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Aliens in the Family was a short-lived series on ABC, conceived as part of its then popular TGIF lineup.

The show was a re-working of The Brady Bunch with elements from the popular sitcom Third Rock from the Sun, about single dad Doug Brody (John Bedford Lloyd), who is abducted by single alien mom Cookie (Margaret Trigg). The two fall in love, get married, and try to live a normal life on Earth as a mixed family. Much of the series humor was derived from gags involving the assimilation of the alien family into everyday life--despite being pink and having massive heads (all of the aliens were puppets designed by Jim Henson Productions), everyone on Earth seems to accept their presence, and in spite of possessing technology far superior to that of Earth, the aliens all go about their everyday lives in the same fashion as all the humans.

Although not the focus of the show, the character to receive the most attention in episodes was Bobut, Cookie's infant son. Baby Bobut could talk, had a genius-level IQ, and was perpetually plotting a gristly fate for those around him, not unlike Stewie Griffin on Family Guy (though the series position as a family show meant that Bobut's plans were always family friendly--i.e., wreaking havoc on the city by causing a frog to grow ten times its size).

The show premiered on March 15, 1996; the ratings were so low that ABC pulled the series from its TGIF lineup after only two weeks, replacing the show's scheduled second airing with re-runs of other TGIF programs. The show did not return to the airwaves for over four months, re-premiering on July 27, 1996, with the third episode, "Cookie Makes Some Dough." Ratings remained so poor that ABC cancelled the series before a full season aired; it continued to run as part of the TGIF Lineup until August 31, 1996.

• Aliens in the Family at the Internet Movie Database