Sci Fi TV Production Report: Work Begins on Paradise Season 3, The Ministry of Time, and More

Sci Fi TV Production Report: Tracking the sci fi and fantasy shows currently moving into development/production based on the listings from Production Weekly. Note that appearing on that list does not guarantee that the series will move forward.

Following are the genre entries of note included in the listings for January 29th:

Paradise Season 3 (Hulu)

There has not been much to report in the way of sci fi TV production over the past month or so, but in the latest listings, Paradise Season 3 is showing up. That post-apocalyptic series is heading into its second year (February 23rd) and has not received an official third season renewal, but work on the writer’s room had already begun. And now that it is showing up in Production Weekly, it appears that the show will continue to a third season. Creator Dan Fogelman has a three-season plan for the show, and it proved to be a hit for Hulu in its first year, so it looks like he will get to see that come to fruition. This will get things moving along so that there is not an extended hiatus between seasons, and I expect to hear an official announcement on this soon.

The Ministry of Time (BBC)

A while back, the BBC announced that it would be adapting Kaliane Bradley’s novel The Ministry of Truth, and it appears that is now moving forward. Here is the description of the series from BBC.com:

The Ministry of Time, a newly established government department, is gathering ‘expats’ from across history in an experiment to test the viability of time-travel. Commander Graham Gore (an officer on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 Arctic expedition) is one such figure rescued from certain death – alongside an army captain from the fields of the Somme, a plague victim from the 1600s, a widow from revolutionary France, and a soldier from the seventeenth century.

The expats are placed with 21st century liaisons, known as ‘bridges’, in unlikely flatshares. Gore has to learn about contemporary life from scratch: from air travel to industrial warfare, from feminism to Spotify, from cinema to indoor plumbing; and he must negotiate cohabiting with the ambitious modern woman who works as his bridge. After an awkward beginning, the pair start to find pleasure and comfort in each other’s company, developing a relationship that is simultaneously tender, intense and profoundly unprofessional; and the expats, adrift in a new era, form friendships that ground and support them in the lonely 21st century, where they have outlived everyone they ever knew and loved.

When a deeper conspiracy at the Ministry begins to reveal itself, the bridge must reckon with what she does next. Will she save or sacrifice the exiled misfits she has come to care for so deeply?

There is no word at this point on whether a linear network or streaming service will partner on the series in the U.S. so that it will also be available in the States.

Ghosts Season 6 (Hulu)

The fifth season of this supernatural comedy will be returning with new episodes on February 26th, and work is now beginning on the sixth year of the show. It was renewed in advance, and with production starting now, it should be ready for a Fall 2026 premiere. There is no word on whether it will be wrapping up at that point, but seeing as the show will have a syndication-friendly count of episodes by the end of this season, anything beyond this just pads out the encore runs and makes it more saleable.

It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 (HBO)

This one has not shown up in the Production Weekly listing yet, but The Hollywood Reporter made a passing mention in a recent article claiming that work on the second season has begun. It did not count as a breakout hit in its first year, but viewership has been decent, and there is a three-season plan for the show, so a renewal seems like a good bet.  Stay tuned for an announcement on this one.

Other genre entries from the listings for January 29th: New Monsterverse Series (Apple TV), Stargate (Amazon), Twisted Metal (Peacock) Season 3

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