The sci-fi genre is more popular than ever in 2026, with Apple TV’s mind-bending Severance collecting a trophy room full of awards and Hulu’s post-apocalyptic Paradise one of the most popular shows on TV.
While both are excellent, they still have a ways to go before achieving the same level of pop-cultural significance as Battlestar Galactica. The Syfy Channel remake of the cult 1978 ABC series captured the early 2000s zeitgeist while also telling an action-packed story about a near-extinct human race’s battle with a mysterious alien species, the Cylons.
For some time, Battlestar Galactica has...
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