Science fiction sitcom
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The science fiction sitcom genre is a relatively new one having started significant growth only during the last few decades of the twentieth century. Most of the comic science fiction in this genre is considered lightweight compared to the mainstream.
[edit] List of science fiction sitcoms
- ALF -- An alien (played by a puppet) living with a family on Earth
- Astronauts -- The misadventures of a group of astronauts on a space station; written by two of The Goodies.
- Come Back Mrs Noah -- Housewife gets stranded on a space station.
- Futurama -- Cartoon space comedy.
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace -- Spoof horror/science-fiction soap set in an evil hospital.
- Goodnight Sweetheart -- Man finds portal to the past, falls in love, starts leading a double life.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams' science fiction farce, on radio, television, computer games, LPs, a towel, and a movie.
- Homeboys in Outer Space -- Short-lived UPN show.
- Hyperdrive -- Set on a British spaceship in 2151.
- Invader Zim -- an alien is sent to Earth, thinking it is his mission to destroy it, but his leaders are just trying to get rid of him.
- It's About Time -- an early example of the genre, involving astronauts who travel back in time to meet a tribe of cavemen.
- The Jetsons -- a Hanna-Barbera cartoon about George, Jane, Judy, and Elroy Jetson, family of the future.
- Kinvig -- a UFO fanatic becomes convinced that the woman who continually rejects him is an alien queen; written by Nigel Kneale of Quatermass fame, but critically panned as not very funny.
- Luna -- A synthetically produced family in a futuristic urban habitat.
- Meego -- kids' show in which a shape-shifting alien lives with a family.
- Metal Mickey -- kids' show in which a wise-cracking robot lives with a family.
- Mike & Angelo -- an alien comes to Earth and inadvertently causes chaos and havoc to the family he lives with.
- Mork & Mindy -- spinoff of Happy Days starring Robin Williams and Pam Dawber.
- My Favorite Martian -- Oldest SF comedy, based around an alien living on Earth.
- My Hero -- An alien superhero has difficulty maintaining his subrban secret identity.
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- A man and two robots are trapped in orbit and are forced to watch bad movies.
- Quark -- Show about space garbage collectors starring Richard Benjamin.
- Red Dwarf -- Space based comedy, includes many science fiction concepts.
- The Second Hundred Years -- Sitcom about a prospector frozen via cryogenics, then brought back to live with his much older son and grandson his own age (played by the same actor).
- Space Ghost: Coast to Coast -- Former superhero hosts a late-night talk show.
- The Strangerers -- Two highly eccentric alien agents on an equally eccentric alternative Earth; ends on an unresolved cliffhanger.
- Small Wonder -- (1984-1989) About a father who invents a robot child.
- 3rd Rock from the Sun -- Modern comedy similar in principle to Mork and Mindy.
- Tripping the Rift -- Animated space opera satire.
