Kolchak Stalks Again?

**Guyver** · October 15th, 2004, 10:46 AM

Frank Spotnitz, one of the creative forces behind The X-Files, is
developing a fresh take on the classic supernatural TV series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker for ABC, the original home of the spooky
series, Variety reported. X-Files creator Chris Carter often cited
Kolchak as one of the inspirations for his own show.

Kolchak debuted as a pair of 90-minute telefilms in 1972 and 1973
and became a short-lived weekly ABC series in September 1974, with
The Sopranos creator David Chase and film director Robert Zemeckis
among its writers. Darren McGavin played a reporter named Carl
Kolchak who had a tendency to uncover mysteries involving vampires,
serial killers and other freakish occurrences, the trade paper
reported.

It's unclear how closely the new Night Stalker will mirror the
format and mood of the original, which was based on a novel by Jeff
Rice, the trade paper reported.