ARK: The Animated Series has built a reputation that precedes it, and right now it's all available in Australia on Paramount Plus, and in the US on Paramount Plus Premium. Madeleine Madden leads a cast that brings something genuine to every episode.

In a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, people from throughout human history have been resurrected. When 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker awakes there after tragedy, she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords, all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world. Madeleine Madden and Michelle Yeoh lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 2024.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find ARK: The Animated Series genuinely rewarding — it shares something with Arcane but carves out its own territory entirely. The kind of genre television that makes you think as well as watch.