# TV series with aliens as neighbors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810 "2024-02-20T06:58:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/1 "2024-02-20T06:58:34Z")
I’ve started rewatching _The Neighbors_ (which I don’t think I saw all the way through on the first run) and it is reminding me that there was another recentish (maybe inside of 5 years ago, definitely inside of 10) series about a family who discovers that their neighbors are aliens. It is very hard to google for, though, what with the existence of _The Neighbors_. It was only one or at most two seasons, I’m thinking short 10-13 episode seasons. Comedy. Last episode involved people tied up in a basement. Almost certainly live-action. Not _The Neighbors_. Not any of [these](https://tvshowpilot.com/fun-posts/best-alien-tv-shows/). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/2 "2024-02-20T07:06:29Z")
For someone as old as I am I remember fondly _My Favorite Martian._ ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/3 "2024-02-20T07:19:59Z")
I liked _My Favorite Martian_, _ALF_, and _3rd Rock from the Sun_. Those are just the ones I remember right now without thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/4 "2024-02-20T08:24:06Z")
To clairfy, I was asking if anyone remembered the name of the series I (very vaguely) described in the OP, with an extremely pertinent point being that it aired roughly between 5 and 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/5 "2024-02-20T08:28:29Z")
TV series with aliens as neighbors? [**The Americans**](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2149175/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/6 "2024-02-20T08:31:01Z")
Best wrong answer ever. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/7 "2024-02-20T08:41:45Z")
Was it **People Of Earth**? It was mostly about alien abductions, more than next door neighbours. Had Wyatt Cenac and Ana Gasteyer and Alice Wetterlund in it. Alice Wetterlund is also in the similar **Resident Alien**. Another possibility is **Emergence** about a little girl who is discovered to have special powers. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/8 "2024-02-20T08:52:41Z")
After a lot more googling, I found it. > **[Home Invasion - Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/home-invasion/umc.cmc.55exgxnxauf99627emhd512e)** > > Two out-of-practice thieves break into a suburban house, only to discover an alien "Family" preparing for a very different kind of home invasion. Hey,… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/9 "2024-02-20T09:13:17Z")
I see I brought it up in a thread in 2021. (I was pretty sure it was mentioned here somewhere.) > [@Earliest TV series about aliens fitting in badly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-series-about-aliens-fitting-in-badly/946939): > > I recently watched Home Invasion (it is okay, but really derivative of lots of things) and was wondering what the first TV series (not movie, this is a “did you actually read the OP” test) with one or more aliens attempting to live on Earth as humans and not doing a good job of hiding. Without searching, the earliest I think of is My Favorite Martian. What beats that? [[Home Invasion | Official Trailer | A Viaplay Original] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFLB25B0000) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810/10 "2024-02-20T23:14:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Best wrong answer ever. - I’m so proud!!