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Night Stalker
Night Stalker
Information
Title: Night Stalker
Format: Live-action
Running time: 60 min.
country: USA
Network: ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
Production
Production company: Touchstone Television; Big Light Productions
Executive producers: Frank Spotnitz; Daniel Sackheim; John Peter Kousakis
Producers: Robert Parigi; Adam Armus; Robert P. Cohen; Dan Curtis; Kay Foster; Suzanne Lauer; Darin Morgan; William Schmidt
Principal cast: Stuart Townsend; Gabrielle Union; Eric Jungmann; Cotter Smith
Air dates
First aired: September 29th, 2005
Last aired: March 17th, 2006

Night Stalker was a short-lived American supernatural television series produced by Touchstone Television and Big Light Productions. It aired on ABC for one season from September, 2005 to March, 2006 spanning a total of ten episodes. The series was loosely based on the original 1970s Kolchak: The Night Stalker television series as well as the two telemovies The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler. In the series, actor Stuart Townsend played the role of investigative reporter Carl Kolchak, a character made famous by original actor Darren McGavin. Kolchak is presented as an obsessed reporter, hunting down occult-related phenomena in the hopes of solving the mystery behind the death of his wife, Irene. Assisting Kolchak in this endeavor is his supporting cast, which consists of partner Perri Reed (Gabrielle Union), boss Tony Vincenzo (Cotter Smith) and Eric Jungmann in the role of Jain McManus. The series was cancelled due to to poor rating and ABC only aired the first six episodes. The Sci-Fi Channel licensed the rights to the show and aired the series in its entirety in 2006. All ten episodes were collected on the Night Stalker: The Complete Series DVD collection, which was released on May 30th, 2006.

Episodes[]

Episode Title Airdate
1x01 Pilot September 29th, 2005
1x02 The Five People You Meet in Hell October 6th, 2005
1x03 Three October 13th, 2005
1x04 Burning Man October 20th, 2005
1x05 Malum October 27th, 2005
1x06 The Source November 10th, 2005
1x07 The Sea February 24th, 2006
1x08 Into Night March 3rd, 2006
1x09 Timeless March 10th, 2006
1x10 What's the Frequency, Kolchak? March 17th, 2006

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Night Stalker aired on Thursday evenings at 9:00 pm on ABC.
  • Actor Darren McGavin, who played the original Carl Kolchak, made a guest appearance in the pilot episode as a reporter standing at a desk.
  • Dan Curtis, best known for creating the Dark Shadows franchise, served as a consulting producer on the series.
  • The theme song for the series was composed by Michael Wandmacher.
  • Vince Gilligan, who wrote What's the Frequency, Kolchak?, is best known as the creator of the critically acclaimed AMC drama Breaking Bad.
  • Real life serial killer Richard Ramirez has also been nick-named "The Night Stalker"

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