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and other related themes, please see the respective genres and listings. Science fiction films, one-time presentations, original net animation (ONA), original video animation (OVA),
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British television science fiction British television science fiction refers to popular programmes in the genre that have been produced by both the BBC and Britain's largest commercial channel, ITV (TV network), ITV. The BBC's ''Doctor Who'' is listed in the ''Guinness World Rec ...
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U.S. television science fiction U.S. television science fiction is a popular genre of television in the United States that has produced many of the best-known and most popular science fiction shows in the world. Most famous of all, and one of the most influential science-ficti ...
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AXN Beyond AXN Beyond was a pay television channel, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment in the Asia-Pacific region. It was launched on 1 January 2008. Feeds * Southeast Asian feed - available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Indonesia * Philippine ...
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AXN Sci Fi AXN Sci Fi was a European pay television series channel of Sony Pictures Television. It was available in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria on Sky Italia, Boom TV, Bulsatcom, Cyfra Plus, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digi TV, D ...
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Sci Fi Channel (Australia) SF (formerly Sci Fi Channel) was an Australian subscription channel that aired science fiction, fantasy and related programs. It was available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms. In 2012 the channel rebranded from Sci ...
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Sci Fi Channel (Germany) Syfy is a German pay television channel, launched on 1 September 2003. It was the third Sci Fi Channel to be launched, following the US and U.K. versions. From 2003 until 2010, it was known as the Sci-Fi channel. Programming *''Aftermath'' (201 ...
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Universal Channel (Japan) Universal Channel was a Japanese television channel. History 2008-2010 Sci-Fi Channel was a Japanese television channel that operated from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2010. This was the result of an agreement between NBC Universal and Jupiter Tel ...
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Syfy Universal (Portugal) Syfy (formerly known as Sci Fi Channel and Syfy Universal) is a Portuguese digital cable, IPTV and satellite television launched on 6 December 2008 and specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror shows and movies. Owned by NBC Univer ...
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SPACE Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider ...
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Zone Fantasy Zone Fantasy was a television film channel in Italy that featured diverse programming. Zone Fantasy was targeted towards a mixed 16- to 45-year-old demographic, and focused on adventure, fantasy, horror and science fiction genres. The channel tr ...
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Genres

*'' Science fiction on television'' *'' Alien invasion'' *'' Alternate future'' *'' Alternate History: Television'' *'' Anthology series: Television'' *''
Artificial intelligence in fiction Artificial intelligence is a recurrent theme in science fiction, whether utopian, emphasising the potential benefits, or dystopian, emphasising the dangers. The notion of machines with human-like intelligence dates back at least to Samuel Butler' ...
'' *'' Augmented reality: Television & film'' *'' Biopunk: Film and television'' *'' Comic science fiction: Television'' *'' Cyberpunk: Film and television'' *'' Cyborgs in fiction: Television'' *'' Extraterrestrials in fiction'' *'' Feminist science fiction: Film and television'' *''
Fictional universe A fictional universe, or fictional world, is a self-consistent setting with events, and often other elements, that differ from the real world. It may also be called an imagined, constructed, or fictional realm (or world). Fictional universes may ...
'' *'' Flying car (fiction): Science fiction'' *'' Gender in speculative fiction: Television'' *'' Hyperspace'' *'' Interstellar war'' *'' Invisibility in fiction: Television'' *'' LGBT themes in speculative fiction: Television'' *'' Lost World'' *'' Mecha anime'' *'' Military science fiction'' *''
Mind uploading Mind uploading is a speculative process of whole brain emulation in which a brain scan is used to completely emulate the mental state of the individual in a digital computer. The computer would then run a simulation of the brain's information pr ...
'' *'' Nuclear weapons in popular culture: In fiction, film and theater'' *'' Nuclear weapons in popular culture: List of visual depictions'' *'' Parallel universe: Television'' *'' Planetary romance: In film and television'' *'' Planets in science fiction'' *'' Political ideas in science fiction'' *''
Real Robot Mecha anime and manga, known in Japan as and , are anime and manga that feature robots (mecha) in battle. The genre is broken down into two subcategories; "super robot", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and "real robot", where robots are ...
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Science fantasy Science fantasy is a hybrid genre within speculative fiction that simultaneously draws upon or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy. In a conventional science fiction story, the world is presented as being scientif ...
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Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction Sexual themes are frequently used in science fiction or related genres. Such elements may include depictions of realistic sexual interactions in a science fictional setting, a protagonist with an alternative sexuality, a sexual encounter betwee ...
'' *'' Simulated reality in fiction: Animation, anime and cartoons'' *'' Simulated reality in fiction: Television'' *'' Slipstream'' *'' Space marine: Films and TV'' *''
Space opera Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it features technological and soci ...
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Space stations and habitats in popular culture The concepts of space stations and space habitats feature in science fiction. The difference between the two is that habitats are larger and more complex structures intended as permanent homes for substantial populations (though generation ships ...
'' *'' Space warfare in fiction: Television and movies'' *'' Space western: Television'' *'' Spy-fi: Anime'' *'' Spy-fi: Films and television series'' *''
Steampunk Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the Victorian era or ...
'' *'' Super Robot'' *'' Superhero fiction: Animation'' *'' Superhero fiction: Live-action television series'' *'' Superhuman: Science fiction'' *'' Survivalism in fiction: Television programs'' *'' Time travel in fiction'' *'' UFOs in fiction: Television'' *'' Utopian and dystopian fiction'' *'' Virtual reality: Television'' *'' Wormholes in fiction: Television'' *'' Zombie apocalypse: Television''


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Animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...
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Anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
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Adult animation Adult animation, also known as mature animation, and infrequently as adult-oriented animation, is any type of animation, animated motion work that is catered specifically to adult interests, and is mainly targeted and marketed towards adults and ...
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Cartoon Network Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...
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CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
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CBS Kidshow The ''CBS Kidshow'' (originally known as ''Think CBS Kids'') was an American Saturday morning children's programming block that aired on CBS from September 13, 1997 to September 9, 2000. Originally a network-programmed block, Nelvana took over ...
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Disney Channel Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
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Filmation Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live-action programming for television from 1963 until 1989. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1962. Filmation's founders and pr ...
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Kix! Pop Max (formerly Kix! and then Kix) is a British free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. As of June 2014, it broadcasts cartoons, sci-fi, action and adventure series and ani ...
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TEENick TeenNick is an American pay-TV channel that is operated by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Aimed primarily at teens and tweens, its programming includes a variety of live-action series inherited from sister channel Nic ...
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Toon Disney Toon Disney was an American multinational pay television channel owned by Disney Channels Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney-ABC Television Group. The channel's target audience was children ages 2–11, and children ages 6–13 during the Jetix ...
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Tooncast Tooncast is a Latin American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its Warner Bros. Discovery#Assets, International division. It was launched on 1 December 2008; its programming consists of classical animation, both from H ...
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UPN Kids ''UPN Kids'' was an American children's programming block that aired on UPN from September 10, 1995 to September 5, 1999. Airing on Sunday mornings, the block aired for one hour (10:00 to 11:00am), then two hours the following year (9:00 to 11: ...
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USA Action Extreme Team ''USA Action Extreme Team'' was a children's television programming block on USA Network from 1995 to 1998. The block aired on Sunday mornings, but it later expanded to weekday mornings beginning in 1996 and took over the USA Cartoon Express block ...
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