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:
Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 (Netflix): Set between Seasons 2 and 3, this series follows Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas and Max during what appears to be a peaceful winter break filled with snowball fights and Dungeons & Dragons sessions. But when a mysterious threat awakens beneath the snow-covered streets of Hawkins, the young heroes must uncover its source and save their town once more. All episodes will be available on Thursday.
Schedule Notes:
Wrapping up this week is Amazon’s Invincible which drops its Season 4 finale on Wednesday. That show has already been renewed for a fifth season. 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 Apr 20 – Apr 26
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: TVGuide.com
| Monday April 20 |
| Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (Disney+) Streaming |
| Tuesday April 21 |
| Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+) Streaming |
| Wednesday April 22 |
| The Boys (Amazon) Streaming |
| Invincible (Amazon) Streaming Season 4 Finale |
| The Testaments (Hulu) Streaming |
| Thursday April 23 |
| Ghosts (CBS) 8:30-9:00 |
| Stranger Things: Tales from 85 (Netflix) Streaming Series Premiere |
| Friday April 24 |
| Outlander (Starz) 9:00-10:00 |
| For All Mankind (Apple TV) Streaming |
| Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV) Streaming |
| Saturday April 25 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday April 26 |
| From (MGM+) 9:00-10:00 |
Highlights for the Week of Apr 27 – May 3
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV): Season 2 Finale Streams Fri May 1
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
A live-action Phantom TV series is currently in the works with Reginald Hudlin–who previously worked on the Black Panther comic from Marvel–attached to direct. The Phantom is a masked crimefighter who operates from the fictional African country of Bangalla, protecting its people from pirates, smugglers, and other threats. Unlike most superheroes, the Phantom has no superpowers; instead, the legend of his immortality is maintained by a long line of successors, each taking up the mantle to become the latest “Ghost Who Walks”. He is considered to be the first masked crime fighter in comics. King Features will produce the series, though no specific details have been released at this time, and no network or streaming service is currently attached to the project. A previous live-action adaptation of The Phantom hit theaters in 1996, and then in 2009, Syfy produced a mini-series with an updated version of the character that acted as a pilot for a series that was not picked up.
The previously announced Game of Thrones theatrical movie now has a title, Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest, and it is showing up in the latest Production Weekly listings. Details on the plot are limited, but it will focus on the original Targaryen conqueror Aegon I. Variety provides the following additional information:
The history of Aegon I Targaryen was told in Martin’s Fire and Blood book, which chronicled the rises and falls of the various Targaryen kings. The original Aegon was the first to unite the kingdoms of Westeros under one ruler. He forged the Iron Throne from the melted weapons of his enemies and lorded over the land with his two sister-wives and queens, Visenya and Rhaenys. After his death, his heirs continued to serve as kings for many generations (with many of them also named Aegon).
Beau Willimon (Andor) will be writing the script, but neither a director nor any cast members have been announced at this point. With production kicking off now, this one will likely be looking at a late 2027 or early 2028 premiere.
In renewals and cancellations this week, From has been renewed for a fifth and final season by MGM+ while Peacock has decided to cancel its spy fi series The Copenhagen Test after a one season.
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:
The Boroughs (Netflix): In a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have – time. From the executive producers of Stranger Things. Premieres May 21st.
You can see more recent sci fi TV trailers r/SciFiTV.
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