Sightings (TV series)

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Sightings
Tim White (host)
Theme music composerBill Bodine
ComposersChristopher L. Stone
Michael Tavera
Alan Ett
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes114 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time30 minutes (seasons 1-2, 1996 behind the scenes special)
60 minutes (seasons 3-5, 1991–92 specials, 1996 home videos)
120 minutes (1998 In Depth and Beyond specials)
Production companiesWinkler/Daniel Productions (1991–93) (seasons 1-2, 60-minute specials)
The Berkeley Group (1991–92, specials only)
Paramount Network Television (1991–92) (60-minute specials)
Sather Gate Productions (1992–93) (season 2)
Wilshire Court Productions (1992–93) (season 2)
Ann Daniel Productions (1994–98) (seasons 4-5, 120-minute specials)
Fair Dinkum Productions (1994–98) (seasons 4-5, 120-minute specials)
Triage Entertainment (1996–98, season 5, 120-minute specials)
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseOctober 17, 1991 (1991-10-17) –
May 21, 1993 (1993-05-21)
NetworkFirst-run syndication
ReleaseSeptember 11, 1994 (1994-09-11) –
May 12, 1996 (1996-05-12)
NetworkSci-Fi Channel
ReleaseSeptember 19, 1996 (1996-09-19) –
December 23, 1998 (1998-12-23)
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseOctober 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)
Related

Sightings is an American

special titled The UFO Report: Sightings. It was followed by the follow-up reports, Ghost Report and the Psychic Experience. The creator and supervising producer of the initial episode, produced by Paramount for Fox TV, was Linda Moulton Howe. One of her episodes was A Strange Harvest, about the worldwide animal-mutilation mystery linked to extraterrestrial
beings.

Show history

After the special broadcast to high ratings, it went forward into weekly TV production as the program Sightings. The show featured everything from

Tim White. The show was created by Ann Daniels Productions, Fair Dinkum Productions (Winkler-Daniel Productions from 1991 to 1993), and Paramount Domestic Television (Wilshire Court Productions from 1992 to 1993). Its executive producers were Henry Winkler
and Ann Daniel.

The program began on

Sci Fi Channel
until April 2003.

In 1998, the producers made a new UFO special that aired on UPN, called Danger in Our Skies: The New UFO Threat hosted by Jim Forbes.[1][2]

In 2003, a program called Unexplained Mysteries debuted in syndication. Although it did not have the same hosted news format like Sightings, it was produced by many of the same individuals involved with Sightings, and sometimes reused footage and graphics from the earlier program.[citation needed]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
Fox specials3October 17, 1991 (1991-10-17)April 24, 1992 (1992-04-24)Fox
111April 17, 1992 (1992-04-17)August 21, 1992 (1992-08-21)
224September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18)May 21, 1993 (1993-05-21)
326September 11, 1994 (1994-09-11)May 21, 1995 (1995-05-21)Syndication
424September 10, 1995 (1995-09-10)May 12, 1996 (1996-05-12)
520September 19, 1996 (1996-09-19)September 11, 1997 (1997-09-11)Sci-Fi Channel
Specials6September 20, 1996 (1996-09-20)December 23, 1998 (1998-12-23)
FilmOctober 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)Showtime

Home media

There have been three home video releases of the Sightings television show: Sightings: The UFO Report, Sightings: The Ghost Report, and Sightings: The Psychic Experience. The videos were repackaged segments from season one and two of the television show. All three videos were originally released in 1996 on VHS tapes.

Merchandise

  • Two books were released in 1997 related to the Sightings television show - Sightings: Beyond Imagination Lies the Truth and Sightings: UFOs.
  • One software product was released related to the Sightings television show called Sightings: UFOPedia. The software included pictures, reports, footage, and never before seen footage from the show in an encyclopedia format.
  • A line of clothing was released related to the Sightings television show that included T-shirts. The shirts would have either a ghost, alien, or psychic on the front with the word Sightings.
  • Textile posters were sold related to the "Sightings" television show produced by Heart Rock S.r.l. - Italy. The posters were silk and featured the "Sightings" logo along with the illustrations that were on the VHS tape box covers (an alien, a ghost, or a psychic). The posters measured 75 x 110 cm.

Sightings: Heartland Ghost

In 2002, one of the stories featured on Sightings became the subject of a television movie on the

haunting, eventually becoming victimized by the ghost themselves. The movie was later released on DVD.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Danger in Our Skies: The New UFO Threat (TV Special 1997)".
  2. ^ "Sightings".
  3. ^ "Sightings: Heartland Ghost". IMDb. 27 October 2002.

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