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May 2, 2024 · Latest additions: Scavengers Reign, My Magic Closet, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. Most divisive: Doom Patrol. Over 500 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 35+ Best HBO Max Sci-Fi & Fantasy Shows, Ranked. Whether you like vampires, spaceships, or alternate worlds and histories, the best sci-fi and fantasy shows on HBO ...
Stream Molly's Game (HBO) on HBO Max. After an accident strips her of a chance to compete as a skier in the Olympics, Molly Bloom goes to Los Angeles, where she becomes the hostess of the world's most exclusive poker game, bringing together jetsetters from the art and business worlds alike.
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- The Plot Against America (2020) This miniseries, based on Philip Roth's novel by the same name, presents an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.
- Fringe (2008-2013) If a proper binge is what you're after, five seasons of this sci-fi procedural starring The Last of Us' Anna Torv are ready and waiting.
- Avenue 5 (2020-2022) If you're into sci-fi comedy, Avenue 5 has impressive chops. Veep creator Armando Iannucci brings this space trip starring Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad.
- GARCIA! (2022) This action-adventure out of Spain is big, silly fun. The titular Garcia (Francisco Ortiz) is a classic endearing action hero with the twist that he was reanimated from a cryogenic frozen sleep.
Apr 16, 2018 · Molly’s Game is a smart, snappy, and incredibly fun movie, with the cast — including Chastain, Idris Elba, Michael Cera, Kevin Costner, and Chris O’Dowd — really tearing into the buffet ...
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Doctor Who (season 12): BBC America
Jodie Whittaker’s sophomore season of Doctor Who has her facing down the latest incarnation of the Master, now played by Sacha Dhawan. Expect more timey-wimey adventures in the TARDIS, along with a new mystery involving the re-destruction of Gallifrey and the “Timeless Child.”
The Good Place (season four): NBC
The Good Place is coming to an end after four seasons, with Eleanor (Kristen Bell), Michael (Ted Danson), and their friends trying to figure out a way to save humanity and create a better afterlife. Will Team Cockroach finally earn their spot in the Good Place after centuries of trying to become better people? If they do, let’s just hope it involves slightly less frozen yogurt...and no chowder fountains.
Evil (season one): CBS
The already-renewed supernatural drama—starring Mike Colter and Katja Herbers as a priest-in-training and a skeptical psychologist, respectively—has delivered some genuinely scary monster-of-the-week tales while building a larger mythology around its examination of how ancient malevolent forces are exerting power over 21st century life and culture. Look for Evilto keep exploring its bigger themes as the season progresses.
Arrow (second half of season eight): returns January 14, the CW
Oliver Queen returns for the last time in the eighth and final season of Arrow. It technically starts on January 14 with the third Crisis on Infinite Earthscrossover installment but doesn’t officially get underway until January 21 with only two more episodes. Makes sense given how Oliver Queen, has, you know, died. One of the remaining episodes serves as a backdoor pilot for a possible Green Arrow and the Canaries spinoff, while the January 28 series finale, “Fadeout,” closes the book for good.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (season five): returns January 14, the CW
All glory to Beebo, you can’t keep the Legends down. Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) and the rest of the Waverider’s crew continue their misadventures through time. Last we left off, several of the worst historical figures had been freed from Hell and this season’s going to be about them wreaking even more havoc throughout time. But first, the Legends will be closing out the Crisis on Infinite Earthscrossover with the fourth and final episode in the saga.
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: January 14, Netflix
Dreamworks is back with more animation at Netflix with Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, which is a clever spin on the post-apocalyptic story. Instead of being about zombies or nuclear winter, this apocalypse gives us giant talking animals. A young woman named Kipo, who grew up underground, has found herself stranded on the surface and teams up with some new friends to survive the adorable wasteland.
A Discovery of Witches (season two): AMC
The second season of A Discovery of Witches is set to be based on the second book in the series, Shadow of Night, which sees Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) and Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode) traveling back in time to the Elizabethan era to find a witch to tutor Diana and solve the mystery of the enchanted manuscript.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (season seven): summer, ABC
ABC’s apparently trying to add a new Marvel series to its portfolio (despite the looming presence of Disney+), but until that happens, there’s somehow still one more season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D left to air. Early teases for season sevenhave suggested we’ll get some flashbacks to the 1930s, as well as the return of a familiar old foe.
The Boondocks: fall, HBO Max
As noted above, Aaron McGruder’s beloved series will return via HBO Max, delivering 24 new episodes spread out over two seasons that will “revisit the world of The Boondocks and do it over again for today,” as Granddad, Huey, and Riley move to a not-so-welcoming Maryland suburb, according to a statement given by McGruder in September. HBO Max will also be home to all 55 original episodes of the series.
Aggretsuko (season three): Netflix
Our much-needed therapy session for modern corporate angst will return in season three of Aggretsuko. Last we left off, Retsuko might have found herself in a happier, healthier place than she’d been in a long time, but she and her friends still have a lot of rage to belt out. Time to warm up that karaoke mic.
American Gods (season three): Starz
It’s another season of change and turmoil for American Gods. This season centers around Shadow and Mr. Wednesday journeying to the mysterious Wisconsin town of Lakeside. They’ll have some new companions along for the ride, like Iwan Rheon’s leprechaun, Doyle, and a Nordic death metal frontman played by Marilyn Manson. But even more of the show’s stars have been let go. Orlando Jones, who played Mr. Nancy, recently announced that he had been fired, and soon after Mousa Kraish, a.k.a. the Jinn,...
American Horror Story (season 10): FX
The anthology series just got renewed through season 13, and The Lady Miss Sarah Paulson has confirmed she’ll be returning to the show, so here’s hoping we’ll be getting a new AHSto help us white-knuckle our way through 2020.
Avenue 5 (2020–2022) TV-MA | Comedy, Sci-Fi. 6.7. Rate. The troubled crew of Avenue 5, a space cruise ship filled with spoiled, rich, snotty space tourists, must try and keep everyone calm after their ship gets thrown off course into space and ends up needing three years to return to Earth. Stars: Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front.
Mar 21, 2024 · Hugh Laurie on 'Avenue 5'. Alex Bailey/HBO. Streaming has given high-concept, unique sci-fi shows access to bigger budgets than ever before, but that doesn't mean those projects have to be serious.
