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:
Scavengers Reign (Netflix): In this surreal sci-fi animated series from creators Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner, the remaining crew of a damaged interstellar freighter ship find themselves stranded on a beautiful yet unforgiving alien planet – where they must survive long enough to escape or be rescued. But as the survivors struggle to locate their downed ship and missing crewmates, their new home reveals a hostile world allowed to thrive without human interference. Premieres on Friday.
Schedule Notes:
Scavengers Reign has been picked up for an encore run of its first season on Netflix. If that performs well, the streamer may consider continuing it to a second season. It is still streaming on Max (where it has been cancelled), but may leave that venue in the next few months. Another show headed to an encore run is Snowpiercer (which previously aired on TNT) as the first two seasons of that post-apocalyptic series will start streaming on AMC+ on Monday with the third season joining them the following Monday. The fourth and final season which has not been aired yet will arrive on AMC and AMC+ July 21st. Wrapping up this week is Star Trek: Discovery which will release its season finale on Paramount+ on Thursday. That will cap off its run at five seasons and 65 episodes. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for June 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 27 – Jun 2
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 27 |
| Star Trek Discovery (Showtime) 8:00-9:00 Encore Run |
| Snowpiercer (AMC+) Streaming Encore Run |
| Tuesday May 28 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday May 29 |
| Reginald the Vampire (Syfy) 10:00-11:00 |
| Dark Matter (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Thursday May 30 |
| The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Evil (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Star Trek Discovery (Paramount+) Streaming Series Finale |
| Friday May 31 |
| Doctor Who (Disney+) Streaming |
| Scavengers Reign (Netflix) Streaming Season 1 Encore Run |
| Velma (Max) Streaming |
| Saturday June 1 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday June 2 |
| Interview with the Vampire (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
Sci Fi TV News of Note
Disney+ is moving forward with a new MCU series that will bring back The Vision. Details are sparse on the show, but Deadline claims it will “center on The Vision (Paul Bettany) trying to regain his memory and humanity”. Elizabeth Olsen could also appear in the series as The Scarlet Witch. Terry Matalas (Star Trek: Picard) has been attached as showrunner and the streamer is looking at a 2026 premiere for the show.
A reboot of The Munsters is in the works which will be titled 1313 after the address where the ghoulish family lives 1313 Mockingbird Lane. This will be a darker take on the characters that “lives and breathes within the Universal Monsterverse”, though not much else is known about the series. Universal Studio Group is developing the reboot and Lindsey Anderson Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines) has been attached as showrunner. A network or streaming service has not been announced, but the show will likely fall somewhere in the NBCUniversal umbrella, perhaps at Peacock.
Anson Mount has announced that filming is mostly complete on Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. That probably has it on track (trek?) for a late 2024 premiere or maybe early 2025.
Marvel Studios Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation Brad Winderbaum has indicated that the upcoming third season of the alternative-history MCU series What If…? will be its last. That is set to premiere at some point in the 2024-25 season, and a spin-off series Marvel Zombies is currently in the works.
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
Sweet Tooth (Netflix): In this final chapter, Gus and his friends embark on a harrowing journey in hopes of curing the Sick — and finally discovering the truth about hybrids. Season 3 premieres June 6th.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
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