"Team Knight Rider" (1997) TV series 1997-1998

Creators:

Rick Copp
David A. Goodman

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Years after the adventures of Michael Knight and KITT, a new team of artificially intelligent super vehicles and drivers continues the fight against evil.

Plot Keywords:

Car | Talking Car | Humor | Animate Car | Automobile

Cast

Brixton Karnes	...	Kyle Stewart (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Christine Steel	...	Jenny Andrews (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Duane Davis	...	Duke DePalma (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Kathy Trageser	...	Erica West (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Nick Wechsler	...	Kevin "Trek" Sanders (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Tom Kane	...	Dante (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Nia Vardalos	...	Domino (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Beast (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Andrea Hutchman	...	Kat (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
John Kassir	...	Plato (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Don LaFontaine	...	Narrator - Opening Titles (22 episodes, 1997-1998)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (22 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

MCA Television

Trivia:

The Cars in the Team are Named: Danté (DNT-1), is a modified Ford Expedition sport utility vehicle. Domino (DMO-1), is a modified Ford Mustang. Beast (BST-1), is a modified Ford F-150 full-sized pickup truck with off-road capability.Kat (KAT-1) and Plato (PLATO-1), are a high-tech motorcycles.

Quotes:

Erica West: Shouldn't you be programmed to happily sacrifice yourselves for the team?
Dante: Was that supposed to be funny?
Domino: Are you out of your mind?
Plato: Give me a break.
Kat: No way!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Knight Rider: Knight Rider (#1.0)" (2008)

Misguided Attempt to recreate the genre

Why was this so bad? Because the decision to make it came from 90's TV execs. This was trying to be slick and hip with a young politically correct cast and no relation to the original whatsoever. The ORIGINAL series was successful because it didn't take itself seriously. And it had humour! And character actors who developed 'brand loyalty'. Now if Universal had approached Larson Entertainment and persuaded Hasselhoff to return with the Original KITT (ignoring the mistake that was KR2000) and all new Larson-stable plots and directors, we would have had a guaranteed hit.