Sci Fi TV Highlights: Weekly post looking at the upcoming schedule of sci fi and fantasy shows as well as recent news and/or trailers of note. The dates and times shown below can change with little to no notice.
Sci Fi TV Premieres:
Dark Matter (Apple TV): Season two picks up with the Dessens as they settle into a quiet life in a world that finally seems safe until the unimaginable forces them to run once again. This first episode will be available on Friday.
Schedule Notes:
Apart from the premiere for Dark Matter this coming Friday, the next few weeks will be slim for sci fi TV with no more shows joining the schedule until mid-September. But things will pick up in October with seven premieres set at this point and another six in November. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see the three-month view of the schedule at this link.
Prime Time Sci Fi TV Listings for the Week of Aug 24 – Aug 30
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: TVGuide.com
| Monday August 24 |
| Futurama (Hulu) Streaming |
| Tuesday August 25 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Wednesday August 26 |
| The Ark (Syfy) 10:00-11:00 |
| Thursday August 27 |
| Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (HBO MAX) Streaming |
| Friday August 28 |
| Silo (Apple TV) Streaming |
| Dark Matter (Apple TV) Streaming Season 2 Premiere |
| Saturday August 29 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday August 30 |
| The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT) 9:00-10:00 |
| Lanterns (HBO) 9:00-10:00 |
| The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
| President Curtis (ADSW) 11:30-12:00 |
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, Invincible) has jumped onboard the upcoming Netflix series Pagans in the lead role. This one comes from Joshua Zetumer (Robocop, Say Nothing), and following is the logline for the show:
Pagans follows a man who becomes the sole caretaker of his two children after the tragic loss of his wife. While his son is typical, his daughter, Alice, is anything but. What starts as a strained father-daughter relationship soon evolves into something far more sinister.
No further casting has been announced for the series at this point, but I expect they will be getting more actors onboard soon. Production has been underway on this one since 2025, so it could premiere as early as 2027 if filming starts soon.
Felicia Day’s movie Kickstarter for The Guild: Ren Faire’d, which is based on her web series, has broken the record previously set by Veronica Mars, passing $5,704,000 from a total of 37,455 backers (the Veronica Mars movie topped out at $5,702,153 in 2013). That has the film well beyond its original goal, and work should begin on it soon. The Legend of Vox Machina has the record for a TV series funded campaign, pulling in $11.39 million to fund its first season. You can read more about The Guild at Cult-SciFi.com.
In renewal news, It: Welcome to Derry has received an official second season renewal from HBO. Work had begun on that back in 2025, and the showrunners have three seasons in total planned for the series. You can read more about the renewal at CancelledSciFi.com.
In casting news, Apple TV’s Murderbot has added a pretty hefty number of names to its season 2 cast including Blair Underwood, Patton Oswalt, Steve Buscemi, Topher Grace, and Wanda Sykes. Production has begun on that, and it is likely looking at a 2027 premiere.
Netflix released trailers this past week and announced release dates for several of its upcoming anime entries including Bass X Machina (November 3rd), Fool Night (November 26th), and Season 2 of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (October 20th). Another animated entry that is on the way is Golden Axe which will be streaming on Paramount+ starting September 16th. You can see the trailer for the first of these below, and click on the links to see the trailers for the others.
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:
Bass X Machina (Netflix): In a lawless Steampunk West overrun by brutal outlaws, machines, and supernatural terrors, a father is forced to become judge, jury, and executioner — knowing that every act of justice meant to protect his family may ultimately cost him the very people he’s fighting to save. Premieres November 3rd.
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