‘Resident Alien’ Canceled Ahead of Season 4 Finale

Resident Alien has been canceled after four seasons, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. 

The news came Thursday night ahead of the show’s intended finale set for Aug. 8. The sci-fi comedy, starring Alan Tudyk as a crash-landed alien named Harry, notably shifted its home network from Syfy to USA Network for its fourth season in hopes to expand its audience. 

Resident Alien received a bit of a viewership boost from the first three seasons of the series being available to stream on Netflix last summer. In a conversation with TV Insider, series creator and showrunner Chris Sheridan said he “knew going into [season four] that this was likely going to be our final season.” 

“Creatively, that was exciting because I knew we could spend the time wrapping up some storylines and driving toward an ending,” Sheridan added. “I’m so proud of how good Season 4 is and especially proud that we were able to finish as strongly as we did, with a finale that is probably my favorite episode of the series.” 

Alongside Tudyk, who plays an alien attempting to assimilate to human life in a small town in Colorado, Resident Alien starred Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Elizabeth Bowen, Judah Prehn and Meredith Garretson. The series is produced UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Amblin TV and Dark Horse Entertainment.

Notably, Syfy and USA will both be a part of Comcast‘s cable TV spinoff company Versant. 

TV Insider was the first to report on the cancellation.