Best Science Fiction Shows

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This list is in order starting with my favorites. Note that I am not taking historical significance into account. I am ranking them purely based on how entertaining I personally find them today, which makes the list heavily biased towards newer shows with better special effects and so forth. For example, if I were to list them in order of importance, Star Trek TOS would have to be number one. That it still makes the list at all almost 50 years later is incredible. But it is not as entertaining to a modern audience, in my opinion, as some of those that built on top of it. Also, note that I personally tend to prefer harder and space-based sci fi to borderline fantasy or earth based sci fi, with some notable exceptions. Lastly, note that this list is based on a narrow definition of "science fiction" and shows like the X-Files and the Walking Dead, which are amazing, are not on the list. Perhaps the list is more like a "space-based science fiction shows" list.


1. Battlestar Galactica

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurfaces and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protects a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony of Earth.

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2. Firefly

Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.

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3. Star Trek: The Next Generation

Set decades after Captain James T. Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers in a new Enterprise set off on their own mission to go where no one has gone before.

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4. Babylon 5

A space station in neutral territory is the focus of a unique five year saga. Give it a few episodes before you decide if you like it.

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5. Farscape

Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.

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6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Orbiting the liberated planet of Bajor, a Federation space station guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the Galaxy.

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7. Falling Skies

Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.

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8. V (2009)

An extraterrestrial race arrives on Earth with seemingly good intentions, only to slowly reveal their true machinations the more ingrained into society they become.

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9. Caprica

Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences.

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10. SGU Stargate Universe

Trapped on an Ancient spaceship billions of light years from home, a group of soldiers and civilians struggle to survive and find their way back to Earth.

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11. Star Trek

Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the Galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

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12. Earth 2

Colonists, crash-landed on an alien planet, begin the long trek to their originally designated landing place, facing both alien and human threats.

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13. Andromeda

Captain Hunt and the crew of the Starship Andromeda set out on a mission to rebuild the Systems Commonwealth 300 years after its fall.

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14. The 100

Set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.

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15. Stargate Atlantis

An international team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and come face-to-face with a new, powerful enemy, The Wraith.

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16. Star Trek Voyager

Pulled to the far side of the Galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

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17. Space: Above and Beyond

The Earth is embroiled in a desperate war against alien invaders, and this series focuses on one squadron of Marine pilots involved in it.

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18. Lexx

A group of desperate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.

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19. Stargate SG-1

A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore the recently discovered Stargates.

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20. Star Trek: Enterprise

A prequel series, set 100 years before the original Star Trek series, which focuses on the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the formation of the Federation and the Earth-Romulan Wars. The series is set aboard the Earth ship Enterprise NX-01, captained by Jonathan Archer.

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