Silly and derivative, this mini tried to cash in on the alien craze that was already a year old. Canceled shows are generally canceled for a reason, and ABC wisely played hot potato with this one. 7. The only thing worse than David Letterman's tired schtick this season was Jay Leno ripping off David Letterman's tired schtick. You just keep hanging around. The ploy of this show has always been to center its plot around real-life news stories, and there has been more of that this season than ever before.
News is important, but it also needs to be funny.
We liked the characters more than the stories anyway. But the surprising critical acclaim for this bad show based on a worse movie only set it up for a fall. The scares are cheap, the writing is a beat behind current vernacular, and the performances are wooden. It's shockingly unfunny, considering the press it's been getting. Watch it and try to laugh.