The Best Sci-Fi Television Series Of All Time
Here is 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 canceled 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.
Thanks to networks like SyFy, FX, and The CW, new sci-fi TV shows premiere every year. Sci-fi series like The Expanse, Orphan Black, and The 100 continue to raise viewership ratings and grow fan bases. Netflix has also contributed to the science fiction genre with their original series Stranger Things, which was met with rave reviews.
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- After the fall of the Galactic Empire, a lone gunfighter makes his way through the lawless galaxy.
- The crew of a small transport ship experience a cosmic civil war.
- A detective's search for a missing heiress in space coincides with the destruction of a freighter.
- Mysteries unravel in a small Midwestern town involving supernatural forces.
- A team searches for clues to save the Earth from imminent destruction.
- The crew of the starship USS Enterprise explores the galaxy and fosters peace in the 24th century.
- The crew of a mid-level exploratory vessel navigates adventures in outer space and day-to-day life.
- Humanity's last survivors search for a mythical planet called Earth.
- FBI special agents probe cases involving phenomena that defy conventional explanations.
- An eccentric Time Lord travels through time and space to battle injustice across the universe.
- The crew of the starship USS Enterprise boldly explores outer space in the 23rd century.
- Host Rod Serling introduces stories of fantasy and suspense.
- A stalwart crew commands a space station located near a gateway to the far reaches of space.
- Stranded light years from their destination, the Robinson family must come together to survive.
- The crew of the Voyager, lost in space, searches for home.
- 17Astronaut John Chrichton tries to return to Earth after landing on an alien world.
- 18Resistance fighters battle the aliens who control Earth.
- Retired admiral Jean-Luc Picard steps into the next chapter of his life.
- 20An FBI agent, a brilliant scientist and his estranged son investigate unexplained phenomena.
- 21Accidentally frozen, a pizza delivery boy wakes up 1,000 years in the future.
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is a military science fiction miniseries written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper and directed by Brian Henson. Following the Farscape series' cancellation in ...more
- Beings from different worlds interact at a peaceful space station.
- A soldier 300 years in the future must solve a murder.
- Exploring the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin.
