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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 (2,741 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

7.36 avg 19 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 46 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 178 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 105 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 83 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 77 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 75 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 71 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 72 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 66 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 75 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 71 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 63 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 76 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 66 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 69 votesEp 15: 7.1 · 64 votesEp 16: 6.9 · 63 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 61 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 62 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 69 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Awakening (Pilot)7.2178
2Moving Targets7.6105
3Mercury Rising7.483
4Dark Days Night7.277
5Dreamland7.775
6Inhuman Nature7.171
7Ancient Future7.272
8Hostile Convergence7.766
9We Shall Overcome7.275
10The Last Wave7.371
11The Enemy Within7.263
12The Warren Omission7.576
13White Rabbit7.566
14Shades of Gray7.769
15Burn, Baby, Burn7.164
16Both Sides Now6.963
17To Prey in Darkness7.761
18Strangers in the Night7.362
19Bloodlines7.469