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The vampire detective
series Forever Knight
had one of the strangest,
torturous and most
unique paths to
immortality of any
successful TV series.
In 1989, the story
began with a pilot
episode starring
former pop-star
Rick Springfield
as Nicholas Knight,
a detective working
the night shift
who is also a vampire.
The pilot failed
to generate interest
in a continuing
series, but against
all odds, a second
pilot was created
in 1992 with an
almost entirely
new cast, with Geraint
Wyn Davies as the
800 year old vampire.
Fortunately, a place
for the dark, different
show existed in
the CBS network's
late-night experiment
'Crimetime After
Primetime.' With
the help of a passionately
devoted fan base,
Forever Knight survived
being pulled from
the air on several
occasions, to be
revived again and
again until its
final airing in
1996.
Forever Knight was
filmed and edited
in three varied
versions, one of
which contained
sexual content for
European TV.
The DVD boxed sets
contain the Canadian
versions which contain
flashbacks missing
from the shorter
U.S. edits.
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