The Visitor (TV series)

The Visitor
GenreScience fiction
Created by
Written by
  • Norman Morrill
  • Ayn Carrillo
  • Samuel W. Gailey
  • Jean Gennis
  • Phyllis Murphy
  • Hans Tobeason
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composerDavid Arnold
ComposerKevin Kiner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
Producers
CinematographyJohn S. Bartley
Editors
  • Peter S. Elliot
  • Fred Peterson
  • Noel Rogers
  • Ron Rosen
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 19, 1997 (1997-09-19) –
January 16, 1998 (1998-01-16)
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The Visitor is an American science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from September 19, 1997 to January 16, 1998. It starred John Corbett as Adam McArthur who was abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years earlier and escapes back to Earth to help improve life for humanity.

The series was created in parallel with the world's first webshows, the now defunct Thevisitor.com, which featured alternate characters, interweaving storylines and early use of DHTML animation. The premise of The Visitor is similar to the 2004 television series The 4400.