January 2nd is National Science Fiction Day, the same day as Isaac Asimov one of the greatest sci-fi writers birthday. To celebrate I'm gonna honor a sitcom that was gone too soon.
2016's People Of Earth was an ensemble comedy on the TBS network. It followed a support group in Beacon, New York known as "starcrossed". All the members need support from their various alien abductions. Skeptical at first journalist Ozzie Graham, slowly starts to believe the members of the support group.
Then he slowly starts realizing he may have alot in common with this group. And learns first hand there's more out there than planet earth.
The sitcom had that same dry humor made popular by The Office. And started building its own mythology throughout its episodes. It was outlandish but believable. It lasted for two seasons, and a third was planned and developed before TBS changed course and abruptly canceled it.
It had a small but loyal following during a time people were starting to chuck the deuces to cable. Which is a shame because the sitcom deserved so much more. You can't even watch it on streaming unless you pay for the episodes individually, which is an even bigger crime. So much story potential lost, People Of Earth was gone too soon.
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