Garn's Guides: Time Travel TV shows - Who doesn't like a good paradox?
These are shows where either the main focus is time travel or the premise of the show would not exist without it.
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- CreatorJon Harmon FeldmanStarsEliza DushkuShawn ReavesZach GalifianakisA university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.
- CreatorTravis FickettTerry MatalasStarsAaron StanfordAmanda SchullNoah BeanFollows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will nearly destroy the human race.
- CreatorChristopher CroweZachary CroweStarsJonathan LaPagliaDon FranklinJustina VailAn ex-CIA is the point man for a government organization dedicated to time traveling to correct errors that occurred in the previous week.
- CreatorJana SinyorStarsErin KarplukReagan PasternakMichael Riley"Therapist" Dr. Tom - who is constantly spouting famous and not so famous historical quotes - is Erica Strange's savior and worst enemy.
- CreatorSimon BarryStarsRachel NicholsVictor WebsterErik KnudsenA detective from the year 2077 finds herself trapped in present-day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsMichael FrenchChloë AnnettSue JohnstonDetective Jeff Slade teams up with scientist Holly Turner, whose late father has created a time machine that can travel back several hours. Together they solve mysteries using the device.
- CreatorJay BeattieDan DworkinStarsSteve ZahnNatalie MartinezTommy BastowRefugees from a war-torn country 180 years in the future start showing up in the present to seek asylum in an American town.
- CreatorPaul ZbyszewskiStarsTaye DiggsMoon BloodgoodVictoria PrattToday Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Alberto Garza. He will offer his rock solid alibi. He will realize he's been framed. And he will run. Then he will wake up and start the day over again.
- CreatorKenny SchwartzRick WienerStarsPenn BadgleyAngela GoethalsJosh WiseThirty-four-year-old Joel Larsen gets a second chance to get his life right, thanks to a freakish accident that catapults him back to 1981. Blessed with adult wisdom, though hampered by adolescent urges, Joel sets out to right the wrongs that will befall his family.
- CreatorManny CotoStarsPeter WellerSebastian RochéChristopher GorhamAfter witnessing the sudden implosion of Earth from orbit, a group of five Odyssey astronauts is sent five years back in time by an alien force to find the cause and prevent the disaster. A vast conspiracy stands in their way.
- CreatorKevin WilliamsonStarsFreddie StromaJosh BowmanWill ChaseThe adventures of young H.G. Wells and his time machine.
- CreatorJames D. ParriottStarsJon-Erik HexumMeeno PeluceDavid CadienteA member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.
- CreatorLeslye HeadlandNatasha LyonneAmy PoehlerStarsNatasha LyonneCharlie BarnettGreta LeeA cynical young woman in New York City keeps dying and returning to the party that's being thrown in her honor on that same evening. She tries to find a way out of this strange time loop.
- CreatorJeremy CarverStarsPeyton ListRiley SmithDevin KelleyA police detective in 2016 discovers that she is able to communicate with her father via a ham radio, despite the fact that he died in 1996.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimPhil KlemmerStarsCaity LotzAmy Louise PembertonDominic PurcellTime-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must recruit a ragtag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.
- CreatorMatthew GrahamTony JordanAshley PharoahStarsJohn SimmPhilip GlenisterLiz WhiteAfter a near-fatal car accident, smart, savvy, sharp-suited detective Sam is mysteriously transported back to 1973. Confused by his new surroundings, Sam tries to return to the present, but the police force of long ago needs his help.
- CreatorJosh AppelbaumAndré NemecScott RosenbergStarsJason O'MaraMichael ImperioliGretchen MolA present day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s.
- CreatorJosh FriedmanStarsLena HeadeyThomas DekkerSummer GlauSet after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
- CreatorIan AbramsBob BrushPatrick Q. PageStarsKyle ChandlerShanesia DavisFisher StevensHis name is Gary Hobson. He gets tomorrow's newspaper today. He doesn't know how. He doesn't know why. All he knows is when the early edition hits his doorstep, he has twenty-four hours to set things right.
- CreatorEric KripkeShawn RyanStarsAbigail SpencerMatt LanterMalcolm BarrettAn unlikely trio travels through time to battle unknown criminals and protect history as we know it.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
- CreatorKyle HunterHoward OvermanAriel ShaffirStarsJosh HutchersonEliza CoupeDerek WilsonJosh Futturman, a janitor by day and a gamer by night, is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsCaitríona BalfeSam HeughanSophie SkeltonClaire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.
- CreatorHarve BennettJeffrey M. HayesGrant RosenbergStarsDale MidkiffElizabeth AlexanderPeter DonatA cop from the future is sent back to contemporary times to track down fugitives hiding in the past.
- CreatorBrannon BragaDavid S. GoyerStarsCourtney B. VanceJoseph FiennesJack DavenportA special task force in the FBI investigates after every person on Earth simultaneously blacks out and awakens with a short vision of their future.
- StarsZach GilfordSydney ParkAlexandra YumanFeatures the insurance agency called Lifeline, whose specially trained agents jump in time to prevent the death of their clients.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsNicholas LyndhurstVictor McGuireChristopher EttridgeBritish sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
- CreatorMatthew GrahamAshley PharoahStarsPhilip GlenisterKeeley HawesDean AndrewsAfter being shot in 2008 while investigating DCI Sam Tyler, DI Alex Drake wakes up in 1981.
- StarsJared MartinCarl FranklinIke EisenmannTravelers are stranded in the Bermuda Triangle. On an island, they meet Varian, a man from the future, and Liana, an Atlantean. Together, they journey through different worlds, in hopes of returning home.
- CreatorJames BoswellRuth BoswellStarsCheryl BurfieldSpencer BanksDenis QuilleySimon and Liz fell into a time hole and found themselves trapped in different eras of the 20th century, where they have all sorts of adventures. Many of these involve the nefarious Commander Traynor, who is also traveling through time.
- CreatorBrad WrightStarsEric McCormackMacKenzie PorterNesta CooperHundreds of years from now, surviving humans discover how to send consciousness back through time, into people of the 21st century, while attempting to change the path of humanity.
- CreatorTim HainesAdrian HodgesStarsAndrew Lee PottsHannah SpearrittBen MillerWhen strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.
- CreatorGillian HorvathGarfield Reeves-StevensJudith Reeves-StevensStarsNiall MatterSara CanningDanny RahimCanadian spin-off of Primeval (2007). A new team of scientists from the Cross Photonics company in Vancouver track down dangerous creatures emerging through anomalies in time.
- CreatorJulius SharpeStarsAdam PallyLeighton MeesterYassir LesterMaking History follows three friends from two different centuries as they try to balance the thrill of time travel with the mundane concerns of their present-day lives.
- CreatorKevin FallsStarsKevin McKiddGretchen EgolfMoon BloodgoodA San Francisco journalist mysteriously travels to the past and alters the path of people's lives. When his travels reunite him with his long-lost fiancée Livia, life with his present-day wife gets very interesting.
- CreatorLizzie MickeryStarsTamzin OuthwaiteEmun ElliottMark BonnarDuring a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.
- CreatorBridget CarpenterStarsJames FrancoSarah GadonGeorge MacKayJake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.
- CreatorSteve BlackmanJeremy SlaterStarsAidan GallagherElliot PageTom HopperA family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.
- CreatorDan CohnJeremy MillerStarsJames BulliardTyler LabineKiele SanchezIt talks about what was then.
- CreatorSteve SohmerStarsAl WaxmanGordie BrownPaul PopowichPrematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.
- StarsTed KingDon StarkCristi ConawayJack Logan is a time traveler from 2007, who hunts down rogue travelers and brings them to justice before they can alter the past.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertWhit BissellTwo scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.
- CreatorKelly MarcelCraig SilversteinStarsJason O'MaraShelley ConnChristine AdamsCenters on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.
- StarsTimothy HuttonRandy QuaidKari MatchettWhen college professor J.T. Neumeyer discovers a police file that outlines the details of his murder - which is to take place five days in the future - he wastes no time trying to save his own life.