Sightings (TV series)
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| Genre |
Paranormal News |
| Starring | Tim White (host) |
| Theme music composer | Bill Bodine |
| Composer(s) | Christopher L. Stone Michael Tavera Alan Ett |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 111 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 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 company(s) | Winkler/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) |
| Distributor | Paramount Domestic Television (1994-1998, seasons 3-5, 120-minute specials) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Fox (1991–93) (seasons 1-2) First-run syndication (1994–96) (seasons 3-4) Sci-Fi Channel (1996–98) (season 5) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | October 17, 1991 (specials) April 17, 1992 (series) – September 11, 1997 (series) December 23, 1998 (specials) |
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| Followed by |
Danger in Our Skies: The New UFO Threat Sightings: Heartland Ghost Unexplained Mysteries |
Sightings is an American paranormal and news television series that originally aired in the 1990s. The program began as a special titled The UFO Report: Sightings on October 18, 1991, as well as eventual follow up reports, Ghost Report and the Psychic Experience. The original Concept Creator and Supervising Producer of that hour special produced by Paramount for Fox TV was Linda Moulton Howe, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer and documentary filmmaker of TV specials about science and the environment. One of her Emmy Award-winning broadcasts was A Strange Harvest (KMGH-TV in May 1980), about the worldwide animal-mutilation mystery linked by law enforcement to extraterrestrial biological entities.
After the special broadcast to high ratings, it went forward into weekly TV production as the series Sightings. The show featured everything from UFOs to ghosts to Bigfoot in an investigative news format and was hosted by reporter Tim White. The show was created by Ann Daniels Productions, Fair Dinkum Productions, and Paramount Domestic Television (Wilshire Court Productions from 1992-93) . One of its executive producers was Henry Winkler.
The series began on Fox in 1992, in a 30 minute long format that aired on Friday nights. When the show was put into syndication in 1994, it was extended to an hour-long format and was on at various times. In 1996, it was picked up by Sci Fi Channel. Sightings was cancelled in 1997 (although five special episodes aired in 1998), and reruns continued on the Sci Fi Channel until April 2003.
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