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:
Fallout (Prime Video): Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them. All episodes will be available for viewing on Wednesday.
Chucky (Syfy): Chucky may be dying, but he’s not dead yet! Chucky and Tiffany return for the second half of the third season. Premieres Wednesday at 10 PM EST on Syfy and USA.
Schedule Notes:
[Update] Prime Video’s Fallout was originally scheduled to drop on Friday, but at the last minute that got bumped up to Wednesday at 3 PM EST. All episodes will be available for viewing. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for April 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 Apr 8 – Apr 14
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com
| Monday April 8 |
| Star Trek Discovery (Showtime) 8:00-10:00 Encore Run |
| Tuesday April 9 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday April 10 |
| Not Dead Yet (ABC) 8:30-9:00 |
| Chucky (Syfy/USA) 9:00-10:00 Returns from Hiatus |
| American Horror Story (FX) 10:00-11:00 |
| Fallout (Amazon) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Star Wars The Bad Batch (Disney+) Streaming |
| X-Men 97 (Disney+) Streaming |
| Thursday April 11 |
| Ghosts (CBS) 8:30-9:00 |
| Star Trek Discovery (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Friday April 12 |
| Saturday April 13 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday April 14 |
| Krapopolis (FOX) 8:30-9:00 |
| Beacon 23 (MGM+) Streaming |
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
HBO has cast the roles of Dunk and Egg for the upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Peter Claffey (Vikings: Valhalla) has been cast as Ser Duncan the Tall and Dexter Sol Ansell (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) will play his squire Egg. That series is currently looking at a 2025 premiere.
In additional casting news, Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) will be joining the upcoming season of The Walking Dead: Dead City in the role of Bruegel, the leader of one of the fiercest gangs in New York City. That one is set to return in Summer 2024.
The Stargate revival will be in the vein of SG-1 but with a new cast according to an anonymous source at MGM. There are plans to have some legacy characters on the show, but nobody specific has been announced. You can watch the full coverage of that at SciTrek.
In cancellation news, NBC has brought the leaping to an end as Quantum Leap will not continue into a third season. That show was a moderate performer in the ratings but it did develop a notable following and they may lobby for a conclusion to the series.
Keep up with the latest sci fi TV news and discuss current and past shows at r/SciFiTV and stay up to date on the status of all the current sci fi and fantasy shows with our Cancellation Watch posts.
Sci Fi TV Premieres
There have been quite a number of premiere dates announced this past week. Below is a rundown of those along with a few from the prior week.
Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix) Season 1 Premieres Apr 25
Them (Amazon) Season 2 Premieres Apr 25
Velma (Max) Season 2 Premieres Apr 25
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (Disney+) Season 1 Premieres May 4
Orphan Black: Echoes (AMC) Season 1 Premieres Jun 23
Hit Monkey (Hulu) Season 2 Premieres Jul 15
Futurama (Hulu) Season 12 Premieres Jul 29
Solar Opposites (Hulu) Season 5 Premieres Aug 12
You can see all the premiere dates for the current season at this link.
Sci Fi TV Trailers
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (Disney+): After losing everything, young Morgan Elsbeth navigates the expanding Imperial world toward a path of vengeance, while former Jedi Barriss Offee does what she must to survive a rapidly changing galaxy. The choices they make will define their destinies. Premieres May 4th.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
More from CancelledSciFi.com:
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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.
I haven’t seen it but found it curious that Amazon posted the entire season up front…when was the last time that happened?