Tonight on Fiver - Knight Rider!
Tonight sees the debut of last year's Knight Rider TV movie at 8pm on Fiver!
"Sarah Graiman (Deanna Russo) is a 24-year old Ph.D candidate at Stanford University, following in her genius father Charles' (Bruce Davison) footsteps. But when men attempt to abduct her, Sarah receives a mysterious call from K.I.T.T. (voiced by Val Kilmer) warning her that he's a creation of Charles, who also invented the first K.I.T.T. 25 years ago -- and that her father is in serious danger.
"Sarah and K.I.T.T. track down her best friend from childhood, Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening), a 23-year-old ex-Army Ranger, whom Sarah hasn't seen since he left home at 18. Having served in Iraq, Mike is now jaded and lost and initially resistant. Eventually he agrees to help Sarah and the two set out to discover who's behind the attempt to procure K.I.T.T. and find Charles. Along the way, Carrie Rivai (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) plays the agile yet tough FBI agent who has a long-standing friendship with Charles and Sarah. Due to those ties, she is brought into the mix to help in the search."
Fiver is available as channel 176 on Sky, channel 152 on Virgin, and channel 30 on Freeview! A +1 service is available on Sky channel 177.
All UK fans, don't miss it!
"Sarah Graiman (Deanna Russo) is a 24-year old Ph.D candidate at Stanford University, following in her genius father Charles' (Bruce Davison) footsteps. But when men attempt to abduct her, Sarah receives a mysterious call from K.I.T.T. (voiced by Val Kilmer) warning her that he's a creation of Charles, who also invented the first K.I.T.T. 25 years ago -- and that her father is in serious danger.
"Sarah and K.I.T.T. track down her best friend from childhood, Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening), a 23-year-old ex-Army Ranger, whom Sarah hasn't seen since he left home at 18. Having served in Iraq, Mike is now jaded and lost and initially resistant. Eventually he agrees to help Sarah and the two set out to discover who's behind the attempt to procure K.I.T.T. and find Charles. Along the way, Carrie Rivai (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) plays the agile yet tough FBI agent who has a long-standing friendship with Charles and Sarah. Due to those ties, she is brought into the mix to help in the search."
Fiver is available as channel 176 on Sky, channel 152 on Virgin, and channel 30 on Freeview! A +1 service is available on Sky channel 177.
All UK fans, don't miss it!
Labels: Bruce Davison, David Hasselhoff, Deanna Russo, Fiver, Justin Bruening, K.I.T.T., Knight Rider, NBC, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Val Kilmer
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Don't miss the series finale of Knight Rider at 8pm on the UK Sci-Fi Channel!
Word reached the Archive last Friday that 
SFX rounds up the first four shows, which average between 2 and 3 stars out of 5. They note that "it's incredible how many opportunities the characters find to lose their clothes" but, "once your brain accepts the 1980s Saturday afternoon vibe, it's enjoyable in a goofy way." A Hard Day's Knight scores the highest with reviewer Dave Bradley, who concludes that "hints at a story arc about gaps in Michael's memory from his time in Beirut may possibly lead somewhere interesting, but Knight Rider mainly feels like pure 'guilty pleasure' television, the sci-fi equivalent of Baywatch."
The bi-monthly DeathRay features two pieces on the show: an article about the background of the series in their US TV round-up and a less-than-positive review. They state that "It's a kid's show re-created by middle-aged geeks, and their biggest mistake is to do it 'adult' without making it grown up. The result suits no-one, like later Airwolf." It's not all doom-and-gloom though; reviewer Guy Haley adds: "The chatty car's still the star, and the new K.I.T.T. is realised with escapist glee, with Val Kilmer appropriately deadpan as its voice. Such is the strength of Knight Rider's core ideas that if NBC can sort out the juvenile mess round it, and make it just for the kids, it could still be a ratings hit."