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ABC Says Good Night to 'Stalker' - new Night Stalker cancelled
Zap2it ^ | November 14, 2005

Posted on 11/18/2005 8:51:38 PM PST by EveningStar

ABC is turning out the lights on its freshman series "Night Stalker," pulling the plug after six episodes that struggled to find audiences up against TV's top-rated series, "CSI."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: frankspotnitz; gabrielleunion; kolchak; nightstalker; stuarttownsend
This is no surprise. The show really sucked.
1 posted on 11/18/2005 8:51:39 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: TheBigB

ping


2 posted on 11/18/2005 8:52:07 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
"This is no surprise. The show really sucked."

And it was really bad programming since they put it up against another show that really sucked- CSI.

All the "will watch a sucky show" viewers were tuned to CSI.

Perhaps they should have tried it opposite of good shows and found their niche there.
3 posted on 11/18/2005 8:57:32 PM PST by flashbunny (LOCKBOX: Where most republicans keep their gonads after they arrive in Washington D.C.)
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To: EveningStar
I couldn't get past 10 minutes of the pilot, and fast-forwarded to the Darren McGavin 'cameo' just to see it for myself! I never came back!
4 posted on 11/18/2005 8:58:45 PM PST by HitmanLV (Listen to my demos for Savage Nation contest: http://www.geocities.com/mr_vinnie_vegas/index.html)
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To: flashbunny

I watched every episode of Night Stalker. It was painful but I wanted to give it a fair chance (I also watched CSI too - I have VCRs and 2 TVs).


5 posted on 11/18/2005 9:06:25 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: HitmanNY

It was God-awful. Stuart Townsend as a metrosexual Carl Kochak??? Gabrielle Union can't act - unless you call intensity acting. None of the characters were sympathetic. I'm amazed that ABC bought the show in the first place.


6 posted on 11/18/2005 9:09:21 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

The best modern movies and tv programs are genuinely great (if rare).

The worst are almost impossibly bad.

The vast majority are in the middle - they just stink. :-)


7 posted on 11/18/2005 9:10:28 PM PST by HitmanLV (Listen to my demos for Savage Nation contest: http://www.geocities.com/mr_vinnie_vegas/index.html)
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To: EveningStar
Gabrielle Union can't act

True, but she's a looker.


8 posted on 11/18/2005 9:11:24 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

She is definitely that.


9 posted on 11/18/2005 9:13:00 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

What a Godawful show! Of course, it was foolish to try and update the original. I really dug the first "Night Stalker." Yes, the special effects were lame- I remember one episode where Kolchak was menaced by a guy wearing a rubber alligator head- but the writing was clever and the show was pretty spooky in a dark, early '70's kinda way.


10 posted on 11/19/2005 12:33:44 PM PST by infidel dog (nearer my God to thee....)
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To: infidel dog

The original wasn't bad at all... kind'a goofy with McGavin dressed like a carnival pitchman.


11 posted on 11/19/2005 12:45:15 PM PST by johnny7 (“What now? Let me tell you what now.”)
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To: johnny7

Yep. The seersucker suit and straw stingybrim hat. I thought the hat was pretty cool, myself.


12 posted on 11/19/2005 12:53:16 PM PST by infidel dog (nearer my God to thee....)
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To: infidel dog
The seersucker suit

A guy sees his best friend on the street. The friend is wearing a flamboyant outfit. Lime colored trousers, a puff sleeved, lavender shirt, a puce ascot, etc... So he asks his friend, "what in the world is wrong with you?"

"Oh, my wife," the friend replies.

"Your wife?" queries the first guy.

"Yea. I saw an ad in the paper for Cox's Men's Store. They were having a great sale on seersucker suits. So I told her, go to Cox's and buy me one of those seersucker suits. So what does she do? She goes to Sears and buys me (...) suit."

13 posted on 11/19/2005 6:06:31 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: HitmanNY
Could anyone other than Darrin McGavin play Kolchak. Really? No.
14 posted on 11/23/2005 12:52:44 PM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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