Alien News Desk | |
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Genre | Comedy |
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Theme music composer | Frank Ciampi |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
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Network | Syfy |
Release | February 27 – May 4, 2019 |
Alien News Desk is an American adult animated television series created by Chris Prynoski and Austin Reading. The series stars Will Forte and Heidi Gardner. The series premiered on Syfy on February 27, 2019. [1] [2]
The series focuses on alien news anchors Drexx Drudlarr and Tuva Van Void, as they tell the news about Earth from an alien's perspective.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Ungrateful Wads of Protein" | Lauren Andrews | Sam West | February 27, 2019 | 101 | 0.19 [3] |
Drexx and Tuva talk about Earth on "Invade It or Avoid It", The Academy Awards, fracking, the Royal Family, universities on "Eye on Education", airports, clowns, Pope Francis, Popeyes, horse jockeys, and casinos. | ||||||
2 | "Inane Utterings of a Brainwashed People" | Jeannette Moreno King | Scott Gairdner | March 6, 2019 | 102 | 0.20 [4] |
Shocking reports on floating prisons, anti-poor fabrics, and a barbaric act known as ventriloquism. | ||||||
3 | "Udder Madness" | Jeannette Moreno King | Dennis McNicholas | March 16, 2019 | 103 | 0.13 [5] |
Meet some special vehicles called "Indycars" and the grotesque pseudo-humans called "bodybuilders". | ||||||
4 | "Simultaneous Vortex Exit" | Lauren Andrews | Sam West | March 23, 2019 | 104 | 0.18 [6] |
Drexx joins the gig economy, and Tuva fights robot appropriation. | ||||||
5 | "A Bunch of Space Bums" | Jeannette Moreno King | Scott Gairdner | March 30, 2019 | 105 | 0.28 [7] |
Drexx and Tuva grapple with love, doping, and a very wordy segment name. | ||||||
6 | "A Very Norffy Gronksmas" | Lauren Andrews | Sam West | April 6, 2019 | 106 | 0.23 [8] |
Where is Barack Obama? Who is The Spoiler? And what's the deal with Drake? | ||||||
7 | "Corrupt, Bloviating Narcissists" | Jeanette Moreno King | Josh Patten | April 13, 2019 | 107 | 0.18 [9] |
Drexx and Tuva visit the kingdom of The Masters. Then, a handy guide on how to probe yourself. | ||||||
8 | "A Wasteland of Rehashed Dreck" | Lauren Andrews | Lauren Moser | April 20, 2019 | 108 | 0.21 [10] |
What is 4/20 and why does it make humans giggle? Plus, a joyous celebration of Tax Day. | ||||||
9 | "Cumbersome Dongles" | Jeanette Moreno King | Lauren Moser and Josh Patten | April 27, 2019 | 109 | 0.47 [11] |
The wall, the welfare queen, and a chef (Chris Parnell) cooks up the garbage humans call "food". | ||||||
10 | "Bloated Acquisition Piles" | Lauren Andrews | Scott Gairdner | April 27, 2019 | 110 | 0.30 [11] |
A sexy report on corporate mergers. Plus, meet Drexx's pal Lord Xenu. | ||||||
11 | "Princes of Mange" | Jeanette Moreno King | Lauren Moser | May 4, 2019 | 111 | 0.23 [12] |
Humanity's biggest threats: spidered-men, twins and the vengeful gods known as "mascots". | ||||||
12 | "The Ultimate Shape-Shifter Shaft" | Lauren Andrews | Dennis McNicholas | May 4, 2019 | 112 | 0.14 [12] |
Drexx and Tuva reckon with the galaxy's ultimate shame: getting rebooted. |
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