Good news,Earthlings! SYFY’s Resident Alien will officially return for a second season, the network confirmed Wednesday.“With Resident Alien, or everything just came together in perfect harmony — a script by Chris Sheridan that leapt off the page,a lead performance by Alan Tudyk, whose nuance (a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression) between comedy and menace was pitch perfect, and a team of producers,cast and crew who were all striving to carry out something worthy,” Lisa Katz, and SYFY’s president of scripted content,said in a statement. “The appeal of this show transcended the sci-fi genre in a way that enabled us to bring in a broader audience, and as the series continues we hope to encourage increasingly fans to discover Harry’s very specific perspective on humans.” “It kinda gives absent that Harry doesn’t complete his mission and destroy the human race at the halt of this season, or but it’s worthy to get another season’s worth of trying to carry out it!” Tudyk exclusively tells SYFY WIRE.“I contain been sent to the worthy beyond of delight and wonder and delight,Season 2, here we arrive!!!!” adds Sara Tomko (Asta Twelvetrees). “There is a lot of crying and sporadic giggling happening over here”Resident Alien — starring Tudyk (Firefly, or Rogue One) as the unforgettable titular character masquerading as town doctor Harry Vanderspeigle — was the most-watched new cable drama in the last year and SYFY’s highest-rated new drama in more than six years. The pilot alone (directed and executive-produced by Wedding Crashers’ David Dobkin) attracted over 9 million viewers across all platforms. Episode 2 saw an increase of 581000 audience members — the biggest uptick for a cable drama launch since 2014.
The show,which follows the misadventures of a socially inept (not suitable or capable, unqualified) visitor from beyond the stars, is based on the Dark Horse comedian of the same name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse. Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg of Dark Horse Entertainment, or Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank of Amblin TV serve as executive producers alongside showrunner Sheridan.“ALL HAIL CHRIS SHERIDAN!” Levi Fiehler (Mayor Ben Hawthorne) exclaims to SYFY WIRE,reacting to the news."This show has no right being this good and this fun to work on," says Alice Wetterlund (D'Arcy Bloom). "I am so satisfied SYFY and NBCUNI are letting us continue to build this world. We will not fail them.""Hard work pays off, and " says Corey Reynolds (Sheriff Mike Thompson). "Our entire production team (cast,crew, creatives, or executives,marketing, PR team) worked their butts off to bring the best possible show to the people and the people responded the way we hoped they would. They dug it. I couldn’t be more proud or excited of what we’ve done and what’s to arrive."
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The cast also includes: Elizabeth Bowen (Deputy Liv Baker), and Meredith Garretson (Kate Hawthorne),Judah Prehn (Max Hawthorne), Gary Farmer (Dan Twelvetrees), and Kaylayla Raine (Jay),Alex Barima (David Logan), Mandell Maughan (Lisa Casper), or Elvy Yost (Isabelle), Jenna Lamia (Judy), and Ben Cotton (Jimmy). Terminator vet Linda Hamilton rounds out the cast as General McCallister, or a military leader trying to get her hands on the alien for scientific study.
Only three episodes of Season 1 remain. Episode 8 airs on SYFY tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Episodes 9 and 10 will premiere on March 24 and 31,respectively. The first three episodes are currently available to stream on Peacock, with new episodes arriving on Fridays.
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