TV Show Start Dates Fantasy/Sci-Fi 2013

[Baff]

Most recent update: (May 19, 2013) Added In The Flesh.
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Start dates for most of the sci-fi/fantasy shows so none of us miss the first episode of our favorite shows or new shows. I try to keep this list fairly up-to-date so that everyone can see at a glance what shows are currently running, what shows will be starting soon, and what shows might be on the horizon. Links to IMDb pages when they exist.

On Now:	Day	Station	Genre
Teen Wolf	Monday	MTV	Supernatural
Warehouse 13	Monday	Syfy	Supernatural Sci-Fi
Defiance	Monday	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Futurama	Wednesday	Comedy Central	Animated Sci-Fi
Continuum	Friday	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Wizards vs Aliens	Saturday	Hub	Sci-Fi Fantasy
Sinbad	Saturday	Syfy	Adventure
Primeval: New World	Saturday	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Zero Hour	Saturday	ABC	Supernatural Conspiracy
True Blood	Sunday	HBO	Supernatural
Falling Skies	Sunday	TNT	Sci-Fi

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Upcoming:	When	Station	Genre
666 Park Ave	Jun.22	ABC	Supernatural
Drop Dead Diva	Jun.23	Lifetime	Supernatural
Under The Dome	Jun.24	CBS	Supernatural (Stephen King)
Do No Harm	Jun.29	NBC	Horror (Jekyll/Hyde)
Being Human (UK version)	Jul.13	BBC America	Supernatural
Person of Interest	Sep.24	CBS	Sci-Fi
Sleepy Hollow	Sep?	Fox	Supernatural
The Walking Dead	Oct.?	AMC	Post-Apocalyptic Horror
Almost Human	Nov?	Fox	Sci-Fi
Agents of SHIELD	Fall	ABC	Super Heroes
Once Upon a Time	Fall	ABC	Modern Fantasy
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	Fall	ABC	Modern Fantasy
The Neighbors	Fall	ABC	Comedy Sci-Fi
Bedlam	Fall?	BBC America	Supernatural
Star Wars: Clone Wars	Fall	Cartoon Network	Animated Sci-Fi
Supernatural	Fall	CW	Supernatural
Arrow	Fall	CW	Super Hero
Vampire Diaries	Fall	CW	Supernatural
Beauty and the Beast	Fall	CW	Modern Fantasy
Tomorrow People	Fall	CW	Sci-Fi
The Originals	Fall	CW	Vampire Diaries spin-off
American Horror Story	Fall	FX	Supernatural
Believe	Fall	NBC	Supernatural
Dracula	Fall	NBC	Supernatural
Grimm	Fall	NBC	Supernatural
Revolution	Fall	NBC	Post-Apocalyptic
Haven	Fall	Syfy	Supernatural
Helix	Fall	Syfy	Sci-Fi Horror
Doctor Who	Nov.23	BBC America	Sci-Fi
Witches of East End	2013	Lifetime	Supernatural
Marco Polo	2013	Starz	Epic Adventure
Misfits (UK version)	2013?	Logo	Super Heroes
The Legend of Korra	2013?	Nickelodeon	Animated Fantasy
Black Sails	January	Starz	Pirates
Resurrection	Winter	ABC	Supernatural
Star-Crossed	Winter	CW	Sci-Fi
The 100	Winter	CW	Sci-Fi
Crossbones	Winter	NBC	Pirates
Being Human (US version)	Winter	Syfy	Supernatural
Lost Girl	Winter	Syfy	Supernatural
Orphan Black	Spring	BBC America	Sci-Fi
Game of Thrones	Spring	HBO	Fantasy
Da Vinci's Demons	Spring	Starz	Historical Fantasy
Penny Dreadful	2014?	Showtime	Supernatural Horror
The Last Ship	Summer 2014	TNT	Post-Apocalyptic

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More Likely:	When	Station	Genre
Occult	2014?	A&E	Supernatural
Powers	2013?	FX	Super Heroes
I, Claudius	2014?	HBO	Historical mini-series
American Gods	2014?	HBO	Modern Fantasy (Gaiman)
The Leftovers	2014?	HBO	Sci-Fi
Wonderland	2014?	NBC	Modern Fantasy
Blake's 7	2014?	Syfy	Sci-Fi
High Moon	2014?	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Portal House	2014?	TNT	Sci-Fi
Human Error	2013?	Starz	Sci-Fi
Horizon	2014?	USA	Sci-Fi

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Less Likely:	When	Station	Genre
Thunderstruck	2013?	AMC	Sci-Fi
Second Sight	2014?	CBS	Supernatural
Midnighters	2013?	Fox	Supernatural
Port Royal	2012?	FX	Pirates
Vlad Dracula	2012?	Starz	Supernatural
Incursion	2012?	Starz	Sci-Fi
The Brink	2012?	Starz	Supernatural
Outlander	2013?	Starz	Fantasy
Twilight Zone	2013?		various
Star Trek: Captain Worf	2013?		Sci-Fi
Barbarella	2013?		Sci-Fi
The After	2013?		Sci-Fi
The League of Pan	2013?		Fantasy

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Past Shows:	Status	Station	Genre
In The Flesh	Finished	BBC America	Zombie mini-series
Save Me	Canceled	NBC	Supernatural
Merlin	Finished	Syfy	Fantasy
Touch	Canceled	Fox	Supernatural
Spartacus	Finished	Starz	Gladiator
TRON: Uprising	Canceled?	Disney XD	Animated Sci-Fi
Fringe	Finished	Fox	Sci-Fi
Alphas	Canceled	Syfy	Super Heroes
Mockingbird Lane	Canceled	NBC	Supernatural
K-9	Canceled	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Eureka	Finished	Syfy	Sci-Fi Comedy
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil	Canceled	Fearnet	Supernatural
Awake	Canceled	NBC	Supernatural
Secret Circle	Canceled	CW	Supernatural
A Gifted Man	Canceled	CBS	Supernatural
Torchwood	Finished?	Starz?	Sci-Fi
Primeval	Finished?	BBC America	Sci-Fi
Being Erica	Finished	SoapNet	Supernatural
Sanctuary	Canceled	Syfy	Supernatural
Alcatraz	Canceled	Fox	Supernatural
The Fades	Canceled	BBC America	Supernatural
The River	Canceled	ABC	Supernatural
Terra Nova	Canceled	Fox	Sci-Fi
Chuck	Finished	NBC	Sci-Fi Comedy
Death Valley	Canceled	MTV	Supernatural Comedy
Nine Lives of Chloe King	Canceled	ABC Family	Supernatural
Outcasts	Canceled	BBC America	Sci-Fi
Camelot	Canceled	Starz	Fantasy
Tower Prep	Canceled	Cartoon Network	Super Heroes
The Event	Canceled	NBC	Sci-Fi
Smallville	Finished	CW	Super Heroes
V	Canceled	ABC	Sci-Fi
Stargate Universe	Canceled	Syfy	Sci-Fi
No Ordinary Family	Canceled	ABC	Super Heroes
The Cape	Canceled	NBC	Super Hero
Medium	Finished	CBS	Supernatural
Caprica	Canceled	Syfy	Sci-Fi
The Gates	Canceled	ABC	Supernatural
Persons Unknown	Canceled	NBC	Supernatural
Eastwick	Canceled	ABC	Supernatural
Past Life	Canceled	Fox	Supernatural
FlashForward	Canceled	ABC	Sci-Fi
Lost	Finished	ABC	Supernatural
Ghost Whisperer	Finished	CBS	Supernatural
Legend of the Seeker	Canceled	syndicated	Fantasy
Heroes	Canceled	NBC	Super Heroes
Survivors	Canceled	BBC America	Alternate Reality
Demons	Canceled	BBC America	Supernatural
Dollhouse	Canceled	Fox	Sci-Fi
Defying Gravity	Canceled	ABC	Sci-Fi

[Baff]

Futurama season starts Wednesday.

[Baff]

Legend of Korra season finished, will return probably next spring.

[David]

I watched the first premiere episode of Falling Skies and last Sunday's episode, same old same, boring stuff.  Compare that to the writing of The Walking Dead, and TWD scores way ahead in my book.  I don't know why, but a lot of screen writers for SF just don't have any idea of how to write SF anymore. 

[eviltimes]

I watched the 2nd season premier of Falling Skies (wife watches it) and it's just as bad as last year.  Canadians just have no clue how to write for American audiences.

[David]

I guess ET, but I might broaden that to "all" audiences since most movies, televison, etc. are eventually put on DVD these days and available all over the world.  I don't know for me it's just piss poor writing.  I don't know if the X-Files was written and produced here in the states (I think so) and just made in Canada, but a better show, although it couldn't keep the consistency once Skinner (their boss) left the show, and the later seasons got worse overall for several reasons.  

I had some guy tell me that the writing and characterization for Falling Skies was written well, and had characterization in spades.  I posted, well, who are these characters, what are their past lives, what were they doing, how did they come together, what happened to Wyle's wife, who is the captain guy with the pony tail (which is ridiculous--so this ex-army G.I. corp dick guy is  the pony tail guy...). etc.  Then he goes, he's getting bored with the series...   eye rolls

[eviltimes]

Agree.  BTW X-Files, and the first Stargate series - written in the US, shot in Canada. 

Just me, but Canadian shows seem to be extra slow, as if the viewers need lots of time to process any dialog or important photographic material.  An example is the  Canadian cop show Flashpoint.  If Canadians are really this slow, a show like 24 would probably give them heart attacks.  So I think it's just the Canadian producers who need schooling.

[Baff]

Misfits new show starts Wednesday.

Warehouse 13 season starts Monday.

Alphas season starts Monday.

Lost Girl moves to Friday.

Eureka season finished, and canceled.

[Baff]

Grimm season starts tonight.

[Baff]

Teen Wolf season finished, will return next year with a longer season.

Falling Skies season finished, will return next Summer.

[Baff]

Doctor Who season starts tomorrow.

Futurama season finished, will return next summer.

True Blood season finished, will return next summer.

[David]

Wondered if anyone is tuning in to the new Doctor Who season.  I've enjoyed a the new Face Off season on Syfy, and also something about obsessive collectors who collect anything from Star Wars stuff to action figures.  There's also a new series that looks like I'd enjoy about set design.  There's also a new Green Arrow series on the CW channel, could hold promise.

[stricnin]

I tune in to Doctor Who and can't wait for the next regeneration. While there have been a few good stories, the current Doctor is a little too childish to me. He would have made a great Sara Jane replacement after her death. But his character lacks the maturity that I desire from Doctor Who.