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."
| Title | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Awakening | 1996-09-21 |
| 2 | Moving Targets | 1996-09-28 |
| 3 | Mercury Rising | 1996-10-19 |
| 4 | Dark Days Night | 1996-10-26 |
| 5 | Dreamland | 1996-11-02 |
| 6 | Inhuman Nature | 1996-11-09 |
| 7 | Ancient Future | 1996-11-16 |
| 8 | Hostile Convergence | 1996-12-07 |
| 9 | We Shall Overcome | 1996-12-14 |
| 10 | The Last Wave | 1997-01-04 |
| 11 | The Enemy Within | 1997-01-11 |
| 12 | The Warren Omission | 1997-01-18 |
| 13 | White Rabbit | 1997-02-01 |
| 14 | Shades of Gray | 1997-02-08 |
| 15 | Burn, Baby, Burn | 1997-03-01 |
| 16 | Both Sides Now | 1997-03-08 |
| 17 | To Prey in Darkness | 1997-03-15 |
| 18 | Strangers in the Night | 1997-05-24 |
| 19 | Bloodlines | 1997-05-31 |
