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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. In lesser hands, a series spinoff of the theatrical “Alien” franchise might seem like just another IP play — a money grab.

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 5. Not even the biggest fan of the Alien franchise could predict just how good Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth would be. Halfway through ...

Curly (Erana James), Tootles (Kit Young), and Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant) look at a specimen in a jar in Alien: Earth. Image via FX on Hulu Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth ...