{"id":25125,"date":"2026-06-19T20:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=25125"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:28:32","slug":"eclectic-lists-of-sf-f-tv-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/eclectic-lists-of-sf-f-tv-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Eclectic lists of SF & F TV shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

I previously pointed to some lists of SF & F movies<\/a>. Now it’s time for TV shows.<\/p>\n

From Entertainment Weekly<\/strong>, they put The Twilight Zone<\/strong> at the top:<\/p>\n

The 30 best sci-fi shows of all time, ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

From Peter Sykes on Sci-Fi Lists, he put Battlestar Galactica<\/strong> 2003 at the top:<\/p>\n

Top 100 Sci-Fi TV Shows<\/a><\/p>\n

From Wilson Chapman on IndieWire, he put Black Mirror<\/strong> at the top:<\/p>\n

The 25 Best Sci-Fi TV Series of the 21st Century, Ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

From Rolling Stone<\/strong>, they also include fantasy and they put Star Trek<\/strong> at the top:<\/p>\n

50 Best Science Fiction TV Shows of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n

From Den of Geek, they list 40 shows, also include fantasy, and put Battlestar Galactica<\/strong> 2003 at the top:<\/p>\n

Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of the 21st Century<\/a><\/p>\n

From Benedetta Geddo on The Mary Sue, she puts Games of Thrones<\/strong> and House of the Dragon<\/strong> at the top:<\/p>\n

22 Best Fantasy TV Series of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n

From Popular Mechanics<\/strong>, they also include fantasy and I’m not sure which show they intended to put at the top. They have Star Trek<\/strong> at #38 but in the text it says it’s “number six” so I believe the editors messed up the order that the authors made (if the list is just backwards and “number six” is off by seven then The Outer Limits<\/strong> is at the top). But it’s still an interesting list:<\/p>\n

The 50 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows Ever, and Where to Stream Them<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I previously pointed to some lists of SF & F movies. Now it’s time for TV shows. From Entertainment Weekly, they put The Twilight Zone at the top: The 30 best sci-fi shows of all time, ranked From Peter Sykes on Sci-Fi Lists, he put Battlestar Galactica 2003 at the top: Top 100 Sci-Fi TV […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[9,42,8,11],"class_list":["post-25125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-web","tag-fantasy","tag-lists","tag-science-fiction","tag-tv-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25125"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26586,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25125\/revisions\/26586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}