Resident Alien Gives Rogue One's Alan Tudyk a Starring Role

Viewers may be less familiar with Alan Tudyk's face, but they certainly know his voice. Though he's made plenty of onscreen appearances over the course of his twenty-year career, his voice-acting work has brought him the greatest notoriety over the last decade, particularly his work as K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Starting tonight, Tudyk takes the lead on-camera in the new Syfy comedy series Resident Alien, playing a quirky small town doctor who local police bring into a murder investigation, not knowing that he's actually a crash-landed alien in disguise, one who just may be connected to the killing in question.

Also today: The Super Six return to the Masked Dancer stage, the Lakers take on the 76ers, and Naomi Watts stars in a new original family film on Netflix. Here's what's new and noteworthy on TV this Wednesday:

SERIES PREMIERE: An alien (Alan Tudyk) crash lands on Earth and assumes the identity of a small town doctor in the science fiction comedy Resident Alien, but complications arise when the townspeople recruit him to investigate a murder. Watch trailer. 10:00 PM ET on Syfy (simulcast on USA)

NEW EPISODE: Four weeks of eliminations have all been leading up to this, as The Masked Dancer puts the Super Six through their paces. 8:00 PM ET on FOX

NBA BASKETBALL: The 2020-21 NBA regular season continues tonight with two national game telecasts:

• The Los Angeles Lakers square off against the Philadelphia 76ers at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN
• The Minnesota Timberwolves face The Golden State Warriors at 10:00 PM ET on ESPN

COMPLETE SECOND SEASON: Tiff (Zoe Levin) and Pete (Brendan Scannell) work to find a way back into the BDSM scene as the off-kilter comedy Bonding returns for its eight-episode second season. Watch trailer. Streaming on Netflix

NEW EPISODE: After receiving an urgent call on For Life, Aaron (Nicholas Pinnock) enlists Safiya (Indira Varma) and heads back to Bellmore to investigate a growing number of COVID cases at the prison. 10:00 PM ET on ABC

NEW EPISODE: Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Jughead (Cole Sprouse) follow a startling clue on Riverdale. Meanwhile, Archie (K.J. Apa) is forced to make an impossible decision. 8:00 PM ET on The CW

ORIGINAL MOVIE: Naomi Watts plays a young mother who's left unable to walk following a near-fatal accident in Penguin Bloom. As she learns to adapt to her new life, she finds hope in an unlikely hero, a small bird named Penguin. Watch trailer. Streaming on Netflix

Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.