Every pilot sets the tone for a given show, but it does feel like the importance of a strong pilot episode is especially heightened for sci-fi's. With their unique narrative premises and often surreal ...

In television history, few pilots have had a stranger journey than the first attempt at Star Trek. Today, the 1964 pilot episode "The Cage" is widely regarded as a landmark in sci-fi TV-a serious, ...

It's a rare sci-fi TV show that can not only hook you with a fascinating pilot, and fully deliver from there. There are some amazing pilots from every TV genre, but it's hard to find series that don't ...

When it comes to television production, only a fraction of creative ideas survive long enough to reach an audience. While established showrunners or massive intellectual properties might bypass the ...

This series' iconic opening drops viewers into chaos immediately, redefining how television pilots could begin for years to ...

"Children of the Gods" set up multiple characters and conceptsthat would define Stargate SG-1 throughout its run. Chief among them was the fact that the Stargate was part of an intergalactic ...

Why this campy cult classic space opera from the late 1990's still doesn't have a modern-era streaming reboot.

Star Wars had been released in theaters and changed everything about the way Hollywood perceived the genre, and television executives wanted in on that cash-grab just as much as movie executives. In ...

Sci-fi is a hard genre to get right, with extensive world-building and massive stakes throughout, but this series managed to decisively end the show.

The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, The Twilight Zone, and Babylon 5 make up our list of classic sci-fi shows that are more relevant than ever.