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- Runtime: 60m.
- Status: Canceled
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- Languages: en
- Stars: Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh, Jeri Ryan, Tim Kelleher
- keywords: alien, conspiracy theory, alternate history, alien invasion
- Slogan: History as we know it is a lie.
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 19
- First air date: 1996-09-21
- Last air date: 1997-05-31
- The Dark Skies is featured in the top rankings of 1996
- #10 in Top Drama Series of 1996
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."