#NIGHT RIDER SERIES#
The series struggled with its first half-season, with Michael and KITT commissioned as special agents directed by the FBI rather than the "wandering cowboy" angle. Michael also has a long history with Graiman's daughter Sarah, who is part of the new team. Michael Traceur, former Army Ranger and the estranged son of Michael Knight, follows in his father's footsteps, even taking on the name Michael Knight. The new series features the original designer of KITT, Charles Graiman, building a new Knight Industries Three Thousand, this time as a Mustang GT500. Some fans have nicknamed it KR08 to differentiate from the original Knight Rider. Ratings were solid though, and NBC ordered it to series, premiering in September. Also universally appreciated was ignoring the past attempts at reviving the concept. Most felt it was, at the least, more faithful to the feel of the original. Fan reaction varied heavily, some feeling it was at worst mediocre with others feeling like it was a total trainwreck.
#NIGHT RIDER MOVIE#
In 2008, a feature-length Pilot Movie aired in February, featuring an assortment of B to C list actors, and many Fords. The franchise has also appeared in LEGO Dimensions. ) emerged for a new project called Knight Rider Heroes, starring Hasselhoff and Anthony Marcus.
#NIGHT RIDER TV#
Despite high ratings it never materialized into a series, probably because the TV movie was set 20 Minutes into the Future and a series based on that would have been too expensive.
The show has been revived (or attempted to be) several times: Here's a character sheet for the original series. Not to be confused with Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. Much like Remington Steele, it had Idiosyncratic Episode Naming with "Knight" as a pun: "Knight of the Phoenix", "A Good Knight's Work", etc. Not only that, it was a good family show, essentially aimed towards children yet dressed up as adult fare. In fact, according to Wikipedia, the show was created in response to a perceived lack of leading men who could act, with then NBC Entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff suggesting that a talking car could fill in the gaps in any leading man's acting abilities.įew people would argue that the show was intellectual, but it thrived on the Rule of Cool and Hasselhoff's suave performance. The Knight Industries Two Thousand - "KITT" - was the real star of the show David Hasselhoff's Michael was simply a plot device used to give the car something to do and someone to banter with. To aid him, he is given a car - and what a car it is! So much horsepower it can't be measured, every electronic device imaginable and then some, impervious to anything short of heavy artillery - and controlled by an Artificial Intelligence with the voice of William Daniels. Wilton strongly believes that one man (Michael) can make a difference.Īccepting the challenge, Michael Long becomes Michael Knight. The man behind this offer is Wilton Knight, the owner of Knight Industries. In return he becomes a high-tech vigilante dealing with criminals who operate above the law. His face scarred and everyone thinking he is dead, he accepts an offer by an eccentric millionaire to have his identity changed and his face reconstructed. Police officer Michael Long was wounded when he interfered with criminal activities. The original series aired on NBC from 1982-1986. A fairly simple concept about a modern cowboy with his horse being the coolest of '80s cars, the Pontiac Trans Am.
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