Dark Skies (1996 - 1997)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 21 September 1996 - 31 May 1997
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 19
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: Technicolor
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

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Alien landed on Earth in the 1940s and their existance has been kept a secret by the US government. Two government employees, John Loengard and Kimberley Sayers, stumble upon the secret in the early 1960s and go on the run, pursued by agents of the alien Hive as they manipulate the events of human history. They also have to evade the forces of Majestic-12, a covert governmental agency who are fighting the aliens.

CAPSULE REVIEW

An excellent series, full of potential, that mixed real historical events with an alternate history involving an on-going attempt by aliens to invade the Earth. Full of potential, the show had a complex narrative that was originally planned to move into the 1990s and beyond in subsequent seasons. Sadly, the show was cancelled before even the first run of episodes was completed and the story remains unfinished.

EPISODES

The Awakening (21 September 1996)
Moving Targets (28 September 1996)
Mercury Rising (19 October 1996)
Dark Days Night (26 October 1996)
Dreamland (2 November 1996)
Inhuman Nature (9 November 1996)
Ancient Future (16 November 1996)
Hostile Convergence (7 December 1996)
We Shall Overcome (14 December 1996)
The Last Wave (4 January 1997)
The Enemy Within (11 January 1997)
The Warren Omission (18 January 1997)
White Rabbit (1 February 1997)
Shades of Gray (8 February 1997)
Burn, Baby, Burn (1 March 1997)
Both Sides Now (8 March 1997)
To Prey in Darkness (15 March 1997)
Strangers In the Night (24 May 1997)
Bloodlines (31 May 1997)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: Channel 4 Television Corporation

USA
Television Distributors: NBC (1996 - 1997); Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001); Sony Pictures Television (2002 - )

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Cielo negro - Spanish title
Dark Skies - l'impossible vérité - French title
Dark Skies - Oscure presenze - Italian title
Dark Skies - Tödliche Bedrohung - German title

KEYWORDS

alien invasions, aliens, conspiracies, military, ufos

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009