I remember seeing this when it made it's appearance on TV. While not exactly the best show on television it is far from being one of the worst. Some of the episodes however were a waste of time producing and were rather flimsy in quality. One excellent example was the episode involving an Aztec cult that practiced human sacrifices and starring Erik Estrada. This one now seems too outdated and even laughable to say the least.
The show while good in some ways did not have the inherent potential of great longevity. The later episodes seem to show it as running out of creative ideas or good stories. The show it seems was doomed to be a short lived series because of this. It's as though they ran out of cases for Kolchak to pursue and cover because he had exhausted all of them.
The main character in the show Karl Kolchak reporter for the INS, was the main reason why the show is fun to watch. It's not the creatures he comes up against or the bizarre occurrences that he comes across that makes this series memorable but this protagonist. Karl Kolchak the fast talking reporter with his somewhat humorous comments who gets on everyone's nerves is hilarious. His attempts to cajole and appeal to other's egos while trying to get some info out of them is a lesson in public relations. Also memorable is his audacity or brazen way of pursuing a story. Like impersonating a doctor,a businessman,or one of the hotel staff just to get pass security and to an interview. He is perhaps the main reason why this show even lasted as long as it did.
The only other memorable character in the series would be his boss the uptight high-strung Tony Vincenzo, who seems like a classic case of a high blood pressure victim. While watching the series one sometimes wonders why he never got around to firing Kolchak and replacing him with someone else. But then with Kolchak out of the picture there isn't much of a picture to watch.
The show while good in some ways did not have the inherent potential of great longevity. The later episodes seem to show it as running out of creative ideas or good stories. The show it seems was doomed to be a short lived series because of this. It's as though they ran out of cases for Kolchak to pursue and cover because he had exhausted all of them.
The main character in the show Karl Kolchak reporter for the INS, was the main reason why the show is fun to watch. It's not the creatures he comes up against or the bizarre occurrences that he comes across that makes this series memorable but this protagonist. Karl Kolchak the fast talking reporter with his somewhat humorous comments who gets on everyone's nerves is hilarious. His attempts to cajole and appeal to other's egos while trying to get some info out of them is a lesson in public relations. Also memorable is his audacity or brazen way of pursuing a story. Like impersonating a doctor,a businessman,or one of the hotel staff just to get pass security and to an interview. He is perhaps the main reason why this show even lasted as long as it did.
The only other memorable character in the series would be his boss the uptight high-strung Tony Vincenzo, who seems like a classic case of a high blood pressure victim. While watching the series one sometimes wonders why he never got around to firing Kolchak and replacing him with someone else. But then with Kolchak out of the picture there isn't much of a picture to watch.