Your TV brain might be completely hardwired into magical rings and lusty dragons these days, but there are so many more sci-fi, fantasy, and horror shows—both returning and new—coming to screens this season.
Scroll through for our handy calendar of all the geeky series that you need to know about, with the caveat that dates may be subject to change.
Richelle Mead’s YA series about the goings-on at a paranormal boarding school was already adapted into a feature back in 2014, but it’s now a TV series under the seasoned eye of Julie Plec (The CW’s The Vampire Diaries).
Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula on the early ‘90s sci-fi series) may still be out there lost in time, but that doesn’t stop Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) from trying his luck with the same technology. This reboot-sequel follows Ben as he leaps through the decades helping people in need, while his team back in 2022 frantically works to bring him home.
Diego Luna’s Rogue One rebel gets a gritty origin story in the latest Disney+ Star Wars series.
Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller is among the directors and producers of this four-part documentary series, which examines the history of the horror genre from an LGBTQ point of view.
This five-part series “revisits the shocks and scares from our favorite iconic cinematic horror moments from the 1930s until today, featuring insights from some of the best and most influential filmmakers, producers, and actors working in the genre, as well as experts and historians” and is narrated by Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund.
Anne Rice’s gothic classic gets a contemporary, um, revamp in this tale featuring undead icons Louis (Jacob Anderson), Lestat, (Sam Reid) and Claudia, plus Eric Bogosian as the journalist.
The latest entry in the long-running Mobile Suit Gundam series—set in the 11th official timeline in the Gundam saga—brings us the first official primary female protagonist in a Gundam TV show.
Jacob Batalon—best-known as Peter Parker’s BFF Ned in the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies—stars as a geeky dude who transforms into a geeky bloodsucker in this horror comedy.
Netflix’s nightmare maker-in-residence Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass) is back with another horror series, an adaptation of the Christopher Pike novel about a group of terminally ill young adults who keep each other company with scary stories.
Supernatural may have ended its epic 15-season run, but the CW has hope this prequel about the Winchester brothers’ demon-busting parents will enjoy similar longevity.
The best-selling Swedish novel that spawned a hit film (and an English-language remake of that film) is now a series starring Madison Taylor Baez as a child vampire and Demián Bichir as her protective father.
The Oscar-winning horror guru produces this anthology series and contributes two stories as well, with entries directed by Catherine Hardwicke, Vincenzo Natali, Guillermo Navarro, Keith Thomas, David Prior, Jennifer Kent, Ana Lily Amirpour, and Panos Cosmatos.
Ahsoka Tano and a young Count Dooku will both get storylines in this animated Star Wars anthology series consisting of six new shorts.
The Margaret Atwood adaptation starring Elisabeth Moss just returned for its fifth season (with one more on the way). Here’s what Hulu says about season five: “June faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford while struggling to redefine her identity and purpose. The widowed Serena attempts to raise her profile in Toronto as Gilead’s influence creeps into Canada. Commander Lawrence works with Nick and Aunt Lydia as he tries to reform Gilead and rise in power. June, Luke, and Moira fight Gilead from a distance as they continue their mission to save and reunite with Hannah.”
The bilingual series returns for another six episodes. Take it away, HBO Max: “Season two finds our charismatic Los Espookys leader and gore enthusiast, Renaldo (Bernardo Velasco), haunted by the ghost of a beauty pageant queen, while Úrsula (Cassandra Ciangherotti), enlists an old acquaintance to challenge the political status quo. Úrsula’s well-meaning sister, Tati (Ana Fabrega), is adjusting to her life as a newlywed, while balancing a new gig, and Renaldo’s ominous best friend, Andrés (Julio Torres), tries to find his place in the world after appeasing his inner demons (literally). Meanwhile, Uncle Tico (Fred Armisen) is searching for a new purpose after his valet career is derailed.”
Will Arnett returns to host a third season of the epic brick-building competition.
With their long-awaited feature film finally out in the world, the Belchers are back for a 13th season of burgers of the day, musical numbers, holiday celebrations, humiliations, and inevitably, some hard-earned life lessons.
The hit American remake of the BBC One comedy returns for a second season, once again starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar as New Yorkers who realize the home they’ve inherited is haunted.