Outer Space Astronauts

A look at tonight's sci-fi TV:

Better Off Ted, "Battle of the Bulbs" - Tonight's episode sees Ted and Linda duking it out over who can build a better light bulb – his lasts forever, and hers features "aromas ranging from zucchini bread to fresh laundry," so its anybody's game, really. What we're really excited about is tonight's guest spot from News Radio's Khandi Alexander. She plays Lem's mom, a super genius scientist with a disturbing crush on our favorite underused character, Dr. Bhamba. (9:30 p.m. on ABC)

Outer Space Astronauts, "Vast Empitness" – In a possible nod to Star Trek's most popular illegal beverage, Romulan ale, Ka'ak serves up some mystery alien moonshine that leaves the crew with a hangover from hell. (11 p.m. on Syfy)

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A look at tonight's sci-fi TV:

Better off Ted, "The Lawyer, The Lemur, and The Listener" – Even a giant corporation like Veridian Dynamics can't escape the current crappy economy. When layoffs hit the company, Veronica looks to an unlikely source for some inside info -- Ted's 8-year-old daughter! Elsewhere, Linda is writing a children's book with a main character who resembles our favorite squirmy and unhappily married scientist, Phil. And Lem scores with a hot lawyer who might or might not be billing him for their dates. (9:30 p.m. ET on ABC)

Outer Space Astronauts, "Undies," "Of Cannibals and Cuddlepuffs" – I'm still not watching this odd blend of live-action and low-fi animation, mostly because it seems to be full of unfunny poopie jokes. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, one of tonight's episodes features a pair of filthy underwear that exhibits superpowers. (11 p.m and 11:30 p.m. on Syfy.)

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Better Off Ted, "Love Blurts" – ABC's funniest comedy is back with more witty workplace gags and insane sci-fi hijinks. In tonight's season two premiere, Veridian hooks up Ted and Linda with their perfect genetic matches, while ice queen Veronica coaxes Lem for a sperm donation. Taye Diggs, who seems bent on appearing in every ABC show on the air right now, guest stars.

Outer Space Astronauts, "Diplomatic Hat" - This homegrown sci-fi send-up mixes live action with web-style animation to deliver an endless stream of hit-and-miss gags. Watch the entire premiere below or at SlashControl.

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Here's a sentence I never thought I'd be typing ... The minds behind the "existential comedy" I Heart Huckabees are producing a new science fiction comedy series for Syfy.

Huckabees writer-director David O. Russell is joining his visual effects supervisor, Russell Barrett, to develop a show called Outer Space Astronauts, about a group of misfit space explorers on a star trek aboard the O.S.S. Oklahoma. The show combines live-action scenes with 2D and 3D animation. Barrett reportedly shot and cut the series out of his home studio, enlisting friends and neighbors as actors. The folks over at SyFy think that's pretty cool:

"Syfy fans have never seen animation quite like this before," said Syfy exec Mark Stern. "Out of the basement and mind of show creator, Russell Barrett, he's delivered a funny and fresh take on the future of underground and homegrown animation today."

Outer Space Astronauts debuts Dec. 8, right before the season finale of Scare Tactics. Head after the jump to read the show's wacky character descriptions from Syfy.