Kolchak, The Night Stalker

This page is dedicated to Darren McGavin, from his first movie in 1945 to his recuring role on The X Files as their founder, Arthur Dales.
There were two pilot-movies for "Kolchak the Night Stalker" tv series, in 1971 and 1972. The series premiered in September 1974 on Friday the 13th. Darren McGavin narrated the movies and tv episodes while starring as an Art Bell-type reporter stuck working for a second-rate news service out of Chicago, with Simon Oakland as his short-tempered and skeptical boss. Sent out on normal assignments, he would instead run across vampires, werewolves, zombies, a mummy, a secret military android, etc.

The two pilot-movies were:
The Night Stalker (1971)
Assigned to a murder spree in Las Vegas, Carl Kolchak discovers something so strange (vampires) that when the story comes out, he and his boss are fired (ends with them driving out of Las Vegas). Script by Richard Matheson of Twilight Zone fame and the Spielberg movie Duel. Matheson based the script on a 1970 story "The Kolchak Papers" by Jeff Rice, a reporter based in Las Vegas. Rice said that Las Vegas, a relatively remote, isolated desert community, seemed a perfect hunting-ground for vampires.
"There was a certain remoteness to Las Vegas, and in that period of time it was just an enclosed little world. I started thinking about writing a story about Las Vegas. And I'd always wanted to write a good vampire story, but I wanted to make it contemporary."

The Night Strangler (1972)
Richard Anderson guest stars as a 150 year old man who lives in an abandoned underground city beneath Seattle (a section of old town was paved over due to flooding and is now a tourist attraction). He stays immortal so long as he drains liquid from the brain of freshly-killed victims every 24 years. Also with John Carradine, Wally Cox, Margaret Hamilton. Both movies directed by Dan Curtis, who now does documentaries for A&E on alien abductions, monsters, gangsters, government cover-ups, etc.
Dan Curtis had just finished making the gothic tv series Dark Shadows and liked the concept, though he didn't think the series would make it (indeed, it was cancelled after just 20 episodes) and only directed the pilot-movies. Curtis is now trying for a Kolchak theater movie, possibly starring Bruce Willis (Darren McGavin suffered a stroke 2 years ago and has retired from show-biz). "It was the perfect story," he says, "you cared about Kolchak. A guy who was down and out. In peeling the onion, you start to understand, at the same time that he does, that this is a vampire. You are hooked into this thing ... this is believable."
Darren McGavin was the only actor Dan Curtis wanted for the role, and McGavin grabbed the part over his own agent's objections. McGavin even knew what Kolchak should wear: a straw hat, seersucker off-white suit, and white sneakers (you can't get far running after/away from monsters in hard leather shoes). When the first Kolchak movie was completed and shown to a test audience on the Fox movie lot, the reaction was so good they wondered if they should have released it to theaters instead of TV. Writers of tv episodes included a guy named Robert Zemeckis. Though the series only ran 1974/75, it was popular enough to continue in late-night reruns (CBS had no talkshow at the time opposite the Tonight Show) into the 1980s.

4 of the episodes were made into 2 movies by adding new narration (by McGavin) in the middle to tie the stories together, see Sci-Fi Movie Listings page to see if they are on this month. They are:
"Crackle of Death" (1974) about a fiery poltergeist and an American Indian bear-monster
"Demon & the Mummy" (1974) about campus athletes found next to mummified girls who've had their youth drained away and about a young man (Eric Estrada) being prepared as a Mayan human sacrifice


Night Stalker, The Night Strangler
(both movies avail on a DVD)

Night Stalker, Two Tales of Terror
(1974)

Hangar 18 (1981)

According to the 11-4-00 issue of TV Guide, WB Network chairman Jamie Kellner told his creative team, "What we need is the next Night Stalker." The following week they bought tv series rights to Buffy The Vampire Slayer from the producer of the movie. X Files creator Chris Carter says, "That character of Kolchak as the hysterical outsider left an impression on me. I carried it with me, knowing I wanted to do something in that vein, ever since I was a kid. This was pure, good, speculative science fiction horror. And that's really what I think I've aspired to do." When the first movie was about to be broadcast in 1972, the network gave it a big build-up, showing Kolchak frantically fending off an unseen vampire by holding up a cross. "I still carry shots in my head of that cross, of Kolchak holding that cross up to the vampire. I was scared, but I was excited by it (Carter was only 15 years old at the time). It was terrific and still holds up."

Freakylinks cocreator/consulting producer Gregg Hale says the series, about young Webmasters who track down urban legends and unexplainable tales, was "highly influenced by The Night Stalker. There's that tongue-in-cheek quality, and also the realism that always made you afraid."
The first Night Stalker movie was broadcast 1-11-72, up against Hawaii 5-0 and an NBC documentary. Yet Kolchak got the highest rating of any tv-movie made up to that time, and still ranks in the top 5 (after The Day After, Little Ladies Of The Night, The Burning Bed, and a Waltons Thanksgiving special).
"That kind of cinema verite style, that documentary approach - you can see why nearly a third of the country was tuned in to this thing and why it became such a phenomenon," says Mark Dawidziak, author of The Night Stalker Companion

         Episodes on the Sci-Fi Channel:
25-FEB-03 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon
            11:00 AM  THE RIPPER    
            12:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE    
             1:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, WILL BE...    
             2:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE    
             3:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF    
13-MAR-03 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon
            11:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM   
            12:00 PM  BAD MEDICINE   
             1:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS   
             2:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS   
             3:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G.   
28-MAR-03 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon
            11:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM   
            12:00 PM  THE TREVI COLLECTION   
             1:00 PM  CHOPPER   
             2:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS   
             3:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER
14-APR-03 KOLCHAK:THE NIGHTSTALKER Marathon
            11:00 AM  THE SENTRY   
            12:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE   
             1:00 PM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM   
             2:00 PM  THE RIPPER   
             3:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE 
03-JUNE-03 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
            11:00 AM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, WILL BE...   
            12:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF   
             1:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER   
             2:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM   
             3:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS 
07-JULY-03 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
            11:00 AM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS   
            12:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS   
             1:00 PM  MR R.I.N.G.   
             2:00 PM  THE TREVI COLLECTION   
             3:00 PM  CHOPPER
12-SEP-03 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
            11:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM   
            12:00 PM  THE SENTRY   
             1:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE   
             2:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF   
             3:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS 
Kolchak jumps to Universal's "Trio" channel for October
           Trio channel @ 8pm & 11pm:
                10/27 ZOMBIE
                10/28 THE RIPPER
                10/29 HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS
                10/30 VAMPIRE
17-MAY-04 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
            11:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION   
            12:00 PM  CHOPPER   
             1:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS   
             2:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER   
             3:00 PM  THE SENTRY 
      None in June
21-JULY-04 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY     
             9:00 AM  THE WEREWOLF     
            10:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
            11:00 AM  BAD MEDICINE     
            12:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
             1:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
             2:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G     
             3:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM     
23-AUG-04 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE RIPPER
             9:00 AM  THE ZOMBIE     
            10:00 AM  THE VAMPIRE     
            11:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
            12:00 PM  CHOPPER    
             1:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
             2:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
             3:00 PM  THE SENTRY
9/29/2004 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY     
             9:00 AM  THE WEREWOLF     
            10:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
            11:00 AM  BAD MEDICINE     
            12:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
             1:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
             2:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G     
             3:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM
No episodes scheduled for October, 2004
11/04/2004 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE RIPPER     
             9:00 AM  THE ZOMBIE     
            10:00 AM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE     
            11:00 AM  THE VAMPIRE     
            12:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF     
             1:00 PM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
             2:00 PM  BAD MEDICINE     
             3:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS 
12/17/2004 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
             9:00 AM  MR. R.I.N.G     
            10:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM     
            11:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
            12:00 PM  CHOPPER    
             1:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
             2:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
             3:00 PM  THE SENTRY    
01/20/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE RIPPER     
             9:00 AM  THE VAMPIRE     
            10:00 AM  BAD MEDICINE     
            11:00 AM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
            12:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G     
             1:00 PM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
             2:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
             3:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
02/10/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE SENTRY    
             9:00 AM  CHOPPER    
            10:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM     
            11:00 AM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
            12:00 PM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
             1:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF     
             2:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE     
             3:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE
03/01/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
             9:00 AM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
            10:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
            11:00 AM  MR. R.I.N.G     
            12:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM     
             1:00 PM  BAD MEDICINE     
             2:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE     
             3:00 PM  THE RIPPER
04/07/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
             9:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
            10:00 AM  THE SENTRY    
            11:00 AM  THE WEREWOLF     
            12:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE     
             1:00 PM  CHOPPER (the Hell's Angels kind. Back from Hell)
             2:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE     
             3:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM 
05/18/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  MR. R.I.N.G     
             9:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
            10:00 AM  THE RIPPER      
            11:00 AM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
            12:00 PM  BAD MEDICINE     
             1:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE     
             2:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
             3:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
06/13/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  CHOPPER (the Hell's Angels kind, back from Hell)
             9:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM     
            10:00 AM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
            11:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
            12:00 PM  THE SENTRY    
             1:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE     
             2:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF     
             3:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE
07/12/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  BAD MEDICINE     
             9:00 AM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
            10:00 AM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
            11:00 AM  THE VAMPIRE     
            12:00 PM  THE RIPPER      
             1:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G     
             2:00 PM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
             3:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS 
09/29/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE ZOMBIE     
             9:00 AM  THE WEREWOLF     
            10:00 AM  MR. R.I.N.G     
            11:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
            12:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
             1:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
             2:00 PM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
             3:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE 
10/04/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
             9:00 AM  THE RIPPER     
            10:00 AM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE     
            11:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM     
            12:00 PM  CHOPPER    
             1:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
             2:00 PM  BAD MEDICINE     
             3:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF 
11/09/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  CHOPPER (A motorcycle driven by a headless rider)  
             9:00 AM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS (A deadly creature appears to its victims as a trusted friend)
            10:00 AM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS (murders committed with ancient weapons) 
            11:00 AM  THE YOUTH KILLER (4 young people disappear & 4 elderly corpses are found)
            12:00 PM  THE SENTRY (remake of Star Trek ep Devil In The Dark) 
             1:00 PM  THE TREVI COLLECTION (a witch is behind murders in the fashion industry)
             2:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM (Creatures grow from cells in an 8 million-year-old soil sample)
             3:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G (an Army robot that kills at the sound of telephones gets loose)
12/06/2005 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  THE WEREWOLF     
             9:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
            10:00 AM  BAD MEDICINE     
            11:00 AM  THE ZOMBIE     
            12:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE     
             1:00 PM  THE RIPPER     
             2:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
             3:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE 
 1/27/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
             8:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM (Creatures grow from cells in an 8 million-year-old soil sample)
             9:00 AM  THE YOUTH KILLER (4 young people disappear & 4 elderly corpses are found)
            10:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION (a witch is behind murders in the fashion industry)
            11:00 AM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS (murders committed with ancient weapons)    
            12:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G (an Army robot that kills at the sound of telephones gets loose)
             1:00 PM  THE SENTRY (remake of Star Trek ep Devil In The Dark)    
             2:00 PM  CHOPPER (A motorcycle driven by a headless rider)    
             3:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS (A deadly creature appears to its victims as a trusted friend) 
 2/23/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
           10:00 AM  THE ZOMBIE (murder committed by a man Kolchak's seen before, dead in the morgue)
           11:00 AM  THE RIPPER (young women are murdered, the work of Jack the Ripper)
           12:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF (a werewolf may be among the passengers aboard a cruise ship)
            1:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE (Chicago is being visited by unearthly beings)
            2:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE (the cops think Devil worshipers are responsible for several murders)
            3:00 PM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM (a Senate candidate's challengers begin dying mysteriously)
 3/15/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
           10:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM     
           11:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
           12:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
            1:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
            2:00 PM  BAD MEDICINE     
            3:00 PM  THE SENTRY 
04/28/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
           10:00 AM  MR. R.I.N.G     
           11:00 AM  CHOPPER    
           12:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE     
           01:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
           02:00 PM  THE RIPPER     
           03:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS 
05/25/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
      10:00 AM  THE VAMPIRE (the cops think Devil worshipers are responsible for several murders) 
      11:00 AM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE (Chicago is being visited by unearthly beings) 
      12:00 PM  BAD MEDICINE (a gem thief's a killer, looks like a big Indian, and can vanish into thin air)    
      01:00 PM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM (a Senate candidate's challengers begin dying mysteriously) 
      02:00 PM  THE WEREWOLF (a werewolf may be among the passengers aboard a cruise ship) 
      03:00 PM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS (bits of moss are left near victims crushed to death)
06/16/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
      08:00 AM  MR. R.I.N.G
      09:00 AM  THE SENTRY    
      10:00 AM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
      11:00 AM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS 
      12:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM
      01:00 PM  CHOPPER    
      02:00 PM  THE TREVI COLLECTION 
      03:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER 
07/28/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
      08:00 AM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
      09:00 AM  BAD MEDICINE     
      10:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
      11:00 AM  THE WEREWOLF     
      12:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE     
      01:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE     
      02:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE     
      03:00 PM  THE RIPPER
      08:00 PM (see below)
08/22/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
      08:00 AM  THE YOUTH KILLER    
      09:00 AM  CHOPPER    
      10:00 AM  THE TREVI COLLECTION     
      11:00 AM  THE SENTRY    
      12:00 PM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS    
      01:00 PM  MR. R.I.N.G     
      02:00 PM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS     
      03:00 PM  PRIMAL SCREAM
10/05/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1970s eps) Marathon -
      08:00 AM  HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS (A deadly creature appears to its victims as a trusted friend)     
      09:00 AM  PRIMAL SCREAM (Creatures grow from cells in an 8 million-year-old soil sample)    
      10:00 AM  THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS (murders committed with ancient weapons)    
      11:00 AM  MR. R.I.N.G (an Army robot that kills at the sound of telephones gets loose)     
      12:00 PM  THE YOUTH KILLER (4 young people disappear & 4 elderly corpses are found)   
      01:00 PM  THE SENTRY (remake of Star Trek ep Devil In The Dark)   
      02:00 PM  CHOPPER (A motorcycle driven by a headless rider from the grave)   
      03:00 PM  THE TREVI COLLECTION (a witch is behind murders in the fashion industry)
11/16/2006 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER Marathon -
      08:00 AM  THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS     
      09:00 AM  BAD MEDICINE     
      10:00 AM  THE DEVIL'S PLATFORM     
      11:00 AM  THE WEREWOLF     
      12:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE     
      01:00 PM  THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE     
      02:00 PM  THE ZOMBIE     
      03:00 PM  THE RIPPER 

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                Darren McGavin movies, starting January 2002, EST:
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date    Start Time            Title                          Channel #  
Jan 9    10:15 AM          Turk 182!                        HBO    
Fri 11    2:40 AM     The Delicate Delinquent               HBOF    
Wed 16    9:00 PM  The Delicate Delinquent                  HBOF    
Sun 20  12:05 AM   Small Time                               WLS    
Sun 20   9:50 AM   No Deposit, No Return                    ENCORE    
Mon 21   6:15 AM   Brink's: The Great Robbery               ENCTRU    
Mon 21  11:00 AM   Summertime                               BRAVO  
Feb 24    1:55 AM  Man from U.N.C.L.E. "The Deadly Quest Affair"         TUR-S    
March 1   2:00 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story                        WRAZ  
May 15    8:15 AM  My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn     ENCTRU    
Sun 26    9:00 PM  Billy Madison                                         USA Network 
                 Darren McGavin movies in 2003, EST:
Feb 25   4:50 PM    By Dawn's Early Light                    AMAX    
Feb 26   1:05 PM    Pros & Cons                              THMAX    
March 1  4:30 PM  Airport 77                                 WHSE    
Sun 2    2:00 AM  X-Files episode: Travelers                 WNYW    
Mon 3    5:45/8:45 AM  No Deposit, No Return                 ENCORE
Fri 7    2:45 AM  Dead Heat                                  MAX    
Fri 7    3:45 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story             SHOWTIME 
Sat 8    1:00 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story             BLKSTZ    
Sat 8    9:55 PM  The Natural                                AMC    
Sun 9    2:45 AM  The Natural                                AMC    
Sun 9    5:45 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story             SHOX    
Sun 9    8:35 AM  The Diamond Trap                           ACTN    
Sun 9    5:10 PM  The Natural                                AMC    
Mon 10   3:00 PM  Child in the Night                         LIFETIME
Fri 21  11:45 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story             SHOX    
Sat 22  12:00 AM  Small Time                                 WLNY    
Sat 22  7:00 AM Love Boat:The Promoter/Judges/Family Plan/Forever Engaged, Part 1 TVLAND
Sun 23    7:00 AM  Love Boat:  Conclusion                    TVLAND    
Sun 23    9:00 PM  Billy Madison                             WNBC    
Mon 24    8:00 PM  The Natural                               AMC    
Tue 25    1:15 AM  The Natural                               AMC    
Tue 25    4:00 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story            SHOT    
Tue 25    6:10 AM  No Deposit, No Return                     ENCORE    
Tue 25    5:10 PM  The Natural                               AMC    
Tue 25    9:40 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story            BLKSTZ    
Wed 26    1:25 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story            SHOX    
Wed 26  11:30 PM  Airport 77                                 WHSE    
Thu 27  11:30 PM  Danielle Steel's `A Perfect Stranger'      LMN    
Fri 28    2:45 PM  Danielle Steel's `A Perfect Stranger'     LMN    
Sat 29   11:20 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story            BLKSTZ    
Mon 31    2:45 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story            SHO    
April 1   8:00 PM  The Natural                               BRAVO    
Tue 1   10:30 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story             TMC    
Tue 1   11:00 PM  The Natural                                BRAVO    
Wed 2    4:00 PM  The Natural                                BRAVO    
Wed 2    8:00 PM  Raw Deal                                   USA  
                 June 2003
June 18   8:00 AM          Pros & Cons                           HBO
Sun 18    9:15 AM  My Wicked, Wicked Ways: Legend of Errol Flynn TRUE
Sun 18    5:35 PM  My Wicked, Wicked Ways: Legend of Errol Flynn TRUE
Mon 19    6:15 PM  By Dawn's Early Light (see description below) AMAX
Tue 20    1:10 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story                SHON
Wed 21    1:30 AM  The Diamond Trap                              STZFM
Wed 21    8:15 AM  Pros & Cons                                   HBO
Wed 21    5:20 PM  The Diamond Trap                              STZFM
Thu 22   10:35 AM  By Dawn's Early Light                         AMAX
Thu 22   11:45 AM  My Wicked, Wicked Ways: Legend of Errol Flynn TRUE
Thu 22    2:45 PM  Pros & Cons                                   HBO
Thu 22    8:00 PM  The Natural                                   BRAVO
Thu 22   11:00 PM  The Natural                                   BRAVO
Fri 23    3:00 AM  The Natural                                   BRAVO
Sat 24    4:00 PM  The Natural                                   BRAVO
Sat 24   11:40 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story                MYSTERY
Sun 25    1:15 AM  Danielle Steel's A Perfect Stranger           LMN
Sun 25    2:55 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story                SHON
Sun 25    4:30 PM  Danielle Steel's A Perfect Stranger           LMN
Mon 26    2:45 AM  By Dawn's Early Light                         AMAX
Mon 26    8:15 AM  Pros & Cons                                   HBOC
Wed 28    4:45 PM  By Dawn's Early Light                         AMAX
Thu 29    9:55 PM  Airport '77                                   AMC
Fri 30   12:00 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story                MYSTERY
Fri 30    2:20 AM  Airport '77                                   AMC
Fri 30    3:00 AM  Child in the Night                            LMN
Fri 30    5:20 AM  The Diamond Trap                              STZFM
Fri 30   11:15 AM  My Wicked, Wicked Ways: Legend of Errol Flynn  TRUE
Fri 30    1:50 PM  Disney's No Deposit, No Return                STZFM
July 11   7:00 PM  Hot Lead and Cold Feet                      HALLMARK
Sat 12    5:10am/8:10 EST  The Diamond Trap                    Action Channel
Wed 16    7:20am/10:20 EST  The Diamond Trap                   Action Channel
Wed 16    2:30pm/5:30 EST  The Diamond Trap                    Action Channel
Wed 16    4:00 PM  Child in the Night                          LIFETIME
Wed 16    8:00 PM  The Natural                                 BRAVO
Thu 17    4:00 PM  The Natural                                 BRAVO 
Mon 21    3:35 AM  Turk 182!                                   STZFM 
Thu 24   10:40am/1:40pm EST  The Diamond Trap                  Action Channel
August, Mon 4    6:15 PM  By Dawn's Early Light                AMAX    
Tue 5  11:40 AM  Pros & Cons                                   HBO    
Tue 5   8:00 PM  The Natural                                   FAM    
Tue 5  11:15 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story               BLKSTZ
Wed 6   2:00 AM  X-Files ep: Agua Mala                        SCI-FI
Fri 8  12:30 PM  By Dawn's Early Light                        AMAX    
Sat 9   2:00 PM  The Great Sioux Massacre                     WEST    
Sat 9   9:45 PM  The Great Sioux Massacre                     WEST    
Sat 9  11:45 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story              BLKSTZ    
Mon 11  3:10 AM  By Dawn's Early Light                       AMAX    
Mon 11  9:45 AM & 4:20 PM The Diamond Trap                   MYSTERY
Wed 13  11:50 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story             BLKSTZ    
Thu 14   9:20 AM  By Dawn's Early Light                      AMAX    
Thu 14   9:35 PM  The Great Sioux Massacre                   WEST    
Sat 16  10:15 AM  By Dawn's Early Light                      AMAX    
Sat 16   8:00 PM  Hot Lead and Cold Feet                     HALLMARK
Mon 18   4:50 AM  Pros & Cons                                 HBO
                 Darren McGavin movies, summer 2004
Friday, June 4, 2004  Billy Madison                          USA  
Saturday, 5  2:00 AM  X-Files: Agua Mala                     SCI-FI  
Saturday, 5  7:00 AM  Pros and Cons                          THMAX  
Saturday, 5  5:00 PM  Danielle Steel's `A Perfect Stranger'  LIFE  
Saturday, 5  11:45 PM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story        MYSTERY  
Sunday, 6    11:30 PM  The Great Sioux Massacre              WSTN  
Thursday, 10  6:20 AM  Pros and Cons                         THMAX
Sunday, 13    3:00 PM  Gunsmoke episode: Hostage             TVLAND
August 3    7:45 AM  Zero to Sixty                           FLIX  
Tuesday, 3  10am & 4pm  Murder, She Wrote: Angel of Death    A&E  
Tuesday, 3  2:10 PM  Pros and Cons                           HBOC  
Tuesday, 3  9:00 PM  Billy Madison                           USA  
Wednesday, 4  7:00 AM  Pros and Cons                         HBO2  
Wednesday, 4  3:00 PM  Billy Madison                         USA  
Thursday, 5  6:45 AM  By Dawn's Early Light                  THMAX  
Friday, 6  6:05 AM  Zero to Sixty                            FLIX  
Saturday, 7  1:00 AM  Blood & Concrete: A Love Story         BSTZ  
Saturday, 7  4:30 PM  Pros and Cons                          HBOC  
Saturday, 7  8:00 PM  The Natural                           Fam Channel
Sunday, 8  9am & 12pm  Billy Madison                         USA  
                 Darren McGavin movies, summer 2005
June 4  2:50 PM     My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn  Encore Drama 
Tues, 7 1:00 PM     The Great Sioux Massacre             Encore Western
Wed, 8 6pm & 6am    Gunsmoke: Twenty Miles from Dodge    Encore Western
Thur, 9 8:10 AM     My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn Encore Drama
He also shows up in the occasional Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode on TV Land channel
And he guest-starred in the Tales from the Darkside episode "Distant Signals," in which mysterious people hire an actor to complete a tv series that was cancelled after just one season because they like it so much (based on a short story in Twilight Zone Magazine) even though it's been off the air for decades. Ending: maybe they live 20 lightyears away and got hooked on the tv series when it abruptly ended :-(
Tales From The Darkside is currently showing on WGN and other tv stations in syndicated reruns
From Dusk Till Dawn is just one of many movies and series that have come out following the basic premise of vampires on the loose in our modern world. The Mummy was remade recently and now a sequel is coming (you can't stop him), there have been a number of modern Werewolves and wolfmen, all looking more modern than any 1930s version. And while modern monsters that "explained" old myths have turned up on the Stargate SG-1 tv series, one can safely assume that...
What was that noise in the other room? Well anyway, I was about to say that...There it is again. I'll continue this thought after I check out that odd scratching sound. Be right back...

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