MONDAY,
OCTOBER 1 (THIS SHOW REPEATS MONDAY, DECEMBER 3)
SERIES PREMIERE
“ALIENS IN AMERICA” — (8:30-9:00 p.m. ET)
“Pilot” (CONTENT RATING TBD) (HDTV)
WELCOME TO AMERICA — Justin Tolchuck (Dan Byrd, “The Hills Have
Eyes”) is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just trying to make it through
the social nightmare of high school in Medora, Wisconsin, with the help of
his well-meaning mom Franny (Amy Pietz, “Caroline in the City”),
aspiring-entrepreneur dad Gary (Scott Patterson, “Gilmore Girls”) and
his beautiful and popular younger sister Claire (Lindsey Shaw, “Ned's
Declassified School Survival Guide”).
Worried about Justin's lack of friends, and thinking that an athletic,
brilliant Nordic teen will bestow instant coolness on her outsider son,
Franny signs up for the school's international exchange student program.
However, when the Tolchuck's exchange student arrives, he turns out to be
Raja Musharaff (Adhir Kalyan, “Fair City”), a 16-year-old Muslim from
a small village in Pakistan.
Despite the cultural chasm between them, Justin and Raja quickly
develop a bond that makes them both feel a little less “alien.”
Luke Greenfield directed the episode written by Moses Port and David
Guarascio (#100).
Source:
The CW Press Release