CTV Sci-Fi

CTV Sci-Fi
Founded	October 17, 1997
President
Company	Bell Media
Notable Series	InnerSPACE
Former Names	Space (1997–2019)

CTV Sci-Fi (stylized in its logo as CTV sci-fi) is a Canadian cable television network launched on October 17, 1997 and specializing in science fiction and other related content. It is roughly equivalent to the American network Syfy.

History

CTV Sci-Fi was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1996, debuting on October 17, 1997 as Space: The Imagination Station at 6 p.m. EST, while under the ownership of CHUM Limited. Its first on-air showing was the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, which was then followed by commentary by author Robert J. Sawyer, followed by the movie Mars Attacks!. Sawyer's commentary was the first example of the interstitial materials that became the network's signature: short, snappy, mini-docs on sci-fi and science topics that were shown between programs. Those were known as SPACE Flow. Their daily installments include Space News, which was formerly known as SPIN (Space Information and News).

On June 22, 2007, as a result of CHUM Limited's takeover, CTVglobemedia took over the network. Its ownership changed hands again when, on April 1, 2011, BCE, Inc. gain full control of the assets that CTVglobemedia didn't already own, thus giving ownership to Bell Media.

On September 12, 2019, the channel was rebranded as CTV Sci-Fi from .

In-Depth

• Program Listing: A complete listing of shows that aired new episodes on CTV Sci-Fi.

Current Shows

• The Librarians: The Next Chapter (Season 1 — May 26, 2025)
• Resident Alien (Season 4 — June 6, 2025)
• Revival (Season 1 — June 12, 2025)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 3 — July 17, 2025)

Upcoming Shows

• The Ark (Season 3 — sometime in 2026)
• Dark Winds (Season 4 — sometime in 2026)

Shows in Limbo

• SurrealEstate (Season 3 — April 3-June 5, 2025)

External Sites

• Official website for CTV Sci-Fi