Dark Skies
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."
- genus: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
- Studio: NBC
- keyword: alien, conspiracy theory, alternate history, alien invasion
- cast: Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh, Jeri Ryan, Tim Kelleher, Conor O'Farrell