5 One-Season Sci-Fi Shows That Should Have Run for Ten Years

Sci-fi television shows can be a difficult sell when it comes to lasting a long time. Typically, sci-fi series have complex concepts that need time to develop and when they work, it can result in some of the best TV we’ve ever seen. For every success like The X-Files, Stranger Things, Star Trek$TREK: The Next Generation, and Battlestar Galactica, there are so many examples where a series didn’t get to fully develop and ended up canceled before it could truly get going. In some unfortunate cases, these sci-fi shows actually get the axe before they reach a second season. Sometimes, this happens because the show was unable to attract the kind of audience numbers the network or platform wanted. In some cases, the people behind the shows had to cancel them for budgetary reasons. There are even a few situations where a series clearly had plans for something bigger, yet it caused it to get off to a slow start, which led to its cancelation. The sci-fi shows discussed here all deserved to last for so many more seasons, even all the way up to 10, because of how much potential the overall story and premise had, as well as the high quality of the one season we got. 5) The Society Every so often, a show premieres on Netflix and becomes a big hit. In 2019, The Society did just that thanks to its captivating premise, talented young cast, and shocking plot twists. The show focuses on a group of teens who return home from a field trip to find that everyone else has mysteriously disappeared and they’re unable to leave due to a forest appearing that cuts off the rest of the world. The teens are also tasked with running their own community, often to disastrous results. Watching these teens who are in over their heads struggle to run things is engaging, while the overall mystery is what keeps you coming back. There were plenty of intriguing things the show still had to unravel, including a great cliffhanger that would’ve been a game changer. The Society had a stellar cast of breakout stars like Kathryn Newton, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and Kristine Froseth. Netflix canceled the show for budget reasons during COVID and fans are still posting online about how they want more of the show. 4) Almost Human 2013’s Almost Human was one of those shows that had a really cool setup for something great but never got a legitimate opportunity to develop into a full series. The sci-fi story took place in 2048, in a world where technology has caused crime to rise by 400%. It centered on a police detective named John Kennex who gets partnered up with an android officer named DRN-0167, or Dorian. Their relationship is strained from the start as they’re both reluctant to team up. What made the series work was the chemistry between Karl Urban$BOYS and Michael Ealy, who play John and Dorian, respectively. The two talented actors spent episodes bickering, yet also growing closer as they continued to work together. It’s a classic story that has worked in television for a long time and watching that deve