10 Great Sci-Fi TV Shows (That Died Too Soon)

Sci-Fi is a sink or swim genre filled with shows that ended way too soon.

[Popuform]

I miss the hell out of Terminator: Sarah Chronicles, Firefly and Dark Angel.

[robertantinone]

Farscape's cancellation was a sudden emotional gut punch that still hurts today. That was such a fun and unique show that they could've done a great deal more with it for at least a few more seasons. And it should also serve as the original cautionary tale for writers and producers working for SyFy. NEVER end your seasons on cliffhangers, no matter how big your show may seem to be for the network. Back when SyFy was the SciFi Channel (still a stupid name change), Farscape was their OG original series and it was their biggest, at least until they picked up Stargate SG-1 from syndication and decided to focus most of their originals budget on that franchise instead. And even that show and it's two spinoffs were all eventually cut short by SyFy rather than allow the writers to give their stories proper conclusions. In fact, I don't think SyFy has ever allowed one of their originals to last more than five seasons on their network (I know SG-1 has 10 seasons overall but only 6 through 10 were made by SyFy). No wonder Ronald D Moore decided to give his Battlestar Galactica reboot a definitive ending with season 4. He probably realized that SyFy would kill it regardless if he dragged it out much longer. For a network that's supposed to be all about science fiction and its adjacent genres, SyFy really has a knack for spitting in the faces of science fiction fans.

[seaconfused]

The cancellation of Stargate Universe and Firefly are crimes against the humanity!

[shadowninja]

No Dark Matter (2015 to 2017)? That show was the absolute best for 3 seasons, and it was supposed to have 2 more.

[MikiNataka]

Still can’t forgive how my mother happily introduced me to Firefly as her favorite show and gave me her dvd box set to watch. Happily I came back to her for season 2 in which she informed there was none, that the show had been cancelled after season 1 for YEARS, and instead handed me Serenity

[Noble]

Almost human. I still want a season 2. I will never give up hope.

[superandrew]

Fox cancelled Dark Angel because the didn't want to pay for two sci fi shows at the same time and then show the replace with was firefly and we all know what happen then

[WhyNot-xtqi]

Dollhouse and possibly Alphas should have been on the list but Firefly should have definitely been number one.

[mittchellmittchell]

Space Above and Beyond could run for ever imo. Great serie

[GoddessGirl]

Thank You for including Jericho on this list because I feel like that show is severely underestimated for how good it actually is.

[exiledcrashnburn]

You left off Journeyman. But I am glad to see I'm not the only one that remembers and loved Space: Above and Beyond and Stargate Universe.

[Yunho]

Dark angel was my favourite show. I wish we had more seasons. But i‘m glad there were at least 2 books to continue the story

[KSchorrWriter]

Alien Nation - ended right as the story was heading into a vibrant arc.

[nahkohese]

You missed Caprica, the one and a half season Prequel to Battlestar Galactica. I think they had a problem holding onto BSG viewers because there weren't any space battles. It was 80% SciFi Thriller and 20% SciFi Action Flick, which was about opposite of BSG.

[RealdoPlayer]

No love for Alien Nation? The best sci-fi cop show ever. At least we got 5 TV movies after it was canceled

[AmataRayne]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FARACAPE LOVE. Farscape is my absolute favorite sci-fi of all time. My Scaper-loving heart is grateful for the inclusion, and I hope at one point, somehow, somewhere, there's a continuation beyond the comics. There's so many more stories in the Uncharted Territory to explore.

[tristint.]

Ascension and Terra Nova should have been on this list.

[DianeRuszczyk]

The best TV series ever was EUReKA. It had sci-fi, real science, romance, mystery, humor, and so much more. They were given the go-ahead for a 6th season, but when they finished filming season 5, Syfy (the network of wormholes) cancelled EUReKA. They did give them 1 more episode to wrap up the series, and the exec producer (in only 3 days) wrote an excellent episode, using the ideas that he had planned for the 6th season.

[Graywylfen]

The three best SciiFi shows ever, in my opinion, are Firefly, Babylon 5, and Farscape. The order can be different but that is it, for me.

[dna]

Alphas was another good one that got canceled after 2 seasons. Last episode was a massive cliffhanger.😢