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"Knight Rider" Series

I knew this was going to happen. In fact, I called it "almost-set-in-stone"!

The news? "Knight Rider" has been green-lit as a full-time fall series by NBC.

In actuality, it was pretty obvious. The ratings were extremely high (the movie "delivered the highest 18-49 rating for any made-for-television movie, multiple-part movie or theatrical film on any network since March 6, 2005) and it has some coolness factor.

However, Vic over at Screen Rant (who I usually agree, btw) makes a good point that the rating may have been skewed by simple curiousity. The thought is that a lot of people know K.I.T.T and Hasselhoff and tuned in just to see how it would go. The post-reviews were not horrible, but not glowing either.

For my part, I fall into the "fairly pessimistic" category. There is a bit of potential, but those first few episodes will have to blow me away before I think that "Knight Rider" will survive the first fall cancellations.

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Posted by Fred on April 2, 2008 1:16 PM
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