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  • 1996
  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • 1996
  • TV-PG
  • NBC

Summary "As many intelligent people know, aliens are all around us. This is a story of a band of four such explorers. In order to blend in, they have assumed human form. This is the High Commander [Dick]. He has assembled an elite team of experts: A decorated military officer [Sally], a seasoned intelligence specialist [Tommy] and [Harry], well,...

Created By: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

  • 1996
  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • 1996
  • TV-PG
  • NBC

3rd Rock from the Sun

6 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 9, 1996
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 83 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary "As many intelligent people know, aliens are all around us. This is a story of a band of four such explorers. In order to blend in, they have assumed human form. This is the High Commander [Dick]. He has assembled an elite team of experts: A decorated military officer [Sally], a seasoned intelligence specialist [Tommy] and [Harry], well,...

Created By: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
53
37% Positive
10 Reviews
44% Mixed
12 Reviews
19% Negative
5 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
53
37% Positive
10 Reviews
44% Mixed
12 Reviews
19% Negative
5 Reviews

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75
Jun 26, 2013
High-pitched farce is 3rd Rock's stock-in-trade, and sometimes it just wears us out. But we marvel at how skillfully the writers and directors keep the balls in the air as they juggle as many as three situations per episode.
By Terry Kelleher FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 19, 2013
Relax and go with the goofiness and you could have a good time. [9 Jan 1996]
By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 19, 2013
Well, the show is certainly wacky, but I didn't get a good laugh until the third episode I previewed. [9 Jan 1996]
By Mike McDaniel FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 19, 2013
Barely a minute goes by in this new NBC sitcom ... without another gratuitous breast reference, as though the word itself is a riot. It's too bad, because if you can get past the sense that somebody wrote much of this with a Victoria's Secret catalog close at hand, there's actually a charming and perceptive comedy lurking inside, a neat counterpoint to all those series about urbanites on the make. [9 Jan 1996]
By Steve Johnson FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 2, 2013
Third Rock's creators, veteran Saturday Night Live writers Bonnie and Terry Turner, have described the show as "Carl Sagan meets the Marx Brothers." In reality, it's Maude meets Mork & Mindy.
By Ginia Bellafante FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 19, 2013
The show ought to be more than a sophomoric aliens-meet-humans smutcom. It should be an advancement on My Favorite Martian and Mork & Mindy. But it's not. [9 Jan 1996]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
20
Jun 19, 2013
It's hard to figure where the makers of "Third Rock" believe they went right. The humor never rises above high-school-lunchroom level, and even then it's not over-the-top enough to make it very appealing. The actors are talented enough -- Lithgow and Curtin certainly have nothing left to prove, and Gordon-Levitt seems to be that rarest of finds, a young actor who knows about timing. What they're doing in this mess is one of those questions for the ages. [9 Jan 1996]
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 83 User Ratings
8.3
90% Positive
75 Ratings
2% Mixed
2 Ratings
7% Negative
6 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 83 User Ratings
8.3
90% Positive
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2% Mixed
2 Ratings
7% Negative
6 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Carsey-Werner Company
  • YBYL Productions
Initial Release Date: Jan 9, 1996
Number of seasons: 6 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 8 Wins & 31 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Wins & 11 Nominations

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