Sci Fi TV Highlights: Premiere for Invincible Season 4, The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Revival Is Not Going Forward at Hulu, and More

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:

Invincible (Prime Video): Season 4 continues the story of Mark Grayson as he struggles to protect Earth while dealing with the aftermath of recent devastating battles and the growing threat of the powerful Viltrumite Empire. As new enemies emerge—including the ruthless Viltrumite leader Thragg and other dangerous adversaries—Mark must gather allies and prepare for an escalating interplanetary conflict. At the same time, he wrestles with personal challenges, moral dilemmas, and the pressure of living up to the legacy of his father, Omni-Man. The season builds toward a larger cosmic war that could determine the fate of Earth and the galaxy. Premieres on Wednesday.

Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for March 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 Mar 16 – Mar 22

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

Highlights for the Week of Mar 23 – Mar 29

Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+): Season 2 Premieres Tue Mar 24
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen (Disney+): NEW SERIES Premieres Thu Mar 26
For All Mankind (Apple TV): Season 4 Premieres Fri Mar 27

Sci Fi TV News of Note:

Hulu has decided not to go forward with the revival of Buffy the Vampire Slayer it has had in the works this past year. To be titled Buffy: New Sunnydale, a pilot was produced with Sarah Michelle returning to the title role as she trained a new slayer to be played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Hamnet‘s Chloé Zhao directed the pilot, but word is that it was considered “not perfect” and Hulu execs decided to pass. It is unlikely that the pilot will be shopped around since Disney owns the property after its buyout of 20th Century Fox. But there is word that Hulu may try to retool it and take another stab at reviving the series. There was definitely some excitement among fans for a return of Buffy, so perhaps this will still happen at some point.

Two more episodes of the 1965 Doctor Who serial “The Daleks Master Plan” have been discovered which means that five of the twelve total episodes exist in viewable format. The eps “The Nightmare Begins” and “Devil’s Planet” were discovered in a cardboard box in a collection of vintage films. The serial, which was written by Terry Nation and starred William Hartnell, was the longest for Doctor Who until the ’80s, but it was considered too violent, and it was not sold overseas to Australia and New Zealand. It was then ordered to be wiped because it was thought to have little future value. There is reason to believe that there might still be copies of other erased episodes, so the search to complete this serial continues. The two recently discovered eps will be screened at a special event in early April, though not all the details for that are available at this point.

In scheduling news, the ninth season of Rick & Morty has received a May 24th premiere date on Adult Swim. Also, the third season of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire, to be titled The Vampire Lestat, will be arriving on June 7th. In addition, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers has indicated that the fourth season of that show will be arriving in late Summer. You can keep up with all the upcoming sci fi and fantasy TV premieres at this link.

As covered last week, Nathan Fillion has been teasing some development relating to Firefly, and an announcement on that is expected to come out today.  Be sure to check AxiomsEdgeSciFi.com on Monday for updates on this story.

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Sci Fi TV Trailers:

From (MGM+): In Season Four, the closer the residents of town get to the answers they seek, the more terrifying their search becomes. Who is the Man in Yellow, and what does he want? Will Jade and Tabitha’s revelation be the key to finally going home? How much longer can Boyd hold the town together, even as his body and mind are falling apart? And what role will the town’s most recent arrival play in the events to come? Premieres April 19th.

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