From mind-bending anthologies and space epics to dystopian thrillers, here are 2025’s most essential sci-fi shows and where to watch them online.

Noah Hawley, the creator and showrunner of Alien: Earth, gave a promising update on the prospects of Season 2 after Season 1 concluded on a cliffhanger. Alien: Earth is the first live-action series in ...

Ridley Scott's original 1979 film is a seminal sci-fi classic in addition to being a huge hit at the time. It spawned a ...

The series is hilarious, which makes it a little unusual in the sci-fi space. It was a standout for how it deals with the ...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Alien: Earth episode 8, "The Real Monsters." The time has finally come for Alien: Earth, the most exciting sci-fi show of the year, to end, and while I wish there were more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Alien prequel series Alien: Earth wrapped up with Episode 8 on Tuesday with an ending ...

Will Alien: Earth get a second season? Good news for fans: While a second season hasn’t been confirmed yet, there are encouraging signs. Creator Noah Hawley definitely wants one. “Season 1 is the ...

The FX series “Alien: Earth” premiered last month, and fans are already hoping for another installment. “Alien: Earth” hasn’t been renewed for season 2 yet, but the show’s creator, Noah Hawley, thinks ...

So, without further ado, here are the seven best new sci-fi shows of 2025, including some releases that went under the radar.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. “In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch ...

I liked it. I think they told a decent story and did well with it. My main complaint was that they told too much rather than showed. Explaining how the world was divided up and ruled by megacorps and ...