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Dark Skies
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TV Show
First Air Date: September 21, 1996
Last Air Date: May 31, 1997
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 19
Episode Runtime: 60 min
Rating:
Cast: Eric Close, Megan Ward, J. T. Walsh, Jeri Ryan, Tim Kelleher
Network: NBC
Overview
Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this proposed competitor following a pitch from producers Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman. The series debuted September 21, 1996 on NBC, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel. Its tagline was "History as we know it is a lie."