Journey Planet 58 - Cancelled Too Soon

Respect|Reimagine|Reboot This past September marked the 25th anniversary of the Dark Skies series debut on NBC primetime.

Interest in it has never gone away among sci-fi fans or those who pay attention to the history of UFO/UAP reality.

Audiences have responded to the in-your-face Dark Skies take on historical events from the 1960s blended with UFO news and sightings from the time. Viewers appreciated how the series looked for ways to tell its own story of extraterrestrial contact within the shadows and cracks that surround that known history.

What follows is now being reviewed by Sony TV, the owner of the series rights, based on its submission by the series creators.

The Property Dark Skies is an alien invasion series that mixes history with UFOs. It was the anchor series for NBC’s “Thrillogy” Saturday nights in 1996–1997. 20 hours were produced. It starred Eric Close (Without a Trace), Megan Ward (Sleeper Cell) and the late J.T. Walsh (Slingblade), and gave Jeri Ryan (Star Trek) her first starring role in television. It was produced by Columbia Television (now Sony) and Bryce Zabel Productions (now Stellar).

The series won the Emmy for Outstanding Main Titles and the writing of the pilot was nominated by the Writers Guild for Outstanding Television Longform for the work of the series creators Bryce Zabel and Brent V. Friedman. The pilot was directed by ground-breaking director Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) working 60