SciFi.com Puts New KR at #2 to be a Hit
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:40 pm
SciFi Wire has predicted that Knight Rider 08 has the second-best chance at being a hit this fall among the new genre shows, with 5-1 odds (right behind Fringe at 2-1). Other picks: Life On Mars, 6-1; Kings 6-1; My Own Worst Enemy 7-1; True Blood 12-1; The Ex-List 15-1; and Eleventh Hour 25-1.
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Knight Rider. NBC. Premieres Sept. 24. Airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
Last spring, NBC aired a TV movie/backdoor pilot to revive the franchise that made David Hasselhoff a star. The network is following up with a full-fledged series about the iconic car known as K.I.T.T. and the humans who run him. Equipped with state-of-the art technology, artificial intelligence and the voice of Val Kilmer, K.I.T.T. is partnered with Justin Bruening as Mike Tracer, the estranged son of Hasselhoff's Michael Knight, who continues his father's legacy by fighting bad guys on the open road. The movie did well enough, so there may be an audience for this show. The new show runner, Las Vegas' Gary Scott Thompson, has revamped the series to amp up the action, and he's added a bunch of new characters. Plus, this is a title with some history--but so was Bionic Woman, so that's no guarantee of ratings success. Odds of success: 5 to 1