Aliens in America
The CW | CW | Release Date: October 1, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Sameer Asad Gardezi and his writing partners have created something very different in Aliens in America--and something very, very funny. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: It's very appealing. Aliens in America pulls off its absurd, touchy situation by handling everything with a relaxed tone and excellent film work. Read full review
88
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Kalyan, Byrd and Duncan will make you laugh out loud they are so good. And being standouts here is almost impossible because it's so well done. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: Kalyan and Byrd are two likable, unaffected actors (or at least as unaffected as Aliens' heightened reality allows them to be; this show would be a mess in lesser hands). Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: The Aliens pilot has some of the funniest writing on TV this fall. Read full review
80
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: It is a classic fish-out-of-water comedy that shows a deft touch as it delves into adolescent anxieties and intercultural fears and misunderstandings. There are honest emotions and honestly earned laughs throughout the first half hour. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: The show is consistently clever and lively, well played and directed, its corners filled with nice throwaway lines and small visual jokes. Read full review
80
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: This narrated comedy-drama finely observes the particulars and peculiarities of teen life, both in the family its narrator is trying to outgrow and the high school pecking order he's hoping to rise in. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Aliens in America, a darling and delightful sitcom with a social conscience. Read full review
80
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: Funny, charming and smart. Read full review
80
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Aliens is generally an intriguing and worthwhile show, combining a "The Wonder Years" vibe with a subversive and effective topicality. Read full review
80
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: A lightly subversive sitcom set in modern-day Wisconsin. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Innovative, daring and--most importantly--funny, Aliens in America is a fresh take on an old problem, the loneliness of being different. Read full review
80
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The risk-taking humor is a refreshing throwback to "All in the Family" and "Maude." Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It's a timely look at cultural differences and a timeless depiction of young friendship. It's that rare TV comedy with both humor and heart. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: It’s a premise that in the wrong hands could be boorish and not at all amusing, so it is to the writers’ credit that Aliens is instead fresh, funny and charming in a tart, sardonic way, one of the best sendups of adolescent angst since "The Wonder Years" and "Malcolm in the Middle" (and perhaps even "My So-Called Life"). Read full review
80
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: Aliens in America is packed with actual jokes and the story lines are tight and funny. Read full review
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: Aliens in America delivers the laughs. It's one of the most enjoyable members of this fall's freshman class. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: It's slightly unpolished in some areas but funny and charming and a perfect companion series to "Chris." Read full review
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: While the kids are alright, Pietz alone makes the series recommendable Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Aliens in America is decent, and quiet, and genuinely sweet. Read full review
70
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: Aliens is very much in the vein of previous nerd comedies like "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Freaks and Geeks," though it's not as explosively funny as either one of them. Read full review
70
PopMattersTodd R. Ramlow
Season 1 Review: While I expected the obvious jihadist jokes and Muslim stereotypes, the good news is that Aliens in America doesn’t just fall into such jingoistic scapegoating. Instead, it shows and complicates the process. Read full review
70
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Because the show is sidling up to its premise very gently, it looks more like a sweet-natured high-school comedy than the risky riff on tolerance it teases us with. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: All is fine, if not as good as it had been. Read full review
40
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Despite plenty of surface sparkle, there is something discomforting about the show, and not just because it borrows tone and form from other sitcoms with youthful heroes, especially Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle." Read full review
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