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Alien News Desk
2019Show1 season · 12 episodesTV-MAEnded
Summary
This weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom covers up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species - the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth.
Good for
- Friends night
- Binge-friendly
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 64
Audience score88%
IMDb6.5
Time to watch it all
4 h 36 min
12 episodes, about 23 min each
An episode a night: about 2 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
First aired
2019
February 27, 2019
Ended 2019
Genres
AnimationComedySci-Fi & FantasyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- TV-MAUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 2
- Jeannette Moreno King Director
- Lauren Andrews Director
Writing · 6
- Austin Reading Writer, Creator
- Chris Prynoski Writer, Creator
- Lauren Moser Writer
- Scott Gairdner Writer
- Sam West Writer
- Josh Patten Writer
Production · 7
- Dennis McNicholas Executive Producer, Writer
- Lorne Michaels Executive Producer
- Erik Kenward Executive Producer
- Andrew Singer Executive Producer
- Scott Greenberg Executive Producer
- Joel Kuwahara Executive Producer
Alien News Desk episodes
1 season · 12 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Ungrateful Wads of Protein, 7.5
- S1 E2 Inane Utterings of a Brainwashed People, 8.2
- S1 E3 Udder Madness, 9.1
- S1 E4 Simultaneous Vortex Exit, 9.4
- S1 E5 A Big Moldy Space Orange, 9.0
- S1 E6 A Very Norffy Gronksmas, 9.0
- S1 E7 Corrupt, Bloviating Narcissists, 9.1
- S1 E8 A Wasteland of Rehashed Dreck, 8.7
- S1 E9 Cumbersome Dongles, 9.0
- S1 E10 Bloated Acquisition Piles, 9.3
- S1 E11 Princes of Mange, 9.3
- S1 E12 The Ultimate Shape-Shifter Shaft, 9.0
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