Alien: Earth kicked off on Tuesday, August 12 with a double episode premiere. Subsequent episodes are releasing every Tuesday through mid-September for eight episodes total. New episodes will stream on Hulu (in the U.S.) and Disney+ (outside of the U.S.) at 8pm ET, the same time they air on FX.

So, what Alien: Earth is saying is Weyland-Yutani is aware of xenomorphs (among other creatures) well before the events of the films and was *this close* to getting one back to Earth.

Alien: Earth does an incredible balancing act of all the subgenres that make the franchise so unique. There is all the wonderful world-building any sci-fi series needs. The search and rescue is very reminiscent of Aliens with the marines. And, of course, the xenomorph itself brings the horror to the series.