Alien: Earth Has Been Renewed for a Second Season by FX

The story of Alien: Earth will continue as FX has finally announced an official second season renewal for the prequel series. In addition, FX has re-upped its deal with creator Noah Hawley to keep him as a creative force at the cable channel for several more years. The renewal announcement comes a month and a half after the show wrapped up its first season, and the delay may have been related to working out the contract extension for Hawley. Production will also be moving from Thailand to London which should brings costs down some.

Alien: Earth drew decent viewership to the network, averaging a 0.09 rating based on same-day viewing for the 18-45 demographic with 430K total viewers. It made it into the Nielsen Streaming Charts four weeks for its run on Hulu, averaging an estimated 373 million minutes watched per week during that time. Its numbers might have been better, but right about the time it was streaming, many people cancelled Hulu and Disney+ in protest because Jimmy Kimmel Live was pulled off the air in a controversial move. Still, the show performed well enough that it will get to continue to a second season and more.

Noah Hawley previously indicated that he has more seasons planned:

Season 1 is the proof of concept. And if it works commercially, then Season 2 is about building a model upon which we can envision making a Season 3, 4, 5.

And he added:

Alien: Earth [is] designed to be a recurring series. I don’t know how many seasons that would be. I believe that endings are what give a story meaning, so I have a sense of where I’m going with it.

You can read me review of the series at this link.

With this announcement, the Cancellation/Renewal Score for the 2025-26 season moves to 13 renewed sci fi and fantasy entries (57% of shows tracked) vs. 7 cancelled and and ending (30%). You can see the breakdown of the numbers and the full list of shows for the current and prior seasons on our Cancellation Watch Page.

Alien: Earth acts as a prequel to Ridley Scott’s 1079 film Alien, and it takes place in 2120, two years prior to the events of that film. A research vessel carrying five alien species crash-lands in a city controlled by the powerful Prodigy, one of the five major corporations on the planet. A group of machine/human hybrids is sent in to investigate, while the CEO of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation (which owns the ship) tries to reclaim its cargo. It stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, and Timothy Olyphant.

The 2025-26 season is a few months in, and there are several shows awaiting word on their fates. Be sure to stay tuned to CancelledSciFi.com and our social media sites for updates and breaking news.

Keep up with the status of all the current sci fi and fantasy shows as well as news and updates on new and upcoming shows at CancelledSciFi.com.

Cancellation Watch: Status updates and breaking news on renewals and cancellations

Sci Fi TV Highlights: Listings for the upcoming week along with the latest sci fi TV news and trailers.

Sci Fi TV Production Report: News on which sci fi TV shows are moving into production.

And be sure to follow us on social media: Blue Sky | Facebook | Mastodon | Twitter.