'Resident Alien' Renewed for Season 2 at Syfy Courtesy of Syfy The pickup for the Alan Tudyk dramedy comes nearly three years after the project was first put in development at the cable network under an executive regime that is no longer there. Resident Alien is staying in house. Syfy has handed out a second season renewal for the dramedy starring Alan Tudyk. The news comes as the 10-episode series based on the Dark Horse comics of the same name is inching toward its March 31 season finale — and three years after the project was first developed by an executive regime that is no longer at the NBCUniversal-owned cable network.