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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 2437Down 800
Sean Maher, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk More - 2Up 2087Down 789
Grace Park, Kandyse McClure, Lucy Lawless More - 3Up 1652Down 550
Jonathan Frakes, Whoopi Goldberg, Brent Spiner More - 4Up 1670Down 836
Peter Davison, Elisabeth Sladen, Billie Piper More - 5Up 1347Down 639
Mitch Pileggi, David Duchovny, Annabeth Gish More - 6Up 1343Down 604
Majel Barrett, James Doohan, William Shatner More - 7Up 1536Down 565 Teryl Rothery, Richard Dean Anderson, David Hewlett More
- 8Up 1029Down 535 Rod Serling
- 9Up 1213Down 642 John Noble, Kirk Acevedo, Mark Valley More
- 10Up 1053Down 597 Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Wayne Pygram More
- 11Up 935Down 756 Danny Strong, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield More
- 12Up 953Down 362 Lauren Cohan, Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira More
- 13Up 889Down 534 Marc Alaimo, Nana Visitor, Alexander Siddig More
- 14Up 890Down 613 Andreas Katsulas, Jerry Doyle, Claudia Christian More
- 15Up 1034Down 588 Dick Clark, Billy West, Frank Welker More
- 16Up 915Down 848 Dominic Monaghan, Kiele Sanchez, Tania Raymonde More
- 17Up 834Down 262 Donald Sumpter, Maisie Williams, Harry Lloyd More
- 18Up 788Down 477 Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt
- 19Up 791Down 409 Garrett Wang, Majel Barrett, Tim Russ More
- 20Up 763Down 607 Cristine Rose, Greg Grunberg, Robert Forster More
- 21Up 757Down 473 Felicia Day, Colin Ferguson, Matt Frewer More
- 22Up 581Down 280 Richard Dean Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Jewel Staite More
- 23Up 662Down 431 Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Misha Collins, Rob Benedict More
- 24Up 647Down 488 Naoko Mori, Eve Myles, John Barrowman More
- 25Up 647Down 348 Jolene Blalock, Linda Park, Anthony Montgomery More
- 26Up 666Down 466 Leven Rambin, Richard T. Jones, Summer Glau More
- 27Up 522Down 477 Amy Acker, Mercedes McNab, Vincent Kartheiser More
- 28Up 492Down 321 Joanne Kelly, Jaime Murray, CCH Pounder More
- 29Up 572Down 424 Jane Badler, Andrew Prine, Michael Durrell More
- 30Up 76Down 37 Tahmoh Penikett, Nicki Clyne, Jamie Bamber More
- 31Up 525Down 519 Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman, John Schneider More
- 32Up 482Down 407 David McCallum, Kevin Conway, Beau Bridges More
- 33Up 487Down 368 John Rhys-Davies, Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd More
- 34Up 65Down 42
- 35Up 391Down 251 Herb Jefferson, Jr., Lorne Greene, Maren Jensen More
- 36Up 519Down 399 Chris Barrie, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett More
- 37Up 395Down 397 Enver Gjokaj, Amy Acker, Eliza Dushku More
- 38Up 288Down 278 Christopher Heyerdahl, Ryan Robbins, Amanda Tapping More
- 39Up 2Down 4
Orphan Black
- 40Up 303Down 437 Peter Swanwick, Angelo Muscat, George Markstein More
- 41Up 420Down 378 Lloyd Bochner, Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings More
- 42Up 3Down 4
Jericho
Darby Stanchfield, Richard Speight, Jr., Sprague Grayden More - 43Up 377Down 386 Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Lexa Doig More
- 44Up 160Down 122
Falling Skies
Ryan Robbins, Mpho Koaho, Colin Cunningham Moreadded by: dustman025 - 45Up 39Down 42
Continuum
Brian Markinson, Victor H. Webster, Erik Knudsen Moreadded by: toddrh - 46Up 180Down 158 Vik Sahay, Bonita Friedericy, Zachary Levi More
- 47Up 390Down 377 Michael Weatherly, J. C. MacKenzie, Jennifer Blanc More
- 48Up 266Down 273 Alan Oppenheimer, Martin E. Brooks, Lee Majors More
- 49Up 283Down 257 Joel Hodgson, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff More
- 50Up 201Down 127 Louis Ferreira, Julia Benson, Richard Dean Anderson More
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Firefly at 1/25/2011 5:47 PM