Archive for Knight Rider TV Series
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The New Knight Rider Reboots — Again
Wait, what? Wasn't this new Knight Rider show already a reboot of the '80s original? Yes, but they're going to reboot the reboot anyway. You read that correctly: NBC and new show runner Gary Scott Thompson has decided to reboot the reboot TV show. He'll accomplish this task by getting rid of the sho...
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New Knight Rider TV Show Cast Promos
With NBC having announced that the new Knight Rider has gotten a full season order, here's your promotional images for the show's cast. I know, just a little bit late, but better than never, right? I'm still not a fan of the show quite yet, although I admit that it has some potential, especially wit...
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Knight Rider Gets Full Season Order
Fans of KITT and company's latest reincarnation on TV rejoice: NBC has given your show about a talking car with turbo boosting options a full season order, which means even if the show doesn't return for a second season, you'll have a full first season to chew on. I wasn't exactly the biggest fan of...
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NBC Orders Four More Knight Rider Scripts
I have to admit, I wasn't a big fan of the original Knight Rider TV show, but I did give the recent reincarnation a chance when it first surfaced earlier this year. I also tuned in for the premiere of the ongoing TV show, but tuned out about 30 or so minutes later. The whole thing just looked ... ch...
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Watch the First Episode of the New Knight Rider Show Now
It looks like NBC isn't pulling any punches, or skimping on the goodies, as they approach their relaunch of the new Knight Rider TV show. They've put the entire first episode of the regular series online ahead of the show's September 24th debut, and you can watch it right now, right here (scroll dow...
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Official Descriptions for the First 3 Knight Rider Episodes
NBC has released the official descriptions for the first three episodes of their Knight Rider relaunch. Word is the show has gone through a number of changes, which includes replacing the show's original showrunner with Gary Scott Thompson (of Las Vegas fame). From the promos I've seen of the show, ...
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Revamp Knight Rider: Less Driving, More Turbo Boost
Apparently when TV guy Gary Scott Thompson was hired to take over the reins of NBC's upcoming Knight Rider revamp TV show, he read a lot of online reviews that mentioned the absence of the new KITT pulling out his turbo boot. Wow, really? I don't think I even noticed there was no turbo boost in my r...
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New Knight Rider is Officially Greenlit
I said it two months ago that after its better-than-expected performance in the ratings when it premiered with a two-hour movie, that the new Knight Rider was practically guaranteed a "go to series" order. Now NBC has made it official, announcing that they have greenlit the show about a talking car ...
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Knight Rider Scores High Ratings — Guarantees a Series
I have to admit, while I enjoyed the Knight Rider TV movie, I didn't exactly fall in love with it. Not that it matters, because the movie's 2-hour premiere on Sunday gave NBC a major boost, scoring high ratings and beating its competitors by a healthy margin, and all but guaranteeing that the show w...
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TV Review: Knight Rider (2008) Movie/Pilot
The 2008 TV movie "Knight Rider", an update of the classic '80s TV show starring David Hasselhoff and his super talking car, is considered a "back door pilot" -- that is, NBC wants to see how its return to the airwaves is received before they commit to a potentially expensive TV series. The new seri...
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Preview: New Knight Rider
KITT is back in a new Knight Rider TV series, which will premiere as a two-hour movie Sunday night, February 17, 2008. The movie is what people are calling a "back door" pilot -- which basically means that if the movie scores well in the ratings, a TV series won't be far behind. I'm guessing that th...
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Five Knight Rider Clips
Five new clips from the new Knight Rider TV series has appeared online. The new Knight Rider premieres as a 2-hour movie (or "back door pilot" as it's being called) on February 17, 2008 on NBC. Mike Tracer, the knew Michael Knight, is a pretty good brawler. Check out Clip 4 as he goes mano-a-mano wi...
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Val Kilmer is the New Voice of Knight Rider’s Kitt
The Knight Rider backdoor pilot (set to premiere in less than two weeks on NBC) originally had Will Arnett as the voice of supercar KITT -- that is, until car company GM found out that KITT was a Ford Mustang, and asked Arnett to pulled out. Being that voicing GM commercials is more lucrative than v...
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First Images from the New Knight Rider
It took a while, but finally, promo images from the upcoming Knight Rider TV series have finally hit the net. These images showed up on io9, and shows the new lead, Justin Bruening as Mike Tracer attending some kind of funeral. Geez, I hope it's not going to be a downer series. We got transforming c...
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The New Knight Rider Can Morph, David Hasselhoff
Justin Bruening, the star of the new Knight Rider TV series, says his show has a little bit of "Transformers" in it, in that the new Kitt can morph "into different colors and actually morphs into an attack mode". He goes on: "It grows a spoiler and becomes more aerodynamic than a stock Shelby Cobra....
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Another Knight Rider TV Teaser
This is a pretty great 30-second spot for the new Knight Rider TV series. It shows the new Kitt on the street, and you hear a voice telling you all the usual stuff you'll find in a fully loaded car. But then the voiceover starts adding things like access to military satellites and nanotechnology and...
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Knight Rider Video Teaser
Say what you will about the upcoming Knight Rider reboot, but I'm kind of looking forward to it. So sue me, but I have a sort of affinity for the old show, although I can't say as I'm a big fan of it, because I've only watched it on and off. Still, I'd like to see what they would do with a reboot of...
