Knight Rider on NBC

[1982, TV Show]

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A former cop gets a new identity and teams with a talking supercar to fight crime after a wealthy benefactor saves his life. The chiseled lead actor had his fans, but the show was truly driven by the sleek, droll automobile KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), a customized Pontiac Trans-Am that kept the hero on the straight and narrow between fistfights and female conquests. A TV-movie reunited man and car in 1991, and a sequel series, `Team Knight Rider,' ran on ABC in 1997-98.

Knight Rider, Millennium and Other Announced Releases | DVD News and Reviews | 7/21/2008
New releases announced today, July 21:Knight Rider - The Complete Series will be coming out October 21 Millennium Complete Series will be coming out October 28 Mr. Peepers - Season 2 will be coming out November 11 Saturday Night Live - The Complete 4th Season will be coming out December 2 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items. read more
Knight Rider Gets Resurrected | Today's Top Videos | 2/15/2008
It may not be the same as it was back in the '80s when the Hoff was showing off his chest hair, but none the less, we're really looking forward to seeing how the TV-movie remake turns out. Taking Hasselhoff’s place in the movie is All My Children alum, Justin Bruening, playing ex-army ranger Mike Traceur. Val Kilmer as the voice of KITT will take some getting used, but the fact that the Hoffster will be making a cameo as Michael Knight makes everything a-OK. Watch it now! | More online... read more
Will Arnett Brings Knight Rider's Three KITTs to Life | Today's News: Our Take | 12/13/2007
Jack Donaghy is going to have something to say about this. Not being a gearhead, the most interesting thing I culled from NBC's press release about the Knight Rider relaunch movie premiering Feb. 17 is that Alec Baldwin's gravelly voiced 30 Rock rival, Will Arnett, will take the baton from William Daniels and speak for KITT. Or make that the KITTs, as the Transformers-esque update boasts not one but three supercars: a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR as "everyday hero" KITT; the KITT Attack, aka a... read more
SVU, Knight Rider and Other Short Cuts | Today's News: Our Take | 11/30/2007
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi and America's Second Harvest are partnering on a charity auction featuring such gets as lunch with SVU's Mariska Hargitay, dinner with Heroes' Jimmy Jean-Louis and a visit with Food Network's Sandra Lee. Visit eBay.com/woodbridge for deets.... The fan site Jalopnik.com has photos suggesting that the new K.I.T.T. being used for NBC's upcoming Knight Rider movie/backdoor pilot is a 550 HP Ford Shelby GT500KR. Mind you, this K.I.T.T. shape-shifts, Transformers-like, so... read more
Coming Attractions: A Felicity/Happy Gilmore Hookup? | Today's News: Our Take | 11/29/2007
Ausiello's imaginary girlfriend Keri Russell is being courted to play Adam Sandler's would-be squeeze in Bedtime Stories, a Disney comedy in which the bedtime stories a Realtor tells his niece and nephew start coming true.... Bull Durham director Ron Shelton has been signed by HBO to helm the movie version of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO and the book Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports. Expect a shorter title by the time the pic unspools.... Slumming Bruce Davison has agreed... read more
Knight Rider Revamp Gets Hasselhoffed | Today's News: Our Take | 11/20/2007
This was a no-brainer, wasn't it? And I don't just mean David Hasselhoff himself. The original Knight Rider is in talks to appear in the upcoming TV-movie/backdoor pilot, playing the father that soap hunk Justin Bruening's speed demon never knew. Deanna Russo, who recently played doctor on The Young and the Restless (Hoff's old stomping grounds), has also joined the cast as Bruening's old flame, a beautiful but brilliant engineer (aren't they all?) who is told by the talking car that her father... read more
New Knight Rider Driven by Soap Stud | Today's News: Our Take | 11/2/2007
Stick with me here. Former The Young and the Restless heartthrob David Hasselhoff played Michael Knight in the original Knight Rider series. Now, former All My Children heartthrob Justin Bruening — who on his ABC sudser played son to Emmy-winner Michael E. Knight — has been tapped to play the son of Michael Knight in a TV-movie that will serve as a backdoor pilot to a possible Knight Rider reboot.Let me throw you one more nugget: Another onetime AMC cast mate of Bruening's is Las... read more
Ask Matt | 10/5/2007
Did I go to bed in 2007 and wake up this morning in 1984? Bionic Woman is a new series and Knight Rider is coming back as a two-hour movie with a new series in mind. What is going on at NBC? Are they so unsure of their ability to create new series that they are reverting back to the oldies? If so, when can I see a new The Incredible Hulk? At the rate NBC is going, maybe we can also get those cool 1980s Toyota commercials where people jump in the air and say, "Toyota!" read more
NBC Takes Knight Rider for Another Spin | Today's News: Our Take | 9/27/2007
"Michael, I don't like the sound of this.... "NBC has put director Doug Liman in the driver's seat of a two-hour TV-movie that will reboot that '80s show Knight Rider and ideally serve as a backdoor pilot for a new series. ("No, Michael, not the back door.... ") Variety reports that the plan is to air the flick later this season, and if successful/not entirely abysmal, have a new series ready for fall 2008. Dave Andron (Raines) is penning the script and will exec-produce with Liman and Dave... read more
Televisionary | 3/9/2006
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Premiered: September 26, 1982, on NBC

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: A former cop gets a new identity and teams with a talking supercar to fight crime after a wealthy benefactor saves his life. The chiseled lead actor had his fans, but the show was truly driven by the sleek, droll automobile KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), a customized Pontiac Trans-Am that kept the hero on the straight and narrow between fistfights and female conquests. A TV-movie reunited man and car in 1991, and a sequel series, `Team Knight Rider,' ran on ABC in 1997-98.

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