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:
Evil (Paramount+): Kristen, David and Ben continue to assess cases that involve wayward technology, possessed pigs, demonic oppression and infestation, a dance muse conjured by alleged witches and an evil relic. Premieres on Thursday.
Schedule Notes:
Wrapping up this week is Beacon 23 which has its second season finale on Sunday on MGM+. 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 May 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 May 20 – May 26
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com
| Monday May 20 |
| Star Trek Discovery (Showtime) 8:00-9:00 Encore Run |
| Tuesday May 21 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday May 22 |
| Reginald the Vampire (Syfy) 10:00-11:00 |
| Dark Matter (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Thursday May 23 |
| The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Evil (Paramount+) Streaming Season 4 Premiere |
| Star Trek Discovery (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Friday May 24 |
| Doctor Who (Disney+) Streaming |
| Velma (Max) Streaming |
| Saturday May 25 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday May 26 |
| Interview with the Vampire (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
| Beacon 23 (MGM+) Streaming Season Finale |
Sci Fi TV News of Note
Red Dwarf will be returning to the small screen in 2025. According to the British Comedy Guide, a 90-minute feature-length installment will start filming later this year and it will be broken into three 30-minute specials. Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules, and Robert Llewellyn will be reprising their roles, but no plot details are available at this time.
The live-action series Silk: Spider Society will not be going forward at Amazon. That would have followed Cindy Moon who is bitten by the same radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers and she becomes the superhero known as Silk. Sony was planning to develop several shows based on the Marvel characters it has the rights to and those would have aired on MGM+ and streamed on Prime Video. Those plans appear to have fallen through and Sony will be shopping Silk to other venues.
In renewal news, Netflix has picked up 3 Body Problem for additional episodes to conclude the story, but the number of seasons has not been announced yet. Also, Amazon has given The Boys an early fifth-season renewal in advance of its fourth-season premiere in June 2024.
In scheduling news, I have put together the initial Fall 2024 Schedule of sci fi and fantasy shows, and it is looking pretty sparse at this point, especially across the linear networks. You can see that at this link.
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 Trailers
Dune: Prophecy (Max): 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, Dune: Prophecy follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. Premieres Fall 2024.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
More from CancelledSciFi.com:
Keep up with the status updates of all the airing, returning, and upcoming sci fi and fantasy shows for the current season with our Cancellation Watch posts. And be sure to follow the Cancelled Sci Fi Twitter Site for breaking news and updates.
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.
