Science fiction television

1959-1964 The Twilight Zone (156 episodes) black-and-white

1961-1961 Way Out (14 episodes) CBS, black-and-white

1961-1969 The Avengers (British; 161 episodes)

1963-1965 The Outer Limits (49 episodes) black-and-white

1963-1989 Doctor Who (736 episodes, as of June 2007) British

*Longest running Sci Fi television show, ever)

1964-1968 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (110 episodes) DVDs

791.45 Voyage

1965-1968 Lost in Space (83 episodes) DVDs 791.45 Lost

1966-1967 The Time Tunnel (30 episodes; ABC) DVDs 791.45 Time

1966-1969 Star Trek: The Original Series (80 episodes) DVDs 791.45
Star
*1st inter-racial kiss on television, in the episode "Plato's
Stepchildren," aired November 22, 1968

1966-1973 Mission Impossible (171 episodes) DVDs 791.45 Mission

1967-1968 Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (32 episodes) British; ITV

1968-1969 Joe 90 (32 episodes) British; ITV

1968-1970 Land of the Giants (51 episodes; ABC) 0 in LTLS

1973–1974 Star Trek: The Animated Series (22 episodes) 791.45 Star

1973-1979 Tomorrow People (British; 68 episodes; ran on Nickelodeon

in the 1980s)

1974-1974 Planet of the Apes (14 episodes)

1974-1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (20 episodes & 2 pilot Movies;
ABC) *Chris Carter, acknowledged that Kolchak influenced X-
Files. Episode 12, "Mr. R.I.N.G." features a killer robot.

1974-1976 Land of the Lost (43 episodes) Sid and Marty Krofft

1974-1978 Six Million Dollar Man (101 episodes)

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1975-1975 The Invisible Man (13 episodes)

1975-1976 Far Out Space Nuts (16 episodes) CBS; Sid and Marty Krofft

1975-1976 The Lost Saucer (16 episodes) ABC; Sid and Marty Krofft

1975-1976 Return to the Planet of the Apes (animated; 13 episodes)

1975-1977 Space: 1999 (British; 48 episodes)

1975-1979 Wonder Woman (59 episodes)

1976-1977 Dr. Shrinker (16 episodes) ABC

1976-1979 The Amazing Spider-Man (15 episodes)

1976-1978 Bionic Woman (58 episodes)

1976-1976 Ark II (15 half-hour episodes) *Most apocalyptic intro of any

Saturday morning kids TV show

1977-1979 Space Academy (15 half-hour episodes)

1977-1978 Man from Atlantis (17 episodes)

1977-1978 Logan's Run (14 episodes)

1977-1978 Project UFO (26 episodes) *The early episodes garnered

very high ratings, some of the highest for any science-fiction
television show ever aired! SOURCE:
http://www.glowingdial.com/p_ufo.htm

1977 Star Wars (Motion Picture)

1978-1980 Battlestar Galactica (21 episodes) WorldCat

1978-1980 Jason of Star Command (16 fifteen-minute segments from

Tarzan and the Super 7, plus 12 thirty-minute episodes)

1978-1981 Blake's 7 (British; 52 episodes) WorldCat

Episode list available at:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/SciFi/Blakes7/episodes.ht
ml

1978-1982 The Incredible Hulk (82 episodes) 791.45 Incredible

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1979-1981 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (37 episodes) 791.45 Buck
(5 Discs)

[ 1979-1988 Tales of the Unexpected -- not sci-fi enough? ]

1980.1980 Galactica 1980 *Some say, the worst Sci-Fi television show,
ever

1981-1983 Greatest American Hero (44 episodes) 791.45 Greatest -

Seasons 1&2

1982.1983 Powers of Matthew Star (22 episodes)

1983.1988 Tales from the Darkside (92 episodes; mostly horror, but
some sci-fi)

1983-1985 V (Original miniseries: 2 episodes) *SEE ALSO:

V: The Final Battle: 3 episodes
V: The Series: 19 episodes

1984.1987 Transformers (Animated series; 98 episodes)

1985-1985 Otherworld (8 sixty-minute episodes)

1985-1989 The New Twilight Zone (110 episodes) *Theme music by

the Grateful Dead; Bruce Willis starred in the premier,
based on Harlan Ellison’s Shatterday

1985-1987 Amazing Stories (2 seasons; 45 episodes)

1987-1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation (7 seasons; 178 episodes)

1987-1988 Max Headroom (14 episodes)

1989-1993 Quantum Leap (5 seasons; 95 episodes) 791.45 Quantum

1989-1990 Alien Nation (22 episodes) 791.45 Alien (6 Discs)

1990-1992 Super Force (2 seasons; 48 thirty minute episodes;

syndicated by Viacom) [ILL - VHS - Cissna Park Community
Library District]

1991-1995 Aeon Flux (Originally a short segment on MTV's Liquid

Television; 16 episodes) 791.45 Aeon (3 Discs) Peter Chung
SEE ALSO: Herodotus File 741.504 MAR (graphic novel);
Æon Flux 791.43615 (Motion picture)
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1993-1996 seaQuest DSV (59 episodes) 0 in LTLS

1993-1997 Babylon 5 (110 episodes) 791.45 Babylon *SEE ALSO:

Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. As of 9 August 2009, the direct-
to-DVD project consists of two stories.

1993-2002 X-Files (201 episodes) 791.45 X-files (Seasons 5-8, 4 Discs)

1993-1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (176 episodes) 791.45

Star (Season 1; 6 Discs)

1993.1995 Exosquad (Animated series; 52 episodes) 0 in LTLS

1994-1996 Phantom 2040 (Animated series; 35 episodes) Peter

Chung. Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (DVD) released
in 2004 has episodes 1-4.

1994-1996 TekWar (1 season; 18 episodes) 791.43615 Tekwar (Pilot

movie)

1994-1995 Earth 2 (1 season,; 22 episodes)*First female commander

in a science fiction television show

1995-199 Sliders (5 seasons; 88 episodes) 791.45 Sliders (Season 1 &

2, 6 Discs)

1995-2001 Star Trek: Voyager (7 seasons; 172 episodes) 0 in LTLS

1995-2002 Outer Limits (7 seasons; 154 episodes) 0 in LTLS

1995.1996 Nowhere Man (25 episodes; UPN network) 0 in LTLS

1995-1996 Space: Above and Beyond (24 episodes) 0 in LTLS

1996-1997 Dark Skies (1 season; 20 episodes) NBC

1996.1999 Millennium (67 episodes) 0 in LTLS

1997.2002 Earth: Final Conflict (110 episodes)

1997-2007 Stargate SG-1 (214 episodes *longest running U.S. Sci Fi

television show)

1998-2001 Seven Days [also written as 7 Days] (3 seasons; 66

episodes) UPN
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1999-1999 Total Recall 2070 (1 season; 22 episodes)

Canadian/German co-production.

1999-2003 Futurama (Animated series; (1999 - 2003, 2008 – present;

5 seasons; 88 episodes; four straight-to-DVD films released
in 2007) Fox

1999-2003 Farscape (Australian; 89 episodes)

1999-2000 Harsh Realm (9 episodes) [27 libraries in WorldCat]

1999-2002 Roswell (61 Episodes; 3 seasons) WB / UPN

2000.2005 Andromeda (110 episodes)

2000-2002 Dark Angel (42 episodes) 791.45 Dark (6 Discs)

2000-2001 Cleopatra 2525 (2 seasons; 28 episodes)

2001.2001 Night Visions (20 episodes aired; 26 exist)

2001-2005 Star Trek: Enterprise (4 seasons; 98 episodes on UPN)

2002.2006 Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (Canadian; 42 episodes)

2002-2003 Firefly (14 episodes SEE ALSO: Serenity (motion picture,

2005) *Joss Whedon 791.45 Firefly; 791.43 Serenity

2004-2005 Jack & Bobby (1 season; 22 episodes) The WB

2004-2009 Battlestar Galactica (75 episodes plus 27 webisodes), as

of August 2009) 791.45 Battlestar

2004-2007 The 4400 (45 episodes) 791.45 4400

2004-2009 Stargate Atlantis (100 episodes; 5 seasons) Sci Fi Channel

*Film: Stargate: Extinction - shoot-date of the movie is late
2009, straight to DVD, no release date yet.

2007-2007 Journeyman (13 episodes;) NBC

2007-2007 Bionic Woman (8 episodes) NBC

2007-2008 Flash Gordon (22 episodes, 1 season) Sci Fi

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2008-2009 Terminator - Sarah Connor Chronicles (31 episodes, 2

Seasons) Fox

2009-2009 Virtuality (1 2-hour pilot episode) Fox

Science fiction television

Current Science Fiction Television (as of August 2009):

• 2005-Present Doctor Who (1963-1989; 2005- ; 753

episodes, as of 11 April 2009; BBC) 791.45 Doctor
• 2006-Present Heroes (59 episodes; NBC) Lobby: New Dvds
/ 791.45 Heroes
• 2006-Present Eureka (37 episodes, 3 seasons) Syfy
• 2007-Present Sarah Jane Adventures (23 episodes, 2
seasons) BBC
• 2006-Present Torchwood (31 episodes, 3 Seasons; BBC;
Doctor Who spinoff)
• 2008-Present Futurama (Animated series; (1999 - 2003,
2008-Present; 5 seasons, 88 episodes)
• 2008-2009 Terminator - Sarah Connor Chronicles (31
episodes, 2 Seasons) Fox
• 2008-Present Fringe (20 episodes, 1 Season) Premiered
September 9, 2008 on Fox
• 2008-Present Sanctuary (13 episodes; 8 webisodes; 1
season) Premiered October 3rd, 2008 on SyFy
• 2009-Present Dollhouse (13 episodes plus pilot; 2 seasons)
Fox *Joss Whedon
• 2009-Present Warehouse 13 (10 episodes; 1 season)
premiered on July 7, 2009
• 2009-Present Defying Gravity (13 episodes, 1 season)
Premiered August 2, 2009 on ABC

Upcoming Science Fiction Television (as of August 2009):

Caprica (to be released 2010) Pilot aired April 21, 2009

Stargate Universe - scheduled to debut on October 2, 2009 -

SyFy

SOURCES:

List of science fiction television programs. Author: Wikipedia

contributors. Permanent link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_science_fiction_televis
ion_programs&oldid=306690048
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Gareth McLean, Wednesday June 27, 2007

Guardian - The far side: five of the best sci-fi/fantasy shows

Battlestar Galactica (2003-present)

Rebooted for a new century. Characters have changed gender, the

clunky robots now look human, and the moral, political, sexual and
ethical knots in which the characters find themselves are Gordian
indeed. Also, the cast is very sexy.

Firefly (2002)

Set in the year 2517, when America and China have joined forces to
become the somewhat sinister Alliance, a band of rogues, smugglers,
criminals and reprobates - diamonds, the lot of them - struggle with
existential problems more than they do with warp engines. Created by
Joss Whedon, and often described as a western in space, it's more
Deadwood than Bonanza. Cruelly canceled after 14 episodes, it
spawned the feature film, Serenity.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)

High school is hell. In Joss Whedon's genius show, the metaphor grew
fangs and claws as a blonde schoolgirl - so long the archetype victim in
the horror genre - became the heroine and kicked demon butt, averting
apocalypse time and again. Smart, funny, sad and brilliant.

The X-Files (1993-2002)

From the shapeshifting, liver-eating Eugene Tooms to killer midgets on

skateboards, from alien abduction to bees bred for nefarious purposes,
Chris Carter managed to scare with monsters-of-the-week while
building a compelling mythology that would eventually throttle the
show. Still, there was the Unresolved Sexual Tension between skeptical
Dana Scully and Fox "Spooky" Mulder.

Doctor Who (1963-present)

When Christopher Eccleston bowed out after one series, the wheels
might have come off Russell T Davies' reinvigoration of the British
classic. Instead, David Tennant took the Doctor from strength to
strength. Stories as clever as that involving Charles Dickens, as
emotional as that in which Rose bade goodbye, and as terrifying as
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Steven Moffat's Blink, with its Weeping Angels, mean that Doctor Who
succeeds in being both chilling and life-affirming.