
Team Knight Rider
Seen it?1997 | 1 seasons | 43 min | Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 43 minutes, about 16 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.
Team Knight Rider is a syndicated television series that was adapted from the Knight Rider franchise and ran between 1997 and 1998. TKR was created by writer/producers Rick Copp and David A. Goodman, based on the original series created by Glen A. Larson, who was an executive producer. TKR was produced by Gil Wadsworth and Scott McAboy and was distributed by Universal Domestic Television and ran only a single season of 22 one-hour episodes before it was canceled due to poor ratings. The story is about a new team of high-tech crime fighters assembled by the Foundation for Law and Government who follow in the tracks of the legendary Michael Knight and his supercar KITT. Instead of "one man making a difference", there are now five team members who each has a computerized talking vehicle counterpart. Like the original duo, TKR goes after notorious criminals who operate "above the law" – from spies and assassins, to terrorists and drug dealers. The final episode of the season, and series, featured the reappearance of Michael Knight, seen only from behind, at the very end.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 30K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Created by Glen A. Larson, David A. Goodman, Rick Copp
- Brixton KarnesKyle Stewart
- Kathy TrageserErica West
- Nick WechslerKevin Sanders
- Duane DavisDuke DePalma
- Christine SteelJenny Andrews
- Tom KaneDante
- Andrea HutchmanKat
- John KassirPlato
- Kerrigan MahanBeast
- Nia VardalosDomino