- 7.5/1036 votes
#1 - Ungrateful Wads of Protein
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2019
Drexx and Tuva probe the Royal Family, fried chicken, and human arrogance totems, aka “Oscars.”
Director: Lauren Andrews
Writer: Chris Prynoski, Austin Reading, Sam West
- 8.1/1020 votes
#2 - Inane Utterings of a Brainwashed People
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/2019
Shocking reports on floating prisons, anti-poor fabrics, and a barbaric act known as ventriloquism.
Director: Jeannette Moreno King
Writer: Scott Gairdner
- 9.0/1015 votes
#3 - Udder Madness
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2019
Meet some special vehicles called “Indycars” and the grotesque pseudo-humans called “bodybuilders.”
Director: Jeannette Moreno King
Writer: Dennis McNicholas
- 9.4/1013 votes
#4 - Simultaneous Vortex Exit
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2019
Drexx joins the gig economy, Tuva fights robot appropriation, and Stonehenge kicks ass.
Director: Lauren Andrews
Writer: Sam West
- 9.0/1010 votes
#5 - A Big Moldy Space Orange
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/2019
Drexx and Tuva grapple with love, the Supreme Court, and a very wordy segment name.
Director: Jeannette Moreno King
Writer: Scott Gairdner
- 9.0/1010 votes
#6 - A Very Norffy Gronksmas
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2019
Where is Barack Obama? Who is The Spoiler? And what's the deal with Drake?
Director: Lauren Andrews
Writer: Sam West
- 9.1/1010 votes
#7 - Corrupt, Bloviating Narcissists
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2019
Drexx and Tuva visit the kingdom of The Masters. Then, a handy guide on how to probe yourself.
Director: Jeannette Moreno King
Writer: Josh Patten
- 8.7/1011 votes
#8 - A Wasteland of Rehashed Dreck
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2019
What is 4/20 and why does it make humans giggle? Plus, a joyous celebration of Tax Day.
Director: Lauren Andrews
Writer: Lauren Moser
- 9.0/109 votes
#9 - Cumbersome Dongles
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2019
The wall, the welfare queen, and a chef (Chris Parnell) cooks up the garbage humans call “food.”
Director: Jeannette Moreno King
Writer: Josh Patten, Lauren Moser
- 9.3/108 votes
#10 - Bloated Acquisition Piles
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2019
Get your safe words ready for a sexy report on corporate mergers. Plus, meet Drexx's pal Lord Xenu.
Director: Lauren Andrews
Writer: Scott Gairdner
- 9.2/1012 votes
#11 - Princes of Mange
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/2019
Humanity's biggest threats: spidered-men, twins, and the vengeful gods known as “mascots.”
Director: Jeannette Moreno King
Writer: Lauren Moser
- 9.1/1010 votes
#12 - The Ultimate Shape-Shifter Shaft
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2019
Drexx and Tuva reckon with the galaxy's ultimate shame: getting rebooted.
Director: Lauren Andrews
Writer: Dennis McNicholas
The Best Episodes of Alien News Desk Season 1
Every episode of Alien News Desk Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alien News Desk Season 1!
This weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom covers up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species - the inscrutable...
Genres:AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Syfy
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Ungrateful Wads of Protein" is the best rated episode of "Alien News Desk" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by Lauren Andrews and written by Chris Prynoski, Austin Reading, Sam West, it aired on 2/27/2019. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Inane Utterings of a Brainwashed People".