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| | 'Night Stalker' Rises Again - Thanks to DVD and a run on Sci Fi, ABC's short-lived remake gets more life - Zap2it |
 | | It was a re-imagined version of an unpublished novel by Jeff Rice and two 1970s TV movies, "The Night Stalker" and "The Night Strangler," which starred Darren McGavin as monster-hunting newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak. |
 | | Although he'll never know exactly why "Night Stalker" was canceled, Spotnitz feels that a lack of promotion, combined with a weak lead-in in "Alias," and the Thursday, 9 p.m. |
 | | On the subject of battles, Spotnitz relates one example from his "Night Stalker" experience: "Believe it or not, after the show was ordered, I was told they didn't want any monsters in the show, which was kind of jaw-dropping to me, because if anybody knows the 'Night Stalker' title, more than anything it's about monsters. |
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