More than merely far-fetched, 'Fall Into Darkness' supplies a collection of unctuous characters who consistently do the least-likely thing, as if their brains are being controlled by a toddler pushing buttons. His first adaptation to make it onto TV is 'Fall Into Darkness,' an original teenfilm based on the bestseller of the same name about young rock climbers and the evil things they do. Having conquered the world of adolescent literature, Pike is now setting his sights on network primetime, where the audience is larger and the frustrations undoubtedly greater. Stine and Michael Crichton rolled into one, with a mind-numbing 35 million copies of his 'more than 55' books in print, whatever that means (56, perhaps?). To older teenagers, the thriller novelist is Stephen King, R.L. If you have never heard of Christopher Pike, you must be well over the age of consent. Ali, Jonathan Brandis, Charlotte Ross, Sean Murray, Paul Scherrer, Jason Nash, Allan Morgan, Deborah Lacey, Marco Sanchez, Brian Markinson, Benjamin Ratner.

White production designer, William Strom director of photography, Miklos Lente music, Cory Lerios, John D'Andrea editor, Jonathan Braun casting, Junie Lowry-Johnson, Sid Kozak, Ron Surma, Linda Labelle sound, Larry Sutton. Executive producer, Kenneth Kaufman co-executive producer, Christopher Pike producers, Stephanie Hagen and Harriet Brown supervising producer, Ann Kindberg associate producer, Debbie Smith director, Mark Sobel writer, J.B. (25), 9-11 p.m., NBC) Filmed in Vancouver, B.C., by Patchett-Kaufman Entertainment in association with Christopher Pike Prods.

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