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Shows that feel likeTravelers (2016–2018)

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. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.

If you loved Travelers, the closest series we have are 12 Monkeys (2015), The 4400 (2004) and Continuum (2012). All three share Travelers' contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Timeless (2016).

★ 8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · Showcasecreated by Brad Wrightcontemplativecerebraldreamlike
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If Travelers hit the spot, these will too

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12 Monkeys
2015–2018 · 4 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaPrime Video

One thread runs through both: time travel

The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

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The 4400
2004–2007 · 4 seasons · USA Network
★ 7.3drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: time travel

4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.

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Continuum
2012–2015 · 4 seasons · Showcase
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Contemplative and cerebral in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than Travelers does

The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.

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The King: Eternal Monarch
2020 · 1 season · SBS
★ 8.1sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Drama built on dream logic, twice over

Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.

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Timeless
2016–2018 · 2 seasons · NBC
★ 7.6drama · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyPrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on sci-fi & fantasy

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

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11.22.63
2016 · 1 season · Hulu
★ 8drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Drama with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

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La Brea
2021–2024 · 3 seasons · NBC
★ 5.8sci-fi & fantasy · drama · action & adventureNetflixPeacock

Dreamlike sci-fi & fantasy in both cases

An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.

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Dark Matter
2024– · 2 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · dramaApple TV+

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.

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Manifest
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · NBC
★ 7sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaNetflix

Sci-fi & fantasy built on ideas, twice over

After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.

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Stargate SG-1
1997–2007 · 10 seasons · Showtime
★ 8.4sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflixPrime Video

Brad Wright working the same nerve twice

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Travelers does

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.

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Doom Patrol
2019–2023 · 4 seasons · DC Universe
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaMax

The shared currency is dream logic

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

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Orphan Black
2013–2017 · 5 seasons · Space
★ 8.3drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Both working the same drama territory

A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

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