Alien Nation (TV series)

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Alien Nation
Genre	Science fiction Detective drama
Based on	Characters created by Rockne S. O'Bannon
Developed by	Kenneth Johnson
Starring	Gary Graham Eric Pierpoint Michele Scarabelli Lauren Woodland Sean Six Terri Treas
Narrated by	Charles Howerton
Composers	Joe Harnell Steve Dorff Larry Herbstritt
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer	Kenneth Johnson
Producers	Tom Chehak Art Seidel
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	The Kenneth Johnson Company 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 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 that aired on Fox from September 18, 1989 to May 7, 1990. Adapted from the 1988 Alien Nation film, 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]