EXCLUSIVE: A little over a month after Season 3 of Resident Alien wrapped its run on Syfy, the future of the quirky sci-fi comedy-drama is up in the air, I hear.
And there is some intrigue over where the series starring Alan Tudyk would continue should it get a fourth season. I hear there are talks about Resident Alien moving from Syfy to sibling NBCU cable network USA Network, which currently doesn’t have scripted originals besides Chucky, which it shares with Syfy.
According to sources, a return to Syfy appears unlikely, so USA is Resident Alien‘s only feasible destination within NBCU, whose UCP division produces the adaptation of the comic book by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse.
But a potential Season 4 pickup by USA would come with a major budget reduction, as much as $500,000 an episode, which will be challenging, I hear.
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