Starting with the pilot, they will be airing a few episodes from Season 1 before new episodes for Season 2 begin January 4th. If you've utilized your time watching more interesting shows and don't know the premise of V, it's about an alien species, known as the Visitors, arriving on Earth who appear to be peaceful, but gradually expose themselves as having underlying motives. And Scott Wolf is in it, as well as Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet from Lost). Judge the series for yourself, or avoid the disappointment and Netflix the original and much more thrilling 1983 miniseries.

The suspiciously peaceful aliens arrive on Earth at 8 PM on ABC.