KNIGHT RIDER 2008 SEASON 1 EPISODE 3

Knight Rider 2008 is meant to be a continuation of the original Knight Rider, as we follow the rebirth of the Foundation under Charles Graiman who was supposed to be KITT's creator. He recruits the estranged son of the original show's hero, Michael Knight, known to the world as Michael Traceur, and soon to be known again as Michael Knight. Michael is given the reins to the Knight Industries Three Thousand, the next generation of AI controlled cars produced by Knight Industries, set forth to fight terrorists and criminals. He is joined in the fight and in love interest by Charles' Daughter Sarah who is bright, beautiful and just as qualified to handle the job as anybody else. But first, Mike has to deal with his past, while dealing with his present as a crime fighter with a superintelligent, superpowered car.

26 September 1982 (USA)
17 February 2008 (2008 version)(USA)

Glen A. Larson
Dave Andron

Action
Adventure
Risks
Agency

Original Series:
Nominated - Favorite Dual-Role Character David Hasselhoff For Michael and Garthe Knight. (TV Land Award)
Nominated - Most Uninsurable Driver David Hasselhoff (TV Land Award)
1985 - Stuntman Award (Won)
2007 - TV Land Award (Nominated)
Won - Best Young Actor, Guest on a Series Keith Coogan (Young Artist Award)
2005 - Ringtone Award (Won)
Nominated - Greatest Gear or Admirable Apparatus David Hasselhoff For K.I.T.T., the car. (TV Land Award)
1985 - Young Artist Award (Nominated)
1983 - Emmy (Nominated)

(80's Series)
David Hasselhoff - Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare - Devon Miles
Patricia McPherson - Bonnie Barstow
Rebecca Holden - April Curtis
Peter Parros - RCIII (Reginald Cornelius III)
William Daniels - Voice of KITT

(2008 Series)
Justin Bruening - Michael Traceur/Michael Knight
Deanna Russo - Sarah Grainger
Bruce Davison - Charles Grainger
Sydney Tamiia Poitier - Carrie Rivai
Yancey Arias - Alex Torres
Smith Cho - Zoe Chae
Paul Campbell - Billy Morgan
Val Kilmer - Voice of KITT

Peter L. Dixon
Janis Hendler
Leonard Kaufman
James M. Miller
William Schmidt
Virginia Aldridge
Julie Friedgen
Dennis Rodriguez
Gregory S. Dinallo
Robert Foster
Judy Burns
Stephen Katz
Peter Allan Fields
John Alan Schwartz
Steven E. de Souza
Richard C. Okie
Michael Eric Stein
Frank Telford
Glen A. Larson
Tim Kring
Rob Gilmer
Paul Diamond
Hannah Louise Shearer
Burton Armus
Carlton Hollander
Ernie Wallengren
Thomas E. Szollosi
Robert Specht
Robert Sherman
Bob Shayne
Catherine Bacos Clinch
David Braff
Herman Miller
Richard Christian Matheson
Bill Nuss
E. Paul Edwards
Larry Forrester
Roy M. Rogosin
Bruce Belland
Jackson Gillis
Bruce Lansbury
Gerald Sanford
Karen Harris
Larry Mollin
Deborah Dean Davis
Philip John Taylor
E. Nick Alexander
Tom Greene
Skip Webster
Peter I. Baloff
Dave Andron

Bruce Seth Green
Bruce Kessler
Roy Campanella II
Peter Crane
Robert Foster
Jeffrey Hayden
Daniel Haller
Bernard L. Kowalski
Virgil W. Vogel
Winrich Kolbe
Bob Bralver
Gilbert M. Shilton
Charles Bail
Gil Bettman
Alan Myerson
Georg Fenady
Gino Grimaldi
Harvey S. Laidman
Charles Watson Sanford
Paul Stanley
Sidney Hayers
Bernard McEveety
Steve Shill

"KITT...shut up." - Michael Knight (1982 version) & Mike Traceur/Knight (2008 version)

-Originally, Will Arnett was cast as the voice of K.I.T.T. However, after he had finished recording his lines, a conflict of interest was raised. (He is the distinctive voice heard on General Motors car and truck commercials, but K.I.T.T. is a Ford vehicle.) As a result, Val Kilmer was cast as K.I.T.T.'s voice and all of the car's dialog was re-recorded for the TV Movie.


- In the TV Movie at the beginning, as the thieves are going through the garage, you can see many of the parts from a third gen Trans Am, which looks just like the original Knight Industries Two Thousand.


- During the TV Movie, Mike Traceur wears a modern version of Michael Knight's signature outfit from the original series -- Maroon t-shirt, blue jeans, and a black leather jacket.


- Mike Traceur originally is living in Las Vegas, where the original show got it's start.


- Also in the TV Movie, in the scene where Sarah explains KITT's fuel technology, Mike asks "Why you gotta hate on Nebraska?" This is an inside joke to Justin Bruening, as he is from St. Helena, Nebraska.

- After some fan complaints about the TV Movie, producers brought back Turbo Boost from the original series for the new series.