Knight Rider Gets Full-Season Order

UNIVERSAL CITY, October
22: NBC has picked up nine additional episodes of the freshman drama Knight
Rider, giving the series, based on
the iconic ’80s classic, a full-season order for 2008-09.

Knight Rider premiered its new season on September 24, and has
been averaging a 2.4 rating, 7-percent share in adults 18 to 49 and 7.4 million
viewers overall so far this season. The show is the number one regular series
in its time slot in all key adult-male demographics.

"Gary Scott Thompson
and the great cast and crew of Knight Rider continue to deliver fun, action-packed adventures
every week," said Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and
Universal Media Studios. "Kitt and Michael will continue to travel across
the country on their fun, escapist ride pursuing bad guys and saving the
day."

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski