Babylon 5, Farscape, 12 Monkeys, Timeless, Warehouse 13 & Eureka, Fringe, Dark Matter, Killjoys.
And right now, Silo.
(And The Expanse of course, but has been mentioned many times already!)
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As my username suggests- I love 'Lexx'.
It's beautifully sleezy sci-fi fantasy and not nearly enough people know about it. I caught it on Netflix about 10 years ago but I think you can watch it on youtube now free with commercials.
Highly recommend to any fans of sci-fi, but especially if you loved stuff like Farscape and Red Dwarf.
Also shout out to 'Avenue 5'. Hilariously dark sci-fi comedy that HBO criminally underpromoted. Also 'Other Space'.
I don't remember much of Lexx, but the song the Brunen-G sang will always be in my heart. Whatever it means.
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I wouldn't say it's my favorite, but I liked Humans (2015).
I also like several Black Mirror episodes, but I think those are "well known".
"Moon" was quite good.
Since The Expanse has already been covered, gotta go with Firefly. I have a couple of the books on my bookshelf at work but I haven't gotten to them.
Firefly? Lol OP is going to be so mad at you
Nobody I know IRL has watched it so I'm counting it lol
For a long time my answer would've been Doctor Who - I was an original Who fan who got hooked on PBS in the 80s and kept the candle burning in the 90s and early 2000s with books and Big Finish audio dramas. Now that it's back and more popular than before though, I don't know if it'd really count as "lesser known" like it used to, so for that criteria I'd have to say... Blake's 7
It's definitely not lesser known anymore, but strangely still seems somewhat niche in the US. For as high budget as it has become and how popular it is, very few people I've encountered IRL have ever seen any of it. I absolutely adore Doctor Who. Even in the darkest of storylines it's light-hearted and fun.
Firefly definitely counts as lesser known. Op is on drugs.
I would pick Firefly, the Expanse, and Orville (for an unexpected great show.)
I agree with your choices, they're fantastic shows. But those are definitely some of the most high-profile sci-fi shows I can think of. Those are the ones that come to mind immediately when people mention sci-fi shows, so I wouldn't necessarily call them 'lesser known'.
A couple of others I haven't seen here that I loved:
- Almost Human - Cut short, but had so much potential. :'(
- Foundation - Adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. So far it's incredible, and the way they're stretching the story it could be 6-7 seasons.
- The 100 - hear me out - It's teen drama at first, in a sci-fi setting. This one reminds me of Orson Scott Card; focusing on how people behave in a futuristic sci-fi setting, not necessarily heavy on the setting. It was goofy, dramatic, sometimes cringe, and has huge plot holes - but damnit it was entertaining and jumps the shark soo many times.
- 4400 - Such an incredible premise for a show.
Some comic/hero shows that could technically count as Sci-Fi:
- The Umbrella Academy
- Legion - this one surprised me. It was amazing, and I didn't realize it was an x-men story at first.
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Serial Experiments LAIN. It's a 13 episode anime, in a "future" where everyone is connected to "The Wired" via wireless devices. For a 1998 anime, it is highly prophetic. It even predicts the idea of people having completely different identities in real life then they have online, and does a great job musing on the blurry line between the internet and the real world.
Space: Above and Beyond. It was a short-lived show on FOX about a group of space marines that are pressed into service against an alien menace, but not everything is as it seems. The show was a a bit of a mashup between Aliens, Blade Runner, and Starship Troopers, and it was awesome. If there was ever a show that needed a remake, it's this one.
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I really enjoyed Dark Matter. It got a little wild as the story went on, but the premise was very good, and I enjoyed a lot of the characters. (Especially the Android)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. It's a solid example of 80's scifi, post-Star Wars and pre-Matrix. A little cheesy, a little Mad Max-y. And Molly Ringwald still makes me laugh.
Counterpoint, amazing spy thriller Sci-Fi.