Early Edition

Series Similar to Early Edition

If you enjoyed Early Edition, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Now and Again

   1999 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on CBS.

   A salesman is brought back from the dead by a secret government project. The man's body is inserted into a specially designed superhuman body and he is sent on secret missions for the government to test his abilities. However, he is forbidden to make contact with his old family... a temptation he finds irresistible.

2. A Gifted Man

   2011 · Drama, Fantasy, Medical · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, also on CBS.

   A Gifted Man is a drama about a brilliant, charismatic surgeon whose life changes forever when his deceased ex-wife begins teaching him the meaning of life from the "hereafter". Michael Holt is an exceptional doctor who lives a materialistic life of luxury thanks to his work-obsessed career and powerful and wealthy patients; however, Michael's ordered world is rocked when his ex-wife, Anna, an idealistic free-clinic doctor and the love of his life, mysteriously appears to him. In an attempt to go back to his "normal" life, Michael visits Anton, a carpenter who moonlights as a Shaman to try and extract Anna's spirit from his body, but when Anna reappears and asks Michael to go to her clinic to help keep it running, he realizes she needs him more now then ever. Curious about Michael's sudden change in behavior is his efficient assistant, Rita, who works tirelessly to facilitate his schedule in order to accommodate his added responsibilities at the clinic. Touched by those in need and accepting of Anna's compassionate "presence", Michael's attitude toward serving the rich and poor is turned upside down, and he begins to see that there's room in his life for everyone.

3. Journeyman

   2007 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   Journeyman is a romantic mystery-drama about Dan Vasser, a San Francisco newspaper reporter and family man who inexplicably begins to travel through time and change the course of people's lives. Along the way, he must also deal with the difficulties and strife at work and home brought on by his sudden disappearances. His freewheeling travels through the decades reunite him with his long-lost fiance Livia--which complicates his blissful, present-day life with his vivacious wife Katie and son.

4. John Doe

   2002 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8).

   A man who knows literally everything---except his own identity---helps the Seattle police solve crimes as he tries to figure out who he is and where he came from.

5. Angels in America

   2003 · Drama, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8).

   Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson lead an all-star cast in an epic movie event directed Mike Nichols and screenplay by Tony Kushner based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play: Angels in America.

6. Cleverman

   2016 · Drama, Fantasy, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy / Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   Set in the near future, Cleverman is a startlingly original drama rooted in Aboriginal mythology. The series depicts a deeply conflicted and anxious society, fearful of a minority group living among them, endowed with extraordinary physical traits. One young man--The Cleverman--struggles with his own power and the responsibility to unite this divided world, but he must first overcome a deep estrangement from his older brother.

7. Being Erica

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile.

   Being Erica is a one-hour series that explores the life of Erica Strange, a woman who has been given a wonderful gift. Every episode, Erica goes back to relive a regret from her past, in order to come back and make a positive change in her present.

8. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile.

   Kevin (Probably) Saves the World follows Kevin Finn, a cluelessly self-serving person who is on a dangerous path to despair. In a downward spiral, Kevin returns home to stay with his widowed twin sister and niece. On his first night there, an unlikely celestial being named Yvette appears to him and presents him with a mission – to save the world.

9. Providence

   1999 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile.

   Plastic surgeon Dr. Sydney Hansen returns to her hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, to attend her pregnant sister Joanie's wedding, but realizes that her emotionally distant veterinarian father, her rascal of a baby brother and her high maintenance sister need her more than her glitzy Beverly Hills patients. In Providence, Sydney finds work in a low-income medical clinic.

10. Quantum Leap

    1989 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

    Get ready to join Dr. Sam Beckett on the adventure of many lifetimes! Who will he be this time? Mafia hit man. Air Force test pilot. Professional boxer. Sam Beckett is a time traveler who never knows whose body he is going to "leap" into next and at what moment in history he may find himself. Sam is joined by a helpful but easily distracted holographic guide Al, who assists him on his missions and aids Sam in his ultimate goal of returning to his own life in the present.