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Series Similar to Sliders

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

1. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

   1993 · Adventure, Science-Fiction, Western · ended

   Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile.

   The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. follows a man seeking vengeance against the man who murdered his father. He becomes a bounty hunter although he was trained as a lawyer. Unfortunately his father's killer, John Bly, has his own criminal gang to keep Brisco at bay. But Brisco is aided by his own gang of sorts: dance hall girl extraordinaire Dixie Cousins, rival bounty hunter Lord Bowler, fellow lawyer Socrates Poole and scientist Professor Wickwire. Although the series was set in the Old West, Brisco had an assortment of nifty modern gadgets and then there were the mysterious Orbs scattered about which almost seemed to have supernatural powers.

2. Sanctuary

   2008 · Drama, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), also on Syfy.

   Sanctuary follows the adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population and a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans.Along with her new recruit, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman, her quirky tech wiz Henry and her fearless daughter Ashley, Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.

3. Primeval

   2007 · Drama, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.1).

   When rips in time called anomalies started opening across the UK, dangerous creatures from the past and future began appearing in the most unexpected places, endangering lives and placing the whole of humanity at risk.A crack team of specialists were appointed by the government to investigate and control "creature incursions," creating the Anomaly Research Center (ARC), which was later privatized. Matt, Abby, Connor and Becker do the field work while Jess mans the ARC control station under the leadership of government official James Lester and the mysterious scientist, Philip Burton

4. Defiance

   2013 · Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile, also on Syfy.

   Set on a future Earth, Defiance introduces players and viewers to a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet ravaged by decades of war and transformed by alien terra-forming machines. It centers on Jeb Nolan, the law-keeper in a bustling frontier boomtown that is one of the new world's few oasis of civility and inclusion. Nolan is a former Marine who fought in the alien conflict and suffered the loss of his wife and child in the war. The trauma transformed him into a lone wanderer in the wilds of this new and dangerous world.

5. 12 Monkeys

   2015 · Drama, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile, also on Syfy.

   Inspired by the classic blockbuster film, which commemorated its 20th anniversary in 2015, 12 Monkeys explores the provocative story of 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.

6. Doctor Who

   2005 · Drama, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.2).

   Adventures across time and space with the time travelling alien and companions.

7. 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.

8. Marvel's Agent Carter

   2015 · Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   Marvel's Agent Carter, starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell, follows the story of Peggy Carter. It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life—Steve Rogers. Inspired by the feature films Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, along with the short Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter.

9. Loki

   2021 · Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Loki follows the trickster and shape-shifter god who pops up throughout human history as an unlikely influencer on historical events.

10. Lanterns

    2026 · Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction · returning

    Recommended for similar Adventure / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.4).

    Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.