Language
English
NMTW
74%
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Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 6 nominations total
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Seasons / Episodes
93 min
The Awakening
60 min
Moving Targets
60 min
Mercury Rising
60 min
Dark Days Night
60 min
Dreamland
60 min
Inhuman Nature
60 min
Ancient Future
60 min
Hostile Convergence
60 min
We Shall Overcome
60 min
The Last Wave
60 min
The Enemy Within
60 min
The Warren Omission
60 min
White Rabbit
60 min
Shades of Gray
60 min
Burn, Baby, Burn
60 min
Both Sides Now
60 min
To Prey in Darkness
60 min
Strangers in the Night
60 min
Bloodlines
| Country: | USA |
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| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 19 |
| Episode duration: | 1 h 0 min |
Description:
Dark Skies is a sci-fi television series exploring a UFO conspiracy theory, airing from 1996 to 1997 across 18 episodes and a two-hour pilot. Inspired by the success of *The X-Files*, NBC commissioned the show after producers Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman pitched the concept. Premiering September 21, 1996, on NBC, it later aired on the Sci-Fi Channel with the tagline: "History as we know it is a lie."
| Alternative title: | Dark Skies |
| Release year: | 21.09.1996 – 31.05.1997 |
| Language: | English |
| Awards: | 🏆 Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 6 nominations total |
| Network: | NBC |
| Status: | Canceled |
| Type: | Series |
| Sub-genres: | alien alien invasion alternate history conspiracy theory |
Season 1 – All episodes, release dates
01
Episode 1
21 September 1996
02
Episode 2
28 September 1996
03
Episode 3
19 October 1996
04
Episode 4
26 October 1996
05
Episode 5
02 November 1996
06
Episode 6
09 November 1996
07
Episode 7
16 November 1996
08
Episode 8
07 December 1996
09
Episode 9
14 December 1996
10
Episode 10
04 January 1997
11
Episode 11
11 January 1997
12
Episode 12
18 January 1997
13
Episode 13
01 February 1997
14
Episode 14
08 February 1997
15
Episode 15
01 March 1997
16
Episode 16
08 March 1997
17
Episode 17
15 March 1997
18
Episode 18
24 May 1997
19
Episode 19
31 May 1997
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