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Best Sci-Fi TV Series of the 1990s

206 Sci-Fi series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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206 series

3rd Rock from the Sun

★ 7.8
59K 139 1996–2001
Sitcom · Outsider lead · Absurdist

The Langoliers

★ 6.1
33K 2 1995–1995
Tight limited run · Unsettling

Sliders

★ 7.4
22K 87 1995–2000
Episodic

The Tommyknockers

★ 5.4
13K 2 1993–1993
Small town

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

★ 7.9
8K 117 1993–2012
Absurdist · Ironic & meta

Earth 2

★ 6.9
6K 21 1994–1995
Survival · Space & sci-fi

The Lost World

★ 7.1
5K 66 1999–2002
Episodic · Campy · Easy watching

Fantastic Four: The Animated Series

★ 6.4
5K 26 1994–1996
Space & sci-fi · Kids & family

Weird Science

★ 6.8
4K 88 1994–1998
Campy · Episodic · Easy watching

Seven Days

★ 7.2
4K 66 1998–2001
Time travel · Procedural

Godzilla: The Series

★ 6.8
3K 40 1998–2001
Action · Animation · Sci-Fi

Creature

★ 5.1
3K 2 1998–1998
Action · Horror · Sci-Fi

Ultraviolet

★ 7.8
3K 6 1998–1998
Horror · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Journey to the Center of the Earth

★ 5.6
3K 2 1999–1999
Adventure · Fantasy · Sci-Fi

Wild Palms

★ 7.0
3K 5 1993–1993
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Nowhere Man

★ 8.3
2K 25 1995–1996
Mystery · Sci-Fi · Thriller

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

★ 5.7
2K 2 1997–1997
Adventure · Romance · Sci-Fi

Animorphs

★ 6.5
2K 26 1998–2000
Fantasy · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Invasion

★ 5.5
1K 3 1997–1997
Sci-Fi · Thriller

Swamp Thing

★ 6.3
1K 72 1990–1993
Horror · Sci-Fi

Team Knight Rider

★ 4.6
1K 22 1997–1998
Action · Adventure · Sci-Fi

Space Precinct

★ 6.4
1K 25 1994–1995
Crime · Drama · Sci-Fi

The Last Train

★ 7.1
1K 6 1999–1999
Drama · Sci-Fi

Space Cases

★ 7.5
1K 27 1996–1997
Comedy · Family · Sci-Fi
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