Season 2 • Episode 22
LatestNight 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 a comic book published by Malibu Comics and was created by Steve Englehart and developed for television by Glen A. Larson. It stars Matt McColm as the title character, a superhero whose real name was Johnny Domino, a saxophonist. Englehart would write three episodes of the series. 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.
Costume
That matte black bodysuit with light-up eyes
Practical Effects
Wire-fu fight scenes that aged like milk
Creator
Glen A. Larson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator Glen A. Larson was TV's king of high-concept cheese, also responsible for Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica. Night Man was his last major series before retirement.
The Manimal crossover in season two represents peak '90s syndication desperation—two failed superhero properties clinging to life through sheer force of network synergy.
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