Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment. The main character, John Crichton, a modern-day American astronaut who accidentally flies into a wormhole near Earth during an experimental space flight.