Team Knight Rider

Why was this so bad? Because the decision to make it came from 90's TV execs. This was trying to be slick and hip with a young politically correct cast and no relation to the original whatsoever. The ORIGINAL series was successful because it didn't take itself seriously. And it had humour! And character actors who developed 'brand loyalty'. Now if Universal had approached Larson Entertainment and persuaded Hasselhoff to return with the Original KITT (ignoring the mistake that was KR2000) and all new Larson-stable plots and directors, we would have had a guaranteed hit.

The severe problem with this series was that we got no back story with the new cast. Who were they, why were they chosen, and who chose them? Sure we got little looks into their past (i.e. Kyle's past with the CIA, Jenny's past with the military, Erika's life as a thief) but we don't get anything past that. Why should we accept these guys as the predecessors to Michael and KITT when we know nothing about them?

A good back story would have gone along way in helping the fans warm up to the new show, but sadly we don't get that, we just get introduced to them and told "Here's the new team, they have talking cars too, enjoy!"

The show would been great if they addressed that major detail, its just something you cant over look.

I loved this show when it came on. It didn't have anything to do with Knight Rider, but I never really like that show. The acting and the plots were kind of bad, but it was still a good show. I was so upset when they canceled the show. Most people thought the show wasn't any good, but I loved it!

I know that many expected this to be Knight Rider II, and they were disappointed. It is difficult to consider that a sequel would be so successful 15 years after the original [we've seen next-year sequels fail miserably before].... I give the TKR team (cast & crew) kudos for such a valiant effort. For those that wanted an "episode-one" match-up to the original KR series ... it's really unfair to expect a series to fully develop in one season "to expectations." I think that happened here.

What makes TKR succeed in my mind consists of a few things cute (though corny-at-times) dialogue, complex interpersonal relationships, and the "personalities" of the vehicles. Too bad, on the last point, that the series was killed after the first season; I would have liked to see where things would have gone with the personalities of the five vehicles....

The show, which does at times seem like a fan-show (written by fans and not by/via/supported-by the real writers themselves), does play with the idea of different personalities ... what KITT "could have been" [ballsy Beast, sweet-n-sexy Domino, prim-and-proper Kat, eclectic Plato and by-the-book/snobby Dante]. Not knocking-on Glen Larson's idea for the original KITT, but sometimes, variation can be ... "fun!" You have to admit, the voices were beautifully cast and the "character" matches to the vehicles' drivers was ... classic [especially Jenny/Domino, Duke/Beast and, of course, Trek/Plato].

Sorry, but ... I think we lost-out in a large way when TKR was axed.

Nia, Tom, Andrea, Linda, Kerrigan, Jon, Christine, Brixton, Duane, Kathy, Nick: TKR fans wish you the best of future success in your careers!

~ Domino Rose

This show was the best. I have to admit, it is my favorite show, and i have all 22 episodes on tape. The stories are top notch, and unlike many action shows, it leaves just enough hanging so that you always come back for more. Too bad the show was cancelled, before some of the mysteries were solved.