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V

  • Watchlist
  • 1983-1983
  • 1 Season
  • NBC
  • Action & Adventure, Science Fiction
  • TV-14
  • Watchlist

Aliens pretending to be friendly come to Earth and are received openly. The aliens have disguised themselves to look just like humans. When it is discovered that the aliens' planet is dying and that they have come to rape the Earth of its natural resources, the war for Earth begins. An important key to the humans' success is distinguishing their own from who the aliens are.

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Cast & Crew See All

Jane Badler
Diana
Michael Durrell
Robert Maxwell
Faye Grant
Juliet Parrish

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Part 1

Sun, May 1, 1983105 mins

An armada of extraterrestrial spaceships hovers over the major cities of Earth. The humanoid aliens called the 'Visitors' claim they came in peace to seek human help, but soon strange things begin to occur. Cameraman Michael Donovan secretly goes on board one of their ships to investigate.

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Awards

  • 1984 - WGA Award (TV) - Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series - nominated
  • 1983 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Makeup - nominated
  • 1983 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) - nominated
  • 1995 - Saturn Award - Best Genre Video Release - nominated

Latest News See All

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Mon, Mar 14, 2011
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V's Out-of-This-World Mommy Dearest

Talk about mommy issues! When V returns for Season 2 tonight at 9/8c on ABC, we learn that Anna (Morena Baccarin) has been imprisoning her equally sinister reptilian mother, Diana (Jane Badler, from the original V), in a dungeon aboard her spaceship for the past 15 years. We asked Baccarin to quiz Badler about lizards, family values and her new incarnation.

Tue, Jan 4, 2011
V's Out-of-This-World Mommy Dearest

Keck's Exclusives First Look: V Brings Back an Old Fave

First Jane Badler, and now Marc Singer! The '80s hunk, who played the original V's strapping lizard slayer Mike Donovan, will appear in the season finale of ABC's updated V as all-new freedom fighter Lars Tremont."It was an inevitability," says the confident star, now 62. "You have to include the personalities who started this dynamic. As V grows, it becomes like a big, hungry animal needing nourishment to grow more and more muscle." Whatever you say, Marc, although I might have gone with a reptilian analogy...

Mon, Jan 3, 2011
Keck's Exclusives First Look: V Brings Back an Old Fave

Keck's Exclusives: Jane Badler Vamps Up V

Even though she played lizard leader Diana to wicked perfection on NBC's original V from 1983-85, Jane Badler tells me she had to fight fang and nail to get cast as an all-new version of Diana on ABC's reboot. "From the moment I heard V was coming back, it was something I was hoping to be part of, but they tested a lot of people for this role," confides Jane from the Vancouver set. "A lot of years have passed, so it feels good to win something." While this is an entirely different take on Diana...

Mon, Sep 13, 2010
Keck's Exclusives: Jane Badler Vamps Up V