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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. During the fall season there will be encore showings on Saturday evenings. On October 21, 2008, NBC gave the show a full season order of 22 episodes. All of the episodes that aired on TV, are also available in the Xbox Live Marketplace. The episodes are available in HD format and SD format.

Plot

The story takes place 25 years after the original Knight Rider series. Mike Traceur, son of the first Michael Knight, has become the driver of the next generation KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand). Along with a former girlfriend Sarah Graiman, who is the daughter of the scientist Charles Graiman who designed both the original KITT and the new one, Mike is the new champion of Knight Industries, a high tech government and law enforcement contractor. Mike is also dealing with the fact that he apparently was involved in a secret government mission some years ago of which he has no memory.

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 Chae

On November 10, 2008, NBC announced that Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davison would be leaving the series after the end of their original 13-episode commitment and the series would be retooled around the remaining characters.

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[5] - 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, a Ford E-150 van, and Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor vehicles for disguise purposes. The series also demonstrated capabilities such as KITT's Turbo Boost, allowing KITT to briefly become airborne, and submergibility, maintaining system integrity and life support for occupants while underwater. Unlike the original 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. Also installed in KITT are a grappling hook, a laser that originates from his scanner bar, defensive flares, and offensive missiles.

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 also carries a backup mainframe that he can reboot to in the event his primary is damaged.

KITT's technology includes a Surface Screen program, enabling the hood 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.