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Shows that feel likeLegacies (2018–2022)

In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.

If you loved Legacies, the closest series we have are The Vampire Diaries (2009), The Originals (2013) and A Discovery of Witches (2018). All three share Legacies' cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Home Improvement (1991).

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If Legacies hit the spot, these will too

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The Vampire Diaries
2009–2017 · 8 seasons · The CW
★ 7.7drama · sci-fi & fantasyMaxPeacock

The same universe and the same tangle of teen romance and supernatural rules

The difference: Moodier and more romance-driven, with a far higher body count

The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.

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The Originals
2013–2018 · 5 seasons · The CW
★ 8.2sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryPrime VideoPeacock

Mikaelson family mythology carried forward, blood debts and all

The difference: Adult, operatic and grim — a war for a city, not school-year problems

The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.

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A Discovery of Witches
2018–2022 · 3 seasons · Sky One
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Supernatural bloodlines, forbidden pairings and rules older than anyone alive

The difference: Adults and academia — no school year, no homework

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

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30 Rock
2006–2013 · 7 seasons · NBC
★ 8.3comedyHuluPeacock

An ensemble of oddballs held together by one exasperated leader

The difference: A workplace comedy — no magic, and vastly funnier

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

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The Strain
2014–2017 · 4 seasons · FX
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryHulu

An old evil spreading while the people who understand it are ignored

The difference: Straight horror thriller, no school and no charm

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

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Home Improvement
1991–1999 · 8 seasons · ABC
★ 7.3comedyHuluDisney+

Common ground: joyful

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Legacies

The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.

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The Order
2019–2020 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A secret institution where students learn magic and fight monsters

The difference: Grimier and nastier, aimed squarely at adults

Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.

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Shadowhunters
2016–2019 · 3 seasons · Freeform
★ 6.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Young people trained to hunt demons while sorting out their own hearts

The difference: Higher gloss and more romance, no boarding school

When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.

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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010–2012 · 2 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 7.8animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

A teen growing into inherited power without ever losing the sense of fun

The difference: Kids' action cartoon — no boarding-school soap, no love triangles

With his secret identity now revealed to the world, Ben Tennyson continues to fight evil as a superhero with the help of the newly acquired Ultimatrix.

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Locked Up: The Oasis
2020 · 1 season · FOX España
★ 6.6drama

A closed institution where the inmates become each other's family

The difference: A Spanish crime thriller, and entirely real-world

After a few years dedicating themselves to robbing jewelers, banks and casinos, it is time for Macarena and Zulema to separate.

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V
2009–2011 · 2 seasons · ABC
★ 6.8sci-fi & fantasy · drama

A hidden nonhuman species passing among us, with trust as the real question

The difference: Cold adult conspiracy thriller — no coming-of-age, no found family

A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.

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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018–2020 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.4mystery · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

A teenage witch split between school and a supernatural inheritance

The difference: Genuinely dark and satanic, with none of the sweetness

Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night.

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