6 Great TV Franchises People Should Talk About More

Some TV franchises get forgotten about among the Game of Thrones, MCUs, and Law & Orders of the world, but these TV franchises deserve more recognition. TV franchises don't hold as much cultural weight as movie franchises by any means, but they still have their place in the pop culture discourse.

TV franchises can consist of only two TV shows and still be considered a franchise, often with movies, video games, and other tie-ins adding to their heft like a Twisted Metal car adding an assortment of guns and attachments. The franchises on this list need to be better recognized for their dependability and longevity.

The Librarians

The Librarians franchise began as a film trilogy in the early 2000s titled The Librarian, but was resurrected as a TV series in 2014 with the four-season series, The Librarians, on TNT. A direct spinoff of the films, the series follows most of the rules of the movies, except now allows for multiple Librarians, when once only one was allowed.

A spinoff to the spinoff, The Librarians: The Next Chapter, premiered in May 2025, also on TNT, and is still in the same universe as both the shows and the movies, making The Librarians a remarkably restrained and consistent story. Both shows follow the similar plot of Librarians protecting the world from supernatural threats.

It's a series that deserves a lot more attention. The large ensemble cast, which includes Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Olivia Morris, and Callum McGowan between the two shows. The Librarians fits in well with the other shows about magical protectors of the world, and fans of The Magicians will definitely enjoy it.

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