The list represents television programs that have aired on Syfy in the U.S.:
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The following episodic programs first aired in their entirety or had specific seasons that first aired in the United States on Syfy.
| Series | Debut | Studio | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphas | July 11, 2011 | Syfy | Sci-fi | Series following a government team of superhumans assigned to deal with cases involving other superhumans. |
| Being Human | January 17, 2011 | Syfy | Supernatural drama | Based on a BBC 3 show of the same name. |
| Destination Truth | June 6, 2007 | Mandt Bros. Productions | Reality television | Hosted by Josh Gates |
| Eureka | July 18, 2006 | NBC Universal Television | Sci-fi, Comedy | A sci fi comedy series set in the town of Eureka, where everyone is a scientific genius except the sheriff |
| Face Off | January 26, 2011 | Syfy, Mission Control Media | Reality television | Reality series in which twelve makeup artists compete for $100,000 prize. |
| Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files | July 15, 2010 | Reality Television | ||
| Ghost Hunters | October 6, 2004 | Pilgrim Films and Television | Reality television | Series that investigates places and buildings with supposed paranormal activity. |
| Ghost Hunters International | January 9, 2008 | Pilgrim Films and Television | Reality television | Spinoff of Ghost Hunters, taking the investigations abroad |
| Haunted Collector | June 1, 2011 | Gurney Productions | Reality television | Series where a team of paranormal investigators track down haunted objects |
| Haven | July 9, 2010 | Syfy | Supernatural drama | Based on the novella, The Colorado Kid, by Stephen King. |
| Hollywood Treasure | October 27, 2010 | Syfy, Zupon Entertainment | Reality Television | A team tracks down, appraises and helps auction off valuable film, television and pop culture memorabilia |
| Legend Quest | July 13, 2011 | Syfy | Reality Television | |
| Paranormal Witness | September 7, 2011 | Raw TV | Reality Television | Intense stories from people that have experienced the paranormal |
| Sanctuary | October 3, 2008 | Fantasy | A team of doctors study and protect the strange creatures living in their world. | |
| Scare Tactics | April 4, 2003 | Syfy, Hallock & Healey Entertainment | Reality television, Prank, Comedy | Canceled January 2006 but renewed for summer 2008. |
| Warehouse 13 | July 7, 2009 | Universal Media Studios | Paranormal | Two government agents collect dangerous artifacts |
| WCG Ultimate Gamer | March 10, 2009 | Reality Television | ||
| WWE SmackDown | October 1, 2010 | World Wrestling Entertainment | Professional wrestling |
| Series | Debut | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVENTURES | Series 1 | TBC | 2012 |
| Series | Debut | End | Studio | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andromeda | October 2, 2000 | May 13, 2005 | Tribune Entertainment | Space opera | First four years were syndication-only. |
| Battlestar Galactica | December 8, 2003 | March 20, 2009 | NBC Universal | Soft SF, Space Opera | Started as a 2003 miniseries. |
| Bionic Woman | September 26, 2007 | November 28, 2007 | NBC | Super hero | |
| Black Scorpion | January 2001 | June 2001 | CHUM Limited | Super hero | Bought rights after series was filmed for syndication. |
| Caprica | January 22, 2010 | November 30, 2010 | NBC Universal | Sci-fi, Family Saga | Prequel spin-off series of Battlestar Galactica Canceled on October 27, 2010. |
| Cha$e | November 11, 2008 | December 16, 2008 | Buena Vista Television | Reality television | Reality game show where contestants are chased by "hunters" while completing tasks and reaching specific locations against the clock. |
| The Chronicle | July 14, 2001 | March 22, 2002 | 20th Century Fox Television | Comedy | Former pilot for NBC. Series about a tabloid newspaper and its workers' adventures when they find out monsters and other nightmare creatures are real. |
| Doctor Who | March 2006 | 2009 Summer: rights picked up by BBC America. | BBC Wales | Science Fiction | Revival of the old Doctor Who series; imported from the UK |
| The Dresden Files | January 21, 2007 | August 3, 2007; Listed as not renewed | Lions Gate | Dark fantasy | Paranormal detective series adapted from, but not entirely faithful to, the novels by Jim Butcher |
| ECW | June 13, 2006 | February 16, 2010 | World Wrestling Entertainment | Professional wrestling | Non-science fiction-related programming. |
| Estate of Panic | November 12, 2008 | December 17, 2008 | Endemol USA | Reality television | Reality game show at a creepy mansion where contestants search for hidden money in themed rooms with added phobias. |
| Exposure | 2000 | 2002 | Syfy | Short film | A series that showcased short genre films and their makers |
| Farscape | March 19, 1999 | March 21, 2003 | Jim Henson Productions | Space opera | Cancelled and brought back as a miniseries to resolve cliffhanger. Webisodes planned. |
| First Wave | September 9, 1998 | February 7, 2001 | CHUM Limited | Alien invasion | The network picked up the series for 66 episodes before they had aired even one. |
| Flash Gordon | August 10, 2007 | February 8, 2008 | Reunion Pictures | Space Opera | Based on the classic comic strip. |
| FTL Newsfeed | 1992 | 1996 | Syfy | Interstitial | 30-second fictionalized "news" clips from the future. |
| Good vs. Evil | July 18, 1999 | May 12, 2000 | Syfy, USA Network | Dark fantasy | A comedy scifi series about formerly dead people being recruited by God to fight evil demons. Now on NBC's Chiller horror channel. |
| The Invisible Man | June 9, 2000 | February 1, 2002 | USA Network, Syfy, Stu Seagal Productions | Sci-fi, Spy-fi | Syfy refused to sell this show to UPN. |
| Mad Mad House | March 13, 2004 | April 29, 2004 | A. Smith & Co. Productions, Syfy | Reality television | Reality game show where outsiders have to live with people with Alternative lifestyles as their judges |
| Mission Genesis | July 21, 1997 | November 14, 1997 | Syfy, YTV | Sci-fi, Space Opera | The Journey of a multi-generation ship in search of a new home for humanity. Also the show is known as Deepwater Black in other countries. |
| Mystery Science Theater 3000 | February 1, 1997 | January 31, 2004 | Best Brains, Inc., Comedy Central, Syfy | Sci-fi, Comedy | Futuristic comedy about a man and his robots that are forced to watch cheesy scifi films. |
| The Outer Limits | 2001 | 2002; Still In Reruns | MGM, Sci-fi | Anthology | Anthology series in the vein of the original series |
| Painkiller Jane | April 13, 2007 | September 21, 2007 | Super hero | Based on the comic character. | |
| Proof Positive | October 8, 2004 | December 8, 2004 | Consgrove Meurer Productions | Reality television Paranormal | A paranormal investigations series hosted by SG-1's Amanda Tapping |
| The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | June 18, 2000 | December 16, 2000 | Filmline International Inc., Talisman Crest | Steampunk | The untold adventures of the famed writer and his friends. First series filmed entirely in HDTV format. |
| Sightings | 1992 | Ann Daniels Productions, Fair Dinkum Productions, Paramount Television | Reality television Paranormal | A paranormal news show from the early 1990s. | |
| Sliders | June 6, 1998 | February 4, 2000 | St. Clare Entertainment, Studios USA Television, Universal TV | Sci-fi, Dimensional travel | A FOX original series for the first three seasons, but the fourth and fifth seasons were produced for Syfy |
| Stargate SG-1 | July 27, 1997 | March 13, 2007 | MGM | Sci-fi, Military, Wormhole | Showtime original series for first five seasons. |
| Stargate Atlantis | July 1, 2004 | January 9, 2009 | MGM | Sci-fi, Military, Wormhole | International Stargate teams explore the city of Atlantis on a far away world. Spin-off series of Stargate SG-1 |
| Stargate Universe | October 2, 2009 | May 9, 2011 | MGM | Sci-fi, Military, Wormhole | A group of people form the crew of the ancient ship Destiny, which travels through the universe looking for evidence of an intelligence from before time itself. |
| Tremors | March 28, 2003 | August 8, 2003 | Stampede Entertainment, Syfy | Sci-fi, Horror, Comedy | Humans learn to live with giant burrowing worm-like lifeforms. Based on three previous movies. |
| Tripping the Rift | March 4, 2004 | October 19, 2005 | CinéGroupe, Film Roman Productions | Animated, Comedy | A comedy scifi series about a misfit starship crew that spoofs Star Trek, Star Wars and other scifi programs. |
| Welcome to Paradox | August 17, 1998 | November 9, 1998 | Alliance Atlantis | Sci-fi, Anthology | Anthology series where all episodes are set in the fictional town of Betaville |
| Who Wants to Be a Superhero? | July 27, 2006 | September 6, 2007 | Nash Entertainment, POW! Entertainment | Reality television | A reality-based contest to see who is worthy of being awarded superhero status |
| WWE NXT | February 23, 2010 | September 28, 2010 | World Wrestling Entertainment | Professional wrestling |
Syfy has a long history of buying the rights to air second-run, or repeat, programming of series no longer in production. Some of these have included:
Many of these used to be aired frequently on S.C.I.F.I. World, a daytime programming schedule started on July 17, 2000, that divided its marathons between five days that concentrated on five particular themes:
This format of airing marathons has continued in some form to this day.
For most of the 1990s, Syfy showed anime films, although they had to be edited in order to be shown on basic cable. The channel's longest running animation block, referred to as Saturday Anime, aired at the start of the channel's broadcast day each Saturday morning. In 2007, Syfy reintroduced anime to their programming via the "Ani-Monday" block. In 2008 the block was shifted to Tuesday; in 2010, to Thursday; and after June 9, 2011 disappeared abruptly, along with the Anime section of the Syfy.com website.[1][2]