's made from a nylon and Spandex material that's stretchy and breathable, ensuring you'll feel comfortable through even the hottest summer temperatures.

Levi's Ribcage Straight Ankle Jeans ($38-$80)

Looking for an excuse to update your jean collection? We recommend investing in a pair from Levi's, especially since the brand is known for making some of the most high-quality denim on the market — even better, without a high-end price tag to match. These straight ankle jeans are bestsellers that seamlessly blend a modern design with a more retro silhouette. What's not to love? See the full product details in our review of the Levi's Ribcage Straight Ankle Jeans .

Editor Quote: "The Levi's Ribcage Straight Ankle Jeans are best for those looking for straight-leg denim that fuses comfort with classic style. While they're not cheap, Levi's is a reliable brand that prioritizes durability, so you can rest assured that they'll last you a long time." — Marisa Petrarca, contributing editor, Commerce

Best Early Prime Day Wellness Deals

Renpho Smart Scale ($24, originally $35)

This top-rated smart scale is an Amazon bestseller with more than 297,000 reviews — consider us already sold. The scale is great for health geeks and fitness enthusiasts alike as it comes with access to the Renpho smart app, which can be synced up with other wellness apps like Google Fit, and the Fitbit app, among others, helping you to achieve more streamlined fitness tracking.

Levoit Top Fill Humidifier ($30, originally $40)

Come allergy season , we need all the help we can get when it comes to remedying symptoms like congestion or a dry throat. This compact humidifier works to help with just that, as the device disperses a cool mist into the air that's bound to help you breathe better the next day. It's easy to refill and has a run time of 25 hours.

Lectrofan Adaptive Sound Technologies White Noise Machine ($40, originally $50)

If you (like us) have become reliant on white noise whenever you sleep, consider purchasing a compact and travel-friendly white noise machine like this Amazon bestseller. Unlike other models, this portable machine is easy to take with you while you're on the go, so you can easily pack it into a personal carry-on bag and have it handy in your hotel room or AirBnB.

Best Early Prime Day Tech Deals

Marshall Emberton Bluetooth Portable Speaker ($126, originally $170)

From backyard barbecues and swim parties to family get-togethers, this Bluetooth-compatible speaker will help you elevate any summer fun with the backdrop of your favorite tunes playing on repeat. While the portable speaker boasts a nostalgic design, it's equipped with plenty of advanced capabilities that'll ensure you can blast music wherever you are. PS editors are notoriously big fans of Marshall's speakers — just read our review of the Marshall Stanmore III Speaker to see why.

Editor Quote: "There's not one complaint about this speaker. The way it plays music is incredibly captivating and fills my entire 750-square-foot apartment with rich sound. Simply turn on any song and you'll be sucked into details you've never noticed before like deep bass, a prolific melody, or a song's grand instrumentals. The listening experience is almost immersive, and that's what I love about the Stanmore III." — Haley Lyndes, former assistant editor, Commerce

Insignia 65-inch Class F30 Series LED 4K UHD Smart Fire TV ($300, originally $450)

If you've been in the market for a new TV, Prime Day 2024 is the perfect place to shop out your dream model — and save big while you're at it. This smart TV from Insignia has a 4K Ultra HD picture quality that's super hi-def, plus Alexa voice control capabilities that'll allow you to peruse through different apps and find new content, all through your remote control device.

Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle ($460, originally $520)

It is an ebook? Is it a digital journal? This Kindle Scribe is a little bit of everything, which is part of what makes it such a fantastic investment. Unlike other Kindle generations, this device doubles as a digital notebook, so you can sketch and take notes, all while reading your favorite books. Best of all, this particular bundle includes a premium pen and leather folio cover. Check out our review of the Kindle Scribe to learn more.

Editor Quote: "The Kindle Scribe is created for the active reader and avid notetaker who appreciates and needs a distraction-free experience. Although it may seem like a simple device, you can do so much with it, whether it's self-reflecting while reading, making notes and edits on reports and presentations on the go, or just doodling." — Anvita Reddy, assistant editor, Commerce

Kyley Warren is an award-winning writer, editor, and affiliate strategist with more than four years of experience in the publishing space. She currently works as an assistant editor on PS Shopping and is an expert on all things related to shopping and fashion. She previously worked with Entertainment Tonight as a style commerce writer, and her byline has appeared in publications globally.

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What is Project 2025? The Presidential Transition Project explained.

The detailed plan to dismantle and reconstruct the government laid out by  conservative groups  known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project has critics up in arms over its " apocalyptic " and " authoritarian " nature.

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., led an effort to create the more than 900-page  "Mandate for Leadership,"  published in April 2023, reimagining the executive branch and presented a plan to overhaul several federal government agencies, including the FBI, for the country's next conservative president to follow.

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According to the Project's website, the playbook provides a governing agenda and a lineup of people ready to implement it to "rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left." It includes a domestic and  foreign policy  agenda, a list of personnel, training, and a 180-day playbook.

"It is not enough for conservatives to win elections," Project 2025  said on its website . "With the right conservative policy recommendations and properly vetted and trained personnel to implement them, we will take back our government."

Project 2025's Director is  Paul Dans , who served as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management chief of staff in former President Donald Trump's administration. Although it mentions Trump by name, the handbook does not directly assume the Republican party's presumptive nominee will be the one to carry out its agenda.

What is in Project 2025?

The mandate attacks several policies that former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden instituted, including  student loan forgiveness  and  Obamacare . It simultaneously calls for expanded executive power for the commander-in-chief while criticizing what Project 2025 members perceive as overreaches by the Biden administration.

"Presidents should not issue mask or vaccine mandates, arbitrarily transfer student loan debt, or issue monarchical mandates of any sort," the plan reads. "Legislatures make the laws in a republic, not executives."

The playbook calls for the reinstatement of a  Trump executive order  augmenting a president's power to hire and fire federal officials by replacing civil servants with political appointees throughout government.

It also seeks to repeal aspects of the  Affordable Care Act , urge the Food and Drug Administration to reverse the  approval of abortion pills , and further empower Immigration and Customs Enforcement to  deport undocumented immigrants .

The plan also specifically addresses LGBTQ+ issues and attacks "radical gender ideology." In addition to calling for an end to the Department of Education, it suggests legislation that would forbid educators from using transgender students' names or pronouns without written permission from their guardians. It also appears to oppose same-sex marriage and gay couples adopting children by seeking to "maintain a biblically based, social science-reinforced definition of marriage and family."

Project 2025 generates concern

Project 2025 has received substantial criticism from Democrats, including  Representative Jasmine Crockett , D-Texas, who called out the controversial plan during a congressional hearing last month.

"I don't know why or how anybody can support Project 2025," Crockett said. "In the United States of America, dictatorships are never funny, and Project 2025 is giving the playbook for authoritarianism as well as the next dictator to come in."

Progressive Democrat U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts called it a "far-right manifesto" in a  post on TikTok . The Biden campaign captioned a video detailing Project 2025, stating it "needs more attention."

Rachel Barber is a 2024 election fellow at USA TODAY, focusing on politics and education. Follow her on X, formerly Twitter, as @rachelbarber_