The series by creator Noah Hawley is described as a spin-off to the original Ridley Scott-directed film, " Alien ," from 1979. The film follows a space crew aboard the starship, Nostromo, who are on their journey back home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel.

Alien: Earth has barely begun, but is already breaking new ground in the Alien franchise — and retracing some older steps, too. The series premiere introduces a brave new world where five megacorporations have divided the Earth between them,

At their core, most of the Alien movies are about corporate greed. The lengths a company, mainly Weyland-Yutani, will go to harness and exploit a power from the deepest reaches of space. Whether that means sacrificing a whole ship of employees,

There are a total of eight episodes in Alien: Earth Season 1. New episodes will roll out on FX and Hulu on Tuesdays at 8 PM ET from now through Tuesday, September 23. Don’t want to miss a single scary second of Alien: Earth? Here’s when each and every episode of the first season comes out on FX and Hulu:

"Alien: Earth" is off to a strong start in viewership, scoring 9.2 million views globally in the first six days since its premiere

FX ‘s new gritty sci-fi thriller Alien: Earth is full of Xenomorphs, cyborgs, synthetics, hybrids, trillionaires, and high tech, but there’s one very human character anchoring the show’s deepest drama.