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Best Sci-Fi TV Series of 1997

21 Sci-Fi series that started in 1997, ranked by popularity

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21 series

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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

Invasion

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

Team Knight Rider

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

Bernard's Watch

★ 7.1
700 53 1997–2005
Comedy · Family · Sci-Fi

The Visitor

★ 7.0
502 13 1997–1998
Drama · Sci-Fi

House of Frankenstein

★ 5.3
501 2 1997–1997
Action · Horror · Sci-Fi

The Journey of Allen Strange

★ 7.1
432 57 1997–2000
Drama · Family · Sci-Fi

Captain Star

★ 7.7
282 13 1997–1998
Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi

Sleepwalkers

★ 6.2
195 9 1997–1998
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Meego

★ 5.4
183 13 1997–1997
Comedy · Family · Sci-Fi

The Uninvited

★ 6.3
144 4 1997–1997
Horror · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Mission Genesis

★ 6.6
128 13 1997–1997
Sci-Fi · Thriller

Plasmo

★ 8.3
91 13 1997–1997
Animation · Sci-Fi

Speed Racer X

★ 7.1
88 7 1997–2002
Action · Animation · Sci-Fi

Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick

★ 7.3
81 26 1997–1999
Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi

Zeeuws meisje

★ 7.0
22 7 1997–present
Family · Sci-Fi

Planet Mirth

★ 6.4
21 1997–present
Comedy · Sci-Fi

The Sci-Fi Files

★ 8.6
18 4 1997–1997
Sci-Fi

SFN: Science Fiction News

★ 3.2
16 1997–present
Family · Sci-Fi

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II

★ 5.3
16 3 1997–1997
Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi

Command of Braves Dagwon the Boy with Crystal Eyes

★ 4.8
7 2 1997–1997
Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi
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