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The Best SciFi Television Series of All Time
A list of the best sci-fi shows and best sci-fi series of all time, as ranked by hundreds of Ranker voters. This list includes long-running sci-fi TV shows like Doctor Who as well as some of the best cancelled shows of the genre. Science fiction TV shows have been around for decades, and some of the longest running shows have fallen into this category. Popular shows such as Star Trek have enjoyed several incarnations, and fan-favorite shows like "Firefly" and "The X-Files" have made the crossover from TV to the big screen.
Vote for your favorite science fiction shows to move them to the top of the list, or press re-rank to create your own list of your favorite science fiction series. Be sure to stop by to vote on the best British sitcoms and best current TV shows airing right now.
Vote for your favorite science fiction shows to move them to the top of the list, or press re-rank to create your own list of your favorite science fiction series. Be sure to stop by to vote on the best British sitcoms and best current TV shows airing right now.
List Criteria: Sci-fi TV shows and series with science fiction elements
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- 1Up 2433Down 800
Sean Maher, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk More - 2Up 2084Down 788
Grace Park, Kandyse McClure, Lucy Lawless More - 3Up 1648Down 549
Jonathan Frakes, Whoopi Goldberg, Brent Spiner More - 4Up 1666Down 835
Peter Davison, Elisabeth Sladen, Billie Piper More - 5Up 1345Down 638
Mitch Pileggi, David Duchovny, Annabeth Gish More - 6Up 1341Down 603
Majel Barrett, James Doohan, William Shatner More - 7Up 1535Down 564 Teryl Rothery, Richard Dean Anderson, David Hewlett More
- 8Up 1029Down 534 Rod Serling
- 9Up 1210Down 642 John Noble, Kirk Acevedo, Mark Valley More
- 10Up 1052Down 595 Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Wayne Pygram More
- 11Up 933Down 755 Danny Strong, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield More
- 12Up 950Down 360 Lauren Cohan, Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira More
- 13Up 888Down 532 Marc Alaimo, Nana Visitor, Alexander Siddig More
- 14Up 888Down 612 Andreas Katsulas, Jerry Doyle, Claudia Christian More
- 15Up 1034Down 585 Dick Clark, Billy West, Frank Welker More
- 16Up 915Down 846 Dominic Monaghan, Kiele Sanchez, Tania Raymonde More
- 17Up 831Down 262 Donald Sumpter, Maisie Williams, Harry Lloyd More
- 18Up 786Down 476 Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt
- 19Up 791Down 407 Garrett Wang, Majel Barrett, Tim Russ More
- 20Up 760Down 606 Cristine Rose, Greg Grunberg, Robert Forster More
- 21Up 757Down 471 Felicia Day, Colin Ferguson, Matt Frewer More
- 22Up 581Down 278 Richard Dean Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Jewel Staite More
- 23Up 661Down 429 Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Misha Collins, Rob Benedict More
- 24Up 647Down 486 Naoko Mori, Eve Myles, John Barrowman More
- 25Up 646Down 346 Jolene Blalock, Linda Park, Anthony Montgomery More
- 26Up 665Down 466 Leven Rambin, Richard T. Jones, Summer Glau More
- 27Up 521Down 475 Amy Acker, Mercedes McNab, Vincent Kartheiser More
- 28Up 490Down 320 Joanne Kelly, Jaime Murray, CCH Pounder More
- 29Up 571Down 422 Jane Badler, Andrew Prine, Michael Durrell More
- 30Up 76Down 37 Tahmoh Penikett, Nicki Clyne, Jamie Bamber More
- 31Up 523Down 517 Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman, John Schneider More
- 32Up 481Down 406 David McCallum, Kevin Conway, Beau Bridges More
- 33Up 485Down 367 John Rhys-Davies, Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd More
- 34Up 64Down 40
- 35Up 391Down 249 Herb Jefferson, Jr., Lorne Greene More
- 36Up 517Down 397 Chris Barrie, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett More
- 37Up 394Down 397 Enver Gjokaj, Amy Acker, Eliza Dushku More
- 38Up 288Down 276 Christopher Heyerdahl, Ryan Robbins, Amanda Tapping More
- 39Up 2Down 2
Orphan Black
- 40Up 302Down 435 Peter Swanwick, Angelo Muscat, George Markstein More
- 41Up 419Down 376 Lloyd Bochner, Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings More
- 42Up 3Down 2
Jericho
Darby Stanchfield, Richard Speight, Jr. More - 43Up 376Down 384 Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Lexa Doig More
- 44Up 158Down 121
Falling Skies
Ryan Robbins, Mpho Koaho, Colin Cunningham Moreadded by: dustman025 - 45Up 37Down 41
Continuum
Brian Markinson, Victor H. Webster, Erik Knudsen Moreadded by: toddrh - 46Up 180Down 157 Vik Sahay, Bonita Friedericy, Zachary Levi More
- 47Up 390Down 376 Michael Weatherly, J. C. MacKenzie, Jennifer Blanc More
- 48Up 265Down 272 Alan Oppenheimer, Martin E. Brooks, Lee Majors More
- 49Up 282Down 256 Joel Hodgson, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff More
- 50Up 201Down 126 Louis Ferreira, Julia Benson, Richard Dean Anderson More
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