# If I like upbeat fantasy TV shows Early Edition, Being Erica, Eli Stone, and Highway to Heaven...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089 "2018-02-03T06:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/41 "2018-02-06T05:36:42Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Hey what about _The Good Place_? I love The Good Place, but I think that it’s probably far too snarky and odd for the OP’s tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/42 "2018-02-06T16:47:34Z")
> [@thorvitz](#): > > Has anyone seen Promised Land? Yo! It’s a spin-off and definitely not as in-your-face with the Christianity. The OP should love it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/43 "2018-02-06T17:02:42Z")
Perhaps the Disneyfied episodes of “Walker, Texas Ranger”? That would be episode 6 of season 5, onward. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/44 "2018-02-06T17:04:37Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > It might not be your cup of tea; it’s kind of like a really, really mild version of the X-Files. OTOH if a mild, more upbeat version of the X-Files **is** your cup of tea, you want **Warehouse 13**. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/45 "2018-02-06T17:13:37Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Perhaps the Disneyfied episodes of “Walker, Texas Ranger”? That would be episode 6 of season 5, onward. Episodes 3 & 4 (a two parter) of the same season should definitely be of interest. ---
**Author:** ![thorvitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/46 "2018-02-07T05:37:50Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Yo! > > It’s a spin-off and definitely not as in-your-face with the Christianity. The OP should love it. If i could find it! There’s a few online indie shops that will copy to CDs. I’ll likely go that route, as i did with Twice in a Lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![thorvitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/47 "2018-02-07T05:43:51Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > It might not be your cup of tea; it’s kind of like a really, really mild version of the X-Files. > > Looking at this week’s schedule for the W Network (which is where I’ve seen Twice in a Lifetime and Mysterious Ways), I see there’s also [Good Witch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Witch_(TV_series)), a show about a (good) witch single mom in a small town. Kind of like a less edgy Gilmore Girls with slightly more magic. I’m checking out Good Witch previews.A IMDB user review had me at the first few words,“So sickeningly sweet I developed type 2 diabetes about 15mins in” I have the Hallmark Channel (shock) and will try a few episodes on demand. I also watched the second episode of Ghost Whisperer-- even better than the first. Ghost less scary. I still wish they’d stop beating around the bush and eliminate the intense first 15 min. Last part with the little boy ghost telling his dad to let go and saying i love you to his mom had me bawling. Maybe I’ll selectively watch future episodes, steering around anything dark or about investigating a murder. ---
**Author:** ![thorvitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/48 "2018-02-07T05:50:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Perhaps the Disneyfied episodes of “Walker, Texas Ranger”? That would be episode 6 of season 5, onward. Thank you; i tried parts of 2 episodes Season 6. Some endings seem touching but this is action through and through. ---
**Author:** ![thorvitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/49 "2018-02-07T05:54:28Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Not a fantasy, but have you seen _The Waltons_? When i was really young (at Grandma’s?). Too goody too shoes. Golden Girls, Facts of Life, Different Strokes are nostalgically comforting. I watch if it’s on but usually don’t seek it out. No catharsis the way you get from the fantasies/dramas. Even the 1st Season Love Boat gets me misty eyed in some episodes. More often than not, it’s comfort food in every sense of the previous poster’s note. ---
**Author:** ![thorvitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/50 "2018-02-07T05:57:29Z")
Raising hope i have been considering trying. It ticked off Canadian, some overlap of writers from Being Erica. Despite a nice fantasy element, it looks like it’s mainly doctor soap opera- which means cheating, blood, and depressing deaths and diseases. Any think worth a try? > **[Raising Hope (TV Series 2010–2014) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615919/)** > > Raising Hope: Created by Gregory Thomas Garcia. With Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward. Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after her mother, with whom he had a one-night stand, ends up on Death Row. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/51 "2018-02-07T16:50:26Z")
> [@thorvitz](#): > > Raising hope i have been considering trying. It ticked off Canadian, some overlap of writers from Being Erica. \*\*Despite a nice fantasy element, it looks like it’s mainly doctor soap opera- which means cheating, blood, and depressing deaths and diseases. \*\* > Any think worth a try? > > [Raising Hope (TV Series 2010–2014) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615919/) What??? Raising Hope was a fairly funny, lovable loser comedy. I think you’d like it, it has a lot of the simple likable characters that a lot of Canadian shows have. Maybe a little like Corner Gas style “characters”. ---
**Author:** ![thorvitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/52 "2018-02-08T03:23:05Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > One show I haven’t seen mentioned is “Mysterious Ways” (another Canadian series). It’s about a professor who investigates possible miracles and his colleague (Rae Dawn Chong) who is a skeptic. What a fantastic suggestion! I just watched the first 2 episodes. The first one with the boy who is miraculously pulled out of the ice, revealed to likely be by his dead father, complete with Amazing Grace threading through the episode. Wonderful. Second one also has a nice moral message about letting go, and a touching ending with Rae Dong Chong looking at photos of her late husband under the shooting stars. Thank you very big time. Too bad it’s only 2 seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/53 "2018-02-08T05:39:19Z")
I’ve seen some of “Providence” but can’t really remember anything other than Mike Farrell playing a veterinarian. The main guy behind “Touched by an Angel” and “Providence” also created “Hawthorne”, which might be of interest. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/54 "2018-02-08T05:46:57Z")
Speaking of veterinarians, how about the old “All Creatures Great and Small”? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/55 "2018-02-08T17:24:04Z")
Not that there’s been a new one, mind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/56 "2018-02-08T19:03:45Z")
How about [url=“[Dead Like Me - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Like_Me)”]Dead Like Me\*? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/57 "2018-02-08T19:13:55Z")
Missed the edit window. [Dead Like Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Like_Me)? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/58 "2018-02-08T19:25:38Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Missed the edit window. [Dead Like Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Like_Me)? I suspect that, like “Pushing Daisies” (also by Bryan Fuller), the subject matter and tone might be too dark and macabre for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/59 "2018-02-08T23:45:52Z")
> [@thorvitz](#): > > What a fantastic suggestion! I just watched the first 2 episodes. The first one with the boy who is miraculously pulled out of the ice, revealed to likely be by his dead father, complete with Amazing Grace threading through the episode. Wonderful. Second one also has a nice moral message about letting go, and a touching ending with Rae Dong Chong looking at photos of her late husband under the shooting stars. Thank you very big time. Too bad it’s only 2 seasons. Glad you’re enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089/60 "2018-02-08T23:52:26Z")
If you don’t mind a Roaring Twenties Australian socialite helping solve a murder mystery every week: “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089.md?page=4)