Scripted series · FOX
Alien Nation
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gary Graham
Matthew Sikes
22 eps
Eric Pierpoint
George Francisco
22 eps
Michele Scarabelli
Susan Francisco
22 eps
Lauren Woodland
Emily Francisco
22 eps
Sean Six
Buck Francisco
22 eps
Terri Treas
Cathy Frankel
22 eps
Jeffrey Marcus
Albert Einstein
22 eps
Ron Fassler
Bryon Grazer
22 eps
Jeff Doucette
Burns
22 eps
Molly Morgan
Jill Molaskey
22 eps
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Sergeant Dobbs
22 eps
James Greene
4 eps
Jenny Gago
Det. Beatrice Zapeda
3 eps
Jeff Austin
1 eps
William Frankfather
1 eps
Evan C. Kim
1 eps
Loyda Ramos
1 eps
Tim Russ
1 eps
Peggy Doyle
Lucille
1 eps
Will Bledsoe
Dorian Gray
1 eps
Jennifer Banko
Nina
1 eps
Wendy Foxworth
Beth Meadows (as Wendy Kaplan)
1 eps
Liz Torres
Dr. Tamayo
1 eps
Jason Beghe
Dr. Jim Trenner
1 eps
Susan Gibney
Harriet Beecher
1 eps
Heather McAdam
Mary Shelley
1 eps
Shannon Wilcox
Charlotte Brontë
1 eps
Catherine Lansing
Receptionist
1 eps
Kimberley Kates
Dallas Ft. Worth
1 eps
Joan McMurtrey
Victoria Sikes
1 eps
Lori Petty
Sal
1 eps
Wayne Péré
Thor
1 eps
David Bowe
Buster Keaton
1 eps
Cheryl Pollak
Kirby Sikes
1 eps
Sachi Parker
Wanda Bendefski
1 eps
Haskell V. Anderson III
Principal Fisher
2 eps
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Andrew Craig
1 eps
Tracey Walter
Tom Mulden
1 eps
Will Egan
Harry Dundee
1 eps
Gwynyth Walsh
Diane Elrea
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Alien Nation actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Alien Nation reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and Character Depth.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off again' flirtation with a female Newcomer, Cathy Frankel.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E07
Alien Nation Behind the Scenes
S00E06
The Udara Legacy
S00E05
The Enemy Within
S00E04
Millennium
S00E03
Body and Soul
S00E02
Dark Horizon
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kenneth JohnsonProducer
Writing
- Diane FrolovWriter
- Joe MenoskyWriter
- Craig W. Van SickleWriter
- Kenneth JohnsonWriter
- David GarberWriter
- Bruce KalishWriter
Direction
- Steve DubinDirector
- Chuck BowmanDirector
- Kevin HooksDirector
- Gwen ArnerDirector
- John McPhersonDirector
- Kenneth JohnsonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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