Sci Fi TV Highlights: 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:
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix): Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony — then everything changed. A live-action adaptation of Aang’s story. Premieres on Thursday.
Constellation (Apple TV+): Noomi Rapace stars as Jo, an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. The action-packed space adventure is an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology, and one woman’s desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel and recover all that she has lost. Premieres on Wednesday.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC): Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead… And ultimately, a war against the living. Premieres Sunday at 9 PM EST.
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (Prime Video): The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy follows Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak—aliens, best friends, and intergalactically renowned surgeons—as they tackle anxiety-eating parasites, illegal time loops, and deep-space STIs. Premieres on Friday.
Schedule Notes:
This week brings quite a number of premieres as in addition to the four above, Star Wars: The Bad Batch returns for its third and final season on Disney+ on Wednesday. The premiere of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live on Sunday will also be simulcast on BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and WE. Wrapping up this week is NBC’s Quantum Leap which will air its final two Season 2 episodes on Tuesday starting at 9 PM EST. There has been no word on a third season of that one yet. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for February 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 Feb 19 – Feb 25
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com
| Monday February 19 |
| Halo (Showtime) 8:00-10:00 Encore Run |
| Tuesday February 20 |
| Quantum Leap (NBC) 9:00-11:00 2-Hour Season Finale |
| Wednesday February 21 |
| Not Dead Yet (ABC) 8:30-9:00 |
| Resident Alien (Syfy) 9:00-10:00 |
| Constellation (Apple TV+) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Star Wars The Bad Batch (Disney+) Streaming Season 3 Premiere |
| Thursday February 22 |
| Ghosts (CBS) 8:30-9:00 |
| Avatar The Last Airbender (Netflix) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Halo The Series (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Friday February 23 |
| The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (Prime Video) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Saturday February 24 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday February 25 |
| Krapopolis (FOX) 8:30-9:00 |
| The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC) 9:00-10:00 Series Premiere |
Sci Fi TV News:
The Television Critics Association winter press tour has been going on and has led to quite a bit of sci fi TV news this past week. Following are the highlights:
Arrow-verse co-creator Marc Guggenheim has indicated an interest in doing a sequel series to Superman Returns which starred Brandon Routh as the Man of Steel. In a series of tweets he indicated that he has talked to Routh about the show and they have some “really exciting ideas”. Of course, nothing is officially in the works right now and The CW is getting out of the superhero business once the final season of Superman & Lois airs while Max is mostly following the newly rebooted timeline for the DC Universe that James Gunn and Peter Safran are working on. S&L was cancelled by The CW due to the reboot and the upcoming Superman: Legacy film, so it seems unlikely that another Superman continuum would run concurrently with that. But you never know and we will have to see what comes from this.
A reboot of the classic supernatural sitcom Bewitched is in the works at Sony TV with Judalina Neira (The Boys) writing and executive producing. It is being described as an “irreverent hourlong reimagination of the classic TV series” about a witch living a normal suburban life while trying to hide her magical abilities. No star is attached at this point nor has a network been named, but this one should draw some interest.
James Wan (The Conjuring, M3GAN) is working on a currently untitled techno-thriller at Peacock that will star Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings). Deadline gives following description for the project:
[The series] is set five minutes in the future when first-generation American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies.
Thomas Brandon (Legacies) created the series and will serve as writer and executive producer. The streamer will likely be targeting a 2025 release if they give it the greenlight.
In renewals from the past week, SurrealEstate has been picked up for a third season by Syfy, Invasion will continue for a third year on Apple TV+, and Hulu has given the greenlight for a fourth season of American Horror Stories. Coming to an end is Paramount+’s Evil which will wrap up after its upcoming fourth season which premiere in May.
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Sci Fi TV Premieres
Quite a number of premiere and return dates have been announced this past week during the TCAs. Below is a roundup of those:
Invincible (Amazon) Season 2B Premieres Mar 14
X-Men 97 (Disney+) Season 1 Premieres Mar 20
American Horror Story (FX) Season 12B Premieres Apr 3
Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) Season 5 Premieres Apr 4
Sugar (Apple TV+) Season 1 Premieres Apr 5
Chucky (Syfy) Season 3B Premieres Apr 10
Reginald the Vampire (Syfy) Season 2 Premieres May 8
Interview with the Vampire (AMC) Season 2 Premieres May 12
Evil (Paramount+) Season 4 Premieres May 31
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) Season 4 Premieres Aug 8
The Ark (Syfy) Season 2 Premieres Summer 2024
Superman & Lois (CW) Season 4 Premieres Fall 2024
You can see all the sci fi TV premieres for the current season and beyond at this link.
Sci Fi TV Trailers
X-Men 97 (Disney+): Carrying on where X-Men: The Animated series left off in 1997, this show continues to follow the team that Charles Xavier created as they struggle to find their place in a world that fears mutants. Premieres March 20th.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
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