10 TV Shows That Embarrassed Other Shows Released At The Same Time

10. Farscape EMBARRASSED Lexx

Sci-fi TV shows are a dime a dozen these days, so you really have to come up with something interesting if you want to stand out.

How about a show that takes place aboard a ship that's also a living entity? How many of those can there be? Well, as it turns out, there's at least two.

The first to premiere was Lexx, which was on screens from 1997 to 2002. A Canadian-German co-production with some financial input from the UK's Channel 5, Lexx takes place over several thousand years, tracking the lives of the crew aboard the titular organic spacecraft.

Unfortunately, this unique premise did little to appeal to viewers. Whilst the show has garnered a cult following in recent years, at the time it was slated for its bizarre humour, smutty content, and poor storylines.

Two years after Lexx first appeared, the Australian-American produced Farscape showed up and completely pulled its trousers down.

The show, which followed a similar concept, won multiple awards and helped guide sci-fi TV out of the Star Trek era. James Gunn even called it an inspiration for his Guardians of the Galaxy movies.

Which says it all, really.