V

About V

A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.

V is a science fiction and fantasy series that ran on ABC. The series is filed under alien invasion, grand, extraterrestrial, and amused.

It ran for 2 seasons and 22 episodes between November 2009 and March 2011. Seasons run to about 11 episodes.

Elizabeth Mitchell stars as Erica Evans, Morena Baccarin as Anna, Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols, and Joel Gretsch as Father Jack Landry.

V and V: The Final Battle make useful companions to V, all filed under alien. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 844 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.