10 Greatest Sci-Fi Shows With Fewer Than 40 Episodes

Many, if not most, of history’s greatest and most influential sci-fi TV shows are quite long. After all, few genres better lend themselves to expansive narratives that cover episode after episode of epic space exploration, fascinating futuristic concepts, and thought-provoking reflections of our real world. Throughout history, however, plenty of sci-fi shows have been able to make history with merely 40 episodes or fewer.