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From TATT to KITT to KARR: The Rise & Fall of Knight Rider


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc2w8Rvp6jQ

Knight Rider is an American action crime drama television series created and produced by Glen A. Larson. The series originally rand for 90 episodes on NBC from 1982 to 1986.

Knight Rider stars David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a high-tech, modern crime fighter assisted by KITT, an advanced, artificially intelligent, self-aware, and nearly indestructible car.

Through the TV movies, spin-offs and sequels Knight Rider and KITT have endured to this day as a beloved icon of 80's TV.

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TV movies, spin-offs ?

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Well, let's just recap, shall we:

1 This Here Knight Rider (1982–1986) is the og, with a not so often mentioned 4-episode spin-off from the 2nd season 2-parter episode "Mouth of the Snake", April 8, 1984,
1.1 Code of Vengeance (1985–1986),
https://moviechat.org/tt0338589
which began with a film-length pilot,
https://moviechat.org/tt0088937

2 Team Knight Rider (1997–1998) I barely remember, it has its own chemistry, not really a fan
https://moviechat.org/tt0127398/Team-Knight-Rider

3 Knight Rider (2008–2009) was the short-lived re-imagining,
https://moviechat.org/tt1213404/Knight-Rider

then there's the possibly upcoming new tv-series,
4 Knight Rider (TBA), a project in such early stages, that it has no Movie Chat page


Television films

1 Knight Rider 2000 (1991) is a rather dystopian take on the then-near future,
https://moviechat.org/tt0102227/Knight-Rider-2000

2 Knight Rider 2010 (1994) has very little to do with the original,
https://moviechat.org/tt0110273/Knight-Rider-2010

3 Knight Rider (2008) was the film-length pilot for the 2008 series; had the series not been commissioned, it would have been a one-off, like the two previous tv films, which were failed attempts to revive the show in some form


Yet again there's the possibly upcoming tv- or cinema-release film,
4 Knight Rider (film) (TBA), a film project with many false starts so far
https://moviechat.org/tt0384254/Knight-Rider

Then there are the video games,

Knight Rider (1986) is a driving game with poor graphics (craphics)

Knight Rider (1988), a very loosely based racing game

Knight Rider Special (1994), or Naito Raidā Supesharu has sound bites from the Japanese dub of the show

Knight Rider: The Game (2002) this and the sequel below have various missions

Knight Rider: The Game 2 (2004)

Honourable mention goes to the 2015 parody with Sean Patrick Flanery amongst others,
Knight Rider 2016
https://moviechat.org/tt4417456/Knight-Rider-2016

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I enjoyed the reboot in 2008. Fun show.

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