"Attack on Titan" is a popular Japanese manga series that has been adapted into an anime television series and a series of films. The story takes place in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by massive walls to protect themselves from Titans, humanoid creatures who devour humans without any apparent reason. The story follows Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert as they join the military to fight against the Titans and uncover the truth behind their existence.

Reasonably well adapted from big screen to small, "Highlander" showed the continuing exploits of Duncan MacLeod, super-annuated Highland warrior challenged to fight evil in the modern world. Unlike modern crime fighters who rely on DNA and cyber-tracking, MacLeod battled malefactors the old-fashioned way"”with valor, virtue, courage, and a healthy dose of vengeance. Every "Highlander" episode began with the same ritual narrative: "I am Duncan MacLeod, born four-hundred years ago in the Highlands of Scotland. I am Immortal, and I am not alone." In the first six episodes, Duncan himself delivered the preamble. MacLeod and his girlfriend, Tessa Noel, cleverly and comfortably have adapted to modern life, and they hide effortlesly in plain sight, operating an upscale antique store. From the very first iteration of the preamble, viewers understand MacLeod is by no means the only Immortal roaming the streets and subways, and not all of them are nearly so noble as MacLeod. Although he had hung-up his mace, MacLeod now has chosen to rejoin "The Game" for the sake of defending everything he cherishes as good and right. For many contemporary viewers, MacLeod represents the ever-living proof of the old adage, "Old guys rule."

Before "Twilight" beguiled a billion teen-age hearts and "True Blood" took over Louisiana and Sunday night ratings, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" rescued seriously besieged Sunnydale, California, from werewolves, vampires, zombies, and random undead. Created by uber-vamp writer-producer Joss Whedon, who felt profoundly disappointed with the film version of his original premise, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" helped the fledgling WB network hold its own against "the big 4," and it made Sarah Michlelle Gellar a tween and teen icon. In each episode, Buffy and her posse of slayers known as "the Scooby gang," follow sage advice from The Watcher as they banish fearful creatures from their otherwise peaceful and perfect suburb. Whedon insisted, "The supernatural elements in the series stood as metaphors personal anxieties associated with adolescence and young adulthood." Whedon's allegories may have been lost under cute teen fashions, but the dramas' substance attracted critics' attention, earning the show 3 Emmy Awards and a tribute show from the Television Academy when it left the air in 2003.

Torchwood is a British science fiction TV series created by Russell T Davies. The show premiered on BBC Three in 2006 and ran for four seasons. The story follows a team of investigators from the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization tasked with defending the Earth against alien threats.

In this make-believe world, geniuses and scientists co-exist in a town in Pacific Northwest, called Eureka. The American sci-fi series, Eureka TV Show, follows the lives of the brilliant townsfolk who mostly work for the Global Dynamics research center. All is not always well, even in the midst of scientists. Odd accidents (spurred by various scientific experiments) seem to always find their way in Eureka TV Show. There to save the day is the town's super-hero that does not even own a super-IQ. He is Jack Carter (played by Colin Ferguson), the local sheriff, who manages to solve one dangerous mystery after another.

Carnivàle was a television series that aired on HBO from 2003 to 2005. The show followed the story of a traveling carnival during the Great Depression in the United States. The main plot revolved around two characters: Ben Hawkins, a young man with supernatural abilities, and Brother Justin Crowe, a preacher with similar powers. The show explored themes of good versus evil, destiny, and the struggle between free will and predetermined fate.