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Syfy Overview

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Rating Distribution

Syfy has a 1.6 star rating from 107 customer reviews; most users report dissatisfaction with programming, repeats, heavy ad loads, and a high price level.

Key Takeaways for Future Customers

  • Expect frequent repeats and marathon blocks dominated by Harry Potter per many Syfy reviews.
  • Prepare for numerous commercials that viewers call excessive and disruptive to viewing.
  • Customer service issues and isolated billing complaints affect subscriptions and refunds for some users.

Negative Feedback / Risk Areas

  • Repetitive movie scheduling and limited variety.
  • Too many and repeated commercials making programs unwatchable.
  • Cancellations of favored series and dissatisfaction with programming choices.

Positive Feedback

Some users praise shows like Defiance, Dark Matter, and Resident Alien and note a few interesting program choices amid widespread complaints.

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map-marker Littleton, Colorado

Boring and repetitive

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I dont know why this channel is even still on the air! They should rebrand their name again and call it The Harry Potter Channel since that is just about all they play. Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over Again!!!

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User's recommendation: Do Not Watch This Channel

Chris C Zox

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Burger King commercials

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I'm trying to watch movies on the SyFy network, but I can't enjoy them because every commercial break they show a damn Burger King commercial. Do they have to be shown every commercial break?

It's absolutely ridiculous; the damn commercials don't have to be shown every commercial break. I have to mute my TV because I am damn sick and tired of hearing the damn commercials shown every commercial break. I want the stupid commercials stopped. There is no sense in repeating them over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

It makes no sense in doing that. Stop showing them every commercial break.

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Preferred solution: Just stop showing the stupid Burger King commercial every commercial break

3 comments
Guest

Agreed. And I'm sick of harry potter!

Guest

The fact that your service (cable, satellite or streaming) has ads was a known fact at signup. You not liking a certain ad is irrelevant. Per the other user, pay for ad-free viewing.

Guest

Just pay the subscription and ads go bye, bye

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Teresa G Qbi

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As of tdy, the syfy channel sucks!

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Syfy should change the title of their channel to the Harry Potter network, because that's all they seem to show. They've cancelled really great shows and play and replay the same movies over and over.

I mean, what happened to the Child's Play series? Did Syfy just unceremoniously decide to cancel the series, just like they did with Defiance, etc?! The only time you get to watch anything worth anything is the month of October because of Halloween, and even then it's the same run of movies that they play every year. I liked this channel when it first launched.

SciFi, as it was called then, used to play movies I hadn't seen in years. Now it's nothing but repeats and Harry Potter. Doesn't this channel have anything else to play besides HP? Oh yeah: the Expendables?

I give this channel 1/2 star. That's a big drop from 4 stars in my book.

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Pros:
  • Horror movies they used to show & great series
Cons:
  • Repetition

Preferred solution: I would love it if they could go back to their old format.

User's recommendation: If your a big fan of Harry Potter, then this is a channel for you. As for me: enough is enough.

1 comment
Guest

I usually don’t comment on tv station programming, but I agree with you. Syfy was way better with their original series and movie choices 10 to 15 years ago.

The HP movies are all currently available on Hulu/Max and also Peacock streaming. These movies were not made to be seen on broadcast/cable with ads.

Joe M Ryz

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| map-marker Arlington, Virginia

Movies are always the same and they stink!

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No good shows! Show more vampire movies!

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Cons:
  • Show all the same movies over and over

Preferred solution: Better shows

User's recommendation: Don’t watch

2 comments
Guest

Actually, you should check out Pluto's Sci-Fi channels. Thy have all the Star Trek, Classic Doctor Who, Space::1999 and more.I'm sick to death of harry Potter too.

Guest

Agreed. I'm sick to death of of Harry Potter!!

Who is sick of Harry Potter besides me?

I want Sci-Fi classics! Not this garbage!!!!

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Anonymous
map-marker Orlando, Florida

Sick of Harry Potter constantly on the Syfy channel! Didn't sign up for Harry Potter they should change the name of the channel to the Harry Potter Channel that's all they seem to show on there. Didn'

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Harry Potter overload on the Syfy channel just not fair to sign up for the Syfy channel when I don't even like Harry Potter series and they keep showing it over and over again

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Guest

Agreed. Here it is another weekend.

And once again. Guess what's on? Harry Potter!

I'm sick to death of this so called station and Harry Potter too! I hate this syfy channel!!!!!

Eddie P Oot

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Verified Reviewer

Please,please,please stop playing the Harry Potter series every week

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Constantly watching the same stuff. Week after week with 10 minutes worth of commercials !!

Just terrible !!

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Loss:
$11
Cons:
  • Constantly playing the same movies

Preferred solution: New programming

User's recommendation: Moratorium !stop watch this channel until they improve programming.

Anonymous
map-marker Youngstown, Ohio

Repetitive Programing

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They should just call it the Harry Potter Channel at this point

November 30 2025, 11:30 am-5:00 am (16 1/2 hrs.)

December 1, 2025, 11:30am-3:30 am (14 1/2 hrs.)

31 Hours of Harry Potter in a 48 hour period & they repeat the same 4 movies 12 times!

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User's recommendation: Skip it

Chris C Zox

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Movies

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Why is the stupid Harry Potter movies shown so much on this network, everytime there shown they show all the movies and for 3 days straight. Those movies are good and shouldn't be shown for that many days in a row, I absolutely hate those movies cause they have been shown to freaking much, they are absolutely stupid and make absolutely know sence to me.

From Wed the 27th to Sun the 31st there are showing all the Harry Potter movies for five straight days thats ridiculous, and they don't deserve to be shown that many days straight. People need to grow up and stop showing those stupid movies.

If I owned the SyFy network those movies would never be shown again. I'm tired of seeing them shown like this

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Preferred solution: For the SyFy network to stop showing the Harry Potter movies so much

Tony E Xoz

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I’m tired of putting it on Syfy cause every time I do is Harry Potter. Harry Potter is on two days in a row. I’m tired do something about Harry Potter

Updated by user Aug 29, 2025

Just don’t watch Syfy harry Potter’s still on from yesterday. What’s that tell you you got a *** station

Original review Aug 28, 2025

Sci-fi sucks you keep showing Harry Potter every time you show Harry Potter its two or three days in a row. Im sick of this *** get rid of Harry Potter. Im tired of it Quit showing Harry Potter

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Preferred solution: I’d like to get decent stations on there without seeing Harry Potter two days in a row

User's recommendation: Don’t watch Syfy

Dan H Sgn

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Ridiculous number of commercials and repeated incessantly, this Chanel is unwatchable due to the stupid number & length of breaks

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Too stupid to watch due to incessant breaks and repeated ads. You lose the whole context of the show due to the ridiculous number of breaks.

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Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

User's recommendation: Don't watch

Anonymous

Tired of seeing the same movies all of the time

Your playing the same movies continuosly month after month there are thousands of movies made in the last twenty years

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User's recommendation: Widen your movie archive

1 comment
Guest

Agreed. If isn't the Harry Potter movies.

Then its the stupid sharknado movies they got to have on every year! These stupid movies are getting old! I want the old Sci-Fi channel back!

Ever since Sci-Fi went to Sy-Fy it totally sucks now and I hate this station! I wished they would go out of business!

Evan A Pmm

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Verified Reviewer

Airing Harry Potter for the 100th time. Enough already

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I used to love this channelnow I absolutely hate it. All they air is Friggin Harry Potter movies.

Youre programming *** all should be *** canned! Think out of the box ***

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User's recommendation: Don’t bother.

1 comment
Guest

Agreed. I'm sick to death of harry potter!!!

Comet is better than this horrible channel! Every year its the same thing over and over!!!

Jamarco Zqf

On the proof is out there what'd the use of reporting uaps and other strange phenomenon if 95 percent is going to be debunked by those narrow minded experts I'm not watching the show anymore

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Blaming credible ufo pics as camera anomalies, and other pics with the same reason, over and over ,why bother to watch the program ,one even mentioned the infamous swamp gas.,I'm gone.

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User's recommendation: I will not tell them not to watch it if anything it's entertaining.

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Anonymous

Because you wont hear what the people want.

Keep resident alian. Way do you allways cut the shows.

people are very disappointed in with your channel. Hear what the people want don't keep what you think will be good keep what is.

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User's recommendation: Don't watch they will disappoint you

christine T Lbh

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Verified Reviewer

Why keep showing crap on your channel? How many times are you going to show Harry Potter? And I’m paying for for this and other constant repeats?

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Sick of Harry Potter and other repeat shows! How many times you going to air this crap? And Im paying for this?

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User's recommendation: Don’t watch. Too many repeats and lousey programming for other movies

1 comment
Guest

Agreed! Every year its the same old thing!

I'm sick of Harry Potter! And those stupid sharknado movies you have on every year!

Thank God! I don't have to pay this horrible service!!!!

Anonymous
map-marker Des Moines, Iowa

I’m sick of Harry Potter

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Too much Harry Potter crap, every time I go to SYFY nothing but Harry Potter. Hardly any sci fi programming.

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Summary

Syfy is a basic cable and satellite television channel. It was launched in September 1992. It is formally known as Sci-Fi Channel or SCI Fi. Syfy is owned by NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Its headquarters is based in New York, New York, United States of America. Syfy features reality shows, paranormal, supernatural, and science fiction programming, and series. It broadcasts in both SDTV and HDTV picture formats. The channel has a website launched in 1995. The site and online services are intended for use by people over 13 years old. Syfy subscription is required. It is non-refundable. The slogan of Syfy is as follows: "Imagine Greater".

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