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:
School Spirits (Paramount+): Death is just the beginning in the new season of this series. Maddie is still trapped in the afterlife, and time is running out. Now, she must work together with her friends in the spirit and living worlds to find a way back before it’s too late. The first three episodes of Season 2 will be available for streaming on Thursday
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+): This animated series follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming a hero, with a journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots. The first two eps will be available for streaming on Wednesday.
Schedule Notes:
Ghosts returns from its Winter hiatus on Thursday at 8:30 PM and will resume airing new episodes. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for February 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 Jan 27 – Feb 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 January 27 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Tuesday January 28 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday January 29 |
| Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Thursday January 30 |
| Ghosts (CBS) 8:30-9:00 Returns from Hiatus |
| Harley Quinn (Max) Streaming |
| School Spirits (Paramount+) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Friday January 31 |
| Severance (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Saturday February 1 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday February 2 |
| Mayfair Witches (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
| Krapopolis (FOX) 9:30-10:00 On Hiatus |
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Sci Fi TV News of Note:
The animated sci fi series Pantheon was cancelled by AMC in 2023, and the completed second season was never aired in the United States because the network took a write-down on the show (more on that at this link). But Netflix picked this one up last year and started streaming the first season in November, and the second season will finally be available next month. That will start streaming on February 21st with all episodes available for viewing.
Amazon’s Prime Video has yet another fantasy entry in the works as they are developing a series based on Julie C. Dao’s books Rise of the Empress. Following is the description of the property from Deadline:
Rise of the Empress is described as “dark and mystical East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend.” In it, a fantastical ancient Asian Empire is on the verge of destruction, torn apart by insidious rivalry. The only hope: a marriage between the handsome Heir to the Throne and a Princess from one of its feuding Kingdoms. As the competition to win the Prince’s hand heats up, chaos reigns when a dazzling peasant girl named Xifeng is thrown into the romance wars by a vengeful sorceress. In this fairytale of love and power, will Xifeng be able to save not only herself…but the whole Empire?
Crystal Liu (American Horror Story) and James Wong (The X-Files, Millennium) will be co-showrunners and Gemma Chan (Humans, Eternals) will be onboard as executive producer. This will likely be targeting a premiere in early to mid-2026.
Production has begun on HBO’s House of the Dragon Season 3 and Shudder’s The Creep Tapes Season 2 and you can read more about those at this link. In additional production news, Ulrich Thomsen has signed on to play Sinestro in DC’s Lanterns series which is heading to HBO. And Netflix has confirmed that Season 2 of One Piece (which is currently in the works) will premiere in 2025.
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:
Invincible (Prime Video): This series follows 19-year-old Mark Grayson as he inherits his father’s superpowers and sets out to become Earth’s greatest defender, only to discover the job is more challenging than he could have ever imagined. Everything changes as Mark is forced to face his past, and his future, while discovering how much further he’ll need to go to protect the people he loves. Season 3 premieres February 6th.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers at this link.
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