New TV show Alien: Earth has hit a significant milestone for the sci-fi horror franchise: it's the installment that's been the best received by critics in nearly 40 years.
Ahead of its release next week, the show debuted to a score of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes today, based on 37 reviews. That's the third-best score in the franchise after 1979's Alien and 1986's Aliens, which have scores of 93% and 94%, respectively (and if you're going to come in third place to anyone, you can't get more worthy competitors than Ridley Scott and James Cameron). By comparison, the last installment in the series, 2024's Alien: Romulus, has a score of 80%.
