There will be no last-minute reprieve for Resident Alien this time as the sci-fi comedy-drama starring Alan Tudyk will be ending its run with the current fourth season, Deadline has confirmed. The upcoming Season 4 finale on Aug. 8 will serve as a series finale.
Resident Alien came close to cancellation after Season 3. It ultimately clinched a renewal with a budget reduction and a move from its original home, Syfy, to sister NBCUniversal cable network USA. (Season 4 ultimately simulcast on both channels.)
Despite a boost in awareness from previous seasons’ exposure on Netflix, the new episodes of Resident Alien have been a modest ratings performer amid declining overall cable viewership and haven’t gotten much traction on NBCU streamer Peacock.
Resident Alien creator, executive producer and showrunner Chris Sheridan, who based the series on the Dark Horse comics, had seen the writing on the wall and did not expect a second miracle renewal.
“I knew going into it that this was likely going to be our final season,” Sheridan told TV Insider, which first reported Resident Alien‘s cancellation. “Creatively, that was exciting because I knew we could spend the time wrapping up some storylines and driving toward an ending. 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.”
Resident Alien is the only current USA scripted series; the network has coming up The Rainmaker legal drama. Resident Alien follows a crash-landed alien named Harry and his life on planet Earth. The fourth season starts with Harry and his baby Bridget stuck in prison on the Grey Moonbase, while a shape-shifting Alien called a Mantid has taken over his body on Earth passing himself off as the real Harry Vanderspeigle.
Harry manages to escape the Greys and arrives back on Earth for a showdown with the Mantid Alien but soon finds he may not have what he needs to finish the job. Asta and D’arcy struggle to keep a secret from Ben and Kate, who are both desperate to find answers to what has been happening to them. Sheriff Mike and Deputy Liv attempt to solve some mysterious deaths in Patience that Sheriff Mike is beginning to think aren’t caused by anything human.
From Deadline.com