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Viewers keep finding a wondrous “Alien” world

Gradually, it seems, people are finding “Resident Alien.”
They’re finding it on Syfy (10 p.m. Wednesdays) and Peacock and Netflix. They’re finding that it’s odd and funny … and really quite busy. “I started re-watching the show from the beginning,” Chris Sheridan, the show’s writer-producer, told the Television Critics Association. “And I’m reminded at how much story we’ve done up to this point.”
And that’s in barely 30 episodes. “Resident Alien” (shown here) aired 10 in 2021, 16 in 2022 and zero in 2023, before returning on Valentine’s Day of 2024. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / March 10, 2024
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No, Dr. Harry isn’t from around here

Like most small towns – well, most small towns in TV shows – Patience, Colo., has odd folks who feel like they don’t fit in.
But in “Resident Alien” (debuting at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, on Syfy), one guy is far odder than the rest. That’s Dr. Harry Vanderspiegle … or, to be precise, the outer-space alien who killed the doctor and then assumed his human form.
“Everybody has the same experience,” Alice Wetterlund, who plays D’arcy, a friendly bartender, told the Television Critics Association. “We’re all trying to fit in, in our own way.”
It’s just that this Harry (shown here) has to try harder. He’s not from around here. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / January 25, 2021