V is a science fiction TV franchise created by American producer and director Kenneth Johnson concerning aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth.
It debuted in 1983 as a two-part television miniseries, written and directed Johnson; and starring Jane Badler, Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Durrell, Jenny Sullivan, Richard Herd, Peter Nelson, David Packer, Blair Tefkin, Diane Civita and Robert Englund. It was followed in 1984 by a three-part miniseries, V: The Final Battle, introducing Michael Ironside, and a one-hour weekly television series, V (sometimes referred to as V: The Series) during the 1984–1985 TV season.
Johnson's upcoming novel V: The Second Generation, a sequel to the first miniseries, is scheduled to be published in October 2007; a TV adaption is also planned for 2008.