Aliens in America was an American television sitcom created by David Guarascio and Moses Port that aired on The CW. Guarascio and Port also served as executive producers of the show alongside Tim Doyle. Luke Greenfield directed the pilot.[2] The show is about a Wisconsin teenager and the foreign exchange student his mother arranges to host, believing the visitor will help her socially awkward son become more popular. The student turns out to be a Muslim teenager from Pakistan.
Produced by CBS Paramount Network Television, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 15, 2007.[3] It premiered on October 1, 2007, and airs on Monday nights at 8:30/7:30c on The CW, following Everybody Hates Chris.[4] The show was originally to be produced by NBC Universal Television (now Universal Media Studios). It is filmed around the Vancouver, British Columbia area.[5] The high school featured in the show is actually H. J. Cambie Secondary School in Richmond, British Columbia, with the interiors of later first-season episodes shot inside a studio.
Beginning on February 10, 2008, Aliens in America moved to Sunday nights (along with the rest of the Monday night comedies) and aired at 8:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Central.[6]
On May 9, 2008, TV Guide announced that Aliens in America would not return for a second season. [7]
Plot
High schooler Justin Tolchuck (Dan Byrd) is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just trying to fit in (with his mother's help) at his high school in Medora, Wisconsin. He lives with his well-meaning mom Franny (Amy Pietz) who just wants him to be "cool" and fit in, entrepreneur dad Gary (Scott Patterson) who is very laid back, and his newly popular younger sister Claire (Lindsey Shaw), who is sweetly unaware of how pretty she is. When Franny signs up for the school's foreign exchange program, she pictures an athletic, brilliant Nordic teen who will bestow instant coolness on her outsider son, but she gets Raja Musharraf (Adhir Kalyan), a 16-year-old muslim boy from Pakistan. Although their cultures are different, Justin and Raja form an unlikely friendship that might allow them to get past the social nightmare of high school. It's going to be a very interesting year for Justin, Raja, the family, and the entire community of Medora as some rather ugly elements start to surface.
Cast
| Actor/Actress |
Role |
Notes |
| Dan Byrd |
Justin Tolchuk |
A gawky 16-year-old high school junior usually tormented by other kids |
| Adhir Kalyan |
Raja Musharaff |
The Pakistani boy who comes to live with the Tolchuks for a year |
| Amy Pietz |
Franny Tolchuk |
Justin's mom |
| Scott Patterson |
Gary Tolchuk |
Justin's dad |
| Lindsey Shaw |
Claire Tolchuk |
Justin's very popular 15-year-old sister |
Patrick Breen was originally cast as Gary Tolchuk but the role was re-cast in July 2007.[8]
Episodes
- Further information: List of Aliens in America episodes
International distribution
Rating information is from Your Entertainment Now[9] and The Futon Critic.[10] The weekly rating information is from ABC Medianet.[11]
Aliens in America averaged 1.57 million viewers in its sole season. THIS IS THE FUNNIEST COMEDY EVER. HILARIOUS
| # |
Episode |
Rating |
Share |
Rating/Share
(18-49) |
Viewers
(millions) |
Rank
(timeslot) |
Rank
(week) |
| 1 |
"Pilot" |
1.6 |
2 |
0.8/2 |
2.33 |
5 |
98/102 |
| 2 |
"No Man is An Island" |
1.3 |
2 |
0.8/2 |
2.11 |
5 |
93/97 |
| 3 |
"Rocket Club" |
1.5 |
2 |
0.9/2 |
2.23 |
5 |
93/97 |
| 4 |
"The Metamorphosis" |
1.6 |
2 |
0.9/2 |
2.35 |
5 |
92/97 |
| 5 |
"Help Wanted" |
1.4 |
2 |
0.8/2 |
2.11 |
5 |
95/100 |
| 6 |
"Homecoming" |
1.2 |
2 |
0.7/2 |
1.78 |
5 |
97/101 |
| 7 |
"Purple Heart" |
1.3 |
2 |
0.8/2 |
1.99 |
5 |
97/101 |
| 8 |
"My Musky, Myself" |
1.1 |
2 |
0.5/1 |
1.37 |
5 |
90/95 |
| 9 |
"Junior Prank" |
1.3 |
2 |
0.7/1 |
1.89 |
5 |
93/98 |
| 10 |
"Church" |
1.2 |
2 |
0.7/1 |
1.84 |
5 |
91/99 |
| 11 |
"Mom's Coma" |
0.9 |
1 |
0.4/1 |
1.09 |
5 |
94/96 |
| 12 |
"Hunting" |
0.8 |
1 |
0.4/1 |
1.17 |
5 |
94/96 |
| 13 |
"Community Theater" |
0.6 |
1 |
0.4/1 |
0.81 |
5 |
99/100 |
| 14 |
"One Hundred Thousand Miles" |
0.6 |
1 |
0.4/1 |
0.91 |
5 |
91/91 |
| 15 |
"The Muslim Card" |
0.7 |
1 |
0.4/1 |
1.04 |
5 |
99/100 |
| 16 |
"Smutty Books" |
0.8 |
1 |
0.4/1 |
1.04 |
5 |
95/96 |
| 17 |
"Wake in the Lake" |
0.7 |
1 |
0.4/1 |
1.12 |
5 |
96/97 |
| 18 |
"Raja at Sixteen" |
0.9 |
1 |
0.5/1 |
1.21 |
5 |
94/96 |
References
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