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The Best New Adventure TV Series of the Last Few Years

Updated January 15, 2021 2.6k votes 715 voters 22.6k views77 items

List RulesVote up the best adventure shows that have premiered on or after January 1, 2017.

If you're in need of a hefty dose of escapism combined with a little vicarious adrenaline, some new adventure TV series may be exactly what you're craving. Great adventure shows feature archetypal but compelling characters who navigate settings from modern cities to outer space. Which new TV shows with adventure plots are truly the best of the genre? Help decide by voting on the list below.

What are some of the best new television adventure shows? Action and adventure lurk around every corner in Amazon's Jack Ryan, in which John Krasinski leads as a CIA analyst caught up in a terrorist's cat and mouse game. His Dark Materials, based off the bestselling book series, is another great adventure show that has recently premiered. Space adventure returned to the small screen when Star Trek: Discovery premiered in 2017. Other good new adventure shows featured on this list include Titans, Blood and Treasure, and The Witcher.

Which new adventure TV series is your favorite? Give the best series a thumbs up and please add any good shows we may have missed.

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The Punisher
Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes
Premiered: 2017
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Jack Ryan
John Krasinski, Abbie Cornish
Premiered: 2018
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Lost in Space
Toby Stephens, Molly Parker
Premiered: 2018
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The Orville
Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki
Premiered: 2017
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Legacies
Danielle Rose Russell, Matt Davis
Premiered: 2018
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The Mandalorian
Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano
Premiered: 2019
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton
Premiered: 2017
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The Passage
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniyya Sidney
Premiered: 2019
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The Witcher
Henry Cavill, Freya Allan
Premiered: 2019
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Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick
Premiered: 2017
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Tara Strong, Brad Norman
Premiered: 2018
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Star Trek: Discovery
Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones
Premiered: 2017
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Amazing Stories
Dylan O'Brien, Victoria Pedretti
Premiered: 2019
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Cloak & Dagger
Olivia Holt, Aubrey Joseph
Premiered: 2018
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The Outpost
Jessica Green, Jake Stormoen
Premiered: 2018
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Knightfall
Tom Cullen, Jim Carter
Premiered: 2017
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Taken
Clive Standen, Gaius Charles
Premiered: 2017
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His Dark Materials
Dafne Keen, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Premiered: 2019
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The Terror
Derek Mio, George Takei
Premiered: 2018
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SWAT
Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman
Premiered: 2017
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The End of the F***ing World
Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden
Premiered: 2018
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Anson Mount, Iwan Rheon
Premiered: 2017
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Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto
Premiered: 2017
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Star Wars Resistance
Christopher Sean, Bobby Moynihan
Premiered: 2018
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Olan Rogers, Fred Armisen
Premiered: 2018
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