The Best Current Shows About Aliens

Updated March 1, 2021 826 votes 276 voters 13.6k views28 items

List RulesShows still airing new episodes that involve aliens in some way. Vote up the all-around best series.

Extraterrestrials continue to captivate the public and the best current alien shows on television range in terms of tone, style, and genre. Some of the best new alien series are dramatic series about alien attacks while other good current shows about extraterrestrials are lighthearted shows set in outer-space. Some fan favorite alien TV shows airing now are reboots of classic series and even cartoon shows deal with aliens.

What shows will you find on this best current TV series about aliens list? Doctor Who is a long running show about a TARDIS traveling Time Lord combating alien foes. After a 15 year hiatus, The X-Files returned to the business of investigating the existence of aliens. Other good current shows featuring aliens include Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Orville, and People of Earth.

Which current show about aliens is your favorite? Vote the best series up to the top of this list and add anything you feel is missing.

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Doctor Who
Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant
Premiered: 1963
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The Orville
Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki
Premiered: 2017
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Ancient Aliens
Robert Clotworthy, Giorgio Tsoukalos
Premiered: 2010
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Colony
Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies
Premiered: 2016
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Project Blue Book
Aidan Gillen, Laura Mennell
Premiered: 2019
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Lost in Space
Toby Stephens, Molly Parker
Premiered: 2018
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Ben 10
Tara Strong, Paul Eiding
Premiered: 2005
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Electric Dreams
Robert Llewellyn
Premiered: 2009
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Guardians of the Galaxy
Will Friedle, Trevor Devall
Premiered: 2015
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People of Earth
Wyatt Cenac, Ana Gasteyer
Premiered: 2018
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Roswell, New Mexico
Jeanine Mason, Nathan Parsons
Premiered: 2019
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OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Stephanie Nadolny, Courtenay Taylor
Premiered: 2017
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Debris
Thomas Cadrot, Alex Bogomolov
Premiered: 2021
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Resident Alien
Alan Tudyk, Elizabeth Bowen
Premiered: 2021
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Human Kind Of
Michelle Trachtenberg, Kate Berlant
Premiered: 2018
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Endlings
Michela Luci, Oyin Oladejo
Premiered: 2020
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Destination Truth
Josh Gates, Gabriel Copeland
Premiered: 2007
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Vagrant Queen
Adriyan Rae, Alex McGregor
Premiered: 2020
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Ben 10
Montse Hernandez, Tara Strong
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Final Space
Olan Rogers, Fred Armisen
Premiered: 2018
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Spides
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Falk Hentschel
Premiered: 2020
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Gabby Duran & the Unsittables
Nathan Lovejoy, Callan Farris
Premiered: 2019
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Star Trek: Discovery
Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones
Premiered: 2017
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Alien News Desk
Will Forte, Heidi Gardner
Premiered: 2019
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