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What's Left to watch?

the_wildcard

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Well with stargate universe cancelled and Smallville ending, I don't really have much sci-fi to watch. True I only watched Smallville these past seasons just to find out how it all ends but it's nonetheless bittersweet to see it end.

Other than Chuck, there really isn't a big sci-fi franchise on TV. It's pretty bad when I am waiting for Warehouse 13.......
 
The only decent sff on the air currently in my opinion is The Vampire Diaries. Falling Skies might be interesting this summer--other than that there isn't anything. And most of the sff in the last decade isn't worth one's time--Caprica, Surface, Invasion, Life on Mars, V, Flash Forward, The Event, The Gates, The 4400, Smallville, post S1 Heroes, True Blood, Warehouse 13, Flash Gordon, Andromeda, Torchwood, Eureka, SGA, SGU, Haven, Dr Who. The only ones I can think of that are decent are BSG S1/2 and LOST but it ends up a mess. You might try Supernatural--I'd recommend S1, 2 and 4. Fringe is a wildly uneven show--S1 is slow for half the season then gets really good(S1 is its best), S2 is uneven then picks up towards the end, S3 was good for the first eight episodes then middling for the rest of the season--I lost interest.
 
Doctor Who

A couple shows I'm kinda interested in getting into are Fringe and Supernatural, moreso Supernatural, that show looks interesting to me, I've seen a few episodes of it, but want to watch it all in order.
 
After watching the first season of the US version of Being Human, I've just finished series 1 and 2 and now starting series 3 of the UK version. I'm really loving that show right now.
 
I think Eureka is still on isn't it? Chuck is semi-scifi.... then there's TB in the fantasy realm.... Game of Thrones which isn't really my thing... but yeah there ain't much out there anymore, it's depressing. SYFY doesn't have the best track record over the last few years of tanking shows. They're taking the "let's tank this show before it has a chance to do badly because we're so awesome we... oh shit our writers blow" approach.
 
Erm, how about the longest running Sci-Fi show of all time, Doctor Who. Which is smetimes considered to be the 2nd biggest Sci-Fi franchise after Star Trek (at least TV wise).

Torchwood Season 4

Have to wait till next year unfortunatly for Red Dwarf to be back.
 
Not much really as TV sci fi is pretty much dead especially space based shows.
I would watch Supernatural if you can.
 
Sci-Fi/fantasy shows I'm still watching:

Doctor Who
Merlin
Being Human (UK and will probably check out US season 2 as well)
Primeval
Sanctuary
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Supernatural
Fringe

I didn't manage to see all of it but Bedlam seemed OK, too. I'm thinking there may be something else I'm forgetting about.
 
I'd recommend Doctor Who and Torchwood (but only the last season ;)). True Blood is great, too, but not really sci-fi.
 
Pretty much just Fringe is all I watch nowadays. While it's not on par with Lost, it's certainly every bit as good as SG-U if not better.
 
Certain sub-genres of SFF, particularly space opera, have declined, but there are still plenty of SFF shows on the air.

The 2011/2012 season on the US broadcast networks will offer:

Supernatural season 7 (CW)
Chuck season 5 (NBC)
Fringe season 4 (Fox)
The Vampire Diaries season 3 (CW)
Alcatraz season 1 (Fox)
Awake season 1 (NBC)
Grimm season 1 (NBC)
Once Upon a Time season 1 (ABC)
The River season 1 (ABC)
The Secret Circle season 1 (CW)
Terra Nova season 1 (Fox)
Touch season 1 (Fox)

SFF shows on cable this summer and into the 2011/2012 season:

Alphas season 1 (Syfy)
American Horror Story season 1 (FX)
Eureka season 4 (Syfy)
Falling Skies season 1 (TNT)
Game of Thrones season 2 (HBO)
Haven season 2 (Syfy)
Merlin season 4 (Syfy)
Sanctuary season 4 (Syfy)
True Blood season 4 (HBO)
The Walking Dead season 2 (AMC)
Warehouse 13 season 3 (Syfy)

Plus Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome (Syfy) and Powers (FX) if they're ordered to series, Locke & Key if it gets a cable buyer, and a possible continuation of Camelot (Starz) if it's renewed. You also have British SFF shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Primeval.
 
I am catching up on all the old shows I missed. Heck, I never seen SG-1 or its spinoffs, so that a ton of watching right there...
 
The only decent sff on the air currently in my opinion is The Vampire Diaries. Falling Skies might be interesting this summer--other than that there isn't anything. And most of the sff in the last decade isn't worth one's time--Caprica, Surface, Invasion, Life on Mars, V, Flash Forward, The Event, The Gates, The 4400, Smallville, post S1 Heroes, True Blood, Warehouse 13, Flash Gordon, Andromeda, Torchwood, Eureka, SGA, SGU, Haven, Dr Who. The only ones I can think of that are decent are BSG S1/2 and LOST but it ends up a mess. You might try Supernatural--I'd recommend S1, 2 and 4. Fringe is a wildly uneven show--S1 is slow for half the season then gets really good(S1 is its best), S2 is uneven then picks up towards the end, S3 was good for the first eight episodes then middling for the rest of the season--I lost interest.


Too bad Doctor Who isn't just better than the bulk of those shows you listed....it's better than most of them COMBINED. Doctor Who is great adventure and good fun.
 
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