The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin vs Tyler Perry's The Oval

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 8.2/10 for Tyler Perry's The Oval). Tyler Perry's The Oval is the older of the two (2019 against 2026). Both are drama, family shows, so they suit a similar mood.

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin posterThe Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin2026 VS Tyler Perry's The Oval posterTyler Perry's The Oval2019
The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the MerlinTyler Perry's The Oval
Audience score★ 8.4/10★ 8.2/10
Year20262019
Seasons17
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama, Family
Country–US
Creator / directorJeremy Boreing, Jesse V. Johnson–
Main castColin Cunningham, Myles Clohessy, Daniel Fathers, Rose Reid, David BrooksEd Quinn, Kron Moore, Javon Johnson, Ptosha Storey, Daniel Croix

Synopsis

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin

Merlin, the immortal son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, is followed through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, and shocking disappearance, leading to the legend that surrounds him. Set before King Arthur's birth, Merlin, assumed dead or a myth, reemerges in sub-Roman Britain to unite the fractured kingdoms under threat from Saxon invaders.

Tyler Perry's The Oval

A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.

Where to watch

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