外星人报到

相信很多人都看过由杰夫丹尼尔斯 克里斯多夫罗伊德主演曾在国内公映过的大片《外星人报到》，而这部连续剧就是它的原型。

提姆虽然是个很有企图心的电视新闻记者，可是他却得不到老板的赏识，连好不容易得来的表现机会，都无缘无故的被搞砸，不仅公司最美丽的主播对他十分感冒，老板决定叫他回家吃自己。 就在回家的路上，突然的一阵闪光与爆破，倒楣的提姆以为自己遇上了车祸，没想到下车一看，竟然是火星人的太空船撞上地球！转化地球人外观的火星人马汀，为了修复太空船，只好找上提姆，新闻感十足的提姆发觉这可是千禧年最大的新闻，一旦得到这个独家，代表新闻从业人员最高荣誉的普立兹奖也可能有望，表面上是要协助马汀，但私下开始纪录火星人马汀的一举一动，准备公诸于世。

"As many intelligent people know, aliens are all around us. This is a story of a band of four such explorers. In order to blend in, they have assumed human form. This is the High Commander [Dick]. He has assembled an elite team of experts: A decorated military officer [Sally], a seasoned intelligence specialist [Tommy] and [Harry], well, they had an extra seat."

3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN is an inspired half-hour comedy series farcically dealing with the human condition set in the fictional city of Rutherford, Ohio. This gentle-hearted series stars John Lithgow as the High Commander of an investigative team sent to Earth on a mission to learn everything about humans and their so-called advanced civilization. Described by its producers as "Carl Sagan meets the Marx Brothers," 3RD ROCK has a clever, distinct point of view seen through the extraterrestrial team who has no other worldly powers except absolute truthfulness.