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
Revolution	Monday	NBC	Post-Apocalyptic
Warehouse 13	Monday	Syfy	Supernatural Sci-Fi
Defiance	Monday	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Grimm	Tuesday	NBC	Supernatural
Da Vinci's Demons	Friday	Starz	Historical Fantasy
Merlin	Friday	Syfy	Fantasy
Orphan Black	Saturday	BBC America	Sci-Fi
Game of Thrones	Sunday	HBO	Fantasy

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Upcoming:	When	Station	Genre
Save Me	May 23	NBC	Supernatural
Wizards vs Aliens	Jun.1	Hub	Sci-Fi Fantasy
Teen Wolf	Jun.3	MTV	Supernatural
In The Flesh	Jun.6	BBC America	Zombie mini-series
Continuum	Jun.7	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Sinbad	Jun.8	Syfy	Adventure
Primeval: New World	Jun.8	Syfy	Sci-Fi
Falling Skies	Jun.9	TNT	Sci-Fi
Zero Hour	Jun.15	ABC	Supernatural Conspiracy
True Blood	Jun.16	HBO	Supernatural
Futurama	Jun.19	Comedy Central	Animated Sci-Fi
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
666 Park Ave	Summer?	ABC	Supernatural
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
Person of Interest	Fall	CBS	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
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
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
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

[JWnPooh]

Baff, what is Legend of the Seeker ... Did they take Terry Goodkind's Series about Richard & Kahlan and turn it into a TV show? Which network will it be on?

[Baff]

Yes, and it will be on ABC, I believe.

[chefsal]

Seeker is syndicated. In the NY Metro area it has been picked up by WPIX11, which is the same channel our CW airs on during the week, and they are airing it on Saturdays. I'm assuming that's Baff's area, too, since his list above shows it on CW.

Depending on where you live, you may find it on a different channel. Check the show's official website, they have an app for finding your local 'broadcast' channel. You may have to do a little work to figure out how that lines up with your cable or satellite provider.
http://www.legendoftheseeker.com/

There are also full episodes for viewing at the official site and at Hulu.

[Baff]

Actually, I am in LA. I get it on 2 channels (WGN at 2pm and KTLA at 6pm). I try to record it on both channels every week, because it seems like one channel or the other goofs up the feed every week. They'll lose the first minute, or show it in a picture frame (black box all around) or show the SD version on the HD channel, or, or, or...

Thanks for posting the extra info.

[jampony]

Anyone here about Primeval? I think it originally aired in the UK at the beginning of last year but I'm not sure. It's debuting on BBC America August 9 (9/8c). It looks interesting.

Did anyone read that article on scifi.com about how Fox is already f*cking with Joss Whedon's show? They're having him reshoot the pilot and the episode that WAS the pilot will be the second episode. Man, Fox pisses me off.

I'm really looking forward to see what SciFi does with Sanctuary. I just watched all the webisodes and it was pretty good. Sometimes the bad CGI was a little hard to ignore, but most of the time I was really believing they were at all these cool locations. I could do without the daughter, though. She's not likable enough for me to care what happens to her. She's like Rodney on Stargate: Atlantis.

There are quite a few shows in your list that I've never even heard of; I'm excited to see what they all turn out to be. Great list, baff!

[Baff]

I added Primeval, thx. I've seen a few ads for it, but don't know any more than that.

Can't say I am too surprised about Whedon & Fox. Fox can screw up any show, especially sci-fi.

I'm looking forward to Sanctuary, too. I assume the CGI will get kicked up a notch now that it is coming to TV.

I'm one of the few that actually like Rodney. Though, I think it's ludicrous that they would send him on exploratory missions when he is obviously not cut out for it.

[David]

Yeah, I have to admit, although I'm not a regular viewer, I enjoy Rodney too, I think the guys a pretty good actor. I keep thinking I've seen him in something else. Has he been in other SF shows?

[Baff]

Added channels and updated a couple dates.

[jampony]

Anyone else watch the first two episodes of Primeval? The special effects were pretty good, but I wasn't impressed overall.

Scifi.com weighed in on some of this fall's scifi shows. Here's a link to the story.

I noticed they're trying to do an American version of the BBC's Life on Mars and I was just wondering... why don't they just air the real version of Life on Mars? Or other cool shows from the UK? Someone over there is buying rights to our shows, why can't we get some of theirs (without having to wait a couple of years for it to come to BBC America)?

[Baff]

I haven't been too impressed with the first couple episodes either. But, rarely does a show impress me that fast. I'll watch the rest of the season, it is only 6 episodes. I don't know if they will be showing season 2 immediately, which is another 7 episodes. If it doesn't get better by the end of season 1, I will likely pass on season 2.

[jampony]

I'm not sure if this should be in a separate post (like "online scifi entertainment" or something) -- so far I only know of two scifi internet series: Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog and Sanctuary (well, and now this other one) so it would be a very small and probably inactive thread. :)

Anywhoodle, there's a new "show" on NBC.com starring Rosario Dawson called Gemini Division that sounds interesting. I'm assuming it's scifi since they mention a "bio-engineered life form". It started airing August 18 but I'm not sure if it's weekly or on some other schedule. I haven't watched it yet, but it sounds very interesting. If it's good, I'll report back (if anyone is interested).

[Baff]

Reminder that True Blood, Terminator & Fringe are starting next week.