ABC Takes A Shot At 'CSI' With 'The Night Stalker'

Next season, CSI will have a new competitor on Thursday nights.

ABC will be entering the ratings battle with the show The Night Stalker, a remake of the 1970s show Kolchak: The Night Stalker. The show revolves around Carl Kolchak, portrayed by Stuart Townsend, a reporter who investigates crimes that often veer towards the supernatural.

Gabrielle Union will portray Perri Reed, Kolchak's partner. "My character is the Scully, if you will," Union revealed. "I don't believe and I offer a bit more of the comic relief." Union described the show as, "moody and dark." The Night Stalker will air on Thursday nights at 9pm.

This isn't the first time ABC has tried to trump the CSI franchise off its ratings crown. Last season, the network launched the procedural drama Eyes against CSI: New York, but the show failed to attract the audience needed to keep it on the air. Eyes was cancelled before the end of the season.

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