Both domestically and internationally, science fiction has existed in some capacity from the first days of television and is still going strong now. What better opportunity to rank the top five science fiction television programmes ever? Here are our picks for the best television genre has to offer, submitted for your approval. They include anime classics, space soap operas, spooky British anthology shows, and worst-case scenario postapocalyptic dramas, as well as primetime pop hits and obscure but beloved cult classics.
Big Bang Theory
In a nutshell, the Big Bang Theory proposes that the universe’s present and past matter both originated at the same moment, around 13.8 billion years ago. At this point, all matter had been gathered into a singularity, which was a tiny small ball with infinite density and extreme heat.
Stranger Things
Whatever your opinion of the show’s storytelling merits, Stranger Things is nonetheless a blatant celebration of the 1980s, from its own filmic allusions to the decade’s style and plot to a bevvy of concrete allusions. Its intrepid group of young children and teenagers fight off monsters (either external or internal) and visit the mall. It’s both a terrifying nightmare and a dream of nostalgia. However, the show’s meticulously designed aesthetics always help to enhance the joyous character of the series’ non-monster moments, regardless of whether it is set during Halloween or in the midst of a mid-80s summer.
New Girl
Netflix’s New Girl follows Jessica Day (Zooey Deschanel) as she shares an apartment with three men in Downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District after discovering her boyfriend with another woman and breaking up with him. Thereafter, Nick Miller (Jake Johnson) and Jess engage in a hilarious and chaotic apartment sharing arrangement and a fun game of will-they-won’t-they.
‘Rick and Morty’
In the nerdy sitcom Rick and Morty, Rick Sanchez, a misanthropic and cynical mad scientist, and his neurotic 14-year-old grandson, Morty, go on sci-fi adventures. The two run into a variety of fascinating and hilarious situations as they traverse the endless realms.
Heroes
Heroes is a four-season NBC superhero drama produced by Tim Kring that aired from September 25, 2006 to February 8, 2010. The show chronicles the tales of everyday individuals who learn they possess superhuman talents and how these skills affect the characters’ lives as they cooperate to avert disastrous outcomes. The show uses multi-episode plot arcs that build upon a broader, more comprehensive narrative in an effort to mimic the aesthetic sensibility and storytelling of American comics.
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