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Introduction

The Visitors are the aliens featured in the science fiction phenomenon known as V. This site is dedicated to the Visitors in specific and to V in general.

The Miniseries

The Visitors first appeared in May 1983 in the four-hour miniseries V (read the episode guide synopsis) made by Warner Brothers Television and aired on NBC. Kenneth Johnson was the talent behind V as its creator, writer, director, and executive producer. The show was such a ratings smash that the network ordered a sequel. NBC actually had wanted a weekly series next, but Warner Brothers could not find a way to make it work for the money.

A year later, the second miniseries was V: The Final Battle. Johnson supervised the writing of the script for the sequel, but he left the project shortly thereafter. Daniel Blatt and Robert Singer were brought in as co-executive producers. The six-hour mini-series aired in May 1984, and it was another ratings triumph for NBC. The network asked for a weekly series again (supposedly "just a couple of hours" after The Final Battle aired), and this time Warner Brothers was eager to oblige.

The Series

For the V weekly series, Blatt and Singer stayed on as producers in charge. At the time, it was the most expensive weekly television show at more than $1 million per episode. The series aired Friday nights on NBC and premiered on October 26, 1984. The series lasted only one season and was then cancelled due to a drop in ratings and a lack of viewers. The finale episode aired on March 22, 1985. After that finale episode (which was a cliff-hanger never to be resolved), V: The Series went into reruns on NBC for a short time, with the last rerun shown on July 5, 1985.

In Print

After the cancellation of the series, V continued to live on for a short time in paperback novels published by Pinnacle and Tor, and in comic books published by DC Comics. There were talks of a third final miniseries, but the farthest that went was a script proposal by Joe Straczynski (of Babylon 5 fame) which was rejected by Warner Brothers. Straczynski had reportedly considered developing his script into a novel, but it never happened.

The Future

In 2003 Kenneth Johnson announced plans for a new miniseries to pick up twenty years after the events of the original miniseries. For the latest details, check the Discussion Forums News section.