Alien News Desk

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Chris Prynoski
Austin Reading

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| theme_music_composer = Frank Ciampi

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 12

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Andrew Singer
Dennis McNicholas
Erik Kenward
Joel Kuwahara
Lorne Michaels
Scott Greenberg

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| runtime = 22 minutes

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| channel = Syfy

| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|02|27}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2019|05|04}}

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Alien News Desk is an American adult animated television series created by Chris Prynoski and Austin Reading. The series stars Will Forte and Heidi Gardner. The series premiered on Syfy on February 27, 2019.{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/syfy-alien-news-desk-animated-late-night-series-snl-team-will-forte-heidi-gardner-original-animation-push-lorne-michaels-1202500132/ |title=Syfy Orders 'Alien News Desk' Series From 'SNL' Team In Original Animation Push |publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=2018-11-15 |access-date=2019-02-28}}{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/aliennewsdesk/videos/alien-news-desk-official-trailer |title=Alien News Desk - Official Trailer – Alien News Desk – Watch |publisher=SYFY |access-date=2019-02-28}}

Plot

The series focuses on alien news anchors Drexx Drudlarr and Tuva Van Void, as they tell the news about Earth from an alien's perspective.

==Cast==

Will Forte as Drexx Drudlarr
Heidi Gardner as Tuva Van Void

Episodes

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|EpisodeNumber= 1

|Title= Ungrateful Wads of Protein

|DirectedBy= Lauren Andrews

|WrittenBy= Sam West

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|02|27}}

|Viewers= 0.19{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-27-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301135900/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-27-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 1, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.27.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=February 28, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=February 28, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Drexx and Tuva talk about Earth on "Invade It or Avoid It", The Academy Awards, fracking, the Royal Family, universities on "Eye on Education", airports, clowns, Pope Francis, Popeyes, horse jockeys, and casinos.

|ProdCode= 101

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|EpisodeNumber= 2

|Title= Inane Utterings of a Brainwashed People

|DirectedBy= Jeannette Moreno King

|WrittenBy= Scott Gairdner

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|03|06}}

|Viewers= 0.20{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-6-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308081355/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-6-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.6.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 7, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 7, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Shocking reports on floating prisons, anti-poor fabrics, and a barbaric act known as ventriloquism.

|ProdCode= 102

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|EpisodeNumber= 3

|Title= Udder Madness

|DirectedBy= Jeannette Moreno King

|WrittenBy= Dennis McNicholas

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|03|16}}

|Viewers= 0.13{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-16-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321225404/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-16-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 21, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.16.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 19, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 19, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Meet some special vehicles called "Indycars" and the grotesque pseudo-humans called "bodybuilders".

|ProdCode= 103

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|EpisodeNumber= 4

|Title= Simultaneous Vortex Exit

|DirectedBy= Lauren Andrews

|WrittenBy= Sam West

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|03|23}}

|Viewers= 0.18{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-23-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326151100/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-23-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.23.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 26, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 26, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Drexx joins the gig economy, and Tuva fights robot appropriation.

|ProdCode= 104

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|EpisodeNumber= 5

|Title= A Bunch of Space Bums

|DirectedBy= Jeannette Moreno King

|WrittenBy= Scott Gairdner

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|03|30}}

|Viewers= 0.28{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-30-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402154525/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-30-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.30.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 2, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 2, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Drexx and Tuva grapple with love, doping, and a very wordy segment name.

|ProdCode= 105

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|EpisodeNumber= 6

|Title= A Very Norffy Gronksmas

|DirectedBy= Lauren Andrews

|WrittenBy= Sam West

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|04|06}}

|Viewers= 0.23{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-6-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409161815/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-6-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.6.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 9, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 9, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Where is Barack Obama? Who is The Spoiler? And what's the deal with Drake?

|ProdCode= 106

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|EpisodeNumber= 7

|Title= Corrupt, Bloviating Narcissists

|DirectedBy= Jeanette Moreno King

|WrittenBy= Josh Patten

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|04|13}}

|Viewers= 0.18{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-13-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416144400/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-13-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.13.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 16, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 16, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Drexx and Tuva visit the kingdom of The Masters. Then, a handy guide on how to probe yourself.

|ProdCode= 107

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|EpisodeNumber= 8

|Title= A Wasteland of Rehashed Dreck

|DirectedBy= Lauren Andrews

|WrittenBy= Lauren Moser

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|04|20}}

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|ShortSummary= What is 4/20 and why does it make humans giggle? Plus, a joyous celebration of Tax Day.

|ProdCode= 108

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|EpisodeNumber= 9

|Title= Cumbersome Dongles

|DirectedBy= Jeanette Moreno King

|WrittenBy= Lauren Moser and Josh Patten

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|04|27}}

|Viewers= 0.47{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-27-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430143127/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-27-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 30, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.27.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 30, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 30, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= The wall, the welfare queen, and a chef (Chris Parnell) cooks up the garbage humans call "food".

|ProdCode= 109

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|EpisodeNumber= 10

|Title= Bloated Acquisition Piles

|DirectedBy= Lauren Andrews

|WrittenBy= Scott Gairdner

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|04|27}}

|Viewers= 0.30

|ShortSummary= A sexy report on corporate mergers. Plus, meet Drexx's pal Lord Xenu.

|ProdCode= 110

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|EpisodeNumber= 11

|Title= Princes of Mange

|DirectedBy= Jeanette Moreno King

|WrittenBy= Lauren Moser

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|05|04}}

|Viewers= 0.23{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-4-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507151745/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-4-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 7, 2019|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.4.2019|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=May 7, 2019|website=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=May 7, 2019}}

|ShortSummary= Humanity's biggest threats: spidered-men, twins and the vengeful gods known as "mascots".

|ProdCode= 111

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|EpisodeNumber= 12

|Title= The Ultimate Shape-Shifter Shaft

|DirectedBy= Lauren Andrews

|WrittenBy= Dennis McNicholas

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2019|05|04}}

|Viewers= 0.14

|ShortSummary= Drexx and Tuva reckon with the galaxy's ultimate shame: getting rebooted.