"Dark Skies" (1996) TV series 1996-1997

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Creator:

Bryce Zabel

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

21 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

History as we know it is a lie.

Plot:

20th century history as we know it is a lie. Aliens have been among us since the 1940's, but a government...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Conspiracy | Cover Up | Secret History | 1960s

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 5 nominations

Cast

Eric Close	...	John Loengard (19 episodes, 1996-1997)
Megan Ward	...	Kimberly Sayers (19 episodes, 1996-1997)
J.T. Walsh	...	Capt. Frank Bach (19 episodes, 1996-1997)
Conor O'Farrell	...	Lt. Commander Phil Albano (17 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tim Kelleher	...	Jim Steele (11 episodes, 1996-1997)
Charley Lang	...	Dr. Halligan (11 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jeri Ryan	...	Juliet Stewart (8 episodes, 1997)

Runtime:

USA:60 min | 60 min (20 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M

Company:

Bryce Zabel Productions

Trivia:

The series was pitched in a single day to ABC, CBS and NBC. Fox was avoided due to the concept's overt similarities to their hit series "The X-Files." Each network received a classified "briefing book" written by Zabel and Friedman, wrapped in plain brown paper, which warned that by opening the package they accepted the high level clearance it implied and the full penalties set by the U-S government for unauthorized disclosure. By the end of the day, two offers had been made, and the series went to NBC.

Good brief summary

Dark skies i felt was an excellent sci-fi type series. It 'sewed' together so many elements of our past history during the late 50's and 60's with the UFO landing/crash of Roswell, New Mexico. A government agency was trying to cover up facts of a meeting between government officials and aliens. an ex-agent with that agency was trying to find more facts to expose everything about this conspiracy. There were only a handful of believers and one included Bobby Kennedy, (brother of the president) in which JFK's assassination was part of this UFO conspiracy...well...enough said. the series was off to an excellent start but must not have had enough interest by viewers since they cancelled it abruptly and they had to conclude the series in just one show and it was very poorly done. this series i think will be a classic and should be brought back and finished correctly. All in all it is an excellent series and is coming back in re-runs on the sci-fi channel!