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I will confess to being a life-long sci-fi fan so when I saw the ads for the premier of this show, I was intrigued. It hasn't disappointed and is one of the most original new comedies of the year. Maybe the most original given retread sitcoms like the stuff CBS has rolled out with Kevin James and Matt LeBlanc.

The premise is very different than anything else on television right now. It holds up thanks to a very good cast, mostly little known actors, and very good writing. It also turns upside down the longstanding portrayals of aliens as all-knowing, advanced beings whose ways are mysterious to Earthlings. Instead, the aliens are petty, incompetent in a lot of technical applications, and have fits of temper. That element of the show is one of the funniest to me and is very well done. The Earthlings are a diverse group with a lot of excellent interactions within the support group of "experiencers."

Even people who aren't sci-fi fans should give this a try. If you haven't watched it from the start, you need to go back to the pilot and catch up.

Here's hoping it has a long run.

Just finished my second run through. This show would have been much more successful if it'd had reached UK viewers. Absolutely hilarious, totally out of the box comedy. Fresh and original. I'm gutted there won't ever be a season 3.

What a wonderfully fun show. Entertaining, engaging, and fresh! It explores the alien experience with humor, playfulness, and just enough seriousness to add plausibility. The characters are delightfully quirky and endearing. The writing is creative and full of spontaneous little twists. My household is eagerly awaiting the 2018 season!

This show was original and so freaking funny. The cast was perfect. The writing was original and hilarious. I looked forward to this show every week. Like I said above who's the idiot that decided to cancel this show. Heh, instead let's remake shows that have already been done. There was a reason they went off the air. Or do another so called Reality show that is so far from reality it stinks. This is why I hardly watch TV anymore. Here finally we get a fresh new idea that everyone can watch and they cancel it. I can't believe someone else didn't pick it up.

I love this show!!! Hope TBS changes it's mind about cancelling or some other network picks the show up.

This was a good show. I think anybody would have enjoyed it and it should be renewed.

This show was hilarious, warm, inventive, surprising, well-written with great actors, loveable characters, and an original storyline. It's one of my favorite shows ever and I was crushed that it was cancelled. It should've been given more of chance to catch on. I'm sure more people would've grown to love it. Sorry, Wyatt. You didn't deserve this cancellation -- it was a gem.

Reporter Ozzie Graham (played effortlessly by Wyatt Cenac) travels to the rural town of Beacon, New York to write an article on a support group for victims of ...alien abduction. They do look like a bunch of weirdos but maybe there is some validity in their claims ...and then some!

The premise is original and funny as it is delivered. The cast good. The pace and the editing work in favor of entertainment, and there IS some mystery as it progresses and a few twists.

Overall: The aliens tell to the people they abduct that they are ...special (although they don't actually mean it!). People of Earth seems ...special (and I mean it!), with an original premise, good cast and good and relaxed humor. Recommended.

Journalist Ozzie Graham (Wyatt Cenac) is haunted by memories of hitting a deer while driving to Beacon in upstate NY. He returns to the small town to do a story on Starcrossed, a support group of alien abductees led by Gina Morrison (Ana Gasteyer) or as they prefer to call themselves. Ozzie dismisses the group but his boss Jonathan Walsh keeps sending him back. The conflicting stories come together as the group realizes that the differing aliens are actually working together.

This is a little bit of fun and loads of quirky. I like Wyatt and the rest of the group. The aliens are a weird bunch of back-biting extra-terrestrial office clerks. I think it's missing the big bad. I don't mind the reveal of the aliens but eventually, they need an evil plan for the rag-tag group to fight. Without it, the show runs out of steam. It's canceled after two season and that may well be the problem.

I'm so glad I Found this show. It is uplifting,really,really funny, quirky,original,and poignant. The pace is just right,and is never boring, but moves along with wonderfully feel-good humor. I am so pleasantly surprised at this show. I really never expected a show about a support group for alien abductees to interest me.But the funny and heart warming characters have totally abducted me and now I'm hooked . When I try to put in words why I like the show so much it is difficult. But there is a magic about it that just works. The Swedish alien is great. It deftly explores our quirky nature and in the process gives us a different and refreshing perspective on what makes us human.

Great show with no resolution. Cancelled... leaves you hanging

Let's see....funny as hell, all likable characters (including the aliens), low budget...ok good reason to cancel?? Boggles the mind!

I found this( looked for hours for similar shows to a bunch) . I watched almost all 2 seasons last night and was falling asleep and it was almost 3am so I'll finish tonight. I already wish there were more seasons as I have found nothing I can finish more than an episode of lately! This wasn't lol funny to me but yes it's funny. I really like the guy who plays the Nordic alien? It's just one of those fun quirky shows that the acting, filming and everything is pretty good in. I'm going to finish the last 2 ( my only complaint would be episodes are too short) tonight and hope I can find something else remotely entertaining to watch. Edit to add I finished this! I'm mad there isn't more seasons! They could have done so much more with this and now after what happened! I grew to really like the funny little grey guy. Would have loved to see how he got on on "Earth" but alas there isn't any more seasons. Cries. Lol.

Isn't it awful when you want to like something but the most you can come up with is, "its alright".

People of Earth looks promising but at the end of the day, somehow, I just can't get excited about this one. Perhaps its the fact the aliens all sound like Americans? Why? They are aliens after all.

A less petty grumble is the whole thing is really not that funny. Its rather bland humour that, for me, falls flat. If it had a little more Hitch Hikers Guide injected it might work better but sadly that's just not the case here. What you have instead is your run of the mill, mostly unfunny, US comedy show, with an alien make over.

All in all, looks exciting but, well, its not. Five out of ten from me.

Man this was an absolute gem discovery! I love it. It's about a very special support group of alien abductees. Compare this with "The Middle" (which I stopped watching this season because it's NOT funny anymore) and you'll get it. This series is genuinely funny and yet it has some profound meanings hidden behind the humor. The cast is awesome, we get to see Wyatt Cenac at his best but the other actors, such as Ana Gasteyer, are really tailored for their characters and very funny. I wish comedy would go this way rather than the boring and totally not funny other specimens. What can I say more? Well, give it a try! The episodes only last 20 minutes and I'm sure many of you will love it.

I just finished watching season one and can't wait for the next season, which I was very glad to hear is actually happening.

This show is hilarious. The characters are lovable and quirky, the writing is fresh and on point, and direction and production keep the story flowing smoothly week-to-week.

I really can't list each of the great actors and the wonderful job they did because there are just too many to list. There isn't a single character I dislike. I will say though that Ken Hall, who plays Jeff the Grey, really makes my face hurt from laughing so hard each week. Seriously, just his character alone is worth the watch but then you throw in Wyatt Cenac, Luka Jones, Björn Gustafsson and on and on and on. Well, there I go listing them all out but I just can't help it, it really is a brilliant assembly of a cast.

As for the people behind the scenes, David Jenkins created it and this appears to be his only credit so good on him for creating such a breakout hit, imho anyway. However, there are some heavyweights contributing as well including Conan O'Brien, Norm Hiscock and Greg Daniels.

My only complaint about this show is that the episodes are only 30 minute episodes. Hopefully though, they increase that to one hour for the second season but most importantly I hope they keep the cast together and continue delivering the same quality of uproarious episodes they did this past season. Great stuff!

This series is too good to die! TBS made a huge mistake cancelling it so please people, sign the petition and let's hope TBS, Netflix or someone smart enough picks it up again :) Jenkins has season 3 already written.

There's never been such an original and playful take on Aliens in the form of a comedy TV show before. For the UFO-geeks it's a masterpiece and for the comedy-lovers it's some crazy fun stuff!

It does not mock of the people who believe in Aliens, quite the opposite, it provides authentic perspective on this mysterious aspect of reality, and it does so in a brilliant and hilarious way.

"The People of Earth" is about a big-time journalist Ozzie Graham who gets to write an article on the subject of Aliens' abductees group, or rather, as they call themselves the "experiencers". Sceptic and bored at first, he gets into some mysterious experiences himself and gradually becomes more and more open to the supernatural phenomena. Will he discover something true and extraordinary about life and perhaps his own self?

Without giving too much away, if you ever wondered how the Aliens do their dirty work to humans, how they socialize with each other, what the elf-like Pleiadian, the big-eyed Gray or shape-shifting Reptilian can be like and perhaps most importantly; what their agenda might be, all presented in the playful and right-amount of crazy way... this show's definitely for you!! And if you just wanna have fun and see something new and mind-opening, you cannot miss it as well!

Highly recommended to watch and not stop so quickly! It just gets better and better with every episode. I had lots of laughter and blisfull moments myself :)))

It's a show about alien abductees, pardon me, experiencers. It's a show about aliens. Yet the characters on this show are so eminently human that it almost aches, how easy it is to relate to them. Every single character is someone who is just doing their best to live with their own weirdness. It's a show about connection, and the fluid nature of faith, and learning to embrace the loser that exists in all of us. It's hilarious, and engaging, and ridiculously charming. It's not packed to the gills with rich 20-somethings who have been "chosen" to "save the world" - because good god do we really need another one of those on air? We really don't. People of Earth is about people, and how great they can be, even when they're not at their best.

This is a unique conceptual comedy, similar in style to shows like Community but with a science fiction twist.

It is really easy to watch as you follow the story of the main protagonist Ozzie (Cenac) who does a great job of delivering the most level headed and 'normal' character on the show as well as a collective bunch of supporting characters which individual quirks, as they unravel the mystery of Aliens and abductions.

The acting is done fairly well and the characters are reasonably depicted and likeable.

Writing is well thought out, each episode adds to the overall story and to the story of each of the characters.

Where this show fails in my opinion is that although there are a few laugh out loud moments, it is really lacking the number of jokes to make this a long term show. The comedic style is situational and bizarre, however the bizarre becomes expected as the show progresses, and the lack of jokes makes it almost into a drama, rather than a comedy, when the pace gets bogged down especially after the first couple of episodes.

It has/had lots of potential having a very unique setting, decent cast, but unfortunately the writers could have done so much more with the base in which they built.

Overall however it is a nice free flowing feel-good kind of viewing which is different than most shows that get to air. But probably not a show you will want to watch again in a few years, after seeing it the first time.

PEOPLE OF EARTH...I really LOVE this show. I think it's so refreshing for night time TV entertainment. Outstanding writing and creativity in each episode. It has so many different characters in it that you can't wait to see what each of them is doing and how they resolve their personal dilemmas. It's a show that surprises you and keeps you laughing at each character's reaction to their own surprises. Each actor knows their character so well you forget they are acting. The story line is so different from anything I have seen on TV in a really long time and offers up GREAT interest for me in future shows. Please tell me this will be coming back on soon.... and THANKS so much for the FUN hours of laughter.

OK, the main vehicle/hook is not its CGI - we have a rectangular bricky 2001 spaceship that always seems to be in the same place relative to Earth. Nor is it costumes and props - we have the stereotypical Halloween reptile skin; the small alien with large gray head; the reptile contact lenses; the plain plastic looking interior that fortunately is not over CGI'd w/floating computer screens.

Rather the main vehicle/hooks of this script is poking fun at alien invader believers, and aliens themselves. Problem is the humor gets old quickly, and there's only so many ways we aliens can antagonize you humans.

See my Amaz. 3 star review Season 2 DVD for my photo.

This show had great potential, with a captivating premise, interesting characters and wacky plot twists.

Unfortunately, it got canceled before the story was fully wrapped up. That being said, it's a somewhat fun ride, but when it gets to the "non-ending" it's terribly frustrating. I really wish I wouldn't have started watching it in the first place. It boggles my mind that any streaming service would have picked up a canceled/unresolved show like this. However, it was Hulu, which for the most part, seems like the one streaming service that solely reaches for quantity at the expense of quality.