3rd Rock from the Sun
Also known as 3rd Rock
American sitcom
TV series · TMDB
★ 7.5The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.
- Aired
- 1996–2001
- Seasons
- 6 · 139 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
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Key facts
- Genre
- Sitcom Science fiction Satire
- Created by
- Bonnie Turner Terry Turner
- Directed by
- James Burrows Robert Berlinger Terry Hughes
- Starring
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3rd Rock from the Sun is an American television sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner, which originally aired from January 9, 1996, to May 22, 2001, on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, the third planet from the Sun, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet. The extraterrestrials pose as a human family to observe the behavior of human beings. The series was produced by The Carsey-Werner Company.
The show premiered three years after the film Coneheads, which was also written by the Turners, and featured a similar premise of extraterrestrials arriving on Earth and assimilating into American society.
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