ALF (1986)
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A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 22 September 1986 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 24 March 1990 |
| Genre | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
| Created by | Paul Fusco and Tom Patchett |
| Starring | Max Wright, Anne Schedeen and Andrea Elson |
| Seasons | 4 seasons, 101 episodes |
| Episode length | about 23 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 39 hours |
| Rated | TV-G |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.6/10 |
Where to watch ALF
ALF is streaming on Prime Video ($8.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Fubo, Peacock ($16.99 a month) and Tubi. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Prime Video, or $8.99 at list price.
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Where to watch ALF in 29 other countries
| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Antigua & Barbuda | Prime Video |
| Argentina | Prime Video $5199 ARS |
| Bahamas | Prime Video |
| Barbados | Prime Video |
| Belize | Prime Video |
| Bolivia | Prime Video |
| Brazil | Prime Video R$19.90 |
| Canada | Prime Video $9.99 CAD |
| Chile | Prime Video $6490 CLP |
| Colombia | Prime Video $24900 COP |
| Costa Rica | Prime Video |
| Dominican Republic | Prime Video |
| Ecuador | Prime Video $5.99 |
| El Salvador | Prime Video |
| French Guiana | Prime Video |
| Guatemala | Prime Video |
| Guyana | Prime Video |
| Honduras | Prime Video |
| Jamaica | Prime Video |
| Mexico | Prime Video $99 MXN |
| Nicaragua | Prime Video |
| Panama | Prime Video $5.99 |
| Paraguay | Prime Video |
| Peru | Prime Video S/25.90 |
| St. Lucia | Prime Video |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Prime Video |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | Prime Video |
| Uruguay | Prime Video $U249 |
| Venezuela | Prime Video |
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What kind of watch this is
ALF is a 1986 sci-fi comedy about a furry alien wiseguy who crashes into a garage and refuses to leave. Created by Paul Fusco and Tom Patchett, the show stars Max Wright as Willie Tanner, who must share his home with the intruder. The series runs 4 seasons and 101 episodes, totaling 39 hours of viewing. Each episode is 23 minutes long, keeping the pace brisk and the chaos manageable. It is a dry look at domestic life interrupted by a loud, unrepentant cat from another planet.
How it did with audiences
On TMDB, users rate ALF 7.6 out of 10. That is a solid score for a movie about a can of beans with legs. It suggests the audience found the premise as digestible as the alien himself. Without box office figures to anchor the triumph, the rating stands alone as the verdict. It is a number that says the comedy landed, even if the reception was purely digital.
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Sources
- ALF on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q264221 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “ALF (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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