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Best Sci-Fi TV Series of 2026

21 Sci-Fi series that started in 2026, ranked by popularity

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21 series

Bait

★ 6.8
6K 6 2026–present
Tight limited run

Star City

★ 7.5
6K 8 2026–present
Drama · Sci-Fi

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

★ 7.0
2K 10 2026–present
Comedy · Fantasy · Sci-Fi

The Ghost in the Shell

★ 7.3
988 10 2026–present
Action · Animation · Sci-Fi

President Curtis

★ 7.3
638 11 2026–present
Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi

Snowball Earth

★ 6.5
352 13 2026–present
Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi

Affinity

★ 6.8
223 40 2026–2026
Action · Romance · Sci-Fi

Planetronika

★ 7.1
166 1 2026–present
Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi

Radar

★ 6.4
145 9 2026–2026
Adventure · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity

★ 6.4
93 23 2026–present
Action · Adventure · Sci-Fi

Azul

★ 8.9
71 6 2026–present
Action · Drama · Sci-Fi

Her Last Tear

★ 7.7
45 1 2026–present
Crime · Drama · Sci-Fi

The Unknowable: Darkland

★ 7.6
41 8 2026–present
Horror · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Aeronautica Imperialis

★ 6.0
26 3 2026–2026
Animation · Sci-Fi

Britain's X-Files

★ 5.4
23 6 2026–present
Documentary · History · Sci-Fi

Human Being

★ 8.2
21 21 2026–present
Animation · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Isotope Wars

★ 9.1
20 4 2026–present
Sci-Fi · Short

Soul Shift

★ 6.9
16 2026–2026
Animation · Sci-Fi

Worried

★ 6.5
15 2026–present
Comedy · Drama · Sci-Fi

Anomaly

★ 9.1
13 2 2026–present
Sci-Fi

Jamaal: Love Coded

★ 9.2
6 4 2026–present
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