A look at the upcoming schedule of sci fi and fantasy shows as well as recent news and/or trailers of note.
Sci Fi TV Premieres This Week
Ahsoka (Disney+): Set after the fall of the Empire, Ahsoka follows the former Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy. Premieres on Tuesday.
Invasion (Apple TV+): The action-packed second season of “Invasion” picks up just months later with the aliens escalating their attacks in an all out war against the humans. Season 2 Premieres on Wednesday.
Schedule Notes:
Ahsoka was originally set to premiere on Wednesday August 23rd, but that was bumped up to Tuesday August 22nd and the episodes will release in the evenings at 9 PM EST. The fourth season of Hulu’s Solar Opposites arrived last week with little notice and all episodes are available for streaming. That show has also been renewed for a fifth season. Wrapping up this week are The CW’s Nancy Drew and Riverdale which will air their series finales on Wednesday. Below are the listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for August and beyond at this link. The two-week view of the schedule is available here
Prime Time Sci Fi TV Listings for the Week of Aug 21 – Aug 27
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com
| Monday August 21 |
| Futurama (Hulu) Streaming |
| Tuesday August 22 |
| Ahsoka (Disney+) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Wednesday August 23 |
| Nancy Drew (CW) 8:00-9:00 |
| Riverdale (CW) 9:00-10:00 |
| Invasion (Apple TV+) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Strange Planet (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Thursday August 24 |
| What We Do in the Shadows (FX) 10:00-10:30 |
| Harley Quinn (Max) Streaming |
| Friday August 25 |
| Foundation (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Saturday August 26 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday August 27 |
| No Genre Entries |
Sci Fi TV News
The Warrior Nun revival is moving forward and executive producer Dean English has announced that three movies are in the works . . . Amazon has cancelled The Peripheral, reversing its previous renewal for that apocalyptic series . . . The third season of Syfy’s Chucky and the second season of Surrealestate have received Fall 2023 premiere dates. They will bow on October 3rd at 9 PM EST and 10 PM EST respectively. You can see the trailer for the latter below . . . Disney+ has announced December 20th as the premiere date for Percy Jackson and the Olympians and you can see the teaser for that at this link . . . The animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off has received a November 17th premiere date on Netflix, and you can see the trailer for that at this link.
Keep up with the latest sci fi TV news and discuss current and past shows at r/SciFiTV
Sci Fi TV Trailers
Surrealestate (Syfy): Realtor Luke Roman and an elite team of specialists handle the cases that no one else can: haunted and possessed houses that literally scare would-be buyers away. Season 2 premieres October 3rd.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
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Follow our Sci Fi TV Schedule for all the currently airing and upcoming sci fi and fantasy television shows, and you can see the premieres for all the upcoming genre entries at this link.
Solar Opposites season 4 is getting annihilated by review bombing on a number of websites. I didn’t read any of the actual text, but I think it’s Justin Roiland fanboys.