ItsNotAboutTheMoney
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Some people qualify Lost as Sci-Fi. What is the radically advanced science that is central to Under the Dome? Appears more Fantasy than Sci-Fi. I guess if the egg thing and the dome come from an advanced alien civilization and not some supernatural phenomenon. That would put it just within the definition of Sci-Fi. But kind of weak Sci-Fi.
Under The Dome doesn't really have the magic content to make it fantasy or science content to make it Sci-Fi. It's really just horror. (I really didn't get why, given that they could see through the dome, why they didn't try to hack up some light-based communications, and being Maine there should have been more Dome tourism, but anyway...).
If TV disappeared entirely I'd not really care much,. but having said that ...
I'd also recommend people trying Continuum if they like Sci-Fi. Bit actors can be a bit off, but overall it has decent acting and the storyline has enough nuance to it to keep it interesting. Still waiting for news on season 4. All three seasons are streamable on Netflix.
For Doctor Who, just start from 2005. it's now Netflixable up to the end of the 7th season. Doctor Who's become kind of cool (like bow ties) so it's able to attract some good guest actors. Steven Moffat, who's responsible (with Mark Gatiss) for the British show Sherlock*, is the current lead writer and executive producer. (Mark Gatiss has also written some Doctor Who and appeared in an episode).
The old series had some good stories, but they didn't have the budget for good special effects or costumes. Tom Baker is still _The_ Doctor to me even though I was a bit young then. BBC could do worse than remake some of the old shows with the new budget, production values and effects.