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Original at TV Guide
• Sat, Jun 6
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NBC to save money with more Leno
Original at The Hub at LSJ.com
• Wed, May 20
MI That split is key to NBC, which has one lineup before the Winter Olympics in February and another afterward. Also key is a change in strategy. Gone are the shows - "Knight Rider," "Kath & Kim," "My Own Worst Enemy" - that NBC rushed into production ...
Knight Rider - Release Date, Bonus Material & Other Details for ...
Original at TVShowsOnDVD.com
• Mon, May 18
It's been over a month since we first reported that Amazon.com was taking pre-orders for Knight Rider - Season 1, the 2008 remake series starring Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bruce Davison and the voice of Val Kilmer. ...
Mayor to ride in for 'Knight' stunt - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Fri, Mar 20
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Some 50 KITT cars, including the new one that appears in NBC's new "Knight Rider" series, will be on display on Fremont Street. Among the celebrities will be Justin Bruening, the star of the new series, and Catherine Hickland, who appeared in three ...
Knight Rider Festival to feature nearly everything but the Hoff - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Thu, Mar 19
There are so many people who believe in the 'Knight Rider' theme." Appearing on NBC from 1982 to 1986, "Knight Rider" featured a sentient talking car that fought crime with its driver (David Hasselhoff). Casey -- a Las Vegas-based singer who played ...
Why we’re sure Knight Rider and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will be canceled
Original at TVbytheNumbers
• Thu, Mar 5
By Robert Seidman Pushing DaisiesDirty Sexy MoneyEli StoneLipstick JungleLife on Mars What did all these shows have in common? They fell well below the network average for adults 18-49. Knight Rider will be canceled. So will Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. That's easy to predict, because it's n...
Knight Rider: "I Love the Knight Life" Review
Original at IGN TV
• Thu, Mar 5
CA When KITT can ID someone, he can ID someone. When he can't, well, it's because there wasn't enough time to run a proper scan. Or something along those lines. And those "cans" and "can'ts" just took us from warehouse to warehouse and dusty field to ...
Video: I Love the Knight Life
Original at TV Guide
• Thu, Mar 5
By Hulu Season 1, Episode 17: Mike and KITT must find an experimental serum that maximizes physical strength before the bad guys sell it on the world market. Season 1, Episode 17: Mike and KITT must find an experimental serum that maximizes physical strength before the bad guys sell it on the world...
NBC Plays the ‘Kings’-maker
Original at Television Week
• Sun, Mar 1
MI Having struggled to find viewers with popcorn fare such as “Knight Rider” and “My Own Worst Enemy,” the fourth-place network is hoping to reconnect with the affluent audiences that once turned to NBC for high-class shows such as “The West Wing” and ...
Autorama packed with local muscle cars
Original at Sterling Heights Mirror
• Sat, Feb 28
MI This year's show also includes film cars: the Mach 5 from the film Speed Racer, KITT from the NBC TV series Knight Rider and KITT from the original Knight Rider TV series. Foose will show his all new P32 Traditional Rod. Also one of the most famous ...
Fraley song played on 'Knight Rider'
Original at Winfield Daily Courier
• Sat, Feb 21
KS The show is a remake of the popular series of the 1980s that starred David Hasselhoff along with his sidekick talking car, KITT. "I like to create, and it's really nice to see your work being utilized like that," said Fraley. While Fraley does not like ...
KNIGHT RIDER: THE VISUAL EFFECTS
Original at Voices From Krypton
• Fri, Dec 19
By Ed Gross A few weeks back when we visited the set of Knight Rider, one of the things we wanted to be sure to do was to meet the people who worked on the special effects for each episode. A strong part of us feels that they have a huge responsibility for the final product you see on the screen - because withou...
Knight Rider - Production Halted Early
Original at Spoiler TV
• Wed, Dec 3
By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) In NBC's midseason announcement today, "Rider" is listed to have its season finale on Feb. 25. The network has said it plans to overhaul the show, with the changes still to air, but the move suggests there is little expectation that a revamp will succeed.
Knight Rider - Episode 1.17 - Exit Light, Enter Knight
Original at Spoiler TV
• Tue, Nov 25
By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) DERRICK] 30s to early 40s. All ethnicities. Another hostage in the bank heist, Derrick is a sniffling wimp who repeatedly tells Mike and Lynn to stop talking, terrified what will happen if the robbers hear them. He makes no secret of his cowardice...5 lines, at least 3 scenes (11)
Knight Rider Episode 1-8
Original at Celebrity Today
• Thu, Nov 20
By Regina Avalos Charles also has some things to deal with in a woman from his past. An ex girlfriend who seems quite interested in KITT. She keeps asking him about the car, and he finally gives in and tells her some about KITT. Not all though. In fact, what he does tell her isn’t even true. However, he’ll still meet...
Opinion: Knight Rider Episode 1-7
Original at Celebrity Today
• Thu, Nov 13
By Regina Avalos Using technology and satellite imagery, they are able to find Carrie, and she is still alive. This sends Mike into action and after the couple of Max and Nikki. They find the couple, and Billy is able to stop the file transfer. However, the couple looks they want to take KITT as another token. Ho...
Knight Rider Episode 1-6
Original at Celebrity Today
• Thu, Nov 6
By Regina Avalos Recap & Review: Halloween comes a week late to the Knight Rider Foundation. This episode was set to originally air last week, but Barack Obama bought air time in Knight Rider’s time slot. For Halloween, Mike is set to scare his friends anyway he can. We see him first get the crew back at the o...
Podcast: Slice of SciFi #185: Interview With Actor Craig Horner
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Sat, Nov 1
By Michael Hickerson “Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology” commemorates the 40th anniversary of the “Apes” franchise, covering every film, television episode, cartoon, novel, comic, short story and audio-tale produced.The one billion upgrade to digital cinemas may have to be...
Why NBC lurches from one bad idea from the next (a pickup for 'Knight Rider'? Really?)
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Tue, Oct 21
By Tempo Knight Rider" stars Justin Bruening ("Cold Case"), Deanna Russo ("NCIS"), Sydney Tamiia Poitier ("Veronica Mars"), Paul Campbell ("Battlestar Galactica"), Yancey Arias ("Kingpin") and Bruce Davison ("Breach"). Smith Cho ("Blades of Glory") recurs. David Bartis ("Heist," "The O....
Hick’s Picks 47
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Tue, Oct 21
By Michael Hickerson While it has yet to deliver the stellar ratings its two-hour pilot movie did for NBC, apparently “Knight Rider” is doing well enough to warrant a full season pick-up. Variety reports the Peacock network gave a green light for nine more episodes of the freshman drama, bringing the season o...
Dear NBC, Pull It Together!
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Oct 20
By Christopher Rosen Are you kidding? The only thing worse than the reviews for Knight Rider are its Nielsen ratings; the most recent episode drew in only 6.9 million viewers. While that number is almost double the audience of Gossip Girl, we're pretty sure The CW has less clearance in some areas than public acce...
TV review: ‘Crusoe’ shows NBC’s incompetence
Original at The Click
• Thu, Oct 16
By Trent That is, unless NBC has some other surprise bomb to drop. Here’s the dreadful tally of new NBC shows so far: “Knight Rider” (brutally bad), “Kath & Kim” (heinous), “My Own Worst Enemy” (yes, it is), “Crusoe” (insipid). ...
Opinion: TV dead pool: Is 'Knight Rider' out of gas?
Original at MSNBC
• Mon, Oct 13
- Oct 13, 2008 Alan Sepinwall of New Jersey's Star-Ledger was blunt in his review, saying: "How many things are wrong with NBC's 'Knight Rider' remake? ... NBC keeps riding with "Knight" Reuters all 5 news articles
Review: <b>Knight Rider</b> (2008) | Atheist Geek News
Original at Atheist Geek
• Fri, Oct 10
By The Atheist Geek So go watch Knight Rider. Maybe they’ll have a KITT vs KARR episode or bring a zombified Garth Knight back from the dead. Or maybe the old KITT will return to teach the new one how to be a proper smart ass. Ah, dare to dream… ...
TV Review: Knight Rider
Original at NERDSOCIETY.com
• Wed, Oct 1
By Ccfmds Knight Rider was one of my favorite television series when I was a kid. You had “The Hoff” and a wisecracking, talking car named KITT battling evil and helping people out. The new series stars a soap actor named Justin Bruening (from ...
Opinion: Knight Rider
Original at Sydney Morning Herald
• Fri, Sep 26
Justin Bruening is the new hunk behind the wheel, while Val Kilmer is the new voice of KITT. A quarter of a century ago, the tale of one man's permed, ... Fall TV: 'Knight Rider' Review Associated Content Knight Rider' should be left in the past Northern Star Online
Opinion: With Knight Rider, KITT and Micheal Knight Are Back
Original at Associated Content
• Thu, Sep 25
CO - One of the newest aspects of the show is KITT. He's not just a car. Last night KITT turned into a black truck. I didn't think there was any real reason for ... Review: Knight Rider Associated Content all 2 news articles
KNIGHT RIDER Review: Worst New Show of the Season - DVR Playground
Original at DVR Playground
• Thu, Sep 25
KNIGHT RIDER Review: Worst New Show of the Season press release), IL - by theTVaddict.com September 25, 2008 09:14 AM When NBC President Ben Silverman first announced the re-launch of the KNIGHT RIDER franchise, this TV Addict ...
Opinion: Interview With Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo & Executive Producer Gary Scott Thompson of Knight Rider on NBC
Original at TVaholic.com
• Wed, Sep 24
By Jason the TVaholic Russo: Shoot, it’s Knight Rider. I mean, come on. Thompson: Same voice, Val Kilmer. Thompson: Yes. Russo: Great. Russo: Yeah. Russo: Yeah. Thompson: Yeah. Thompson: No. Russo: Yeah. Russo: Boring. Russo: Boring. Russo: I think… Deanna Russo: (Jerk). Russo: Yeah. Russo: Gooey.
TV Junkie: Wednesday
Original at LAist
• Wed, Sep 24
By Tom Lewis So many hours were lost watching the original as an adolescent, I really don't want to even mention it, but the relaunch of "Knight Rider" debuts tonight. The problem is that the original, even with the nostalgia factor, was utter crap - "Magnum P.I." was always a better option. Perhaps only "A...
Fall season new show shrug alert
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Wed, Sep 24
By David Kronke Justin Bruening stars, in a bland sort of way, as Mike, who works as an agent for Knight Industries, whose function isn't exactly clear but they have a laboratory filled with contraptions that seem to have no function other than to look cool. Knight Industries' coolest contraption, of cou...
Welcome back, Michael Knight!
Original at Lightning Strikes | tampabay.com
• Wed, Sep 24
By Steve Spears THE STORY: Mike Traceur is a former Special Forces soldier who served in Iraq. He's chosen by the car's inventor, Charles Graiman (Bruce Davison), to protect his daughter Sarah (Deanna Russo), who -- wouldn't you know it -- happens to be his ex-girlfriend. Why Mike? Because he's the son of...
Review: Knight Rider - Series Premiere on NBC
Original at TVaholic.com
• Tue, Sep 23
By Jason the TVaholic Knight Rider premieres tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 24th on NBC. Free TVaholic Reader Downloads: Printable Fall 2008 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 9.14.2008 - ABC has pushed back the second season premiere of Samantha Who? until October 13th.Printable Fall 2008 Cable TV...
Opinion: 'Knight Rider': Not up to speed
Original at USA Today
• Tue, Sep 23
- They'll be chased away by a near-incomprehensible opening that turns car-boy Mike (Justin Bruening) into James Bond, with Val Kilmer's monotone talking car ... Inside the New 'Knight Rider' with Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo ... Deadbolt TV Review: 'Knight Rider' Zap2it.com
Knight Rider GPS Will Be Out September 24
Original at Edmunds.com/Inside Line
• Wed, Aug 20
FREMONT, California — If you have a hankering to pay homage to the Knight Rider TV series, you'll be able to have a K.I.T.T.-like navigation device in your car very soon.
Adalian Column: Remaking the RemakeOriginal at Television Week
• Sun, Aug 3
TV’s track record for remaking its past hits is pretty awful. So what do the networks have in store for the coming months? More remakes, of course. NBC is bringing back “Knight Rider.” The CW is revisiting “Beverly Hills, 90210.” ABC is taking another stab at “Cupid” (with Rob Thomas, the same p...
Comic-Con Eats Hollywood
Original at Hartford Courant
• Mon, Jul 7
By Roger Catlin TV is playing a bigger role than ever this year, with NBC Universal alone represented by "Heroes," "Battlestar Galactica," "Knight Rider," "My Own Worst Enemy," "Chuck," "Kings," "Stargate Atlantis," "Ghost Hunters," "Eureka," "Virtuality" and, for some reason, "The Office," a sh...
Autoblog Podcast #93
Original at Autoblog
• Fri, May 2
By Dan Roth Filed under: Podcasts, BMW, Mazda, Nissan, Pontiac, SuzukiIt's been two weeks since our last podcast -- we tried to do one last week, but technical difficulties scuttled the effort. With that in mind, we packed some extra content into Autoblog Podcast #93. It's the usual rollicking good t...
NBC Announces Their Fall 2008 TV Schedule
Original at TVaholic.com
• Thu, Apr 3
By Jason the TVaholic Chuck Wednesday Knight Rider – “On the heels of NBC’s hit movie, the iconic 1980s television classic comes roaring back to life as an updated drama series showcasing the new customized KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) Ford Mustang. As the sequel resumes, KITT is absolutely the co...
Tonight on the Tube: Knight Rider, Torchwood, Tennessee vs. Memphis & Saturday Night Live
Original at TVaholic.com
• Sat, Feb 23
By Jason the TVaholic Knight Rider (NBC): Released 2008. If you missed it last Sunday, here is you second chance to see the new KITT car and the guy who built it, whose life and that of his daughter is in danger. This could become a series in the fall, but it needs some definite improvement if it does. This made the Bioni...
Autoblog Podcast #88
Original at Autoblog
• Wed, Feb 20
By Dan Roth The biggest news of the past week: the suckfest that was the Knight Rider movie. Alex liveblogged it so that we didn't have to watch. Sure it was crap, but was it really that bad? The original was a clunker, too, remember. There's car stuff going on, too, and we move on to covering what's in our res...
Opinion: Knight Rider returns. I'm not sure why
Original at Billie Doux
• Tue, Feb 19
By noreply@blogger.com (Billie Doux) Deanna Russo was okay in the usual "I'm brunette so I must have a brain" lead female role; in particular, I thought she did pretty well expressing the appropriate level of panic as KITT rescued her and sped very fast through mountainous and scary roads as the bad guys were shooting at her. But...
‘Knight Rider’ Drives NBC’s Sunday Victory
Original at Television Week
• Tue, Feb 19
“Knight Rider” was king of the road this weekend, helping NBC win Sunday, while Fox nabbed a nightly win on the shoulders of Gregory House, M.D., during the Presidents Day holiday weekend. Sunday Sunday was ’80s night on NBC, which trotted out two 1980s institutions (“American Gladiators”...
Weekend Ratings: (2/15-17/08)
Original at Televisionista
• Mon, Feb 18
By Justin Van De Kamp NBC opened its Sunday night with a surprisingly poor performance for the season finale of "American Gladiators." The network wanted to give "Knight Rider" a little push by moving the final game to Sunday night, but the movie ended up exceeding its lead-in.
Tonight on the Tube: Brothers & Sisters, Dexter, Breaking Bad & Knight Rider
Original at TVaholic.com
• Sun, Feb 17
By Jason the TVaholic Tonight, CBS has the premiere of the Sunday night edition of Big Brother 9 and the network premiere of Dexter season one and NBC has the season finale of American Gladiators and the premiere of the Knight Rider TV movie. Food Network Challenge (Food Network): Repeat. It is an “Extreme Cakes”...
Val Kilmer is K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider
Original at The Saint and Leslie Charteris
• Sat, Feb 16
By noreply@blogger.com (Dan Bodenheimer) From NBC:This two-hour movie event, based on the iconic 1980's hit television series, stars Justin Bruening ("All My Children"), Deanna Russo ("The Young and the Restless"), Sydney Tamiia Poitier ("Veronica Mars," "Grindhouse") and Bruce Davison ("Breach," "Close To Home"). In add...
'Knight Rider' fans, start your engines
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Wed, Feb 13
By Tempo “Knight Rider,” the iconic 1980’s television classic that became a runaway success, returns with a modern day sequel. The two-hour movie event stars Justin Bruening (“All My Children”), Deanna Russo (“The Young and the Restless”), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (“Veronica Mars,” “Grindhous...
Original at OH NO!!
• Mon, Dec 17
The new Knight Rider KITT car made its public debut Wednesday. And as leaked on the blogosphere last month, it's a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR. Quite honestly, we thought this was the coolest looking car," said Dave Bartis, an executive producer on NBC's upcoming Knight Rider TV movie, set...
"Knight Rider's" Press KITT
Original at keithp23 (Blogspot)
• Thu, Dec 13
By KP The movie stars Justin Bruening ("Cold Case," "All My Children"), Deanna Russo ("NCIS," "The Young and the Restless"), Sydney Tamiia Poitier ("Veronica Mars," "Grindhouse") and Bruce Davison ("Breach," "Close to Home"). In addition, David Hasselhoff (NBC's "America's Got Talent"...
It's Official! Knight Rider's KITT is a Shelby GT500KR Mustang [Knight Rider]
Original at Jalopnik
• Wed, Dec 12
By Ray Wert UPDATED 'KNIGHT RIDER' REVS UP TO RETURN TO NBC FOR SPECIAL TWO-HOUR MOVIE EVENT ON FEBRUARY 17 AS NEW KITT CAR IS REVEALED "Knight Rider" Cast Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Bruce Davison Participate at the Unveiling Event Showcasing the Customized KITT Ford...