Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Television Series

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Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Television Series
Awarded forBest television series of the year in the science fiction genre
Country United States
Presented byAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First awarded 2016
Currently held by Star Trek: Picard (2022/2023)
Website www.saturnawards.org

The Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Television Series is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film and series-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements, included the category for the first time at the 42nd Saturn Awards ceremony, when the Saturn Award went through major changes in their television categories. It specifically rewards science fiction on television. At the 50th Anniversary Saturn Awards, the category was split to recognize both network/cable series and streaming series however, the categories were merged again at the subsequent 51st Saturn Awards.

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Winners and nominees

The winners are listed in bold.

(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year)

2010s

YearTV SeriesNetwork
2015
(42nd)
Continuum Syfy
Colony USA Network
Doctor Who BBC America
The Expanse Syfy
The 100 The CW
Wayward Pines Fox
The X-Files
2016
(43rd)
Westworld HBO
ColonyUSA Network
The ExpanseSyfy
Falling Water USA Network
Incorporated Syfy
The 100The CW
Timeless NBC
2017
(44th)
The Orville Fox
ColonyUSA Network
Doctor WhoBBC America
The ExpanseSyfy
The 100The CW
Salvation CBS
The X-FilesFox
2018/2019
(45th)
WestworldHBO
Counterpart Starz
Doctor WhoBBC America
Krypton Syfy
Manifest NBC
The 100The CW
The OrvilleFox
Roswell, New Mexico The CW
2019/2020
(46th)
Star Trek: Discovery CBS All Access
Doctor WhoBBC America
Lost in Space Netflix
Pandora The CW
Raised by Wolves HBO Max
Star Trek: Picard CBS All Access
WestworldHBO

2020s

YearTV SeriesNetwork
2021/2022
(50th)
Network / Cable
Superman & Lois The CW
The Flash The CW
The Man Who Fell to Earth Showtime
Resident Alien Syfy
Supergirl The CW
Westworld HBO
Streaming
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Paramount+
The Expanse Amazon Prime Video
For All Mankind Apple TV+
Lost in Space Netflix
The Mandalorian Disney+
The Orville: New Horizons Hulu
Star Trek: Discovery Paramount+
2022/2023
(51st)
Star Trek: Picard Paramount+
Andor Disney+
Foundation Apple TV+
The MandalorianDisney+
The Peripheral Amazon Prime Video
Silo Apple TV+
Star Trek: Strange New WorldsParamount+

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