Aliens in America

Aliens in America

Do you remember Lindsey Shaw from Ned's Declassified?  Well here she is again and she still looks hot and cute and hot and cute.....and hottt.......mmmmmmmmmm  (we are experiencing a crush coma so please do nothing until we recover.............)  Um.....I think I'm okay now.   Is that a picture of Lindsey Shaw......oh no ..... there go my legs........thump......   Read on will you?  I need another moment.  Is that you Grandma?....... Why do you smell like a cute llama.......tide commercial.  Okay now really....read on.

Format:     Situation comedy

Created by:     David Guarascio
Moses Port

Starring:     Dan Byrd, Adhir Kalyan, Amy Pietz, Lindsey Shaw, and Scott Patterson

Opening theme:     "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"
by PJ Olsson & Salman Ahmad

Country of origin:     United States
Original language(s):     English
No. of seasons:     1
No. of episodes:     18


Production

Executive producer(s)     David Guarascio, Moses Port, and Tim Doyle
Location(s):     Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Camera setup:     Single-camera setup
Running time:     22 minutes (excluding commercials)
Production company(s):     CBS Paramount Network Television, Guarascio/Port Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Distributor:     CBS Television Distribution

Broadcast

Original channel:     The CW

Original run:     October 1, 2007 – May 18, 2008

Aliens in America is an American sitcom created by David Guarascio and Moses Port that aired on The CW for one season from 2007–2008. Guarascio and Port also served as executive producers of the show alongside Tim Doyle. Luke Greenfield directed the pilot. The show is about an American teenager in Wisconsin whose family takes in a

Muslim foreign exchange student from Pakistan.

High schooler Justin Tolchuck (Dan Byrd) is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just trying
to fit in at his high school in Medora, Wisconsin. He lives with his well-meaning mom Franny (Amy Pietz) who just wants him to be "cool" and fit in, entrepreneur dad Gary (Scott Patterson) who is very laid back, and his newly popular younger sister Claire (Lindsey Shaw), who tries to raise her popularity in school. When the school guidance counselor, Mr. Matthews (Christopher B. Duncan) convinces the family to take in an international student, they accept him with the expectation that he will be a good-looking European student that will make Justin popular. Although initially dismayed when Raja Musharraf (Adhir Kalyan), a 16-year-old Muslim boy from Pakistan turns up instead, they soon warm up to him and although their cultures are different, Justin and Raja form an unlikely friendship that might allow them to get past the social nightmare of high school.

Cast

Actor/Actress     Role     Notes


Dan Byrd as Justin Tolchuck: A gawky 16-year-old high school junior usually tormented by other kids 

Adhir Kalyan as Raja Musharaff: The Pakistani boy who comes to live with the Tolchucks for a year 

Amy Pietz  as Franny Tolchuck: Justin's mom

Scott Patterson as Gary Tolchuck: Justin's dad

Lindsey Shaw as Claire Tolchuck: Justin's very popular 15-year-old sister

Christopher B. Duncan as  Mr. Matthews: The school guidance counselor who suggests to Justin's mother that she take in an international student

Patrick Breen was originally cast as Gary Tolchuck but the role was re-cast in July
2007.


Production and broadcast history


Produced by CBS Paramount Network Television, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 15, 2007. It premiered on October 1, 2007, and aired on Monday nights at 8:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Central on The CW, following Everybody Hates Chris. The show was originally to be produced by NBC Universal Television (now Universal Television). It is filmed around the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada area. The high school featured in the show is actually H. J. Cambie Secondary School in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada with the interiors of later first-season episodes shot inside a studio. Beginning on February 10, 2008,

Aliens in America moved to Sunday nights (along with the rest of the Monday night comedies) and aired at 8:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Central. On May 9, 2008, TV Guide announced the cancellation of the series.

After the show's cancellation, reruns once aired on Universal HD.