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What if everything you feared was real? morePlot:
Kolchak and his partner, Perri, investigate his wife's mysterious murder and end up uncovering something much more disturbing...Plot Keywords:
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(10 articles)
Branson Seeks To Dominate TV in U.K. (From Studio Briefing. 8 February 2007)
Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83 (From WENN. 27 February 2006)
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I Know the Night Stalker...and This Is No Night Stalker moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 15)| Stuart Townsend | ... | Carl Kolchak (10 episodes, 2005-2006) | |
| Gabrielle Union | ... | Perri Reed (10 episodes, 2005-2006) | |
| Eric Jungmann | ... | Jain McManus (10 episodes, 2005-2006) | |
| Cotter Smith | ... | Tony Vincenzo (9 episodes, 2005-2006) | |
| Al Whiting | ... | Uniformed Cop (8 episodes, 2005-2006) |
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60 min (including commercials)Country:
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Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Canceled after 6 episodes aired. The show got picked up by Sci-Fi Channel which aired the episodes that ABC didn't air. moreSoundtrack:
Vladimir's Blues moreFAQ
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My expectations confessedly did not run very high when word of this project came to me. I mean, let's be honest, the original Night Stalker was a one of a kind gem that only happens once in awhile. It was a show ahead of its time, and its legacy has grown tremendously over the years despite its one year run. Star Trek ran for only three years you might remember. I also understand that things must change for different audiences. But why would writers with some ability(from The X-Files - a great show I might add)change everything except the names The Night Stalker, Karl Kolchak, and Vincenzo. They are the only links this new show has with the old. The way the series is shot is markedly different, the tones of the stories markedly different, the actors(for lack of a better word) are markedly different and so on. I can guess what might have happened: genre writers who grew up on the old show pitched the idea of remaking the series to the networks wanting to pay homage and make a new, exciting series. I think they probably wanted to stay close to the heart of the old show. A great central character that was affable, unflappable, and played by a guy that could act would be needed. They probably knew that the show's success would hinge on this actor's representation of the role. Darren McGavin was a great actor, and yes, now he is way too old to assay this role. But why in the world did the producers get some guy like Stuart Townsend. He looks like he popped out of the pages of GQ magazine and has so little range. This is the guy that is going to convey humor in much of what he says and does amidst the surroundings of stark horror and investigative reporting? Is anyone out there buying him as a gritty reporter in Los Angeles or anywhere else? You know how little faith the producers had in him when they assigned him a beautiful helper. Gabrielle Union, a beautiful woman but an average at best actress, wanders through the inane dialog with little conviction. She is helping Kolchak? I was just flabbergasted with how bad this remaking of the series was from the perspective of looking at the show's foundation. Maybe if it wasn't called The Night Stalker then I could accept it for the mediocre sci-fi rehash that it is. But when you call it something that brings smiles to the faces of horror fans from the seventies you then have an obvious comparison to make. There is no comparison at all. Absolutely none. This is dreck when placed on those standards. The show is talky with little action or suspense. It fails miserably in evoking any kind of fond memories for anyone who is watching it because of its name. Just a pitiful shame and a pitiful show.