From Space: 1999 to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , some really great sci-fi shows exist in the shadow of Star Trek . Star Trek wasn’t an immediate success when it premiered in 1966 — in fact, it was canceled after just three seasons — but it eventually found a fan base in syndication.

The Star Trek franchise remains an enduring staple of pop culture to this day, and it’s inspired generation after generation of sci-fi writers. A lot of great sci-fi TV shows , like Firefly and The Orville , owe a debt to Star Trek .

Farscape

Rygel talking on the phone in Farscape

In a lot of science fiction, humanity deals with its first contact with aliens. But Farscape flips the script and makes its human protagonist the alien. When modern-day American astronaut John Cric

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