Boston Globe’s Top 50 Science Fiction TV Shows
My second favorite show, Earth: Final Conflict
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50. “Earth Final Conflict” - This one would be near the top of the list for me. This show, in its first season, was absolutely fantastic. It went downhill from their, probably due to a change in writers.
49. “The Wild Wild West” — My hubby loved this show. I remember it, but wasn’t interested in it at the time.
48. “Third Rock from the Sun” — Funny, but I never really “got” that show.
47. “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”
46. “That was Then”
45. “The Greatest American Hero”
44. “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”
43. “Nowhere Man”
42. “Science Fiction Theater”
41. “Futurama”
40. “The Thunderbirds”
39. “The man from U.N.C.L.E”
38. “Batman” — I watched this show everyday after school.
37. “Space 1999″
36. “The Bionic Woman” — OK, I confess; I liked this show.
35. “Battlestar Galactica”
34. “The Avengers”
33. “Lost in Space” — Loved it. Saw every episode. Actually felt afraid during the “scary” parts.
32. “My Favorite Martian”
31. “Alien Nation” - Fantastic movie, stupid show.
30. “Voyage to the Bottom of the Seas”
29. “Six Million Dollar Man” - every kid my age watched this show.
28. “Adventures of Superman”
27. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
26. “Stargate Atlantis”
25. “The Jetsons” - Loved this cartoon!!!
24. “Wonder Woman” — Watched it, liked it.
23. “Tales from the Crypt”
22. “Andromeda”
21. “Quantum Leap”
20. “The Hitchhiker”
19. “Dark Angel”
18. “V” — Loved the mini-series. Was it a show, too? Still can’t get some of the grosser images out of my mind. I freaked out for months after that guy froze and smashed his arm.
17. “Firefly”
16. “Flash Gordon”
15. “Logan’s Run”
14. “Star Trek: Voyager”
13. “Outer Limits”
12. Xena: Warrier Princess”
11. “Lost”
10. “Sliders”
9. “Mystery Science Fiction Theater”
8. “Dr. Who” — I liked this show, but my parents wouldn’t let me watch it.
7. “The Twilight Zone” — Wonderful
6. “Stargate SG-1″ —Loved the movie only
5. “Babylon 5″
4. “X Files” — Couldn’t watch much…had young children
3. “Star Trek the Next Generation” —Seen every episode at least 3 to 5 times.
2. “Battlestar Galactica” —
1. “Star Trek, the original” - Best show ever created. Period. Influenced generations to come.
Hat tip to Sandy from the M.A.W.B. ala Boston Globe.
Andromeda should be much higher and Mystery Science Theatre 3000 is missing from the list. There is something there called “Mystery Science Fiction Theater” and “Science Fiction Theater” I wonder if the editor confused them all together or if they were seperate shows?
I’m thinking that is the case. I have seen that show, but it was popular when my kids were young and I didn’t watch it. Besides, the shows they made fun of were on in the afternoons when I was a kid. There was a Saturday afternoon horror show on when I was growing up, although the name escapes me. I must mention that MST3000 was Minneapolis based.