3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet. The extraterrestrials pose as a human family in order to observe the behavior of human beings. "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 . He has assembled an elite team of experts: A decorated military officer , a seasoned intelligence... specialist and, well, they had an extra seat ." The premise of the show revolves around an extraterrestrial research expedition attempting to live as a normal human family in the fictional city of Rutherford, Ohio, said to be 52 miles outside of Cleveland, where they live in a loft apartment. Humor was principally derived from the aliens' attempts to study human society and, because of their living as humans themselves while on Earth, to understand the human condition.
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| On the air: | January 9, 1996-May 22, 2001 |
| Number of seasons: | 6 |
| Network: | NBC |
| Writers: | Linwood Boomer, Will Forte, Bob Kushell |
| Producer: | Linwood Boomer, Tom Werner, David M. Israel |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |