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TV series · Canceled

Dark Skies

1996–1997 · 1 season, 19 episodes · 50m episodes · Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · NBC · United States · Rated PG (AU)

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."

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Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh, Jeri Ryan, Tim Kelleher, Conor O'Farrell
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