Knight Rider
Genre	Action, Drama
Created by	Glen A. Larson (Characters)
Developed by	David Andron
Starring	Justin Bruening Deanna Russo Sydney Tamiia Poitier Paul Campbell Yancey Arias Bruce Davison
Voices of	Val Kilmer as 'KITT'
Composer(s)	Christopher Tyng
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Glen Larson Gary Scott Thompson David Bartis Doug Liman Matt Pyken
Producer(s)	Universal Media Studios Dutch Oven Productions
Supervising producer(s)	David Andron Sean Ryeson
Co-producer(s)	Sara Fischer Julie Herlocker
Running time	43 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	1080i
Original run	September 24, 2008 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Knight Rider (1980s series) Knight Rider (2008 film)
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Knight Rider is a series that follows the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie. The series stars Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight, who in turn becomes the new Knight Rider. The series also stars Deanna Russo as Sarah Graiman, Traceur's former girlfriend/current love interest. Sarah is daughter of Charles Graiman, played by Bruce Davison, the creator of a new generation of KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand), voiced by Val Kilmer.

In advance of its anticipated weekly run, the new Knight Rider series was introduced with a television movie on February 17, 2008. The new series premiered on NBC on September 24, 2008 and leads the network's Wednesday evening lineup, along with Deal or No Deal and Lipstick Jungle.^[1] During the fall season there will be encore showings on Saturday evenings.

[edit] Cast

• Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur: (alias Michael Knight), son of the first Michael Knight and Jennifer Traceur
• Deanna Russo as Sarah Graiman: Daughter of Charles Graiman
• Bruce Davison as Charles Graiman: KITT's creator
• Sydney Tamiia Poitier as FBI Agent Carrie Rivai
• Val Kilmer as the Voice of KITT
• Paul Campbell as Billy Morgan
• Yancey Arias as Alex Torres
• Smith Cho as Zoe Chu

[edit] Knight Industries Three Thousand (K.I.T.T.)

For the series premiere, many new features in KITT were introduced in addition to those seen on the pilot movie. As an homage to the original KITT's Super Pursuit Mode, the new KITT transforms into Attack Mode^[2] - a significantly more aggressive version than the Attack Mode depicted in the pilot movie, which consisted primarily of an extended rear spoiler. KITT also transforms into a Ford F-150 FX4 pickup truck for off-road purposes.^[3] The series also saw the addition of KITT's Turbo Boost, allowing KITT to briefly become airborne. Unlike the orignal KITT, The Three Thousand's turbo boost does not require the car to be in motion and is preceded by a CGI sequence showing the feature activating.

Transformations between modes in the series now occur as large shifting of panels, reminiscent of the live-action Transformers movie, rather than the more subtle rippling effect used in the pilot movie.

The interior of the vehicle has been reworked, with the single display screen on the center console replaced by touch-enabled head-up displays spanning the entire interior surface of the windscreen. The removal of the center console screen has also seen KITT's "presence" indicator, reminiscent of the original series KITT's voice modulator, appearing in a pulsing orb mounted high in the middle of the dashboard. Other interior changes include a more conventional steering wheel, replacing the previously seen 3/4 steering wheel, blue lighting in the dashboard over the driver's-side instrumentation and the passenger-side console that becomes red whenever KITT is in Attack Mode, and a standard Mustang rear seat instead of the super-computer laden rear seat of the movie KITT. The interior of 4x4 Mode uses the same customized Mustang dashboard, but the F-150's passenger and driver's seats.

KITT's technology includes a Surface Screen program, enabling the hood (and possibly the entire bodywork) to operate as a touchscreen display, similar to the internal head-up displays, a printer in the passenger-side console, and a 3D Object Generator in the rear passenger compartment.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Knight Rider (2008 TV series) episodes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Knight Rider (2008 TV series) at the Internet Movie Database
• Knight Rider (2008 TV series) at NBC