With the recent culmination of "Lost," some have proclaimed that series to be one of the best sci-fi shows of all time. While we're all big fans of "Lost," I have to take issue with classifying it as "sci-fi."
The term "science fiction" has become wildly overused to include several shows that feature supernatural or adventure elements that aren't that far away from traditional genre television. For the purposes of this list, we're exploring ten of the best sci-fi TV series that explored the concepts of space travel and aliens on other worlds. These are the shows that made the impossible seem possible and offered us a speculative glimpse of what might await us in the vast reaches of outer space.
10. Stargate SG-1
A lot of people tend to forget that the original "Stargate" movie wasn't really that good. It was a forgettable mix of "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" that failed to catch on with the public... until it was adapted into a TV series three years later. Over the course of ten seasons, two spinoff series and two direct-to-DVD movies, "Stargate SG-1" has become the longest running American sci-fi TV series of all time.
And while "Stargate SG-1" was sometimes criticized for its light tone and occasional mystical overtones, the series fulfilled the promise of adventure and sci-fi that the original film failed to live up to.
