V (also known as
V: The Series) is a 60-minute (47 to 49 minutes without commercials) weekly television series that aired in the United States on
NBC in 1984-85. It is a continuation of the
science fiction franchise about an alien invasion of Earth by a carnivorous race of
reptilians known as "
The Visitors" which was originally conceived by American writer, producer, and director
Kenneth Johnson. Johnson, however, was not involved in the production of the weekly series. At a cost of one million dollars per episode, V was the most expensive series to be produced for television.