# TV's best magical realism shows

> Apple TV's Small Prophets and other series blend magic with everyday life in powerful storytelling.
- Title: TV's best magical realism shows · AV Club | Shortify
- Summary: Apple TV's Small Prophets and other series blend magic with everyday life in powerful storytelling. TV shows like Small Prophets use magical realism to…
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- Topics: small prophets, one hundred years of solitude, carnivale, wonderfalls, house of the spirits, underground railroad, pushing daisies, dollface, schmigadoon, entertainment, culture
## Small Prophets
Apple TV's six-episode first season follows a hardware clerk searching for a missing girlfriend after seven years.
## One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Netflix's Spanish-language adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's novel spans 16 episodes across seven generations.
## Carnivale
HBO's two-season series set in the 1930s Dust Bowl features a traveling circus led by an unseen godlike figure.
## Wonderfalls
Bryan Fuller's canceled show follows a gift shop worker whose inanimate objects start talking to her.
## House Of The Spirits
Prime Video's adaptation of Isabel Allende's novel features multiple generations of the Trueba family in Latin America.
## The Underground Railroad
Barry Jenkins' limited series follows an orphaned slave named Cora escaping north through a network of secret routes.
## Pushing Daisies
Bryan Fuller's series follows a pie maker who can bring dead things back to life with a single touch.
## Dollface
Kat Dennings stars as a woman relearning how to connect with friends after a breakup through dream sequences.
## Schmigadoon!
Apple TV's two-season series uses spontaneous song to help a couple resolve relationship problems through musical theater.
## Key takeaway

TV shows like Small Prophets use magical realism to explore human struggles through supernatural elements.