Aliens in America was an American television sitcom created by David Guarascio and Moses Port that aired on The CW. Guarascio and Port also served as executive producers of the show alongside Tim Doyle. Luke Greenfield directed the pilot.Aliens in America at the The Futon Critic; last accessed June 4, 2007. The show is about a Wisconsin teenager and the foreign exchange student his mother arranges to host, believing the visitor will help her socially awkward son become more popular. The student turns out to be a Muslim teenager from Pakistan.

Produced by CBS Paramount Network Television, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 15, 2007.CBS, THE CW CONFIRM RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS; FOX EXTENDS 24 at the The Futon Critic; last accessed June 4, 2007 It premiered on October 1 2007, and airs on Monday nights at 8:30/7:30c on The CW, following Everybody Hates Chris.THE CW KICKS OFF ITS SECOND SEASON WITH SIX NEW SERIES at the The Futon Critic; last accessed June 4, 2007 The show was originally to be produced by NBC Universal Television (now Universal Media Studios). It is filmed around the Vancouver, British Columbia area.Spotlight: TV Fall Casting at Backstage.com; last accessed September 14, 2007 The high school featured in the show is actually H. J. Cambie Secondary School in Richmond, British Columbia, with the interiors of later first-season episodes shot inside a studio.