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Fantasy television is a genre of
mythology and folklore, or are adapted from fantasy stories in other media. The boundaries of fantasy television often overlap with science fiction and horror
but also realistic fiction.
Genre and subgenres
Similar to the difficulty faced by scholars of
wizards, and magic swords as part of the genre (see, for example, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
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Programs for general audiences may also be difficult to classify. The program magical realism genre rather than fantasy, such as HBO's Six Feet Under, which featured a realistic setting except for occasional scenes in which living and dead characters interact. In the United Kingdom, the term "telefantasy" is used as an umbrella term to collectively describe all types of programs that feature elements of the fantastic.
Some critics consider
Magical Squadron Magic Ranger
.
A wide variety of
fantasy subgenres
have been represented on television, both as original series and as television broadcasts of fantasy films. Typical examples of original programming in various subgenres include:
- Earthsea miniseries, Game of Thrones, Alif Laila
- The Mists of Avalon
- "Lost World" stories: Land of the Lost
- Romantic fantasy: The CBS series Beauty and the Beast
- Merlin, Wizards and Warriors
See also
- List of fantasy television programs
- Dark fantasy
- Fantaserye
- Mythopoeia
- Science fantasy
- Science fiction on television
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