Night Man
Also known as	NightMan
Genre	Superhero
Created by	Glen A. Larson
Based on	Night Man bySteve Englehart
Written by	Mark Jones Glen A. Larson Steven Kriozere James Korris D. G. Larson Stephen A. Miller Steve Englehart
Directed by	Nick Daniel Mark Jones Glen A. Larson Allan Eastman 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
Composers	Marc Bonilla (season 1) Graeme Coleman (season 2)
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Karen Corbin Glen A. Larson Gary Gittelsohn Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Producers	Janet Curtis-Larson Scott Thomas Keri Young
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production company	Village Roadshow Pictures (1997–1998) (season 1) ProSieben Media (1997–1998) (season 1) Atlantis Films (1997–1998) (season 1) WIC Entertainment (1998–1999) (season 2) Alliance Atlantis Productions (1998–1999) (season 2) Crescent Entertainment (1998–1999) (season 2) Glen Larson Entertainment Network, Inc. Tribune Entertainment
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19) – May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)

Night Man is asuperhero television series, developed byGlen A. Larson, that aired insyndication from September 15, 1997, to May 17, 1999. The series is loosely based on thecharacter from the 1993The Night Mancomic book published, through theUltraverse imprint, byMalibu Comics (which was later purchased byMarvel Comics), and was created by writerSteve Englehart, who also wrote three episodes of the series.

The show starsMatt McColm as the title character, asuperhero whose real name was Johnny Domino, asaxophonist.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 seriesManimal.

Johnny Domino is a well-knownSan Franciscanjazz musician who is accidentally struck by alightning bolt in a freak cable-car accident. The strike allows him totelepathically 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 blue-caped bulletproof black bodysuit which gives him several abilities, includingflight, holographiccamouflage-styleinvisibility and advancedsight functions through the round red lens over the left eye of his mask including the ability to see in the dark and fire alaser 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.

• Matt McColm as Johnny Domino/Night Man, a saxophonist who is struck by lightning while playing inside a cable-car. As a result, his brain gainsradio-like properties, able to "pick up" certain mental frequencies. He is now attuned to the "frequency of evil", which enables him to "hear" evil thoughts and evil-doers wherever he goes. He wears a bulletproof bodysuit, as well as ananti-gravity belt that enables him tofly, a cape with holographiccamouflage-style invisibility properties and a mask with a round red lens over his left eye, which gives him the ability to see/aim in the dark and fire a laser beam.
• Earl Holliman as Frank Dominus, Johnny's father and former police detective. As a result of production being moved to Vancouver, Canada for Season 2, he is killed by villain J.D. Gunt in the premiere of Season 2. In the comics, this character was named Eddie Domingo who worked as a security guard and was Night Man's sole confidante.
• Derek Webster (Season 1) and Derwin Jordan (Season 2) as Raleigh Jordan, Johnny's friend and confidante, as well as the developer of Night Man's armor.
• Felecia M. Bell (credited as Felecia Bell) as Jessica Rodgers, owner of the House of Soul, the club where Johnny performs. Her character was axed in Season 2 after production moved to Vancouver.
• Michael Woods as Lieutenant Charlie Dann, Frank's former partner and apprentice. His character was axed in Season 2 after production moved to Vancouver.
• Jayne Heitmeyer as Lieutenant Briony Branca, a detective who investigates criminal actions in Season 2.

• Patrick Macnee as Dr. Walton, Johnny's psychiatrist in season 1. He usually advises him on how to use his newfound abilities.
• Taylor Dayne as Carla Day/Black Arrow, a singer who is Johnny's love interest. Although she only appeared in the pilot episode, she is mentioned a few more times during the series' run.
• Enuka Okuma as Crystal, a singer who works at the club.
• Fabiana Udenio as Rachel Lang, an alien villainess who approaches and hypnotizes Johnny (turning him into a hedonistic and selfish person) in order to discover NightMan's secrets and use his powers for her own will.
• Shane Brolly as Joran/Chrome, a supervillain who uses telekinetic powers, granted to him through the same lightning bolt that struck Johnny. He seeks to take over Bay City and destroy NightMan, but is overpowered and defeated by him. He later reappears and joins forces with Rachel Lang to destroy Johnny and discover NightMan's secrets. In the end, both are defeated for good.
• Jacinda Barrett as Lucy Devlin/Selene, a monstrous witch/sorceress who assumes a female human form. She is hired by Jessica as amagician entertainer at the House of Soul anniversary party, but she inadvertently usesblack magic techniques to send Charlie, Frank and Raleigh to another dimension. After NightMan saves them and travels to his own dimension (where he reunites with his deceased mother), he is able to overcome her tricks and defeat her, but by the end of the episode, it is unclear if the whole thing was reality or just one of Johnny's dreams.
• Ric Young as Chang, a Chinese diplomat whose goal is to cause a third World War using a high-technologyneutron cannon weapon.
• Simon MacCorkindale as Jonathan Chase, the titular hero from theManimal series crossing over into the episode of the same name.
• Saskia Garel as Jasmine, the Jazz singer who works at the club.

In addition,Little Richard,Jerry Springer, andDonald Trump made special appearances as themselves in "Whole Lotta Shakin'", "House of Soul", and "Face to Face", respectively.David Hasselhoff also makes a surprise cameo as a villain in the first episode.

Lionsgate Entertainment released a complete series on DVD on June 12, 2018. The box displays the claim that it is "based on the Marvel Comics comic book" when in actuality it is based on aMalibu Comics comic book which became a subsidiary ofMarvel Comics.^[1]

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