"Knight Rider" (2008) TV series 2008-2009

Seasons:

1

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Justin Bruening	...	Mike Traceur (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Deanna Russo	...	Sarah Graiman (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Paul Campbell	...	Billy Morgan (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Val Kilmer	...	K.I.T.T. (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Smith Cho	...	Zoe Chae (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
Bruce Davison	...	Charles Graiman (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sydney Tamiia Poitier	...	Carrie Rivai (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
Yancey Arias	...	Alex Torres (12 episodes, 2008-2009)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:6

Company:

Dutch Oven

Trivia:

The DVD release is titled "Season 1" not "The Complete Series", even though the show was already canceled.

Goofs:

Plot holes: In episode 112 ("Knight Rider: Knight to King's Pawn (#1.12)" (2009)), it's revealed that K.I.T.T. was built to create a more compliant personality to eventually modify K.A.R.R.'s personality. However, in episode 106 ("Knight Rider: Knight of the Living Dead (#1.6)" (2008)), it's explained that K.I.T.T.'s personality is part of his neural net, and cannot be downloaded or removed. This makes K.I.T.T.'s very creation pointless, since the qualities needed to modify K.A.R.R. cannot be transplanted.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Jerry Seinfeld/Craig Bierko (#17.29)" (2009)

Pure Fun!

This show is getting a bad rap for the simple reason is that people are expecting some kind of masterpiece. This show is a present time follow up to the 1982 series starring David Hasselhoff and features a futuristic car that was created to fight crime. Although it started out a little too ambitious by involving the FBI as the owners of KITT and took on story lines that were large in scope, it has now moved toward the original premise of the original with a small operation proving that one man (and a super cool car!)can make a difference.

The thing about this show is that it is just pure simple enjoyment and shouldn't be looked at for more than that. It features a cool car, doing cool things with a sexy cast that plays well together. I mean people talk about the original like it was Shakespeare or something, but in reality it was nothing more then fun as well. I mean the story lines were far fetched and gimmicky as much if not more then this series, but the 2008 version constantly gets knocked for it. My advice to anyone that watches this show is to put away any pretentious preconceptions of what it is "supposed" to be and sit back and enjoy the ride. Television is supposed to be a fantasy diversion from our hectic lives and that is exactly what this show provides.