Ancient Aliens is an American
television series that premiered on April 20, 2010 on the
History channel. Produced by Prometheus Entertainment, the
documentary style program presents theories of
ancient astronauts and proposes that historical texts, archaeology and legends contain evidence of past human-
extraterrestrial contact.
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.