Help identifying some short-lived TV series?

I’m looking for the name of a few TV series that only lasted a few episodes. In the first, the premise was that some researchers had developed a way to tap into people’s dreams. They basically could go inside your dreams, become a character, and help you resolve issues of recurring nightmares and the like.

I remember even less about the second one, but it had to do something with a guy who investigated miracles. He had been a skeptic, but then was rescued in a miraculous (or at least highly improbable) way from an avalanche.

I’d like to see what IMDB has to say about these series and see if there are any youtube or DVD’s out there.

Thanks!

The first one isn’t ringing a bell (although it reminds me of a 1984 movie called Dreamscape, with Dennis Quaid – but as far as I know it was never made into a TV series).

The second one could possibly be “Miracles” – a short-lived TV series from 2003 starring Skeet Ulrich. Although I don’t remember there being an avalanche involved.

Miracles

An episode of “Max Headroom” had a similar plot, perhaps the OP has combined the two?

I think that’s it for the second one. If I remember correctly, the avalanche was one of the main character’s backstory…he was skeptical about the existence of miracles until he was buried by an avalanche, and then rescued only because someone else’s snowmobile happened to have engine trouble and die right where he was.

The first one was definitely a TV series, but I only remember 2 or 3 episodes. I would have thought the two series were about the same time, but I thought the Miracles series was older than 2003.

Is the dream one Sleepwalkers (1997)? Looks like only 9 eps were made.

The avalanche makes me think the second is Mysterious Ways. Good description on that page: X-Files meets Touched by an Angel. Miracles, as I recall, was rather darker, with a possibly demonic uberplot that never got a chance to play out.

No, that’s not in the plot of Miracles. In Miracles the main character got into a car accident on a rainy night and saw something unexplained - a message formed from his own blood which was nearly identical to one reported by a person in a miracle he was debunking, and that changed his mind.

Sounds like it could be Sleepwalkers.

I never actually watched the show, but I still remember how it got a lot of hype as part of NBC’s “Thrillogy” block, then only lasted a few episodes.

ETA: Looks like I was beaten to the punch by Bleach! Guess I should’ve previewed!

Thanks, that’s both of them! Mysterious Ways and Sleepwalkers. I thought I only saw 2 episodes of Sleepwalkers. It’s been a while, but I remember the premise was interesting so I’d like to see the DVD if it ever comes out.