

Hard Time on Planet Earth
Hard Time on Planet Earth is an American science fiction series that aired on CBS as a midseason replacement in 1989. Airing for 13 episodes, the series starred Martin Kove and was created by Jim and John Thomas. Scheduled opposite NBC's Unsolved Mysteries and ABC's Growing Pains on Wednesdays, Hard Time on Planet Earth ranked 65th out of 81 programs upon its premiere. Ratings for the series never improved and the series was canceled by CBS in May 1989. The last episode aired on June 21, 1989.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Stranger in a Strange Land
01-03-1989Jesse is banished from his planet for political crimes. He arrives on earth accompanied by an observer named Control. He quickly gets in trouble with the police and must flee to Lo...
- Ep 2
2.Something to Bank On
08-03-1989A hungry Jesse takes some food without paying for it and learns that he needs money. Jesse gets in trouble, however, when he takes and tries to return money that came out an automa...
- Ep 3
3.Losing Control
15-03-1989 - Ep 4
4.The Way Home
22-03-1989 - Ep 5
5.All That You Can Be
29-03-1989 - Ep 6
6.Battle of the Sexes
05-04-1989Jesse is working at a restaurant owned by Frank Russo, which Frank's daughter Connie wants to help run. But Frank refuses to take any of her advice because he feels women aren't as...
- Ep 7
7.Death Do Us Part
12-04-1989While delivering sandwiches to a TV studio, Jesse is asked to fill in as bachelor #3 on The Dating Game, and is chosen by Jane to be her date. It turns out that after she had agree...
- Ep 8
8.The Hot Dog Man
26-04-1989Jesse becomes a professional wrestler and helps fight an crooked real estate developer.
- Ep 9
9.Jessie's Fifteen Minutes
03-05-1989 - Ep 10
10.Rodeo
10-05-1989Jesse befriends a former rodeo star and convinces him that his days of greatness aren't over yet.
- Ep 11
11.Not In Our Stars
31-05-1989Jesse has a dream in which he's told his vice commander ordered the assassination of the Council's Grand Elder. So he wants to send this message home. He reads a book that was writ...
- Ep 12
12.The All American
14-06-1989Jesse met Bill Mitchner, a young man in high school who turned out to be an exiled former member of his world's ruling Council. All leaders of a failed coup attempt had been execut...
- Ep 13
13.Wally's Gang
21-06-1989The host of a children's television show tries to kill himself when the show is cancelled. Jesse saves him and gets a job on the show as the fix-it man.
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