Encounters of the Personal Kind was released in the year 1996。Encounters of the Personal Kind is also called as "3rd Rock from the Sun", Famiglia del terzo tipo, Cosas de marcianos, Caiguts del cel, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 3rd Rock, 3e planète après le soleil, 3º Calhau a Contar do Sol。

A group of aliens have come to Earth to learn about its population, customs, etc. To avoid detection, they have taken on human form which gives them human emotions, physical needs etc. WITHOUT the understanding of what they mean or the inhibitions normally present in humans. Their leader takes the position of a college professor, their military expert as his sister, their intelligence expert, supposedly oldest of group takes form of his teenage son. The uninhibited reactions turn everyday events into unusual situations.

Encounters of the Personal Kind actors and actresses include Dan Gilvezan, French Stewart, Jane Curtin, John Cleese, John Lithgow, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Justin Urich, Larisa Oleynik, Marianne Muellerleile, Michael Milhoan, Richard McGonagle, William Shatner。