The Best Science Fiction Shows from 1996


Below is our top ten list of the best Science Fiction Shows which first started broadcasting in 1996.

10. Dragon Ball GT: Doragon bôru jîtî


Dragon%20Ball%20GT%3A%20Doragon%20b%C3%B4ru%20j%C3%AEt%C3%AEFirst Aired: 07 February, 1996

Dragon Ball GT: Doragon bôru jîtî is a TV series starring Elise Baughman, Andrew Chandler, and Masako Nozawa. After Goku is made a kid again by the Black Star Dragon Balls, he goes on a journey to get back to his old self.


9. 3rd Rock from the Sun


3rd%20Rock%20from%20the%20SunFirst Aired: 09 January, 1996

3rd Rock from the Sun is a TV series starring John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, and Kristen Johnston. A group of aliens are sent to Earth, disguised as a human family, to experience and report life on the third planet from the sun.


8. Dexter’s Laboratory


Dexter%27s%20LaboratoryFirst Aired: 24 March, 1996

Dexter’s Laboratory is a TV series starring Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, and Christine Cavanaugh. The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister.


7. Dragon Ball Z


Dragon%20Ball%20ZFirst Aired: 13 September, 1996

Dragon Ball Z is a TV series starring Doc Harris, Christopher Sabat, and Scott McNeil. After learning that he is from another planet, a warrior named Goku and his friends are prompted to defend it from an onslaught of…


6. Lexx


LexxFirst Aired: 18 April, 1997

Lexx is a TV series starring Brian Downey, Michael McManus, and Jeffrey Hirschfield. A group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.


5. The Pretender


The%20PretenderFirst Aired: 19 September, 1996

The Pretender is a TV series starring Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, and Patrick Bauchau. A specially gifted man, with the ability to instantly master any skill, escapes from a secret testing facility and travels the country…



4. Tenkû no Esukafurône


Tenk%C3%BB%20no%20Esukafur%C3%B4neFirst Aired: 02 April, 1996

Tenkû no Esukafurône is a TV series starring Kirby Morrow, Kelly Sheridan, and Brian Drummond. Hitomi is a girl with psychic abilities who gets transported to the magical world of Gaea. She and her friends find themselves under…


3. Millennium


MillenniumFirst Aired: 25 October, 1996

Millennium is a TV series starring Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, and Terry O’Quinn. A former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group which investigates…


2. Superman


SupermanFirst Aired: 06 September, 1996

Superman is a TV series starring Tim Daly, Joseph Bologna, and Dana Delany. The last son of the planet Krypton protects his adoptive home of Earth as the greatest of the superheroes.


1. Beast Wars: Transformers


Beast%20Wars%3A%20TransformersFirst Aired: 06 August, 1996

Beast Wars: Transformers is a TV series starring Scott McNeil, Garry Chalk, and Ian James Corlett. The Transformers’ war continues in an older time, through a new generation. On pliocenic Earth, the heroic Maximals and the evil…