M. Night Shyamalan to Make Small Screen Debut with Pilot for Syfy Neetzan Zimmerman · 08/03/12 09:20AM M. Night Shyamalan, the once-venerated auteur who has become a running joke in recent years, will be teaming up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer/producer Marti Noxon in the hopes of starting fresh with a scripted television series for Syfy.