# Shows in which a group of people fight/etc. the paranormal/supernatural **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829 "2005-09-15T18:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/1 "2005-09-15T18:32:19Z")
X Files Buffy Angel **Don’t name Sci Fi shows** - I only want shows in which THE SAME group of people in our world deal with/fight on a regular basis strange/paranormal/supern. things. And by THE SAME group, you know I mean shows where we follow the same group through stuff, not shows where strange stuff happens to different people each episode (Twilight Zone, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/2 "2005-09-15T18:35:38Z")
Smallville ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/3 "2005-09-15T18:47:55Z")
Don’t name sci-fi shows? Surely **X Files** is at least half science fiction, as so many of its episodes deal with aliens. **Poltergeist: The Legacy** **Friday the 13th: The Series** ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/4 "2005-09-15T18:56:57Z")
**The Real Ghostbusters** ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/5 "2005-09-15T19:05:56Z")
Kolchack, the Night Stalker Scooby Doo Relic Hunter ---
**Author:** ![Erinaceus\_europaeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Erinaceus\_europaeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erinaceus_europaeus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/6 "2005-09-15T19:08:57Z")
The Xena & Hecules series > [@andrewdt85](#): > > **Don’t name Sci Fi shows** They’re not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/7 "2005-09-15T19:16:42Z")
Charmed ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/8 "2005-09-15T19:21:54Z")
If Scooby Doo is accepted, then **Probe** works (while the tones are entirely different, in both shows the ‘supernatural’ has an ordinary explanation) Several kids shows in the ‘deal with’ category : **The Zack Files** **So Weird** **Strange Days at Blake Hoolsey High** (not sure if that’s the right name) ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/9 "2005-09-15T19:27:18Z")
What was that short-lived fox? show about the kids with the website who dealt w/ the paranormal crap? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/10 "2005-09-15T19:30:26Z")
**Special Unit 2** – a show about a Chicago crime squad designed specifically to defeat paranormal types. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/11 "2005-09-15T19:31:30Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > What was that short-lived fox? show about the kids with the website who dealt w/ the paranormal crap? Freekylinks? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/12 "2005-09-15T19:42:45Z")
Eerie Indiana American Gothic Haunted Dead Last that new show Supernatural Forever Knight > [@Papermache Prince](#): > > Don’t name sci-fi shows? Surely **X Files** is at least half science fiction, as so many of its episodes deal with aliens. I think he means just means Scifi shows that have different casts each episode - the aforementioned Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Night Visions, Strange Frequency etc. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/13 "2005-09-15T19:43:36Z")
One of my favorite shows, **Millennium** , starring Lance Henriksen, would seem to meet your requirements. How I miss that show! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/14 "2005-09-15T19:56:22Z")
Going WAAAAAAY back:\*\* UFO\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/15 "2005-09-15T19:58:09Z")
There was another Fox show filmed in Vancouver B.C. about a National Enquirer type newspaper that involved that sort of thing. It was called _The Chronicle_. Another Fox casualty was _The Lone Gunmen_, an \*X-Files \* spinoff. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/16 "2005-09-15T20:05:57Z")
The Dead Zone - the supernatural adversary isn’t one with a personality, but I think it fits the requirements. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/17 "2005-09-15T20:15:37Z")
Well, the new Fall TV season is chick full of them: Supernatural Ghost Whisperer Invasion Triangle Threshold Night Stalker (a remake of the old one) And there have been some relatively new ones already on: The 4400 Medium Some others that I’ve watched over the years are: The Others Miracles Tru Calling Dead Like Me Wonderfalls And then I guess it depends on your definition of paranormal. Lost might count, depending on what the outcome of that series is. Fantasy Island, particularly the Malcolm McDowell remake, had definite paranormal elements. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/18 "2005-09-15T20:16:04Z")
Night Stalker. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-in-which-a-group-of-people-fight-etc-the-paranormal-supernatural/321829/19 "2005-09-15T22:21:52Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Scooby Doo Some of the scooby-doo series don’t count. Everyone was just a guy with a mask. Though I do remember that in one series with scrappy in it, they did have real monsters, and the movies all had supernatural stuff.