Dark Skies (1996)

Adventure · Drama · Mystery

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."

IMDb rating: 7.5 (2,804 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

7.36 avg 19 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 46 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Awakening (Pilot)	7.2	183
2	Moving Targets	7.6	107
3	Mercury Rising	7.4	85
4	Dark Days Night	7.2	79
5	Dreamland	7.7	77
6	Inhuman Nature	7.1	73
7	Ancient Future	7.2	74
8	Hostile Convergence	7.7	68
9	We Shall Overcome	7.2	77
10	The Last Wave	7.3	73
11	The Enemy Within	7.2	65
12	The Warren Omission	7.5	78
13	White Rabbit	7.5	68
14	Shades of Gray	7.7	71
15	Burn, Baby, Burn	7.1	66
16	Both Sides Now	6.9	65
17	To Prey in Darkness	7.7	63
18	Strangers in the Night	7.3	64
19	Bloodlines	7.4	71