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70 Years Later, the First Sci-Fi TV Series Is Now Lost to Time

What was the first sci-fi TV show? Here's why 'Captain Video' was important, but also impossible to watch.

70 Years Ago, a Forgotten Sci-Fi Show Predicted the Future by Rebooting an Iconic Character

70 Years Ago, a Forgotten Sci-Fi Show Predicted the Future by Rebooting an Iconic Character

The 1954 'Flash Gordon' was a major reboot for one of the most popular sci-fi franchises of all time. Why don't we remember it?

45 Years Ago, an Influential Sci-Fi Hero was Saved From Oblivion

45 Years Ago, an Influential Sci-Fi Hero was Saved From Oblivion

The 25th century never looked so groovy. Here's how a character who was big in the 1930s earned a brief but fascinating second life.

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'It's like Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, or the reverse of Life on Mars,' teases Mammoth star Mike Bubbins

Mike Bubbins and Sian Gibson chat about their BBC Two comedy following a 1970s teacher dealing with modern life

42 Years Ago, a Gonzo Sci-Fi Show was Rebooted for the Worse

In 1981, 'Buck Rogers' gained its best character, but somehow lost its way. Here's how a fun sci-fi TV show weirdly got boring.

40 years ago, one sci-fi show had the most bizarre beginning in TV history

'Knight Rider' is mostly about a guy and a sentient car. But it began way weirder. Here's the origin of 'Knight Rider' everyone forgot and why the show is better than anyone remembers.

How the latest ‘Star Trek’ spinoff resurrects the Buck Rogers brio of the original

With “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” premiering Thursday on Paramount+, the franchise goes once again into the past, with a series you can consider, in quantum fashion, both as a spinoff from “Star Trek: Discovery” and a belated order for the original series’ rejected pre-Shatner pilot, “The Cage,” which starred…

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