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:
Star Wars Visions-The Ninth Jedi (Disney+): PKara and her ragtag Jedi crew seek out to find worthy Jedi to fight against an increasingly powerful warlord. All Episodes will be available on Wednesday.
Futurama (Hulu): Brace yourselves… The future is about to get a whole lot stranger! It’s a non-stop onslaught of swaggering space pirates, lab-grown meats, sexy scams… plus the shocking return of Dr. Zoidberg’s lost love! You didn’t see that coming, prior to being told about it just now! The first two Season 14 eps will be available on Monday.
The Last House (Netflix): A family of four are suddenly sealed inside their home with no way out, and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped. Original movie premieres on Friday.
Schedule Notes:
Also premiering this week is the original horror film Ragebait which arrives on ScreamBox on Tuesday. Wrapping up, Apple TV’s Sugar has its Season 2 finale on Friday. There has not been an official third year renewal yet, but that could currently be in the works. Also wrapping up is HBO’s House of the Dragon which airs its Season 3 finale on Sunday. That show has been renewed for a fourth and final season. Note that The Librarians: The Next Chapter airs its second Season 2 episode on Monday, then continues on Sunday in its regular timeslot. Below are the full listings for the current week, and you can see all of the premieres for June 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 Aug 3 – Aug 9
Links are to the show pages on this site with additional series info, trailers, updates and more. Broadcast/Cable Listings Source: TVGuide.com
| Monday August 3 |
| The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT) 9:00-10:00 |
| Futurama (Hulu) Streaming Season 14 Premiere |
| Tuesday August 4 |
| Ragebait (ScreamBox) Streaming Original Movie Premiere |
| Wednesday August 5 |
| The Ark (Syfy) 10:00-11:00 |
| Star Wars Visions Presents-The Ninth Jedi (Disney+) Streaming Series Premiere |
| X-Men 97 (Disney+) Streaming |
| Thursday August 6 |
| Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) Streaming |
| Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (HBO MAX) Streaming |
| Friday August 7 |
| The Last House (Netflix) Streaming Original Movie Premiere |
| Silo (Apple TV) Streaming |
| Sugar (Apple TV) Streaming Season 2 Finale |
| Saturday August 8 |
| No Genre Entries |
| Sunday August 9 |
| The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT) 9:00-10:00 |
| House of the Dragon (HBO) 9:00-10:00 Season 3 Finale |
| The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC) 9:00-10:00 |
| President Curtis (ADSW) 11:30-12:00 |
Highlights for the Week of Aug 10 – 16
X-Men (Disney+): Season 2 Finale Wed Aug 12
Lanterns (HBO): Series Premiere Sun Aug 16
Sci Fi TV News of Note:
The previously announced Booster Gold TV series that was in the works at HBO will not be going forward according to writer David Jenkins (Our Flag Means Death). That DCU entry would have followed a man from the 25th century who comes to present-day Metropolis and uses his future knowledge and technology to turn himself into a hero. A reason has not been given for cancelling the current project, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, it will remain in development and HBO will likely look to bring in a new creative team to work on it.
Disney+ reversed course on its MCU series Wonder Man, announcing that it will not continue to a second season despite receiving a renewal earlier this year. The story arcs for those characters could carry on with other MCU shows and movies, and you can read more about the cancellation at this link.
The Walking Dead franchise has proven profitable for Netflix in encore runs, and it looks like it will continue to lumber along on that service for several more years. The streamer just signed a $500 million with AMC Global Media to lock up the rights for five more years and that will include the main series along with all of its spin-offs. This is a co-exclusive deal with AMC+, so the show will be available on that service as well.
In production news, work has begun on the fourth season of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire, to be titled Queen of the Damned, and The Orville Season 4 is showing up in the Production Weekly listings for a second week in a row. You can read about those and more in the latest Sci Fi TV Production Report post.
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Sci Fi TV Trailers:
Neuromancer (Apple TV+): Callum Turner stars in the cyberpunk series adapted from William Gibson’s genre-defining 1984 novel. A hacker and an assassin are thrust into a web of high-stakes crime as they take aim at a corporate dynasty. Premieres January 22nd.
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