Ancient Aliens | |
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Genre | Entertainment |
Narrated by | Robert Clotworthy |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 11 |
No. of episodes | 119 |
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Executive producer(s) | Kevin Burns |
Camera setup | Multiple |
Running time | 88 minutes (season 1) 44 minutes (season 2 – present) |
Production company(s) | Prometheus Entertainment |
Distributor | A&E Television Networks |
Release | |
Original network | History |
Original release | March 8, 2009 (Pilot) April 20, 2010 – present |
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Ancient Aliens is an American television series that premiered on April 20, 2010, on the History channel. Produced by Prometheus Entertainment in a documentary style, the program presents hypotheses of ancient astronauts and proposes that historical texts, archaeology, and legends contain evidence of past human-extraterrestrial contact. The show has been criticized for presenting pseudoscience and pseudohistory.
The series' de facto pilot was a TV special of the same name that aired on March 8, 2009, on the History channel. Seasons 1–3 aired on the same channel until 2011. From season 4 to the middle of season 7, the series aired on H2. On April 10, 2015, episode premieres returned to History.
The executive producer of Ancient Aliens is Kevin Burns, who also directed and wrote the pilot episode. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos serves as consulting producer and appeared on screen in the pilot.Erich von Däniken appeared in the pilot episode, and UFO researcher C. Scott Littleton served as an expert consultant for the show until his death in 2010.
Radio talk show host George Noory speaks in five episodes, including the pilot. Reverend Barry Downing, known for describing angels in the Bible as ancient astronauts, offered his viewpoints in the pilot episode. Psychologist Jonathan Young, who brings a mythological perspective, appears on screen in every episode but the first pilot. Alternate history author David Hatcher Childress speaks frequently in most episodes.