This is good news for sci-fi fans. Variety reports that The Sci Fi Channel (soon to change its name to SyFy) has hired former Angel, Firefly, and X-Files writer Tim Minear to revive the 1980s-90s alien TV show Alien Nation for them. You remember Alien Nation, don’t you? The show spawned a number of made-for-TV movies after the series was canceled. It has a pretty big fan following, and concerned a group of alien slaves whose ship arrives on Earth. The aliens, called Newcomers, must assimilate with the human population, oftentimes with great difficulty.