Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series

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Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series
Awarded forBest television series of the year in the fantasy genre
Country United States
Presented byAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First awarded 2016
Currently held by Wednesday (2022/2023)
Website www.saturnawards.org

The Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film and series-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements, included the category for the first time at the 42nd Saturn Awards ceremony, when the Saturn Award went through major changes in their television categories. It specifically rewards fantasy on television.

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Since the award was introduced in 2015, Outlander was the only series to win until Game of Thrones in 2019. At the 50th Anniversary Saturn Awards, the category was split to recognize both network/cable series and streaming series, but recombined the following year.

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed in bold.

(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year)

2010s

YearTV SeriesNetwork
2015
(42nd)
Outlander Starz
Game of Thrones HBO
Haven Syfy
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell BBC America
The Magicians Syfy
The Muppets ABC
The Shannara Chronicles MTV
2016
(43rd)
OutlanderStarz
Beyond Freeform
Game of ThronesHBO
The Good Place NBC
Lucifer Fox
The MagiciansSyfy
Preacher AMC
2017
(44th)
OutlanderStarz
American Gods Starz
Game of ThronesHBO
The Good PlaceNBC
Knightfall History
The Librarians TNT
The MagiciansSyfy
2018/2019
(45th)
Game of ThronesHBO
American GodsStarz
Charmed The CW
The Good PlaceNBC
Good Witch Hallmark Channel
The MagiciansSyfy
OutlanderStarz
The Outpost The CW
2019/2020
(46th)
For All Mankind Apple TV+
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Netflix
Locke & Key
The MagiciansSyfy
OutlanderStarz
The Twilight Zone CBS All Access
The Witcher Netflix

2020s

YearTV SeriesNetwork
2021/2022
(50th)
Network / Cable
Shining Vale Starz
Doctor Who BBC America
Ghosts CBS
La Brea NBC
Riverdale The CW
Stargirl
Streaming
Loki Disney+
Russian Doll Netflix
Schmigadoon! Apple TV+
WandaVision Disney+
The Wheel of Time Amazon Prime Video
The Witcher Netflix
2022/2023
(51st)
Wednesday Netflix
GhostsCBS
Good Omens Amazon Prime Video
House of the Dragon HBO
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Amazon Prime Video
Mayfair Witches AMC
Schmigadoon!Apple TV+

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