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 Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT): Vikram Chamberlain (Callum McGowan), a “Librarian” from the past who time traveled from 1847 and now finds himself stuck in the present. When Vikram returns to his castle in Belgrade, Serbia and discovers that it is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent. With the help of a new team of eclectic heroes, including a savant in world history, a scientific genius, and a highly skilled Guardian, Vikram has only six months to clean up the mess he made. Premieres Sunday after the NBA Playoff game.
Schedule Notes:
For the premiere of The Librarians: The Next Chapter, it looks like the time will depend on the NBA Playoffs. It was originally scheduled for 8 PM EST on Sunday, but the local listings are currently showing 11:30 PM EST after the game. So keep an eye on the listings in your area to see if that changes. Wrapping up this week is HBO’s The Last of Us which has its Season 2 finale on Sunday. That show has already been renewed for a third year. Also wrapping up is the encore run of Paradise on ABC. The final two episodes of that Hulu series will air on Monday night, and that one has been renewed for a second season. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for May 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 May 19 – May 25
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com
| Monday May 19 |
| Paradise (ABC) 10:00-11:00 Encore Run |
| Tuesday May 20 |
| The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Streaming |
| Wednesday May 21 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Thursday May 22 |
| SurrealEstate (Syfy) 10:00-11:00 |
| Friday May 23 |
| Murderbot (Apple TV+) Streaming |
| Saturday May 24 |
| Doctor Who (Disney+) Streaming |
| Sunday May 25 |
| The Last of Us (HBO) 9:00-10:00 Season Finale |
| The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT) 9:00-10:00 Series Premiere |
| The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
| Rick and Morty (ADSW) 9:00-10:00 Season 8 Premiere |
Highlights for the Week of May 26 – Jun 1
The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT): Timeslot Premiere on Mon May 26th
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu): Series Finale on Tue May 27th
Doctor Who (Disney+): Season Finale on Sat May 31st
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
Krysten Ritter will be returning to the role of Jessica Jones in the upcoming second season of Daredevil: Born Again as confirmed at Disney’s Upfront presentation this past week. There were already rumors to that affect floating around, and both Luke Cage and Iron Fist were mentioned for a possible return as well. The Punisher, played by John Bernthal, has already appeared in the first season and will return in the show’s second year. Whether this will lead to any of these characters spinning off to their own shows remains to be seen. (A Punisher special is planned at this point, but not an ongoing series.)
This past week brought several renewal and cancellation announcements for sci fi and fantasy shows. Among the renewals, Amazon has given the greenlight to a third season of Fallout ahead of its second season premiere which will be in December 2025, and Fox has extended its animated comedy Krapopolis to a fifth season. As for the cancellations, Amazon has decided not to go forward with a second season of its supernatural drama The Bondsman, and Netflix will not be picking up a third season of Star Trek: Prodigy.
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 Premieres:
The Upfronts brought several premiere announcements for sci fi and fantasy TV shows. Following is a rundown of those:
Ironheart (Disney+) Season 1 Premieres Jun 24
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) Season 3 Premieres Jul 17
Alien: Earth (Hulu/FX) Season 1 Premieres Aug 12
Wonder Man (Disney+) Premieres Fall 2025
Fallout (Amazon) Season 2 Premieres Dec 2025
Spider-Noir (Amazon) Premieres in 2026
Keep up with all the premieres for sci fi and fantasy television shows at this link and the current schedule at this link.
Sci Fi TV Trailers:
Fallout (Prime Video): Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them. Premieres Dec 2025.
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