It’s rare for a show to be both influential and forgotten. Star Trek may have struggled in its time, but everyone is at least passingly familiar with its booming multimedia empire today. Much less well-known, despite its knock-on effect on genre television, is Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Most famously a major influence on X-Files creator Chris Carter, Kolchak has its fans, but struggled to elevate itself amid a scattered broadcast history.
