I don’t agree that ST: TNG is only #17. I think it rates higher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_Factor:_Chronicles_of_the_Paranormal
Psi Factor was syndicated in the US back in the 90’s.
It’s essentially a Canadian version of the X-Files with Dan Ackroyd doing the intros.
Babylon 5 should be WAY higher on the list. It should be at least top 10 if not top 5.
3rd Rock from the Sun.
I really enjoyed the newer “The Outer Limits” TV series.....
Looks like Farscape missed the cut. It ran for several seasons, had a few movies, and a spin-off.
http://www.netflix.com/title/70136110
Outcasts (Brit) was good, but only lasted one season.
Primeval (Brit/Canadian) was good for fun watching.
Aaron Stone (Disney) and Sarah Jane Adventures (Brit — Doctor Who spin-off) were good for older kids (and youthful adults).
Haven
Mutant X
Special Unit 2
Tremors, The Series and the movies
V, the original movies/mini-series
Star Trek Continues even today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSFHGyLYQ-c
“Come Not Between the Dragons”
Where is Buck Rogers and BSG? Maybe scrolled through too fast?
The thing about those slide shows is not only that they’re annoying, but the idiots who put them together do a full page reload. They’re wasting server resources and viewers time. I bail when I see them.
The British series UFO should be number !. It was a very stylish metaphor for the Cold War - the aliens being the commies. The models and special effects were hokey -literally the same crew who did The Thunderbirds- the but acting was great and the writing was for adults. The Prisoner was another great show.
I don't think it's odd so much as untrue. Star Trek didn't debut on Television until 1966.
'Captain Video and his Video Rangers' debuted in 1949, a full 17 years ahead of Kirk taking the stage.
Since then, there were always science fiction shows on television. Anthology series like 'The Twilight Zone', spin-offs from movies like 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea', and remakes of the old movie serials like 'Buck Rogers' and 'Flash Gordon'.
And of course, let's not forget the classic show 'Lost in Space'.
'Star Trek' was just another in a long series of science fiction shows, and after it ended, many more were being produced (albeit mostly in England until 'Battlestar Galactica' came around.)
The article makes it seem like there was no science fiction on American television until 1966 and then nothing again until 1978, but the period between '66 and '78 was the only real lull in science fiction; before '66, science fiction was a staple of American television.
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Babylon 5 needs to be way higher up the list, probably in the top five. It basically set the standard for arc-based series, and many of the programs higher on the list would arguably have existed in a very different form had B5 not come along first.
Where was “Science Fiction Theater”?
Impressive. They pretty much nail the ones I’ve seen. Not bad for a magazine that initially panned Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Kansas, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Rush, Queen and just about every other rock band out there that didn’t predate them.
Now, they did like Pink Floyd’s debut, but that was really bad, even in the opinion of the band. But they damned Dark Side with comically feint praise.