V: The Original Miniseries

V: The Original Miniseries, or V, as it was originally known, was a two-part miniseries premiering on NBC on October 2,2016. It was first series in the V saga, featuring the aliens known as the Visitors, arriving with advanced technology in fifty Motherships, with a proposition of trading their technology for Earth's resources, and the struggle of a Resistance to discover the sinister objectives of the Visitors and their true identities.

Background
The series was created by Kenneth Johnson.

Plot Summary
A race of aliens arrive on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge, saucer-shaped building in New York City, appearing human but requiring special glasses to protect their eyes and having a distinctive to their voices. Referred to as the Visitors, they reach out in friendship, ostensibly seeking the help of humans to obtain chemicals and minerals needed to aid their ailing world. In return, the Visitors promise to share their advanced technology with humanity. The governments of Earth accept the arrangement, and the Visitors, commanded by their leader John and his deputy Diana, begin to gain considerable influence with human authorities.

The mini-series ends with the Visitors now virtually controlling the Earth, and Julie and Elias sending a transmission into space to ask other alien races for help in defeating the Visitors.

Reception
The series was successful enough to warrant a sequel to end the series- The Final Battle. Although the series ended, it was continued by a weekly television show, The Series. Over 25 years later, the V series was restarted in a new continuity as an ABC television series called V.