Dark Skies
Seen it?1996 | 1 seasons | 60 min | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved Star Trek: Voyager, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, hour-long episodes, about 19 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.
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."
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsSolid
Won 1 Emmy: 49th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Main Title Design. Also nominated for 1 more Emmy and 1 WGA Award.
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
- Eric CloseJohn Loengard
- Megan WardKimberly Sayers
- J.T. WalshFrank Bach
- Jeri RyanJuliet Stuart
- Tim KelleherJim Steele
- Conor O'FarrellPhil Albano
- Charley LangDr. Halligan
- James F. KellyRobert Kennedy
- Gregory HarrisonOld John Loengard
- Grant MathisPyne