Dark Skies

TV series

Dark Skies

7.2/ 10· 54199660 min1 season · 19 episodes

History as we know it is a lie.

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."

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 19 episodes

Cancelled
Season 1

Season 1

19 episodesSeptember 21, 1996
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  1. S1 E1

    The Awakening

    Sep 21, 199693 min

    Arriving in Washington D.C. on the heels of the election of President John F. Kennedy, Kimberly Sayers finds work at the White House as boyfriend John Loengard plunges into his job as an aide to Congressman Charles Pratt. Sent to look into

  2. S1 E2

    Moving Targets

    Sep 28, 1996

    Following the Kennedy assassination, Bach heads for Dallas to recover the artifact Loengard used to prove the alien invasion to the President. However, when he's sent by Robert Kennedy to get it too, John meets Jesse Marcel, a government of

  3. S1 E3

    Mercury Rising

    Oct 19, 1996

    A dream is drawing Sayers to Florida. And though Bach isn't far behind, Loengard reluctantly agrees to help find the astronaut she's seeing. As Majestic prepares a space probe to locate the alien base, Kim and John arrive in Cape Canaveral

  4. S1 E4

    Dark Days Night

    Oct 26, 1996

    Tracing alien radio transmissions received in New York City, Loengard and Sayers suspect the Hive is planning an operation around the American debut of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. At the studio where preparations are underway, they

  5. S1 E5

    Dreamland

    Nov 2, 1996

    With $500 in poker chips they found on Steele, Loengard and Sayers head for Las Vegas. As John makes his way to the gaming tables, Kim lands a job and meets Susan Swenson, a cocktail waitress who already knows more than she wants to about a

  6. S1 E6

    Inhuman Nature

    Nov 9, 1996

    Following some sightings in Wisconsin, Loengard and Sayers question dairy farmer Kester Boehm about the strange lights he's been seeing and the unusual deaths of some of his herd. Finding one of his cows implanted with a trio of triangular

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How many seasons of Dark Skies are there?
Dark Skies has 1 season and 19 episodes. Status: Cancelled.
Will there be a new season of Dark Skies?
Dark Skies has been canceled; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 31, 1997.
Who stars in Dark Skies?
Dark Skies stars Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh, Jeri Ryan, Tim Kelleher.

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