Ancient Aliens is an American television series that premiered on April 20, 2010 on the History channel.
Produced by Prometheus Entertainment, the program presents theories of ancient astronauts and proposes that historical texts, archaeology and legends contain evidence of past human extraterrestrial contact.
The show has been criticized for presenting disputed pseudoscience, although the narration of the program never presents the information as fact.
The series' de facto pilot was a TV special of the same name that aired on March 8, 2009.
A second season began airing on Thursday, October 28, 2010 in the 10ET/9CT time slot.
The executive producer of Ancient Aliens was Kevin Burns, the founder of Prometheus Entertainment who also directed and wrote the pilot episode.
Co-executive producers Scott Hartford and Kim Sheerin assisted on all 16 episodes. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos served as consulting producer for every episode, and appeared on screen in the pilot.
Since 1998, Tsoukalos has been the director of Erich von Däniken's international research organization, and is the U.S. agent for von Däniken.
Prior to Ancient Aliens, Tsoukalos appeared in the History Channel's program UFO Hunters.
Däniken himself appeared in the pilot episode, and UFO researcher C. Scott Littleton was often consulted as an expert source until his death in 2010.
Radio talk show host George Noory spoke in five episodes, including the pilot.
Reverend Barry Downing, known for describing angels in the Bible as ancient astronauts, offered his viewpoints in the pilot episode.
Psychologist Jonathan Young appeared on screen in every episode but the first pilot.
Reviewers have characterized Ancient Aliens variously as "far fetched" and "hugely speculative", and of "...expound[ing] wildly on theories suggesting that astronauts wandered the Earth freely in ancient time."
The ideas presented on the program have been criticized as pseudoscience and pseudohistory.
Produced by Prometheus Entertainment, the program presents theories of ancient astronauts and proposes that historical texts, archaeology and legends contain evidence of past human extraterrestrial contact.
The show has been criticized for presenting disputed pseudoscience, although the narration of the program never presents the information as fact.
The series' de facto pilot was a TV special of the same name that aired on March 8, 2009.
A second season began airing on Thursday, October 28, 2010 in the 10ET/9CT time slot.
The executive producer of Ancient Aliens was Kevin Burns, the founder of Prometheus Entertainment who also directed and wrote the pilot episode.
Co-executive producers Scott Hartford and Kim Sheerin assisted on all 16 episodes. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos served as consulting producer for every episode, and appeared on screen in the pilot.
Since 1998, Tsoukalos has been the director of Erich von Däniken's international research organization, and is the U.S. agent for von Däniken.
Prior to Ancient Aliens, Tsoukalos appeared in the History Channel's program UFO Hunters.
Däniken himself appeared in the pilot episode, and UFO researcher C. Scott Littleton was often consulted as an expert source until his death in 2010.
Radio talk show host George Noory spoke in five episodes, including the pilot.
Reverend Barry Downing, known for describing angels in the Bible as ancient astronauts, offered his viewpoints in the pilot episode.
Psychologist Jonathan Young appeared on screen in every episode but the first pilot.
Reviewers have characterized Ancient Aliens variously as "far fetched" and "hugely speculative", and of "...expound[ing] wildly on theories suggesting that astronauts wandered the Earth freely in ancient time."
The ideas presented on the program have been criticized as pseudoscience and pseudohistory.
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