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:
Solar Opposites (Hulu): A team of four aliens escape their exploding home world only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America. They are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome. Korvo (Dan Stevens) and Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) only see the pollution, crass consumerism, and human frailty while Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse (Mary Mack) love humans and all their TV, junk food and fun stuff. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth. All episodes will be available on Monday.
Rick & Morty: The Anime (Adult Swim/Max): Rick relaxes in a pseudo-world between multiverses, Summer helps Space Beth fight the evil Galactic Federation, and Morty falls in love with a mysterious girl who happens to be an atemporal being. The first episode premieres midnight 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 12 – Aug 18
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 12 |
| Futurama (Hulu) Streaming |
| Solar Opposites (Hulu) Streaming Season 5 Premiere |
| Tuesday August 13 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday August 14 |
| The Ark (Syfy) Streaming |
| Sunny (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Time Bandits (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Thursday August 15 |
| Evil (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (Max) Streaming |
| Rick & Morty: The Anime (ADSW/Max) 12:00-12:30 |
| Friday August 16 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Saturday August 17 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday August 18 |
| Snowpiercer (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
| Orphan Black: Echoes (AMC) 10:00-11:00 |
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
The classic 1960 Japanese film The Human Vapor, which was directed by Godzilla creator Ishiro Honda, is getting a live-action TV series reboot from Netflix and Toho Studios. The Hollywood Report gives the following description of the original film:
The third and final film of Toho’s “Transforming Human Series” of cult sci-fi classics from the 1950s and 1960s, The Human Vapor tells the story of a man turned into a gaseous mutant by a radiation experiment gone awry. He then uses his unique powers to rob banks and terrorize society with murderous crimes, while financially supporting a struggling dancer he admires. The film is considered an early masterpiece of the sci-fi thriller genre, renowned for innovative VFX and exploration of power structures and societal oppression.
The television adaptation will move the setting to present-day Japan and Shinzo Katayama (Gannibal) will direct with Yeon Sang-ho (Hellbound, Parasyte: The Grey) onboard as executive producer. Shun Oguri (Godzilla vs. Kong) and Yu Aoi (Wife of a Spy) will co-star in the series, and a targeted premiere date has not been announced yet.
Henry Ashton has been cast in the role of Daeron Targaryen in the upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (this is not the same character seen in House of the Dragon). Other new castings for the show include Edward Ashley, Youssef Kerkour, Daniel Monks, Shaun Thomas, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and Danny Webb.
A fourth season of HBO’s House of the Dragon has been confirmed, and the show will wrap up at that point. A second season of Daredevil: Born Again has also been confirmed.
In scheduling news, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has received a premiere date of December 3rd (you can see the trailer for that one below), and the first season of Daredevil: Born Again will arrive March 1st.
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:
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Disney+): This series centers on a group of kids lost in a galaxy far, far away — as they try to make their way home. Premieres December 3rd.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
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