Sci Fi TV Highlights: Premieres for Foundation Season 3, The Institute, and Leviathan, Season Finale for Murderbot, and More

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:

Foundation (Apple TV+): Set 152 years after the events of Season 2, the Foundation has become increasingly established far beyond its humble beginnings while the Cleonic Dynasty’s Empire has dwindled. As both of these galactic powers forge an uneasy alliance, a threat to the entire galaxy appears in the fearsome form of a warlord known as “The Mule” whose sights are set on ruling the universe by use of physical and military force, as well as mind control. It’s anyone’s guess who will win, who will lose, who will live, and who will die as Hari Seldon, Gaal Dornick, the Cleons, and Demerzel play a potentially deadly game of intergalactic chess. The first ep of Season 3 will be available for streaming on Friday.

The Institute (MGM+): When 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide. Premieres Sunday at 9 PM EST.

Leviathan (Netflix): Set in an alternate steampunk past, an Austrian fugitive prince and a Scottish airman in disguise embark on an unexpected quest to prevent a world war. All episodes will be available for streaming on Thursday.

Schedule Notes:

Wrapping up this week is Apple TV+’s Murderbot which has its season finale on Friday. There has been no word on a second season of that show yet. Resident Alien is shifting timeslots, moving from 11 PM EST on Fridays to 10 PM. That began on July 4th. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for July 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 Jul 7 – Jul 13

Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: Zap2It.com

Monday July 7

The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT) 9:00-10:00

Tuesday July 8

Hell Motel (Shudder) Streaming

Ironheart (Disney+) Streaming

Wednesday July 9

No Genre Entries

Thursday July 10

Revival (Syfy) 10:00-11:00

Leviathan (Netflix) Streaming Series Premiere

Friday July 11

Resident Alien (USA) 10:00-11:00

Foundation (Apple TV+) Streaming Season 3 Premiere

Murderbot (Apple TV+) Streaming Season Finale

Saturday July 12

No Genre Entries

Sunday July 13

The Instittute (MGM+) 9:00-10:00 Series Premiere

Nautilus (AMC) 9:00-10:00

Rick and Morty (ADSW) 11:00-11:30

Highlights for the Week of Jul 14 – Jul 20

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+): Season 3 Premiere on Thu Jul 17th

Sci Fi TV News of Note:

HBO’s The Last of Us is going through some behind-the-scenes shakeups as co-showrunner Neil Druckman will be stepping back and writer Halley Gross will be leaving the show. Druckman will remain onboard as executive producer but will not be as involved with the day-to-day operations of the show. Co-creator Craig Mazin will continue as showrunner for the third season.

Priya Kansara has been cast in the role of “Lakshmi, a gifted scientist” in the upcoming For All Mankind spin-off Star City according to Deadline. She will be joining Rhys Ifans, Agnes O’Casey, Solly McLeod, Alice Englert, Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis on the show.

Apple TV+ has announced that production has begun on its Neuromancer TV series based on the classic cyberpunk novel by William Gibson. You can see the teaser for that at this link. The streamer has also given an August 22nd premiere date for Invasion Season 3. You can see the trailer for that below.

HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is going through reshoots right now, and that will be pushing back its premiere to 2026.

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Sci Fi TV Trailers:

Invasion (Apple TV+): Invasion follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. In season three, those perspectives collide for the first time, as the series’ main characters are brought together to work as a team on a critical mission to infiltrate the alien mothership. The ultimate apex aliens have finally emerged, rapidly spreading their deadly tendrils across our planet. It will take all our heroes working together, using all their experience and expertise, to save our species. New relationships are formed, old relationship are challenged and even shattered, as our international cast of characters must become a team before it’s too late. Season 3 Premieres August 22nd.