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How K.I.T.T. Became A Mustang

Confirming our suspicions about the Ford-NBC-Knight Rider Deal, AdAge is reporting how GM dropped the ball on picking up the Knight Rider tie-in and how Ford lunged at the opportunity. According to the article, Ford took note of the success of the Transformers film in pimping out the full line of GM vehicles and decided to buy its way in by making an offer NBC Universal couldn't refuse. Though there's no solid number on how much advertising Ford promised NBC if it used the Mustang, the co-chair of NBC Entertainment called it "enormous."

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2:00 PM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,995 views, 35 comments

Latest by n/a: This will flop anyway... How is the Bionic Woman doing? Should have been Steve Austin and the 6 million dollar man, but 6 mil doesn't buy anything today, maybe an eye and a couple of fingers, but not all the more »

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Knight Rider GT500KR's May Not Actually Be KR's

UPDATE: The great "tip" we got apparently can be found directly in the press release handed out by Ford yesterday. Ford has been quite clear these aren't real KR Mustangs. Here's the Ford release. — Ed. All is not well in the land of Knight Rider as we hear the K.I.T.T. models that everyone was shown might not be actual KR's because most of the cast can't drive a stick. It's possible that two are stock automatic GTs converted to look like KR's and one is maybe an actual KR with an auto box swapped in. We also have it from one of our sources that there are a lot of people upset over the choice of the Mustang, but that NBC is too happy with whatever deal they have with Ford to care. The details below the jump: More »

5:00 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Matt Hardigree
4,748 views, 71 comments

Latest by Hello_Newman: Yeah it's funny that shows like Knight Rider and Fantasy Isle were successful in that time, but now they try to bring back everything that's irrelevant now just to make a buck because it's a "franchise". You can't go back more »

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Hoff Needs KITT Now More Than Ever


In light of David Hasselhoff's recent how-to eat a cheeseburger while really tired instructional video, it may be time to send out the call to KITT and all KITT replicars to help the Hoff through these troubled times. If KITT can stop KARR dead in its tracks then a short press of the turbo boost button could be just what Hasselhoff needs. Oh yeah - and lasers. Lots of lasers. – Mike Bumbeck More »

2:30 PM on Fri May 4 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
972 views, 18 comments