TV Shows Like Disenchantment
If you like Disenchantment, here are 10 similar TV shows — each with its current AI renewal verdict, so you can see which are still going and which have been cancelled.
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Disenchantment works because it does not waste time pretending its fantasy world is anything other than a mess. The princess protagonist, Princess Bean, is hard-drinking and cynical because the kingdom itself is corrupt and stupid. Her elf companion is feisty because she has to be. Her demon is there to complicate things further. The show finds its comedy not in the fantasy trappings (elves, magic, kingdoms) but in the gap between how medieval adventure stories pretend the world works and how it actually works when you live in it sober. It is a show about refusing to buy into the stories we are told about how things should be.
The best shows like Disenchantment
1. Futurama
Like Disenchantment, Futurama uses its setting (a distant future instead of a ruined kingdom) as a stage for character stories about isolation, friendship, and finding meaning. The show shares Disenchantment's gift for balancing absurd humor with genuine emotion, and its ensemble cast has the same sarcastic, mutually dependent chemistry as Bean and her companions.
Stream on Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV
Renewed100%
2. Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
This adult take on a fantasy adventure series understands that not all fantasy worlds are magical places where things work out. Fionna and Cake deals with depression, existential questions, and the weight of impossible choices while maintaining the weird, inventive humor fans of Disenchantment expect from animation.
Stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max
Likely Renewed72%
3. The Great North
The Great North shares Disenchantment's refusal to make life seem simpler or more orderly than it actually is. It finds comedy in the collision between what people want and what they actually get, and like Disenchantment, it locates warmth and connection in the space between all that disappointment.
Stream on Hulu
Cancelled0%
4. Close Enough
Close Enough is Disenchantment for people who grew up and got married and still have no idea what they are doing. It has the same willingness to make the show surreal and gross and uncomfortable when it needs to, and the same understanding that sometimes the best you can do is just keep your people close and laugh about how weird everything is.
Cancelled0%
5. Weird Science
While Weird Science is live-action rather than animated, it shares the spirit of Disenchantment's irreverent approach to its genre: it is a supernatural comedy that treats wish fulfillment and teenage dreams as material for jokes rather than for earnest storytelling. The show has the same comedic fearlessness.
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More on shows like Disenchantment
Fans of Disenchantment tend to want the same thing in their next show: irreverence toward their genre, characters who are too smart to accept easy answers, and the freedom for comedy to land hard and weird. They like animation because it can be cruder and funnier and more absurd than live action. They want adult humor, not because they need profanity for its own sake, but because grown-up characters think and talk like grown-ups. They are looking for shows that treat their audience like adults and their subjects like they matter, even when the jokes are dark.
The recommendations here all share some of that DNA. Futurama pairs a fish-out-of-water premise with character-driven storytelling and jokes about loneliness and meaning. Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake takes a whimsical fantasy world and lets depression and existential dread run through it. The Great North and Close Enough both mine weird comedy from the spaces between aspiration and actual life. Each of these shows respects both its premise and its audience enough to aim for something smarter than punchlines. They do not all work in the same register as Disenchantment, but they all understand that the best comedy often comes from taking things seriously first, then letting them break.
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Frequently asked
- What is the most popular show like Disenchantment?
- Futurama is the most popular show similar to Disenchantment in the IsItRenewed catalogue.
- Are shows like Disenchantment still on the air?
- Of the 10 shows similar to Disenchantment listed here, 1 currently carry a renewed verdict — the rest are cancelled, ended, or awaiting a decision.
- How does IsItRenewed pick shows like Disenchantment?
- The recommendations come from TMDB's similar-titles data, and each is shown with its current AI renewal verdict so you know which are still going.