It looks like the SyFy Channel has only one new science fiction show in the works, “Defiance,” about the aftermath of an alien invasion of Earth that results in Earth being essentially repaved. Best as I can tell, this will be the *only* science fiction show on the network, once “Eureka” is gone. “Alphas,” “Warehouse 13,” and such are only tangentially science fiction; the rest of the network is littered with reality shows, friggen’ ghost hunters and wrestling.
“Defiance” looks like it’ll be an impressively expensive show. Couple that with the complete lack of a built-in audience, such as Battlestar Gallactica and Stargater Universe had, and I expect that “Defiance” will be a short-lived series. And then SyFy will have no sci-fi.
It looks like down the line SyFy has a few other actual sci-fi shows in the works… “Rewind,” which looks like a retread of “Seven Days;” “High Moon,” which is about, of all things, lunar mining; “Defender,” about a starship in trouble (sounds vaguely familiar); “The Family,” about aliens hiding on Earth (lemme guess: Deep Space 90210). And that’s it, buried in a sea of magic, ghosts and reality shows. And these few sci-fi shows are probably not only a few years out, chances are good they’ll simply fail to get produced.