''Night Man'' the television show was an adaptation of the MalibuComics' [[TheUltraverse Ultraverse]] character of the same name. A Glen Larson production, the show was developed for syndication and ran from 1997 to 1999.

The basic premise is that Johnny Domino, San Francisco's hottest young Jazz musician is struck by [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning]] and develops the power to hear the frequency of evil, like a radio. He also cannot sleep anymore. This somehow leads him to become a Batman-like hero, but with homemade gadgets. It is eventually revealed that the bolt that struck him [[spoiler: came from an alien spaceship stuck on The Moon.]]

The TV version went on a strange path that ends up with him in PowerArmor that grants him FlyingBrick abilities. This leads Domino (and his friend Raleigh) on a quest to rid San Francisco of [[TheyFightCrime crime]]. Somehow, the definition of crime frequently fluctuates between mundane criminals like bank robbers and [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer drug dealers]] and vampires and [[DiabolusExNihilo extradimensional beasts]].

The show is infamous for moving its production entirely to Canada for the second season, [[RememberTheNewGuy replacing all but the main lead with Canadian actors and then carrying on like nothing had happened]].

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!!The series had examples of the following tropes:
* BigBad: Kieran Keyes is the recurring antagonist of Season 2.
* BlessedWithSuck: Johnny's powers give him the ability to read people's minds, but gained insomnia.
* ClipShow: In the season 1 finale, Night Man dies and goes to [[FluffyCloudHeaven Heaven]]. He doesn't stay very long, only enough to witness events from his past in a Clip Show format.
* {{Crossover}}: With 80s cult-hit (and fellow Glen Larson creation), ''{{Manimal}}''.
* DetectEvil: Pretty much what sums up Johnny's power.
* DistaffCounterpart: Nightwoman from the episodes ''Nightwoman'' and ''Nightwoman Returns''
* FluffyCloudHeaven: In the season 1 finale, Night Man dies and goes to Heaven. He doesn't stay very long, only enough to witness events from his past in a ClipShow format.
* GoodIsNotNice: Nightman has been shown to kill bad guys without any signs of regret.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Johnny and Raleigh.
* JohnnyMcCoolname: Johnny Domino.
* KillItWithFire: Night Man disposes of a vampire by setting it on fire.
* MadeOfExplodium: Said vampire then leaps out of a window and '''explodes'''.
* NewMediaAreEvil: Keyes' UltraWeb is an obvious stand in for the internet. You know, until it starts teleporting people to cyberspace and letting monsters become real.
* TheOtherDarrin: Raleigh's actor was replaced for the second season. Other characters who were replaced are actually different characters but Raleigh is still just [[UnfortunateImplications Raleigh]].
* RememberTheNewGuy: On some episodes a character that Johnny seems to know for a long time appears out of nowhere and they act like everything is the same. Though more often than not expect these characters to have the live expectancy of a RedShirt.
* SanFrancisco: Where the show supposedly takes place. The writers sometimes forget this and well...
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Well let's see, a few people [[SuperpowerLottery struck by lightning]] have gained AstralProjection, PsychicPowers, and MindRape. Where our hero gains the ability to... [[DetectEvil hear evil thoughts]].
** Though in certain instances this could become HeartIsAnAwesomePower, as in a fight due to his opponent's actions being created by evil thoughts pretty much tells him what his opponent will do next.
* WrestlingMonster: The Golden Boy was billed as one and hated it.