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:
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix): A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father’s death, the threat of the apocalypse and more. All episodes will be available for streaming on Thursday.
Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for August 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 Aug 5 – Aug 11
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com
| Monday August 5 |
| Futurama (Hulu) Streaming |
| Tuesday August 6 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday August 7 |
| The Ark (Syfy) 10:00-11:00 |
| Sunny (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Time Bandits (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Thursday August 8 |
| Evil (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (Max) Streaming |
| The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) Streaming Season 4 Premiere |
| Friday August 9 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Saturday August 10 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday August 11 |
| Snowpiercer (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
| Orphan Black: Echoes (AMC) 10:00-11:00 |
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
Star Trek: Lower Decks will be wrapping up its television run with its upcoming fifth season (which premieres October 24th), but the story of the junior officers onboard the USS Ceritos will continue with an upcoming comic book from IDW. Here’s what Group Editor Heather Antos has to say about the series:
Just when you thought we couldn’t go lower… we’re BACK with the first ever ONGOING Lower Decks series. Just like the fans out there, we too want more Lower Decks and this time we’re giving it to you tenfold! Ryan North is showing us just how deep of a Trek nerd he is with these stories, and paired with the comedic geniuses of Derek Charm, Jack Lawrence and more on art duties for a rotating cast of ‘episodic’ issues, this series is a mission so fun that even the Lower Deckers themselves won’t want to miss it!
It will be written by Ryan North (Fantastic Four) and drawn by Derek Charm (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) who previously teamed up on the Lower Decks one-shot Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shax’s Best Day. After the first story arc, a rotating set of artists will take over the drawing of the series. The first issue is scheduled to hit the stands on November 13th.
The planned Battlestar: Galactica reboot, first announced back in 2019, will not be going forward at Peacock. Coming from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, the series would have taken place in the same universe as the acclaimed 2003 reboot that previously aired on The Sci Fi Channel, but no story details were ever revealed. No reason has been given on why Peacock has decided to back away from the project, but it is likely a cost issue as the streamers are cutting back on their spending for scripted originals. UCP will shop the show around to other venues.
Legendary TV will be adapting Neal Stephenson’s Hugo award-winning novel Seveneves for the small screen. Deadline gives the following description for the project:
Seveneves follows how the best scientific minds come to the same conclusion after a meteor shatters the moon into seven pieces: In two years’ time, all humans on Earth will be destroyed by a “hard rain” that will make the planet uninhabitable. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise a plan to ensure survival for humanity, initiating a new chapter for mankind.
Allison Friedman (The Mortuary Collection) is attached at this point as executive producer. No network or streaming service has been linked to the production currently, but this one should draw some interest.
Scott Grimes has said that production on Season 4 of The Orville will begin in early 2025 and The Planetary Union Network: The Orville Official Podcast has echoed that. No official statement has been made yet, though, but this is at least encouraging news. We have had several non-updates on the show over the past year or so that have not panned out, but I will keep an eye on this story.
Bruce Campbell is teasing that an animated Evil Dead series is currently in the works and he will provide the voice for Ash. This is early in the development stage, though, and has not received an official pickup by a network or streaming service.
In production news, Season 2 of the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians has started filming which should have it on track for a 2025 premiere. And production has also begun on the second season of Apple TV+’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters which should have it arriving at some point in 2025.
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