Alien Nation (TV series)

Alien Nation
GenreScience fiction
Detective drama
Based onCharacters created by Rockne S. O'Bannon
Developed byKenneth Johnson
StarringGary Graham
Eric Pierpoint
Michele Scarabelli
Lauren Woodland
Sean Six
Terri Treas
Narrated byCharles Howerton
ComposersJoe Harnell
Steve Dorff
Larry Herbstritt
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes22 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerKenneth Johnson
ProducersTom Chehak
Art Seidel
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesKenneth Johnson Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 18, 1989 (1989-09-18) –
May 7, 1990 (1990-05-07)
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Alien Nation is a science fiction police procedural television series in the Alien Nation franchise. Adapted from the 1988 Alien Nation movie, it stars Gary Graham as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien Sam "George" Francisco, played by Eric Pierpoint. Sikes also has an on again-off again flirtation with a female Newcomer, Cathy Frankel, played by Terri Treas.

TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".[1]

  1. ^ Roush, Matt (June 3, 2013). "Cancelled Too Soon". TV Guide. pp. 20 and 21