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Night Man

NightMan
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Also known as 'NightMan'
Genre Action
Adventure
Sci-fi
Created by Glen A. Larson
Written by Steven Kriozere
James Korris
D.G. Larson
Stephen A. Miller
Directed by Nick Daniel
Allan Eastman
Glen A. Larson
Robert Munic
Rex Piano
David Price
David Winning
Starring Matt McColm
Derek Webster
Felecia M. Bell
Earl Holliman
Michael Woods
Derwin Jordan
Jayne Heitmeyer
Theme music composer Marc Bonilla
Glen A. Larson
Composer(s) Marc Bonilla
Season One
Graeme Coleman
Season Two)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 44 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Karen Corbin
Glen A. Larson
Gary Gittelsohn
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Producer(s)
  • Janet Curtis-Larson
  • Scott Thomas
  • Keri Young
Running time 45–48 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor Tribune Broadcasting
Release
Original network
Original release September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19) – May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)
Night Man
Publication information
Publisher Malibu Comics
First appearance The Strangers" #1 (as Johnny Domino); "The Night Man" # 1 (as Night Man)
Created by Steve Englehart
In-story information
Alter ego Johnny Domino (legally changed from Johnny Domingo)
Abilities Limited telepathy
Night vision
Mask granted infrared vision
Sleep independence

Night Man is an American action/adventure/sci-fi series that aired in syndication from September 15, 1997 to May 17, 1999. The series is loosely based on the The Night Man comic book published by Malibu Comics, which was later purchased by Marvel Comics, through its Ultraverse imprint, and was created by Steve Englehart. Englehart also wrote three episodes of the series. It was developed for television by Glen A. Larson.

The show stars Matt McColm as the title character, a superhero whose real name was Johnny Domino, a saxophonist. Night Man is also one of the few series to cross over with characters from Larson's previous series. In the episode "Manimal", Johnny allies with Professor Jonathan Chase, the star of the short-lived 1980s' series Manimal.

Johnny Domino is a well-known San Franciscan jazz musician who is accidentally struck by a lightning bolt in a freak cable-car accident. The strike allows him to telepathically recognize evil but robs him of the ability to sleep. Although Night Man has no other superhuman powers of his own, he owns a special bulletproof bodysuit that gives him several abilities, including flight, holographic camouflage-style invisibility and advanced sight functions through the round red lens over his left eye including the ability to see in the dark and fire a laser beam. Although he often fights new enemies in each episode as the series progresses, his nemesis is computer technologies billionaire Kieran Keyes (Kim Coates), who would slay Johnny's father, Frank Domino, in the premiere of the second and final season.


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