3rd Rock from the Sun
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This article is about the American sitcom. For the Joe Diffie album, see Third Rock from the Sun. For the album's title song, see Third Rock from the Sun (song). For the Jimi Hendrix song, see Third Stone from the Sun.
3rd Rock from the Sun is an American television sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner, which originally aired from January 9, 1996, to May 22, 2001, on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, the third planet from the Sun, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet. The extraterrestrials pose as a human family to observe the behavior of human beings.
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 139 (list of episodes) |
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Camera setup | Film; Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | The Carsey-Werner Company |
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Network | NBC |
Release | January 9, 1996 (1996-01-09) – May 22, 2001 (2001-05-22) |
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The show premiered three years after the film Coneheads, which was also written by the couple and featured a similar premise of aliens arriving on Earth and assimilating into American society.