{"id":40464,"date":"2025-07-16T06:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=40464"},"modified":"2025-07-22T04:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:59:00","slug":"alien-earth-heralds-return-of-broadcast-science-fiction-scripted-series-at-san-diego-comic-con-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/16\/alien-earth-heralds-return-of-broadcast-science-fiction-scripted-series-at-san-diego-comic-con-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien: Earth Heralds Return of Broadcast Science Fiction Scripted Series at San Diego Comic-Con 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome back WormholeRiders<\/a>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"San<\/a>
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As we prepare for San Diego Comic-Con 2025<\/a>, and although we have shifted to streaming service science fiction series, TeamWHR<\/a> is pleased to announce that broadcast television is returning to original series. This subsequent to no new cable or network series on broadcast television for two years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of interest, such series dominated broadcast television for three decades, many of which we have reported on since 2008 when this website was created to analyze and review over thirty television programs here and on our archived websites listed on the right sidebar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Image courtesy San Diego Convention Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over and above the more than one hundred (103) entertainment conventions, and hundreds of interviews across over thirty websites, we also analyzed fictional dramas such as Mayans MC<\/a> and Body of Proof<\/a> because science fiction celebrities starred in them. We also analyzed many dozens of movies at our dedicated Movie Magic<\/a> website until deciding to post films and TCM Film Festival movie analysis<\/a> here to focus solely on conventions, scripted series and interviews for each of the same.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Stargate<\/a>
Image courtesy Amazon MGM Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The science fiction series we started with was Stargate<\/a> at conventions subsequent to working with MGM Studios on their official website<\/a>. In 2009 WormholeRiders News Agency<\/a> we expanded our coverage analyzing episodes of Agents of Shield<\/a>, Alcatraz<\/a>, Alphas<\/a>, Being Human<\/a>, Caprica<\/a>, Chuck<\/a>, Continuum<\/a>, Dark Matter<\/a>, Day of the Dead<\/a>, Debris<\/a>, Defiance<\/a>, Destination Truth<\/a>, Dracula<\/a>, Eureka<\/a>, Falling Skies<\/a>, Flashforward<\/a>, Fringe<\/a>, Haven<\/a>, Helix<\/a>, Hollywood Treasure<\/a>, Killjoys<\/a>, La Brea<\/a>, Primeval New World<\/a>, Revolution<\/a>, Sanctuary<\/a>, Stargate<\/a>, Supernatural<\/a>, Terra Nova<\/a>, The Event<\/a>, The Expanse<\/a>, The Neighbors<\/a>, Treadstone<\/a>, Vampire Diaries<\/a>, Van Helsing<\/a>, V Series<\/a>, and Warehouse 13<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Back Story:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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When the latest consolidation of the entertainment industry began in 2017 with the Comcast NBC Universal merger<\/a>, we ceased opening dedicated websites for each new series and began moving popular series posts from thousands published over the past seventeen years to our main blog here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The entertainment industry consolidation has continued unabated sometimes with less than desired results. Facing significant financial losses, particularly in California and Canada where many programs are produced, the top thirty firms in the industry have lost 540 billion in value<\/a> resulting in tens of thousands of job losses<\/a> that continued with the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike where 17,000 losses were reported in California<\/a>. Additionally recent direct losses of over six (6) billion dollars on projects<\/a> since the strike have been reported. This was caused by several factors including a failure to produce series acceptable to audiences, the labor strike, and a shift in audience viewing habits towards streaming services. All of these factors led to reduced broadcast television science fiction production levels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The good news is that the trend for science fiction scripted series on broadcast television is beginning a modest comeback this year with the renewal of The Ark<\/a> for a third season, set to return to SYFY<\/a> in 2026. 2025 dovetailed this news with new series that debuted this year. As a result of studios and networks rehiring creative talent instead of misguided executive\u2019s dictating what programs and series will be created, more good news is expected with streaming services producing the lions share of scripted science fiction programs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Best of all, as delineated below, of the three new broadcast network science fiction scripted series, one is featured in a fabulous panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 that begins on July 25, 2025!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alien: Earth:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Alien<\/a>
Image courtesy FX Networks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alien: Earth<\/a> is a fantastic new scripted science fiction (prequel) series based on the original 1979 Alien<\/a> movie. Created by Noah Hawley<\/a> for FX Networks<\/a> \/ Hulu<\/a>, Alien: Earth stars Sydney Chandler<\/a> as Wendy, Alex Lawther<\/a> as CJ, Timothy Olyphant<\/a> as Kirsh, Essie Davis<\/a> as Dame Silvia, Samuel Blenkin<\/a> as Boy Kavalier, Kit Young<\/a> as Tootles, Adarsh Gourav<\/a> as Slightly, Babou Ceesay<\/a> as Morrow and a large supporting cast<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The prequel series takes place in the year 2120, two years before the events of the original film Alien film that took place in the year 2122. Alien: Earth is set some 22 years before Alien: Romulus (2024) which was set in 2142, 59 years before Aliens (1986) and 59 years before Alien 3 (1992) which took place in the year 2179.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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