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:
Snowpiercer (AMC): Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out in this riveting television adaptation based on the acclaimed movie and graphic novel series of the same name. Premieres Sunday at 9 PM EST.
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (Max): Kite Man and Golden Glider take their relationship to the next level by opening a bar in the shadow of Lex Luthor’s Legion of Doom. Nobody said serving cold ones to the most dangerous rogues outside of Arkham Asylum would be easy, but sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and how to hide a body. Premieres on Thursday.
Schedule Notes:
Wrapping up this week is The Acolyte on Disney+ which will release its first season finale on Tuesday. There has been no word on a second season of that one yet. Also wrapping up is Amazon’s The Boys which has its fourth season finale on Thursday. That show has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for July 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 Jul 15 – Jul 21
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com
| Monday July 15 |
| Hit Monkey (Hulu) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Tuesday July 16 |
| The Acolyte (Disney+) Streaming Season Finale |
| Wednesday July 17 |
| The Ark (Syfy) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Sunny (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Thursday July 18 |
| The Boys (Amazon) Streaming Season Finale |
| Domino Day (AMC+) Streaming |
| Evil (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (Max) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Friday July 19 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Saturday July 20 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday July 21 |
| House of the Dragon (HBO) 9:00-10:00 |
| The Lazarus Project (TNT) 9:00-10:00 |
| Snowpiercer (AMC) 9:00-10:00 Season 4 Premiere |
| Orphan Black: Echoes (AMC) 10:00-11:00 |
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
Warner Bros. Discovery continues to move its premium scripted content from Max to HBO. It was previously announced that the Harry Potter TV series, It prequel, and Green Lantern series would be on HBO, and now The Penguin and Dune: Prophecy will be shifting to the cable channel as well. The former is a spin-off from The Batman while the latter is linked to the Denis Villeneuve Dune films. All of these shows will also still stream on Max as well, but they will be promoted as HBO originals as the company appears to pushing its streaming service to second-tier status.
A television adaptation of the Lev Grossman Arthurian novel The Bright Sword is in the works at Lionsgate. Deadline gives the following description for the project:
The Bright Sword follows a gifted young knight named Collum who arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. King Arthur is dead, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, and this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world and make it whole again. But first they’ll have to learn the truth of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell.
No casting choices have been made yet and a showrunner has not been announced. There is also no network or streaming service attached at this point, but the property should draw plenty of interest. Grossman’s The Magicians was previously adapted by Syfy and that ran for five seasons.
In scheduling news, the second season of the Apple TV+ original Severance has finally received a premiere date. That will arrive on January 17th, nearly three years after the first season premiere, and you can see the brief teaser at this link.
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Sci Fi TV Trailers
Time Bandits (Apple TV+): The eccentric crew of bandits embark on epic adventures while evil forces threaten their conquests and life as they know it. As the group transports through time and space, the gang stumbles upon fascinating worlds of the distant past while seeking out treasure, depending on Kevin to shed light on each situation. The Time Bandits witness the creation of Stonehenge, see the Trojan Horse in action, escape dinosaurs in the prehistoric ages, wreak havoc during medieval times, experience the ice age, ancient civilizations, the Harlem Renaissance, and much more along the way. Premieres July 24th.
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