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:
Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix): Edwin and Charles are best friends, ghosts… and the best detectives on the Mortal plane. They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal and her friend Niko, they are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases. All episodes will be available on Friday.
Them (Prime Video): Season 2 centers on LAPD Homicide Detective Dawn Reeve, who is assigned to a new case: the gruesome murder of a foster home mother that has left even the most hardened detectives shaken. Navigating a tumultuous time in Los Angeles, with a city on the razor’s edge of chaos, Dawn is determined to stop the killer. But as she draws closer to the truth, something ominous and malevolent grips her and her family. All episodes will be available on Friday.
The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+): The Big Door Prize season two follows the residents of Deerfield as the Morpho machine readies them for the mysterious “next stage.” As everyone’s potentials are exchanged for visions, new relationships form and new questions are asked. The first three Season 2 eps will be streaming on Friday.
Schedule Notes:
Also premiering this week is Max’s animated adult comedy Velma which will start releasing its second season episodes on Friday. Wrapping up is FX’s American Horror Story which has its twelfth season finale on Wednesday. That one has already been renewed through its thirteenth season. Also on Wednesday, ABC’s Not Dead Yet has its second season finale. That show is currently On the Bubble. 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 22 – Apr 28
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 22 |
| Star Trek Discovery (Showtime) 8:00-9:00 Encore Run |
| Tuesday April 23 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday April 24 |
| Not Dead Yet (ABC) 8:30-9:00 Season Finale |
| Chucky (Syfy/USA) 9:00-10:00 |
| American Horror Story (FX) 10:00-11:00 Season Finale |
| Star Wars The Bad Batch (Disney+) Streaming |
| X-Men 97 (Disney+) Streaming |
| Thursday April 25 |
| Ghosts (CBS) 8:30-9:00 |
| The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Star Trek Discovery (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Friday April 26 |
| Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Them (Amazon) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Velma (Max) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Saturday April 27 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday April 28 |
| Krapopolis (FOX) 8:30-9:00 |
| Beacon 23 (MGM+) Streaming |
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
Comedy Central has given a ten-episode order to for the adult animated series Golden Axe which is based on the Sega video game of the same name. Deadline gives the following description for the project:
Golden Axe follows veteran warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare and Gilius Thunderhead as they once again battle to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder who just won’t seem to stay dead. Fortunately, this time they have the inexperienced and underprepared Hampton Squib on their side.
The voice cast currently includes Matthew Rhys, Danny Pudi, Lisa Gilroy, Liam McIntyre, and Carl Tart, and Mike McMahon and Joe Chandler are onboard as executive producers. The show will likely be targeting a late-2024 or early-2025 premiere.
This past week has brought quite a number of renewals for sci fi TV shows. Fallout will be returning for a second season on Amazon’s Prime Video. Netflix’s The Witcher has been given an advance renewal for a fifth season and that will be its last. For All Mankind will continue to a fifth season on Apple TV+. And Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has received an advance renewal for a fourth season on Paramount+. In cancellations, Star Trek: Lower Decks will be ending with its fifth season, but series co-star Jack Quaid has suggested it could be shopped around.
In scheduling news, the second season of Netflix’s fantasy Anime series Blood of Zeus has been shifted to a May 9th start, and you can see the trailer for that below. In addition, Sweet Tooth will return for its third and final season for that streamer on June 6th. And Apple TV+ has given a July 10th premiere date for its upcoming series Sunny.
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Sci Fi TV Trailers
Blood of Zeus (Netflix): To escape the Underworld forever, Hades crafts a plan to claim Zeus’s crown for himself and reunite with his beloved Persephone as ruler of Olympus. Season 2 premieres May 9th.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
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