Friday viewers have cringed, screamed and howled along with LasVegas vampires, hostile alien life forms invading Earth, timetravelers, ghosts, monsters, strange superheroes and sewer-dwellingbeasts.
Along with "The Twilight Zone," other dearly departed Fridaynight freak shows and sci-fi sensations have included "Twin Peaks,""Star Trek," "The Addams Family," "Beauty and the Beast," "V,""Quantum Leap," "The Incredible Hulk," "Max Headroom," "Starman,""Planet of the Apes," "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," "Manimal,""Misfits of Science," "The Powers of Matthew Star," "Wonder Woman,""Ghost Story," "The Time Tunnel," "Logan's Run," "The Green Hornet,""The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.," "VR.5," "M.A.N.T.I.S" and"Something Is Out There."
Next month, the fall TV season will bring two new weird seriesto Friday nights: Fox's "Strange Luck" and "American Gothic," achilling CBS horror drama with a twisted sense of humor, airing from9 to 10 on Channel 2.
Returning on Fridays will be three established favorites: "The X-Files," Fox, 8 to 9, Channel 32. Far-out FBI agents Fox"Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)return for a third season of mind-blowing suspense, paranoia andclose encounters with extraterrestrials. "Picket Fences" will start its fourth CBS season with new producers,writers and an earlier slot: 8 to 9 on Channel 2. Life in thefictional Wisconsin town of Rome won't be as peculiar this fallbecause series creator David E. Kelley won't be calling the shots ashead writer and executive producer. Last year, a Roman cow gavebirth to a human. "Homicide: Life on the Street" will stress gritty urban realism overFriday's rampant loopiness during its fourth NBC season. But loyalfollowers of the brilliant cop drama still can expect the unexpectedfrom 9 to 10 on Channel 5. Last year, uptight Baltimore detective TimBayliss (Kyle Secor) had live-wire sex in a coffin with the lid shut.
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