List of science fiction film and television series by lengths

This list shows the total running lengths of science fiction television and film series. It separates canon and non-canon where applicable. It also separates original canon from remakes and "re-imaginings".ref_label|re-imagining|1|a Note that this list contains "only" the officially released motion picture media (films and TV series) contained within the various science-fiction series. Additional unique motion-picture content from other media is included under the supplemental category. Some series may contain other media (books, comics, video games, etc.) which are not listed here. Most timings are approximate.

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*List of anime series by episode count
*List of television programs by episode count

Notes

#note_label|re-imagining|1|anote_label|re-imagining|1|bnote_label|re-imagining|1|c The term "reimagining" is used by producers of some new versions of films or television series to distinguish them from more faithful remakes. The producers of the 2001 version of "Planet of the Apes" [cite news |first=Philip |last=French |authorlink=Philip French |title=Planet of the Apes |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_Film_of_the_week/0,,539036,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=2001-10-19 |accessdate=2007-03-01 ] and the 2003 version of "Battlestar Galactica"cite web|url=http://scifipulse.net/Interviews/SciFiPulse_RDMInterviewAug2006.html|title=scifipulse.net/Interviews/SciFiPulse_RDMInterviewAug2006.html |accessdate=2007-02-02] chose to describe those projects as "re-imaginings" of the source material rather than as remakes.
# Includes footage from the 7 "" 3 minute "webisodes".
# The "Alien" series by itself is 0:10:46; the "Predator" series by itself is 0:05:30 (counting "Alien vs. Predator" for both).
# "K-9", a children's series starring K-9, has been announced, but it is not clear whether it will be part of the "Doctor Who" canon, as it is not being produced by the BBC.
# A remake of the film has been announced for 2007.
# The total sum of "all" the Gundam canons is 10:21:27
# A new "Star Trek" film, to be written and directed by J. J. Abrams, has been announced, and is in production.
# "Star Wars" has a detailed categorization system to organize various levels of canon. See "Star Wars" canon for an explanation.
# A 3-D continuation of this animated series is currently in pre-production.
# The live-action "Star Wars" television series was scheduled to enter pre-production in January 2006, but it is not clear whether it has done so.
# A script for a fourth "Terminator" film has apparently been written and approved by the studio [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/] , but it is unclear when or if it will enter production. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not scheduled to appear in the film [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=38714&type=0] .
# The 2007 film does not appear to adhere to any of the existing Transformers canons.
# The sum total of *all* Transformers series is approximately 08:15:01.
# The "Beast Wars II" film consisted of two previously unaired (in Japan) episodes of the "Beast Wars" series, followed by a 45 minute original animation, which is the only part of the run time considered here.

References

*citeweb |url= http://www.imdb.com/|title= The Internet Movie Database|accessmonthday= Oct. 10|accessyear= 2006|publisher= Internet Movie Database Inc.
*citeweb |url= http://www.tv.com/|title= TV.com|accessmonthday= Oct. 10|accessyear= 2006|publisher= CNET Networks, Inc.