The Best Fantasy TV Shows from 1997


Below is our top ten list of the best Fantasy TV Shows which first started broadcasting in 1997.

10. Teletubbies


TeletubbiesFirst Aired: 24 March, 1997

Teletubbies is a TV series starring Rolf Saxon, Jessica Smith, and John Simmit. Four creatures with televisions in their stomachs have fun in their magical world.


9. The Shining


The%20ShiningFirst Aired: 27 April, 1997

The Shining is a TV mini-series starring Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, and Wil Horneff. A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.


8. Ally McBeal


Ally%20McBealFirst Aired: 08 September, 1997

Ally McBeal is a TV series starring Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, and Jane Krakowski. Follows the personal and professional life of lawyer Ally.


7. Cow and Chicken


Cow%20and%20ChickenFirst Aired: 13 January, 1997

Cow and Chicken is a TV series starring Charlie Adler, Candi Milo, and Dee Bradley Baker. The program focuses on the misadventures of two unlikely yet somehow biological siblings: Cow and Chicken.


6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Buffy%20the%20Vampire%20SlayerFirst Aired: 10 March, 1997

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, and Alyson Hannigan. A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with…


5. Poketto monsutâ


Poketto%20monsut%C3%A2First Aired: 01 April, 1997

Poketto monsutâ is a TV series starring Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, and Eric Stuart. Ash Ketchum, his yellow pet Pikachu, and his human friends explore a world of powerful creatures.



4. The Odyssey


The%20OdysseyFirst Aired: 18 May, 1997

The Odyssey is a TV mini-series starring Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, and Isabella Rossellini. The warrior King Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. After winning the war, he now…


3. Spawn


SpawnFirst Aired: 16 May, 1997

Spawn is a TV series starring Keith David, Richard Dysart, and Dominique Jennings. After being betrayed and murdered by his employer, a government trained assassin named, Al Simmons, is resurrected as a Hellspawn and is forced to…


2. Shaktimaan


ShaktimaanFirst Aired: 14 September, 1997

Shaktimaan is a TV series starring Mukesh Khanna, Vaishnavi Mahant, and Surendra Pal. When darkness get strengthened to destroy the world, Suryanshis chose Shaktimaan in order to fight against the forces of evil.


1. Kenpû Denki Berserk


Kenp%C3%BB%20Denki%20BerserkFirst Aired: 07 October, 1997

Kenpû Denki Berserk is a TV series starring Nobutoshi Canna, Marc Diraison, and Carrie Keranen. Guts is a skilled swordsman who joins forces with a mercenary group named ‘The Band of the Hawk’, lead by the charismatic Griffith, and…