I`d say of the shows on the list The Expanse was no1 but most of the others are no way bad... Babylon 5 has some of the greatest ever sci-fi episodes ever made... Dark Matter was an awesome series cancelled too soon....(so Killjoys could go on FFS) Firefly is the same never given a real chance to grow...(thank god for Serenity) The end of Battlestar Galactica was disappointing but for 95% of its 5 series was totally awesome.. The Orville should have been bad based on the premise but ended up being so much better.. Farscape could be variable but damn when they got it right they got it very right.. (plus it had an awesome finale in The Peacekeeper Wars) I like the others and recommend them but the previous are all just better...Stargate had its moments so did Killjoys but Andromeda was just way to generic for me and though i don’t think Cowboy Bepop was awful it was disappointing... Its kind of a shame that Blakes 7 effects were so sub par because acting and storywise it would easily make the top ten.....

I loved Killjoy. I still thinks it’s hilarious that Sean and Aaron Ashmore on the “most famous twins” and the “famous people you didn’t know were twin” lists. Aaron who was also on Smallville was the on Killjoys, Shawn was Iceman.

The Orville is the equivalent of the movie "Spaceballs." It's a disgrace to put the live action Cowboy Bebop on this list, I love the anime Cowboy Bebop tho

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Dark Matter, Firefly and Orville are best in the list: "11 Epic Space Opera TV Shows That COULD have been better than Star Trek"

I keep trying to get into The Expanse, but have yet to stay awake to watch more than 15 minutes. Can't even remember what's in those 15. Sort of like how I keep trying to slog through Space 2001. Been trying to watch that for decades.

The fact that bellarke never kissed in 7 seasons is a crime

Every single Space Opera ever made is better than Star Trek bar none, because Star Trek isn't a Space Opera.

Ballarke is happening. I am telling you. It is right here. In my mind.

Cowboy Bebop is shitty butchery of the anime.

You obviously don’t understand what Star Trek is for it IS NOT A Space Opera! When Gene Roddenberry was alive he strictly even said this major fact; on top of that, his son Eugene Roddenberry Jr has strictly said the exact same thing! Thus you are 100% WRONG to call Star Trek a space opera! It isn’t even a Space Drama! In fact Star Trek is a series and movie franchise about telling the Human Condition as Gene Roddenberry stated, it’s about using real world events to tell a science fiction story about bringing humanity together to better itself.

Andromeda was great in the early seasons but lost its way. Also, the star of the show became an asshole.

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Red Dwarf

none of these comes close to The Expanse!

The original Cowboy Bebop is the coolest show of all time ever. I will NEVER watch the live action. Babylon 5 is the greatest on screen sci-fi ever.

Unfortunately a lot of sci-fi shows don't last long, especially space operas. They are fairly expensive to make. Space Above and Beyond and Earth2 are good examples of that. For a time NBC/SYFY was good about providing shows for us, many produced in Canada. Maybe not quite space opera and more alien invasion series that was good was Falling Skies from TNT and Defiance from SYFY.

I had forgotten Killjoys…fun show! If you are into really crazy, you can add Lexx to the list! 😮

i love this.. binge watching now

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Halo and Foundation

Brides of Christ is an absolutely wonderful mini series set in the 1960s

Star Trek was not a space opera, it was a space western. Star Wars is the opera

Surviving summer is awesome too

What happened to Raised By Wolves? One of the best sci fi productions EVER! Definitely beats out a few u included.

I am able to say that I've watched all of them, except Cowboy Beebop. Tried to watch it but just couldn't to connect with like all the other shows and of course, Star Trek.

Cowboy Bebop's Japanese anime was WAY BETTER. (There was also a related anime movie.)

you know television stared before the 1990s

Saw all, loved all...

Babylon 5 by far the best, Dark Matter is awesome but you did forget one, Blake’s 7.

I remember one of them. I dont remember the name!

BattleStar Galactica is one of the best TV shows ever produced.

Missing Stargate Atlantis and Halo

Loved all of these shows. Please make more Hollywood writers

"Lexx", "Red Dwarf", "Space: 1999", "UFO", "Space Precinct" , "The 100" should all have a place on this list. "Killjoys" is a bit of a slow burner but got good towards the end. I have watched and enjoyed all of the shows on this list except "Cowboy Beebop" and "The Orville". By all accounts I've not missed much.

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Battlestar Galactica is rubbish.

I can't believe you put the netflix cowboy bebop on this list. it is pure crap.

"Space beyond and above", "Earth 2".

There is B5, and there is everything else.

Andor, foundation and the expanse

Expanse goat

LEXX!!! Other Space!!! Red Dwarf!!!! Andromeda!!!! (Lexa Doig mmmm)

Well, that’s YOUR opinion.

Killjoys was a really big surprise for me. I bought it a couple years ago and it’s one of those I keep coming back to over and over, just because of the characters and had a great final episode. Battlestar galactica and Babylon 5 are two of the ones I’ve rewatched the most too. Babylon 5 was epic and unique when it came out and I really loved galactica reboot and its final episode too. The one from the list I don’t get is Andromeda. Too plastic for me and devoid of imagination. I would pick the weird LEXX instead which is not in this list.

The Orville _is_ for all intents and purposes a star trek show. It's fun and entertaining, but utterly derivative. Doesn't deserve to be among these gems and titans of sci fi.

There's a special place in hell for execs that canned a show on a cliffhanger. Dark Matter. Colony. Stargate Universe!

This list was doing fine until they included Netflixes version of live action murdering of "Cowboy Bebop". WTAF???? Stargates SG1 and Atlantis a nuclear grade YES! Stargate: Universe oh HELL no!

I watched Killjoys, Firefly, The Expanse, and Battlestar Galactica (Boths series), have at least two of them in DVD too as well. Dark Matter, Farscape, and Babylon 5 were better than that Netflix version of Cowboy Bebop. Andromeda lost its way and was ruin by its lead, Kevin Zorbo. Stargate is a classic, even its failed last version in Universe. The Orville was fun too, If Dune ever becomes a regular series it could be added too. Maybe LEXX could be added for the wrong reasons.