@TheAsh "... [Peeves] wanted to attend the feast - well, it's quite out of the question, you know what he's like, utterly uncivilised, can't see a plate of food without throwing it. We held a ghost's council - the Fat Friar was all for giving him the chance - but most wisely, in my opinion, the Bloody Baron put his foot down." -- Nearly Headless Nick, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Thank you, but please feel free to give it to Steve, @Leo. I've never seen or heard of the series before, and I commented with the hope that someone else could verify and make a full answer out of it.

A Google search pointed me to a somewhat obscure 1988 sci-fi TV miniseries called "Something Is Out There" about a police officer investigating a string of brutal murders. From what I read, his female alien ally Ta'Ra gets drunk on coffee.