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Dark Skies

TV-141h1996Brent Friedman,Bryce Zabel
IMDb: 7.5/10
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"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."

Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & AdventureAdventureMystery
AlienConspiracy TheoryAlternate HistoryAlien Invasion

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What is Dark Skies (1996) about?

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…

Who stars in Dark Skies?

Dark Skies stars Eric Close (John Loengard), Megan Ward (Kimberly Sayers), J.T. Walsh (Frank Bach), Jeri Ryan (Juliet Stuart), Tim Kelleher (Jim Steele). The series was created by Brent Friedman, Bryce Zabel.

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