𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗙𝘆 (𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗶-𝗙𝗶 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹) 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟳 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗼 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘 is a science fiction television series conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday segment on 19 March 1999 (at 8:00 pm EST), as the network's anchor series. The Jim Henson Company is credited with the many alien looks, make-up and prosthetics; two regular characters on the show, the animatronic puppets Rygel and Pilot, were entirely Henson Creature Shop creations. Although the series was planned for five seasons, it was abruptly cancelled after production had ended on its fourth season, thus finishing the series on a cliffhanger. Co-producer Brian Henson later secured the rights to Farscape, paving the way for a three-hour miniseries, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, which Henson himself ...