Extant

Series Similar to Extant

If you enjoyed Extant, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Emergence

   2019 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Thriller profile.

   Emergence centers around a police chief who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child's identity is at the center of it all.

2. Humans

   2015 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Thriller profile, highly rated (8.2).

   Humans is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the hope of transforming the way they live, one strained suburban family purchases a refurbished synth only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.

3. Now and Again

   1999 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on CBS.

   A salesman is brought back from the dead by a secret government project. The man's body is inserted into a specially designed superhuman body and he is sent on secret missions for the government to test his abilities. However, he is forbidden to make contact with his old family... a temptation he finds irresistible.

4. Our Zoo

   2014 · Drama, Thriller · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Our Zoo is a drama series based on the true story of the Mottershead family who, in the face of staunch opposition and huge personal sacrifice, founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.

5. Jericho

   2006 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on CBS.

   Jericho is a drama about what happens in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion in the once peaceful town of Jericho. Following the battle with New Bern, the citizens of Jericho begin reconstruction efforts to restore the town's power and communication with the outside world. As the country's new leaders, the Cheyenne government, attempt to establish their stronghold in the region, Jericho's citizens become suspicious of their new leaders and question why their community is so important to this newly formed government.

6. Oasis

   2017 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.4).

   Set in the near future, Oasis tells the story of priest Peter Leigh, who is called to a remote planet where a mysterious multinational company is building the first permanent off-Earth human colony. The planet, Oasis, is humanity's last chance to escape from Earth's impending collapse, but it quickly becomes apparent that it may not be as hospitable to humanity as it seems…

7. Caprica

   2010 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   Set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. Entangled in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe, blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics.Daniel Graystone, a computer genius, is owner of a large computer corporation that is spearheading the development of artificial intelligence. He and his wife Amanda, who's a brilliant surgeon, are both relentless in their scientific pursuits. The Adama clan is helmed by Joseph Adama, a renowned criminal defense attorney and father of future Battlestar commander William Adama. When tragedy strikes both families, lines are drawn that will determine the fate of the human race.

8. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

   2008 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.2).

   The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a Terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day?

9. Reverie

   2018 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Thriller profile.

   This grounded new thriller follows Mara Kint, a former hostage negotiator and expert on human behavior, who became a college professor after facing an unimaginable personal tragedy. But when she's brought in to save ordinary people who have lost themselves in a highly advanced virtual-reality program in which you can literally live your dreams, she finds that in saving others, she may actually have discovered a way to save herself.

10. Falling Skies

    2011 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended94% match

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

    The series tells the story of the aftermath of a global invasion by several races of extraterrestrials that neutralizes the world's power grid and technology, quickly destroys the combined militaries of all the world's countries, and apparently kills over 90% of the human population within a few days.