Alien: Earth viewership surged with a strong debut, highlighting the series’ impact within the franchise. The premiere episode attracted millions of viewers across multiple platforms in under a week.

The series by creator Noah Hawley is described as a spin-off to the original Ridley Scott-directed film, " Alien ," from 1979. The film follows a space crew aboard the starship, Nostromo, who are on their journey back home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel.

This highly anticipated sci-fi series from FX and Hulu premieres with an impressive 9.2 million global views and a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score.

"Alien: Earth" is off to a strong start in viewership, scoring 9.2 million views globally in the first six days since its premiere

Earth, creator Noah Hawley introduces us to the face of Weyland-Yutani in the early part of the 22nd century. So far, she doesn’t have a first name (at least not yet).

Alien: Earth is no exception. The new FX series from showrunner Noah Hawley introduces several original variants of this perfect killing machine, including one that hatches out of an infected cat in one of the show's most disturbing moments so far.

The bigger your sci-fi franchise gets, the harder it is to keep the canon straight. It's a problem that stretches from "Star Wars" to "Star Trek." Eventually, once you have enough spin-offs, sequels, and prequels under you, once enough decades have passed since the beginning, plot holes and continuity lapses are inevitable.