Alien: Earth
Shares rank 52 of 60 TV series by recommenders
Fans say it explores the Alien setting without breaking it and gets better after a weak start. Critics find early episodes poor, and one flashback episode odd.
Fans say it explores the Alien setting without breaking it and gets better after a weak start. Critics find early episodes poor, and one flashback episode odd.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Explores the setting without breaking it
“Alien: Earth was also pretty good, it explores the setting without breaking it too badly”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Space Truckin' – The Nostromo (2012)” Improves in later episodes
“when I watched it I just facepalmed a lot. Although it did get better in later episodes.”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “A Theory of the World as run by large adult children” Enjoyable despite low expectations
“I actually enjoyed the series, much as I went in assuming I wouldn't.”
Comment from 30 Nov 2025 in “Space Truckin' – The Nostromo (2012)”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Alien: EarthThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the Alien Earth seies had 2 good episodes”
“when I watched it I just facepalmed a lot. Although it did get better in later episodes.”
“I actually enjoyed the series, much as I went in assuming I wouldn't.”
“Alien: Earth was also pretty good, it explores the setting without breaking it too badly”
“the writing, acting and editing were soooo bad that I couldn't make it past the second episode”
“Alien Earth has that whole fanfic-style flashback episode.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.