V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011.[1] [2] A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically-advanced alien species which ostensibly comes in peace, but actually has sinister motives.[3] V stars Elizabeth Mitchell and Morena Baccarin, and is executive produced by Scott Rosenbaum, Yves Simoneau, Scott Peters, Steve Pearlman, and Jace Hall.[4] The series was produced by The Scott Peters Company, HDFilms and Warner Bros. Television.
The first season of the re-imagining of V consisted of 12 episodes and premiered at 8:00 pm ET on ABC on November 3, 2009. Four episodes were aired in November 2009 and the series then went on hiatus before returning on March 30, 2010 when it aired in a new time slot, 10:00 pm ET.[5] A special clip show titled "The Arrival" that recaps the first four episodes aired on March 23, 2010.[6] The first four episodes averaged 9.75 million viewers; when the series returned in 2010 for the remainder of its first season in a new timeslot, the final episodes averaged 5.72 million viewers.[7] In total, the first season averaged 7.74 million viewers.
ABC announced V would return on January 4, 2011 for a second season, airing on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm ET.[8] It contained a reduced order of 10 episodes.[9] Charles Mesure, who portrays Kyle Hobbes, was promoted to a series regular.[10] Jane Badler appears in a recurring role as Anna's mother, Diana, the previous leader of the Visitors. Badler portrayed the main antagonist, also called Diana, in the original V television series from the 1980s though the new character of Diana in the re-imagined version of V is somewhat different from Badler's original role.[11] Marc Singer, who also appeared in the original V series as the protagonist Mike Donovan, appeared as Project Ares leader Lars Tremont in the season finale.[12]