The 7 Most Bone-Chilling Television Shows Set In The Future

Westworld premiered on HBO back in 2016 with the highest watch numbers for a premiere season in the premium network’s history. The dystopian Western sci-fi series is based on the 1973 film of the same name, written and directed by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton and its 1976 sequel, Futureworld.

Westworld takes place in the 2050s, in which an enormous corporation maintains a number of immersive theme-park experiences featuring humanoid robots indistinguishable from real people. While living out their lives through pre-scripted narratives, the automated inhabitants of the park are frequently harassed, assaulted, or killed by the park’s wealthy patrons. The series originally had plans to produce a fifth and final season, though Warner-Discover CEO David Zaslav canceled the program in November of 2022, citing production costs and dipping viewership.