Alien: Earth Season 2 Not Renewed Yet — Noah Hawley Teases What’s Next With FX

Alien: Earth just finished its first season with eight episodes and a juicy cliffhanger. Renewal? Not yet. Creator Noah Hawley sounds confident but very much in wait-and-see mode.

SPOILERS for Alien: Earth below.

So... is season 2 happening?

Not officially. Hawley told THR he thinks the show launched incredibly well, and he expects to hear something in the next couple of months — basically whether he should line up another gig or jump straight back into this world.

'This whole thing is a proof-of-concept experiment to see if enough people on the planet want to watch an Alien TV show to justify the expense of a second and third season of an Alien TV show.'

Translation: they built season 1 to be the first chapter, not a self-contained story. That finale? It closes one door and kicks open three more. Hawley flat-out says he did not hedge his bets: Yutani troops are en route, the power dynamic just flipped, and those kids who say 'Now we rule' have no clue what is about to hit them. He likes the real-time urgency of that cut — triumphant one moment, panic ten minutes later. Very Alien, very Hawley.

Inside baseball: FX, Disney, and the numbers

In a separate chat with ScreenRant, Hawley said he is already talking with FX about the show’s future. FX is digging into viewership, and he made an interesting point: it’s where you finish, not where you start, that tells them if there’s an appetite for season 2. That interview happened right before the finale aired; now that the season’s done, the ball is squarely with the network and, ultimately, Disney. Hawley doesn’t want a long gap off the air and says there’s urgency to get moving if they get the green light. He even joked there are 'so many great hard rock songs left to play.'

Big swing, big budget

Our own Chris Bumbray called the pilot possibly the most ambitious TV series of the year — the kind of top-dollar production where FX is clearly shooting for a tentpole on the scale of HBO’s Game of Thrones or The Last of Us. Even Sigourney Weaver has weighed in on the scope of it all, saying she couldn’t believe it was television.

• Season 1: 8 episodes, now wrapped.
• No renewal yet; Hawley expects clarity within a couple months.
• Season 1 was designed as chapter one, not a closed loop.
• Cliffhanger specifics: Yutani troops are landing; the power balance has shifted; the kids who declare 'Now we rule' are not prepared for what’s next.
• Hawley is in active talks with FX; final call sits with Disney.
• He wants to avoid a long hiatus and already has plans for how to continue and resolve the cliffhanger.

Where do you want season 2 to go?

If FX and Disney pull the trigger, what are you hoping to see? Corporate warfare with actual boots on the ground? More on those kids’ 'victory' turning into a nightmare? Or something we haven’t even considered yet?