Hasselhoff Returns To Knight?

David Hasselhoff--who starred in the original Knight Rider TV series--is making final arrangements for an appearance on the new show--maybe with a surprising car, executive producer Gary Scott Thompson told SCI FI Wire during an exclusive set visit on Aug. 20. That's the first time the show's producers have confirmed that they are considering inviting Hasselhoff onto the new series.

"He may make an appearance later this season," Thompson said in an interview on the show's set in Santa Clarita, Calif. "He is talking to NBC next week, and we are working out everyone's schedule ... I don't want to put him in just for the sake of having him drop by; I want there to be a good reason for him being there and have it be part of the story. I talked to David about a way of doing that, and so far he likes it. It's a cool idea."

Thompson (Las Vegas) added that he has a dream scenario: Teaming Hasselhoff's Michael Knight with Justin Bruening's Mike Tracer, with both K.I.T.T.s: The original Pontiac Trans Am, originally voiced by William Daniels, and the Ford Mustang GT500KR, voiced by Val Kilmer. "I don't know if it will happen," Thompson said. "It's all about timing."

As recently as early summer, Hasselhoff was quoted as saying that he didn't think the recent NBC reboot and update of the series would work without him or his input. (Hasselhoff had a cameo in the two-hour pilot telefilm that aired earlier this year, reprising his original role.)

"Those were old quotes," Thompson said. "He doesn't feel that way anymore. ... I just talked with David the other day over breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel and explained to him in great detail what we had planned for the show, and he said he liked it and gave his approval."

Knight Rider picks up the story from the pilot movie and centers on a high-tech crime-fighting team that operates the intelligent car, called K.I.T.T.

Justin Bruening is reprising his role as Knight's son, Mike Tracer. Thompson, who wasn't involved in the TV movie, said he is planning to make the weekly show even more action-packed and fast-paced.

The cast includes Deanna Russo, Bruce Davison, Yancey Arias, Paul Campbell, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Smith Cho. It is currently filming the seventh of 13 episodes that are already written, Thompson said.

Hasselhoff is "still a big fan of the show obviously," Thompson said. "He has known Bruce [Davison] for a long time, and when I met with him, he basically gave me his blessing, and I told him everything I wanted to do. And he said 'That's awesome.' I do not want to get the fans' hopes up or anything, but I'm talking to NBC, and he's talking to NBC and it's all a matter of timing." Knight Rider premieres Sept. 24 and will air Wednesdays at 8 p.m. (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.) --Mike Szymanski

For a split second I thought this topic was gonna say that they had replaced Christian Bale with Hasselhoff for the next Batman film


edited for typos caused by speaking another language for 7 months.

I, for one, am looking forward to this. I don't care what anyone says.

By the way, has anyone seen the promos for the new season?


KITT's a transformer now (he transforms from a Mustang into an F150 and I assume other crap as needed).

Here it is (bonus points to this website referring to it as valmorphanization ):

http://jalopnik.com/399319/first-video-of-...x4-pickup-truck

I saw that. Yeaaah....pass.

this is very sweet indeed, he did say in the pilot movie that he would like to return to see his (son) again... for those who didnt see it his son is the new driver of the new K.I.T.T. THE NEW SERIES STARTS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER!!

Yeah. That's some bullsh*t right there.

What does David Hasselhoff have to do with a now-defunct newspaper publishing company?

I like this idea.

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Just got back from shooting pics of the transformed attack Kitt car. On set. Asked about the Hasselhoff rumor. The comment was "I love working on a show with so many rumors! No, there will be no Hasselhoff." -Production Manager

Will post pics soon!

Uhhh, the Hasselhoff thing is a quote from the show's executive producer, who's likely more in the know about such things than the production manager.

Dont mess with the Hoff

He was in the pilot... so these rumors are kinda

And this show will soon join Terminator and Bionic Woman in TV heaven, so don't get too attached.

Terminator is coming back for a second season. (If you mean that Sarah Conner Chronicles thing...)

Shows what I know. I just figured anything Fox aired was already cancelled by the first commercial break.

bionic women was on NBC by the way..im still mad they cancelled it

Jesus, I know what channel things are on. We were talking about Terminator, which is on Fox. And I'm still mad at ABC (Already Been Cancelled) for canning Clerks Animated after airing two episodes out of order opposite the Survivor premeire. Wasn't it Fox that cancelled that car racing show after the first episode last year?