Anyone remember this show???

Question

It was early to mid 80's i think. There was a cop I think, partnered with an alien I believe(maybe a robot). The alien looked human, but he had this blue glow on his clothes all the time. The alien carried little glowing marbles (definitley not Starman) that could create cars, weapons..and whatever the marbles created also had that same bluish glow. The marbles would float out of the aliens hand and "draw" whatever they needed, then the thing would just materialize. Anyone know what the hell i'm talking about?? I really wanna know the name...thanks

this definitely was not alien nation either

i think natasha is on the right track...

Answer 1

It's "Automan" from 1983-84.

Edited from the Wikpedia entry:
"Automan (the "Automatic Man") followed the adventures of a police officer and computer programmer named Walter Nebicher (Desi Arnaz, Jr.), who had created an artificially intelligent crime fighting program that generated a hologram (Chuck Wagner) able to leave the computer world and enter reality to help solve crimes.

While in the real world, Automan posed as a government agent who helped Walter by the name of "Otto J. Mann". This was a secret to all the regular characters, except Walter's close associate, Roxanne (Heather McNair).

Nebicher could merge with Automan to become one being, sharing both consciousness and skills, while retaining Automan's invulnerability to such things as gunshots and explosions. During the "merges" only Automan's form, a human head atop a glowing body made of circuit patterns and flickering light, could be seen.

Automan had a sidekick named Cursor, a free-floating, glowing, shifting polyhedron-shaped, mote of energy which could three-dimensionally "draw" and generate physical objects as they are needed, generally becoming the object in the process. Cursor could not become another object until dissolving the current object (usually a reversal of the "drawing" effect) and reassuming "his" normal form.

It is also notable that Cursor was always the first to appear from a computer, after which he immediately "created" Automan's physical body. Automan and Cursor were generally only able to become corporeal at night, since they needed a large amount of power to run.

Automan was the only TV program to feature the use of a Lamborghini Countach as transport; the Auto Mobile's most common form was such a car..."

Answer 2

OMG i remember but wasnt the man a guy working in the TV/ media business?? its really funny

Answer 3

I only saw parts of a few episodes of this show, but could it be "Alien Nation"?

Answer 4

try this link, i hate it when i can't remember something and it's the only thing on your mind...

http://www.tvcrazy.net/tvclassics/americantv/eighties.htm