Few sci-fi properties have had a journey as rocky as The Terminator. The franchise reached its blockbuster peak with 1991’s Terminator: Judgment Day, the iconic follow-up to 1984’s The Terminator.

Adapting a movie franchise for the small screen can be a risky game. It’s one thing if a studio like Disney is willing to pump as much money into the TV spinoffs as they do with the movies, as they’ve ...