TV series

My Favorite Martian

1963–1966 · 3 seasons

A gentle, silly escape into 1960s sitcom land, where a secret alien and his reporter pal get into harmless scrapes.

Overview: Newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara finds a crashed alien spaceship that contains one live alien. Not wanting to be discovered by the authorities, the Martian assumes the identity of Tim's Uncle Martin and begins to repair his spaceship so that he can return to Mars.
How it feels: Light, whimsical, warm and absurd. Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Identity, friendship, isolation, family
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
isolation
family
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none