Taken from the IGN list: TOP 50 SCI-FI TV SHOWS (Cylons and Vulcans make our top 50, but does Alf?) To read about the show please check out IGN’s post. This is my checklist. Note this is IGN’s order not mine. Personally I think there are too many anime titles on this list. With so much great live action sci-fi tv to choose from I would have left off more of the anime and included shows like Dark Angel, Sliders, Dollhouse, and Earth 2. How in the world did Roughnecks get left off this list?!
I’ve seen 16 of the shows on this list. Watched full series marked in blue and bold. Watched partial series marked in blue. On the To-watch list marked in green. Have no intention of ever watching.
50 Space: Above and Beyond
49 Caprica
48 Star Trek: The Animated Series
47 Amazing Stories
46 The Invaders
45 The Wild Wild West
44 Roswell
43 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
42 Lost in Space
41 Voltron: Defender of the Universe
40 Eureka
39 Robotech
38 The Jetsons
37 Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman/G-Force)
36 Max Headroom
35 The Six Million Dollar Man
34 Aeon Flux
33 Stargate Universe
32 The Transformers
31 Nowhere Man
30 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
29 Cowboy Bebop
28 Life on Mars
27 The 4400
26 Neon Genesis Evangelion
25 Quantum Leap
24 The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr.
23 Alien Nation
22 Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato
21 Farscape
20 Red Dwarf
19 Stargate SG-1
18 Fringe
17 Torchwood
16 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
15 Futurama
14 V
13 Babylon 5
12 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
11 Mystery Science Theater 3000
10 Firefly
9 The Outer Limits
8 The Prisoner
7 Star Trek: The Next Generation
6 Lost
5 The X-Files
4 Doctor Who
3 The Twilight Zone
2 Star Trek
1 Battlestar Galactica